General Gundam Mecha, Weapons, and Technology

[GN0010 Nosferatu]

If the Earth Alliance in SEED doesn't have any Coordinators to pilot mobile suits, how did they get the Strike Daggers and their other MS to work?

[ssbb210]

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[Joaniedoe]

I have always been wondering where the name Epyon comes from and it's meaning but hadn't found any thing. However a week ago I was reading the Pilgrams progress when I discovered the word "Apollyon." Looked it up in the Bible to disover it's 'the distroyer' in Revelations. Apollyon sounds a little like Epyon with out the 'L's so I was woundering if maybe this is where it came from.

Any one able to confirm or give the real mean ans origin of the word Epyon?

[solidvanz]

Originally Posted by Joaniedoe

I have always been wondering where the name Epyon comes from and it's meaning but hadn't found any thing. However a week ago I was reading the Pilgrams progress when I discovered the word "Apollyon." Looked it up in the Bible to disover it's 'the distroyer' in Revelations. Apollyon sounds a little like Epyon with out the 'L's so I was woundering if maybe this is where it came from.

Any one able to confirm or give the real mean ans origin of the word Epyon?

According to notes of Gundam Epyon at wikia, the meaning of Epyon can be either Next or The Devil.

[LoweGear]

This screencap from the latest PV for Gundam SEED HD Remaster just threw an oddball into the entire equation:



Aile Launcher Sword Strike... looks like they're going to be reanimating a whole lot more than we expected...

(Notes: On second look, that doesn't seem to be the Aile Striker on its back, but a completely new Striker...)

[casval cehack]

That's a Super Strike Gundam lineart.

[PzIVf3]

Something new at the back of the Strike

[casval cehack]

Great find. Extra thrusters and fins perhaps for carrying that bulk.

[aeriolewinters]

Let's not get carried away, for all we know, this is just a map-out of the Striker System.


also remember when I speculated that The destiny is actually Kira's optimum MS. I think that if this lineart IS a 'Super Strike', then my theory holds weight, then again, they could give this to Mwu instead.

[Nvis]

The bad thing about the Strike is that it can't store its beam rifle like Duel and Aegis.

Why? I don't know. I get pissed off everytime Kira throws it away to use beam saber, especially when there's gravity.

There was an episode on Earth where Kira carefully put it on ArchAngel to bring out beam saber against Duel.
That would be funny if it dropped into the ocean.

[Illsteir]

Cross-posting from the Gundam Models Discussion Thread

Originally Posted by AHT

6 arms?

Originally Posted by Router25

Even though the lore says that the Unicorn is the only one capable of withstanding a beam magnum recoil so it has that gimmick , I wanna say that this one is a budget Neo Zeong with legs.

Originally Posted by Rising Dragon

Apparently Banagher's Silver Bullet has to switch hands every time it uses the Beam Magnum, so Unicorn is still the only one that can utilize it.

Either way it's stupid. >.>

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

This would be a minor spoiler but even Banagher's custom Silver Bullet Suppressor still can't withstand the Magnum's recoil in the movie. That's what the spare arms are for, like RD mentioned in his comment.

That stupid gimmick actually saved lives in the movie though. So...keep at it, Banagher!

I think modifying the Beam Magnum to have a stock with dampers that attaches to the chest may have been a more cost-efficient solution. Something like this:

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Illsteir

I think modifying the Beam Magnum to have a stock with dampers that attaches to the chest may have been a more cost-efficient solution. Something like this:

Uh, maybe they didn't do that because the Magnum shot recoil will wreck the chest as well, especially if fired multiple times? If that is to happen, repairing a wrecked shoulder/chest frame will be a lot more work than repairing elbow joints of a Mobile Suit that was already originally built to have detachable arms in the first place (Silver Bullet was built from Doven Wolf).

[Fireminer]

Say, the Guntank uses two 180mm cannons, while the Ball uses one 180mm recoiless cannon. Do you think the E.F.F. really think that 180mm was the appropriate caliber for anti-MS artillery?

And talking about weapon, having the Silver Bullet using a Beam Magnum is just overkill. Even the ReZEL's rifle is enough to deal with most MS, and if you really want anti-MA capability, why not use a Mega Beam Launcher or better yet, re-implement the Doven Wolf's abdomen Mega Launcher.

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Originally Posted by Fireminer

And talking about weapon, having the Silver Bullet using a Beam Magnum is just overkill.

Response taken from another thread:

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

If you've seen the movie, you'll know that the Magnum is one of few powerful long-ranged compact beam weapons capable of doing what Banagher needed to do at the time.

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Originally Posted by Fireminer

Even the ReZEL's rifle is enough to deal with most MS, and if you really want anti-MA capability, why not use a Mega Beam Launcher or better yet, re-implement the Doven Wolf's abdomen Mega Launcher.

Banagher needed both firepower and precision at that moment. Long-range precision is something that I think Mega Launchers are not reliable of. Even Char missed all of his shots when he used Mega Bazooka Launcher with Hyaku Shiki. And he was aiming for Dogosse Gier. If Char himself couldn't hit a target as huge as Scirocco's freakin' super-massive bright-pink ship with Mega Bazooka Launcher from afar, nobody can (unless Newtype super-magic is involved). But then Unicorn & Beam Magnum were made.

[grss1982]

Just re-watched Thunderbolt recently and I was just wondering where does the double barreled beam rifle/gun on the right hand of the FA-78 go when it wields a beam saber on that same hand?

IIRC, the beam rifle/gun is not part of the shield.

[Rising Dragon]

It purges it, obviously.