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Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer

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METEOR
METEOR without attached MS
Fast Facts
Unit Type
Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer (METEOR)
Launched September 26, CE 71
Manufacturer Verne, Wells Design Bureaus
Operator
General Characteristics
Overall Length 99.46 meters
Overall Width 60.12 meters
Weight 552.42 metric tons
Power Plant
  • Ultracompact energy battery
  • Nuclear reactor
Armaments
  • 2 x 120cm high-energy beam cannon
  • 2 x 93.7cm high-energy beam cannon
  • 2 x MA-X200 beam sword
  • 77 x 60 cm "Erinaceus" anti-ship missile launchers (22 per pod, 12 per arm unit, 9 on tail fin)
Mobile Suits who can use the METEOR

The METEOR (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) is a Mobile Suit support system used in the Cosmic Era timeline.

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Technological and Combat Informations

The METEOR unit is propelled by powerful laser pulse thrusters, counteracting the considerable mass of the nearly 100 meter long vehicles. Though the METEOR has its own internal battery, this only provides power for its thrusters; the weapons are powered by a direct connection to the embedded mobile suit's nuclear reactor.

The METEOR is also extremely well-armed. The unit includes four high energy beam cannons as well as two large beam sword, capable of cutting a battleship in half. Besides this the METEOR is also armed with 77 anti-ship missile launchers, allowing the unit to fire a large number of missiles in a short amount of time.

History

Created by ZAFT for use by the ZGMF-X09A Justice and ZGMF-X10A Freedom, the METEOR units are large unmanned vehicles. The support ship Eternal was designed to carry the two METEOR units externally and when these units are linked up to the ship, the Eternal can use them as fixed weapon systems. Though a total of eight METEOR units were presumably built, only six are accounted for: METEORs 01 and 02, 05 and 06, and 07 and 08. METEORs 01 and 02 were used during the Bloody Valentine War by the Three Ships Alliance. One was destroyed by insane ZAFT commander Rau Le Creuset in battle against Freedom, the second one was used by Athrun Zala to pierce the Yachin Due armor and presumedly destroyed in the explosion of GENESIS.

In CE 74, it is shown that the Eternal had two new METEOR units (presumably new METEORs constructed by the Clyne Faction, as they were identified as "METEOR 07 and 08" by radar). The ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice and ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom used these two METEOR units to destroy one relay station of the Requiem superweapons, while Kira Yamamto used his unit to critically damage the massive Mobile Space Fortress Messiah.

In Gundam SEED Destiny Astray, METEOR 05 and 06 are found inside GENESIS Alpha by Lowe Guele, who refits them with nuclear reactors and Neutron Jammer Cancellers. These METEORs were given to the Serpent Tail mercenaries and were used by Gai Murakumo and Elijah Kiel, docked with Gai's Astray Blue Frame and Elijah's custom ZAKU.

ZAFT also created a variant of the METEOR system, the Verne 35A/MPFM Multipurpose Flight Module, which lacks the METEOR's heavy armament but can be used as a booster for a variety of mobile suits and shuttles. However, it can be equipped with missile launchers when used by mobile suits, as demonstrated when Jean Carry, in a MBF-M1 Astray equipped with the 35A/MPFM module attacked Ile De Llorar's RGX-04 Proto Saviour.

Trivia

External Links

METEOR on MAHQ

Cosmic Era technology
Standard technology
Deuterion Beam Energy Transfer System | Lightwave Barrier | Mirage Colloid | Phase Shift armor | Positron Blaster Cannon | Positron Deflector
Mobile Suit technology
DRAGOON system | G Project | METEOR | Second Stage Series | Striker Packs
Superweapons
Cyclops System | GENESIS | Hyper-Deuterion Nuclear Reactor | Neutron Jammer | Neutron Jammer Canceller | Neutron Stampeder | Nibelung | Requiem
Human enhancements
Coordinators | Extended humans | Newtypes | SEED factor