Post by Daniel Gage on Sept 7, 2014 21:41:51 GMT
Specifications
Name: Galbaldy Beta
Model: RMS-117
Type: General Purpose Mobile Suit
First Deployment UC 0087
Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces
Weight: Empty 36.3 metric tons; max gross 56.9 metric tons
Armor Type: Composite
Power Plant: Class ‘C’ Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1520 kW (Supports 1 hand weapon of any class)
Defense Value: 0
Armaments & Equipment
Fixed Equipment: Standard Sensors
Fixed Armaments:
2 X 60mm CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head (CIWS, 2 Fires/nonreloadable))
2 X Beam Sabers, mounted on shoulder (Melee)
Optional Hand Armaments: (1 storage hardpoint on rear waist)
Hyper Bazooka (Sniper, 2 Fires per magazine)
Beam Rifle (Standard, 3 Fires per E-Pac), power rated at 1.78 MW
Beam Spray Gun (Assault, 4 Fires per E-Pac), power rated at 1.72 MW
Standard Shield (Can be carried with weapon)
History
The Earth Federal Forces secured a great many of Zeon’s mobile suit designs and plans at the end of the One Year War. The high-performance Galbaldy was one such design. The Federation took the design of the late entry to the One Year War and gave it a complete overhaul, looking for a low-cost replacement to the expensive up-modding of the GM and Zaku into the Quel and HiZack lines the Titans favored. The Galbaldy was thus redesigned into the ‘Beta’ variant.
The Beta was one of the designs the Earth Federal Space Force considered to replace its aging GM Customs come UC 0087 (The Titans still claimed every last GM Quel that came off the lines). The Beta, unlike the Quel and HiZack, had a new structural frame designed around a higher-output reactor and beam weaponry. A solid overall design, it indeed outstrips the GM Quel and HiZack. The EFSF is considering adopting the Beta as their new mass-production unit, and the Titans have a few units for inhouse evaluation themselves...