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Raphael Gundam Fortressa (MECH FILE)
So here's the Gundam Mechanical File for the Gundam Raphael Fortressa, my custom mobile suit design for use in Gunpla Battle Nexus Online (GBN).
Model Number: CBGN-012F
Code Name: Gundam Raphael Fortressa
Unit Type: Customized Heavy Firepower/Close Combat Mobile Suit
Scale: 1/144
Grade: High Grade; Gundam 00 Series
Builder: Arvis Taljik
First Deployment: AD 2020 (real world)
Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Height: 21.3 meters
Weight: 210.3 tons
Armor Materials: E-Carbon; GN Composite Armor
Power Plant: 2x 6th Generation True GN Drives
Equipment and Design Features:
· IR Sensors; 40km range
· E-Sensor, 25km range
· Twin-Drive System (GN Drive power output ^2)
Fixed Armaments:
· 2x GNHW/B Variable-Output GN Cannons (waist mounted)
· 2x GN Hands Combined GN Beam Vulcan/GN Beam Saber Emitters (in palms)
Handheld Armaments: GNHW/B GN Sigmaxxis Launcher
*Note* The Raphael is compatible with all 3rd Generation and later GN-powered handheld armaments
This design incorporates most of the Gundam Raphael, along with the rear skirt thrusters and main weapon of the AGE-3 Normal, the hands from the Gundam Legilis, the shoulders from the Gundam Destiny Sky, and the side skirt GN Cannons from the Seraphim Gundam GNHW/B.
Overall, its capabilities are based on the various component parts from their source units:
· Twin Drive system from the Gundam 00 (utilizing two True GN Drives) gives it a higher overall power and particle output, which it channels to its three main weapons
· The two GN Cannons match the firepower of the not included Seravee II unit, meaning it can easily match and outperform the original Raphael
· The GN Sigmaxxis Launcher is a multi-mode weapon, capable of firing weaker rifle-strength shots all the way up to the power of the Gadessa's GN Mega Launcher
· Added thrusters give the Raphael Fortressa the same speed and mobility as the Garazzo, allowing it to fight just as well at close range as at a distance
· Its Trans-Am system allows it to fire a combined beam from its three main weapons together that is roughly equivalent to the Gundam 00 Raiser's Raiser Sword ability
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Gundam lineart and shading by GoddessMechanic
Hand and gun design from official Gundam Mechanical Files
Background art, text and composition by me.