The Second Stage Series is a series of Mobile Weapons created by ZAFT in the Cosmic Era timeline.
Mobile Suits
- ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam
- ZGMF-X24S Chaos Gundam
- ZGMF-X31S Abyss Gundam
- ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam
- ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam
Ships and Vehicles
- Minerva-class battleship
- YFX-M56S Core Splendor
Technology
As part of the project, several new technologies were developed to adapt to the restrictions of the Treaty of Junius. One such technology was the Variable Phase Shift armor, a new version of the older Phase Shift armor. This armor is less energy intensive than the old variant and can also change the strength and thus the energy need of the armor. To cope with the fact that nuclear engines on mobile suits were now forbidden, the Deuterion Beam Energy Transfer System was developed, which allows a suit of the Second Stage series to immediately recharge its battery by receiving energy through a deuterion beam from a ship equipped with this system. Another new system created was specifically for the Impulse, the Silhouette Packs are exchangeable backpacks similar to the Earth Alliance' Striker Packs. The other suits of the series on the other hand all have the ability to transform into a secondary mobile armor mode to adapt to certain environments.
History
After the end of the First Alliance-PLANT War and the restrictions on technology and mobile suits put up by the Treaty of Junius, ZAFT created a new series of prototype mobile suits to cope with this situations. The Second Stage series introduced several new technologies and also resulted in the creation of the Minerva, the first warships of ZAFT built after the war. This ship not only was capable of using the new Deuterion beam transfer technology but was also specifically built to support the Impulse. Two suits of the series also had prototype units which were used to test several features of these suits. These prototype were the XMF-P192P Proto-Chaos and the ZGMF-YX21R Proto-Saviour.
Eventually in CE 73, the five completed suits and the ship were rolled out at the ZAFT space colony Armory One. On October 2nd of the same year however, three of the suits were stolen by the Earth Alliance Phantom Pain special forces unit. This also caused an early start of both the Minerva and the Impulse. Shortly thereafter, the Second Alliance-PLANT War started, which eventually saw the destruction of every suit created as part of the Project, except for the Impulse and the Gaia (taken by Terminal).
Cosmic Era technology | |
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Standard Technology Ablative Gel | Elecar | Flare Motor | Haro | Mass Driver | Meteor Breaker | Mobile Phone | Space Colony | Space Suit | Transmitter Tag | ZAFT Dry Dock | |
Medical Technology Artificial Womb | Cloning | Cradle | Gamma Glipheptin | G.G. Unit | Stabilizing Pill | |
Mobile Weapon Technology Armure Lumiere | Assault Shroud | Deuterion Beam Energy Transfer System | METEOR | Multi Lock-on System | Mobile Suit Booster | Operating Systems | Voiture Lumiere | |
Mobile Suit Weapons Aerial Battle-use Composite Weapon "Adler" | Anti-ship Sword | Beam Rifle | Beam Saber | Core Splendor System | DRAGOON system | Gerbera Straight | Lohengrin Launcher | M68 "Cattus" 500mm Recoilless Rifle | M69 "Barrus Kai" Heavy Ion Cannon | Wired Gunbarrel | |
Defensive Technology Anti-Beam Coating | Anti-Beam Depth Charge | Beam Shield | Laminated Armor | Lightwave Barrier | Phase Shift armor | Positron Reflector | Trans-Phase armor | Variable Phase Shift armor | "Yata-no-Kagami" Anti-beam Defensive Reflection System | |
Striker Packs Technology α Force Silhouette | β Sword Silhouette | γ Blast Silhouette | AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker | AQM/E-X02 Sword Striker | AQM/E-X03 Launcher Striker | AQM/E-X04 Gunbarrel Striker | AQM/E-X09S Noir Striker | AQM/E-A4E1 Jet Striker | AQM/E-M11 Doppelhorn Striker | AQM/E-YM1 Multiple Assault Striker | EX-A1 Gunner Wizard | EX-K Slash Wizard | EX-M Blaze Wizard | EW454F Ootori Striker | Flight Unit | G-Flight | Mk438/B Multi Striker | P202QX IWSP | P204QX Lightning Striker | |
Mirage Colloid Technology After-image Creation | Geschmeidig Panzer | "Maga no Ikutachi" Energy Absorption Claws | Mirage Colloid Stealth System | Quantum Computer Virus Transmission System | |
Conventional Weapons Anti-Aircraft Gun | Automatic Pistol | Combat Knife | Dual Turret | EA Rifle | Folding Knife | Gatling Gun Turret | Linear Artillery Turret | NODIESOP.CO M83A2 | Orb Pistol | Orb Rifle | "Pillbox" Anti-Air Turret | POSEIDON CO pistol | Positron Blaster Cannon | Quadruple Anti-Aircraft Beam Cannon | Railgun Turret | Rocket Launcher | Semi Automatic Handgun | Sniper Rilfe | Surface-to-air Missile Launcher Emplacement | Time Bomb | ZAFT Handgun | ZAFT Rifle | |
Superweapons Cyclops System | GENESIS Alpha | GENESIS | Gungnir | Hyper-Deuterion Engine | Neo-GENESIS | Neutron Jammer | Neutron Jammer Canceller | Neutron Stampeder | Nibelung | Nuclear Missile | Requiem |