The Official Gundam Unicorn Mecha Thread Mk IV

[balofo]

Regarding the psycho frames, with the exception of the RX-0 series, I thought its implementation was limited to the cockpits. This would seem consistent with how the during episodes 1 through 4 the chest of the other psycho units glows when the Unicorn is in Destroy Mode. Particularly, it becomes quite evident after the Unicorn rips apart the NZ-666's chest armor at Palau, exposing the cockpit, which is clearly shown as the only section glowing.

The golden ring of the Neo Zeong does look like it could be made of psycho frame though (more like psycho crystals).

Anyway, I had hoped that if an Endra appeared in this episode it would finally confirm that they did had mega particle cannons inside its yellow hatches, just like the Argama. By U.C. 0096 we could have even expected some ships to have upgraded some of these into hyper mega particle cannons.

Another lost opportunity was not showing a Gaza-E performing the same role as the Rezel as a SFS for other MS. That being said, the Gaza-C, Gaza-D, Ga-Zowmn and Zssa all seemed like units that could carry another one, effectively acting as a SFS.

The blue beam of the Gaza-D and Ga-Zowmn's knuckle buster and hyper knuckle buster respectively made them look unique, but they still weren't any more effective than a regular beam. This weapon usually agve me the impression that it fired slowly but was suppsoed to have higher output, yet in the animation only the first part seems true, with the beam being as easily blockable as any other beam.

Wait for the Bande Dessine version of the fleet battle

[balofo]

Psyco Shard explanation, I think

http://www.1999.co.jp/itbig26/10267313k.jpg

[AmuroNT1]

Rough translation:

A new type of Psycommu weapon installed in the sides of the shoulders. The device generates "psychoshards", crystals of light which have a resonant reaction with the Sinanju's psychoframe, allowing it to produce a phenomenon as close to a Psycho Field as can be created by a single machine.

[Zgok]

Anyway, I had hoped that if an Endra appeared in this episode it would finally confirm that they did had mega particle cannons inside its yellow hatches, just like the Argama. By U.C. 0096 we could have even expected some ships to have upgraded some of these into hyper mega particle cannons.

Another lost opportunity was not showing a Gaza-E performing the same role as the Rezel as a SFS for other MS. That being said, the Gaza-C, Gaza-D, Ga-Zowmn and Zssa all seemed like units that could carry another one, effectively acting as a SFS.

The blue beam of the Gaza-D and Ga-Zowmn's knuckle buster and hyper knuckle buster respectively made them look unique, but they still weren't any more effective than a regular beam. This weapon usually agve me the impression that it fired slowly but was suppsoed to have higher output, yet in the animation only the first part seems true, with the beam being as easily blockable as any other beam.

It is sad they did not get a chance to fire. Unicorn seems to give a ship's role as more of a carrier than am anti-ship weapon. Sort of makes one wish we saw more ship on ship combat.
That is true, a lost opportunity indeed. Looking at my HGUC Gaza C and 1/144 Gaza D, it does not look like they would have much if any place for an MS to attach to it. The only thing I can think of is if the MS held hands to those of the Gaza or grabbed on to the binders. Didn't the novels have the Ga-zowmn be a SFS?

I beg to differ on the Knuckle busters. First of all with the exception of the shots to the shields that were possibly coated with anti-beam coating, these weapons perform very well in comparison to other beam weapons. In episode 3 we see a Jegan get shot in half by a single shot of a Gaza-D's knuckle buster. Compare that to the damage done to the other Jegan by a Geara Doga using the single beam setting on its Beam Machine Gun. The Beam Machine Gun's beam shot only a small hole through the backpack of its target. In addition, compare the damage done by the Gaza's knuckle buster to that of the Sinanju's beam rifle. The Sinanju's weapon produces a noticeably smaller damage radius as is demonstrated in every scene we see it be fired at a target. In addition, a shot to an MS's torso does not cut it an MS in half as demonstrated when the Sinanju destroys a Stark Jegan in Episode 2. We see the strength of the Knuckle Buster in episode 7 when the Gaza's knuckle buster melts away a Proto Stark Jegan's arm and shield and the Ga-Zowmn's Knuckle buster shoots the Proto-Stark Jegan in half with a single shot. The scary raw firepower of the Knuckle busters are possibly a great factor into why the Gaza series of MS was so widely used by the Sleeves.

[balofo]

Rough translation:

A new type of Psycommu weapon installed in the sides of the shoulders. The device generates "psychoshards", crystals of light which have a resonant reaction with the Sinanju's psychoframe, allowing it to produce a phenomenon as close to a Psycho Field as can be created by a single machine.

Thanks, I believe this is gonna be same text for teh HGUC manual

[AmuroNT1]

I certainly hope the HGUC goes into more detail than that, because at the moment it's about as clear as mud.

[balofo]

They updated the official site with Zssa w/ shotgun and S Gallus w/ shields equipped.

Where's my Zaku III/Bawoo lineart?

[toysdream]

I dunno, dude. They normally update on the 25 of the month, so maybe you should chill in the meantime.

-- Mark

[Gelgoog Jager]

I dunno, dude. They normally update on the 25 of the month, so maybe you should chill in the meantime.

-- Mark

Even if it takes a while, I do hope they add profiles, if not for every unit that appeared, for every one of the new units introduced. That being said, there are two noticeable absences among the new units from previous episodes:

Neo Zeon:
Gaza C (Sleeves custom), first seen in episode 3. Maybe it will be added along the Zaku III, Bawoo and the space Gigan?

Zeon remnants:
Fat Uncle Custom, the brown (sand color) one which carried the Zaku I Sniper, with a side door for allowing the later snipe from high altitude, and also repalces the 3x 2-barrel machienguns of the base model for 2x single barrel ones.

Some units that are just minor cameos:

Principality of Zeon (useful for someone that mgiht be new to the series)
Zaku II, ep 1 and in several flashbacks afterwards
Musai, ep 1 and in several flashbacks afterwards

EF:
Salamis, used as bait in ep 2 to find the Nahel Argama
Irish, ep 2
Columbus Kai?, ep 2

Neo Zeon:
Endra, ep 3 & ep 7
Fat Uncle, 3 regular units pick the Zeon remnants in ep 4
Mindra, spotted first at Palau, and momentarily seen in ep 7, but oddly replaced by a regular Endra when supposeldy destroyed.
Musai Kai

Zeon remnants:
AMX-101 Gallus-J, seen engaging the Byarlant
MS-06D (MSV ver.), seen towing the Garencieres
MS-06FZ, seen a coupel of times during the assault on Torrington
MS-06V, seen towing the Garencieres
MS-07C-3, seen emerging from a castle

Also, given the addition of images of the repaired Rozen Zulu, as well as profiles for the repaired versions of the NZ-666, not to mention the AMS-119 heavy armed type, it might be worth also including profiles, or at least images of the different customized Geara Zulus, such as the heavy armed Geara Zulus, the royal guard Geara Zulu from the battle at the Laplace orbital station and the version Angelo used during the battle of Palau.

[BrentD15]

I dunno, dude. They normally update on the 25 of the month, so maybe you should chill in the meantime.

-- Mark

Even if it takes a while, I do hope they add profiles, if not for every unit that appeared, for every one of the new units introduced. That being said, there are two noticeable absences among the new units from previous episodes:

Neo Zeon:
Gaza C (Sleeves custom), first seen in episode 3. Maybe it will be added along the Zaku III, Bawoo and the space Gigan?

Zeon remnants:
Fat Uncle Custom, the brown (sand color) one which carried the Zaku I Sniper, with a side door for allowing the later snipe from high altitude, and also repalces the 3x 2-barrel machienguns of the base model for 2x single barrel ones.

Some units that are just minor cameos:

Principality of Zeon (useful for someone that mgiht be new to the series)
Zaku II, ep 1 and in several flashbacks afterwards
Musai, ep 1 and in several flashbacks afterwards

EF:
Salamis, used as bait in ep 2 to find the Nahel Argama
Irish, ep 2
Columbus Kai?, ep 2

Neo Zeon:
Endra, ep 3 & ep 7
Fat Uncle, 3 regular units pick the Zeon remnants in ep 4
Mindra, spotted first at Palau, and momentarily seen in ep 7, but oddly replaced by a regular Endra when supposeldy destroyed.
Musai Kai

Zeon remnants:
AMX-101 Gallus-J, seen engaging the Byarlant
MS-06D (MSV ver.), seen towing the Garencieres
MS-06FZ, seen a coupel of times during the assault on Torrington
MS-06V, seen towing the Garencieres
MS-07C-3, seen emerging from a castle

Also, given the addition of images of the repaired Rozen Zulu, as well as profiles for the repaired versions of the NZ-666, not to mention the AMS-119 heavy armed type, it might be worth also including profiles, or at least images of the different customized Geara Zulus, such as the heavy armed Geara Zulus, the royal guard Geara Zulu from the battle at the Laplace orbital station and the version Angelo used during the battle of Palau.

I guess we'll just have to wait for the artwork books to be released.

[Calubin_175]

I just realised that the Rozen Zulu's shield in episode 7 has a different shape from the original one as it resembles that of the Krak Zulu more. It appears that the HGUC kit will omit the original right arm and shield.

[balofo]

The custom Stark Jegan from OVA 7: double vulcan pods, dual arm racks, different paint(chest/face).

http://i.imgur.com/aR4kVdI.jpg

-Neo Zeong was made by AE as a deterrent to the Unicorn, it was impossible to be built by the Sleeves.
-The Silver Bullets in the mock battle against RX-0 from BD were originallt meant to be MP Nus! But Katoki was a fan of the Doven Wolf and gave it a Gundam head

[Dendrobium Stamen]

Not sure if anyone else has seen this already, but the official English-language website has updated with most/all of the MS from episode 7. Still disappointed they went with the "chubby" version of the Gustav Karl, but was a very cool cameo even so.

[E08]

-Neo Zeong was made by AE as a deterrent to the Unicorn, it was impossible to be built by the Sleeves.

balofo, did you get this from the HG manual? I cant read the words very well, but i think the profile is trying to say that AE developing the Neo Zeong is an unconfirmed rumor or something.

The HG also manual seems to say that the sub-arms in the front skirt armor are actually landing gears.

[balofo]

Info came from Katoki interview from GMDX 29

Here is the HGUC Neo Zeong manual, translators is there anything interesting?

http://www.1999.co.jp/itbig27/10274608k2.jpg
http://www.1999.co.jp/itbig27/10274608k.jpg

[balofo]

GMDX 29 UC OVA 7 full article!

Points of interest:
-lineart for Zaku III(sub arms' beam sabers are the same as the base unit skirt ones) and turret MBL
-explanations for the inclusion of every MS cameo(Gigan, Z Plus and Gustav Karl should have some interesting info)
-Confirmation on the Bawoo Nutter having a cockpit and Cheyenne's MS garrison: 6 Z Plus and 2 Gustavs on that mountain
-Original scenario for the Schuzrum Gallus scene: 2 of it were riding a Jamru Fin!
-Long interview that explains the Psycho Shard BS, apparently it also has Jack properties and Frontal set all the RX-0s weapons to self destruct

http://imgur.com/TAOD8CI
http://imgur.com/0AUpWw3
http://imgur.com/KeClHgb
http://imgur.com/AA2uhkn
http://imgur.com/EWXNmme
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http://imgur.com/wJqKHLJ
http://imgur.com/eKT64ab
http://imgur.com/Hn2bQfB
http://imgur.com/i7Qw3e0
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http://imgur.com/SFvYfaS
http://imgur.com/Airdu6z
http://imgur.com/LrHcvGK
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http://imgur.com/lhznqNo
http://imgur.com/ygLEGeU
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http://imgur.com/XAr0UFi
http://imgur.com/9JOYz2U
http://imgur.com/KmPIp5A

[AmuroNT1]

-Long interview that explains the Psycho Shard BS, apparently it also has Jack properties and Frontal set all the RX-0s weapons to self destruct

To quote Yzma from "The Emperor's New Groove":

"Why do we even HAVE that lever?!"

[Evex]

-Long interview that explains the Psycho Shard BS, apparently it also has Jack properties and Frontal set all the RX-0s weapons to self destruct

To quote Yzma from "The Emperor's New Groove":

"Why do we even HAVE that lever?!"

It's most likely a fail safe in case the unicorn gundam fell into enemy hands. I'm honestly not surprised that the RX-0 series have self destructs on their weapons, considering this is the earth federation who designed the suits. They don't exactly like their technology being recovered by the enemy. Just look back to the original mobile suit gundam, and them using the gundams super napalm to destroy whatever couldn't be loaded onto the white base.

[PowerdGNFlag]

-Long interview that explains the Psycho Shard BS, apparently it also has Jack properties and Frontal set all the RX-0s weapons to self destruct

To quote Yzma from "The Emperor's New Groove":

"Why do we even HAVE that lever?!"

It's most likely a fail safe in case the unicorn gundam fell into enemy hands. I'm honestly not surprised that the RX-0 series have self destructs on their weapons, considering this is the earth federation who designed the suits. They don't exactly like their technology being recovered by the enemy. Just look back to the original mobile suit gundam, and them using the gundams super napalm to destroy whatever couldn't be loaded onto the white base.

And this goes well with the theory that the Neo Zeong was made by Anaheim as a specific deterrent to the Unicorn/s.

[Deacon Blues]

Haven't contributed in a while, but here we go. Information courtesy of the latest Great Mechanics issue:

http://www.zeonic-republic.net/wp-conte ... nicorn.jpg

Another lineart take on the ZSSA. This one was on the Nahal Argama.

http://www.zeonic-republic.net/wp-conte ... _jegan.jpg

RGM-89De Jegan (ECOAS Use Conroy Unit)

Changes: Based on the Jegan, it is equipped with a sniper use visor, dagger knives and a hand gun. There is a beam saber box on the left arm and fire nuts on the hips.

I have no idea what fire nuts are.

The article also confirms that it is a Gigan operating with the Sleeves emblems on it. The armaments are said to be the same as the Dra-C.

http://www.zeonic-republic.net/wp-conte ... nicorn.jpg

This Zaku III lineart has the hidden arms specs that Katoki redesigned for this particular suit. They're reminiscent of The O.

The camouflaged Jegan (originally planned to be GMII's!) is confirmed to be holding a Marasai beam rifle in the one shot.