The GNW-100P Gundam Portent (aka G-Portent) is a Gunpla introduced in the anime Gundam Build Fighters Try. It is built and piloted by Shia Kijima.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
An original Gunpla built by Shia Kijima, it is created in the image of the Gundams used by Celestial Being. Its build quality is on par with the other two Gunplas used by team Celestial Sphere, and was even described by Coach Allan as 'perfect'. Due to Shia's excellent control skills, the Gundam Portent can fight in ways that no other Gunplas can. For example, it can touch missiles lightly without detonating them and can render enemy's beam attack harmless using a particle transformation field. The latter can also be deployed as a 360 degree barrier or a single plane energy shield against enemy attacks.
The wing-like parts on the legs, arms and back are basically enlarged version of the clavicle antennae used by Celestial Being's Gundams, and their larger size as well as higher number lead to vastly improved control over the GN Particles released from the suit's back. Weapon wise, it is equipped with a pair of GN Vulcans, a pair of Beam Sabers, a GN Smash Rifle and a GN Pierce Sword. The suit's most unique equipment is the small machines known as Karels that are stored in the container on the back of the waist. These machines are capable of repairing the suit or one of its teammates during battle, and allows it to recover from even critical damages.
Armaments[]
- GN Vulcan
- Mounted on the sides of the suit's head, the pair of GN Vulcans are smaller versions of GN Beam weaponry. They have a high rate of fire, but are low in power. As such, they are mainly used to engage targets in a defensive capacity or to intercept incoming attacks, such as missiles.
- GN Smash Rifle
- A custom GN beam rifle used by Gundam Portent, it has high accuracy due to the suit's excellent control of GN particles.
- GN Pierce Sword
- The suit's main handheld close combat weapon, its blade is covered with Plavsky particles that recreates the effect of GN particles and this grants it high cutting capabilities. The GN Pierce Sword can emit a long flexible beam blade to increase its attack range. This beam blade can be used together with the GN Smash Rifle to enhance the suit's ranged attack power.
- Beam Saber
- A sword-like beam weapon that serve as the suit's secondary close combat weapon, a pair of them are stored on the rear waist armor in a manner similar to that of the Gundam Astraea.
Special Equipment & Features[]
- Particle Transformation Field
- A special field that allows the suit to slide on enemy's beam harmlessly, it can also be deployed as a GN Field-like defensive barrier for blocking enemy's attack, but it can be penetrated/shattered by a physical object with lots of force behind it or by powerful beam attack. However, the field can be deployed as a single plane energy shield of varying size to overcome the first weakness, but it is still vulnerable to the second. It is unclear how the particle transformation field works, but it is hinted in the anime that its abilities are related to the particle band of the Plavsky particles.
- A maintenance robot originating from Mobile Suit Gundam 00, five Karels are stored in the container mounted on the rear waist. Shia equipped each of these small machines with a small torch, instant glue and quick-drying putty, and used them to repair the Gundam Portent or one of its teammates during Gunpla Battle. Thanks to the Karel, a damaged Gunpla can recover even from critical damages and continue battling without any problems. As stated by Yuuma, each Karel is manually controlled by Shia, signifying her excellent control skill. Interestingly, one of the five Karels contains a Haro.
- Portent Flyer
- An optional support machine formed by combining certain parts of the Gundam Portent with a core unit. The four wings of the Portent Flyer have particle control capability, enabling high speed flight. This machine also has repair capabilities as the container holding the Karels is a part of its body. As the Portent Flyer lacks a GN Drive, it has a limited operating time.
History[]
For the history of the G-Portent, please see Shia Kijima's page.
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Notes & Trivia[]
- The look and design of Gundam Portent is very similar to that of the GNW-100A Sakibure; even its model number differed only by one letter. However, the official site and HGBF model kit manual never state the Portent's base unit.
- The Sakibure has yet to be release as a Gunpla kit in real life. It is also unknown if such a Gunpla kit was released in the Build Fighters universe. Thus, there is a possibility that this Gunpla is a scratch-built.
- Although two boxes of the HG00 1/144 GN-001 Gundam Exia are shown on Shia's working table when the Gundam Portent is completed, it is never stated if she used these kits as the base unit or if she only needed certain parts to complete the Gunpla.
- The episode in which G-Portent first fought was titled Magnificent Shia, which is likely a reference to Mobile Suit Gundam AGE's episode Magnificent Fram. Additionally, the xvb-fnc Fawn Farsia piloted by Fram Nara uses a baton that emits flexible beam ribbon, which is similar to the flexible beam blade emitted by the G-Portent's GN Pierce Sword.
- The particle transformation field's abilities being related to the particle band is similar to how the particle alteration coating on Sengoku Astray's samurai swords works.
- Portent means an exceptional or wonderful thing. This may be a reference to how perfectly the Gunpla was made.
- The spoken name for the Gunpla, G-Portent, is reminiscent of the naming scheme used for Gundams in Gundam Reconguista in G.
- The G-Portent is built with a more feminine figure than most Gundams, similar to the Nobel Gundam and Gundam Nadleeh. However, unlike the other two, it lacks a component resembling hair and possesses face vents. The instructions for the G-Portent's HGBF kit refer to all three as "Elegant Form Mobile Suits".
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