And it used that how many times in the series? :P And it takes longer to crush an enemy with that thing than simply swiping them with one of the shotels would take which makes the thing cool looking but ultimately kinda pointless. Not much of a loss for TV!Sandrock really. Oh, and since it's in the ...

For Altron is there any stated reason as to why they didn't both repairing or reinstalling the stinger tail? I'm guessing they have enough resources to do so. Like I said, its destruction is probably meant to handwave why it wasn't seen in Endless Waltz but it's not explained why they didn't repair...

Altron Gundam In the TV series it has a stinger tail that houses 2x Beam Cannons. Does this exist on the Katoki EW version? I didn't see it during EW but was curious if it exists and if it makes an appearance in GotL? It does not exist on Katoki's version as seen in Endless Waltz but it does exist ...

If we're talking impractical shields and Gundam, the first thing that springs to my mind is the shield of the Mercurius from Gundam Wing with its integrated beam saber. Since that suit has another defensive system, the shield itself is almost superfluous but I suppose the nubs on it would make it a ...

The on-screen invincibility to beam weapons was a big reveal in S2 against the rogue mobile armor. Was it ever explained if that beam resistance was something unique to Gundam type units or any Mobile Suit with nano-laminate? Do we ever see a beam-saber or similar weapon in the manga or supplementa...

I had always suspected the calamity war debuted a lot of experimental tech but after the war there wasn't much appetite to perfect it. It would certainly be interesting if they decide to a series set in the calamity war. I'd be all for that, because each of the Gundams we've seen so far has done it...

Oh interesting, I had always thought they were developed as a counter-measure to beam shields. So I suppose it's something like a railgun lance? Ah I may have misunderstood, is it firing the lance or firing spikes/bullets out of the side of the lance? Shot Lancers fire the actual lance and hence ca...

The Shot Lancer darts are just spikes of metal fired at high velocity via electromagnetic acceleration. The internal logic behind them is that the projectile is less likely to cause a catastrophic kaboon when hitting an enemy MS than a beam weapon would, seeing how the Crossbone Vanguard suits were ...

Do you remember the whole explanation in SEED for why Kira is called the 'Ultimate Coordinator'? It's because Coordinators are engineered at the earliest stages of development before being returned to their mothers' womb. Because that's not a completely controlled environment, the children don't alw...

They're from various spinoffs, yes. You know the Stargazer trio, the other Actaeon Industries variants (Nero Blitz and Rosso Aegis) come from Delta Astray. The Librarian Works designs (Regen Duel, Hail Buster, Gale Strike and Nebula Blitz) all come from Vs Astray, Sword Calamity, Forbidden Blue and ...

I have only a passing knowledge of SEED MSV and Astray but I'm always interested to learn more. If you include those series then how many total units are the G-Project? Uhhhh, let's see, counting the later-developed trio as well I think the end result is 24. Aside from Actaeon Industries you also h...

Which is precisely why I already said 'magic anime hammerspace'...

Cepheus2 wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 12:17 am in Endless Waltz there is no boxy bit on the back,

The back of the guns, not the back of the suit. Seeing how there's literally nowhere else that ammunition could be stored...

One of the freeze frame bonus in Wing is the blue print of Vayeate, the dish connecting to the gun has a part labelled "Minovsky Particle Accelerator" So it is either shooting Minovsky particles or the compressed to degenerate Mega Particle like in UC. Gundam Wing also features text grabb...

In the wing TV series the Gatling shoots beams... I'm assuming they are plasma bolts instead of lasers It's almost never lasers in Gundam and is usually some form of charged particle beam, though some settings get more detailed on the topic and others just shrug and say 'yeah, beams'. Guess which o...

Worked for me just now.

Apparently there's an article in one issue of Dengeki Hobby called Before Turn A which says the FLAT was developed by Moonrace to help maintain public security, Wikipedia Japan notes that several of the people involved in the series' setting development contributed but not the actual writers, so the...

SEED is the better part of twenty years old now; thar's not really spoiler-worthy. Anyhow I don't know if anything official has been said but Rau pilots it before Kira in one G-Gen game (Advance, which came out right after the show finished) and as the rest of his elites already had their Gundams at...

Also not a city and at the risk of being tarred and feathered for bringing it up, there's the undersea research base Hydro-Gen in G-Saviour.

Hey now, even Star Trek deals with things in quantifiable terms often based on real science... True, but that line about how stuff works ('quite well') is an actual answer that Michael Okuda would give whenever anyone asked him how particular bits of tech worked, in particular the 'Heisenberg Compe...