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The F99 Record Breaker is an experimental mobile suit that appears in Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Steel 7.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The F99 Record Breaker is a prototype MS developed by SNRI. The XM-10 Flint, which was originally supposed to be sold to the Earth Federation, was not adopted because the machine could expose its relationship with Crossbone Vanguard during the Jupiter Empire's invasion of the Earth. The mobile suit replacing the rejected Flint is the Record Breaker. The main feature of the Record Breaker is the Minovsky Drive. Originally the main engine of the spaceship Mother Vanguard, the Minovsky Drive has been successfully downsized for installation in a mobile suit. The Minovsky Drive was incorporated into four X-shaped thrusters that bore a passing resemblance to insect wings. Other than the Minovsky Drive, the Record Breaker did not have any other innovative feature, with 75% of its parts being the same as the Flint/Crossbone Gundams'. SNRI officials planned to change the Record Breaker's head into that of a Gundam-type when presenting the mobile suit to the Federation.

Armaments[]

  • Improved Zanbuster
Like the ones used by the XM-10 Flint, the Record Breaker's improved zanbuster has a gunbarrel attachment instead of the traditional buster gun add-on as used by the Crossbone Gundams'.
  • Beam Zanber
The beam zanber is a high power beam saber and is the primary weapon of the Record Breaker. The hilt of the beam zanber is modeled after that of a traditional pirate cutlass, as does the beam blade when it is formed. The power of the beam zanber is significantly higher than that of ordinary beam sabers, such that it is easy for the Record Breaker to overpower an enemy in melee combat or even "cut" through the beam of an ordinary beam saber.

Special Equipment & Features[]

  • Bio-Computer
A man-machine interface developed from the psycommu system, it can directly convey data collected by the MS' sensors to the pilot in the form of sensory information.
  • Minovsky Drive System
Developed from the Minovsky Craft System, the Minovsky Drive System is a new form of propulsion technology that allows an equipped machine to accelerate to extremely high speeds both in space and in the Earth's atmosphere. With this system, an equipped mobile suit can travel the 600 million kilometers between the Earth Sphere to the Jupiter Sphere in about 150 hours, while ships designed to make such a journey would require a minimum of three months when the two planets are at their closest position to one another. One of the primary advantages of the Minovsky Drive System is that it does not require burning conventional fuel to operate and instead relies solely on the Minovsky particles produced by the Minovsky fusion reactor. Because the reactor continually produces Minovsky particles, the Minovsky Drive System theoretically has no operating limit as long as all components are working properly.
The Minovsky Drive System was first developed by the Buch Concern and installed aboard the ship Mother Vanguard as the "Sail of Light." In U.C. 0136, both SNRI and Anaheim Electronics were both developing Minovsky Drive technology for mobile suits nicknamed "Wings of Light," though SNRI developed the technology on their own while Anaheim developed it by studying the remains of the Mother Vanguard. Due to the events of U.C. 0136, all prototypes and data were lost and it would not be until 17 years later when the technology would be available again.

History[]

In U.C. 0136, SNRI built three Record Breakers and they were test piloted by Yon, Ulysses Leopard, and Mitchell Derek Nar who were all taught by Minoru Suzuki. The machines and their test pilots were stationed at an SNRI production and research facility on the moon.

When the Crossbone Vanguard pirates discovered that the Jupiter Empire was planning to use a colony laser on Earth they realized that the only way to get to the Jupiter Sphere from the Earth Sphere with enough time to stop the first attack was to use a Minovsky Drive. However, the only ship with a Minovsky Drive, the Mother Vanguard was destroyed three years prior. It seemed hopeless until Tobia Arronax remembered that SNRI was developing mobile suits that could use the Minovsky Drive. Knowing it was their only hope, the pirates quickly made their way to the moon base to plead their case to SNRI to let them use the mobile suits.

Though the SNRI officials were hesitant, they ultimately agreed to let the Crossbone Vanguard use the Record Breakers for their mission. However, before any action could be taken, the Jupiter Empire attacked with several Amakusas, piloted by normal pilots instead of bio-brains, and a new Cornix piloted by Callisto's Shadow. The Record Breakers and the XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Kai Kai "Skull Heart" sortied against the Jovian Forces. Tobia warned the Record Breakers' pilots that they couldn't risk their mobile suits being damaged. Despite not having any combat experience Yon, Ulysses, and Derek showed the power of the Record Breakers by out-flying the Amakusas and picking them off one by one, destroying most of them without taking any damage.

However, the Record Breakers and their pilots were soon outmatched by Callisto's Shadow and his Cornix. Callisto's Shadow had an unnatural ability to predict the movements of the Record Breakers, combined with the Cornix's unusual movement capabilities made him impossible to hit, and he quickly destroyed the Record Breakers, killing the pilots except for Derek, and severely damaging the Skull Heart.

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • According to Mobile Suit Gundam - Characters - Universal Century II, the Record Breaker was developed from the F90W Warbird Type.

External links[]


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