YMF-X000A Dreadnought Gundam
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| Model Number | YMF-X000A | ||
| Developed from | ZGMF-600 GuAIZ | ||
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| First Seen | 71 C.E. | ||
| Manufacturer | ZAFT  ((MS))
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| Operator | Junk Guild
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| Known Pilots | Prayer Reverie | ||
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| Overall Height | 18.21 meters59.744 ft 716.929 in | ||
| Standard Weight | 67.5 metric tons | ||
| Power-plant | Ultracompact Nuclear Fission Reactor | ||
| Pilot Accommodations | Pilot only (in cockpit in chest) | ||
| Armor | Phase Shift armor | ||
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The YMF-X000A Dreadnought Gundam (aka Dreadnought, X Astray) is a Mobile Suit in the manga series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray.
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Technology & Combat Characteristics
Dreadnought Gundam is developed as a testbed for the N-Jammer Canceller technology that is later used in the ZGMF-X series of Gundam, as well as the DRAGOON system of the ZGMF-X13A Providence. Since it is built from a ZGMF-600 GuAIZ frame, the Dreadnought's weaponry is largely similar to the original suit's armament. This includes the head mounted MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS, whose numbers have been doubled, and an MA-MV04 composite armed shield system that is developed from GuAIZ's MA-MV03, but is longer and emits a beam saber rather than beam claw. Besides these weapons, the suit also features a single MA-M22Y beam rifle (an early model of the ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam's MA-M221 "Judicium" beam rifle) but its main armament is the DRAGOON system, which includes two beam reamers and four weapon pods on the backpack.
Armaments
- Large DRAGOON pods
- Four pods mounted on the specialised backpack. Each pod is armed with a total of nine GDU-X7 beam guns and, like the beam reamers, are connected with wires to the suit, although they also can function without them. A tetrahedral beam shield can also be emitted from these DRAGOON pods. The way the pods are mounted is the reason why Dreadnought is called X Astray.
- MA-M22Y beam rifle
- A moderately sized rifle, its design is used to produce the Providence's MA-M221 "Judicium" beam rifle.
- MA-MV04 composite armed shield system
- The composite armed shield system gives the Dreadnought both defensive and offensive properties. The system is mounted on the left arm and is capable of generating a beam saber.
- MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS
- Four head-mounted, fire-linked weapons used for supression fire or intercepting missiles.
- XM1 "Pristis" beam reamers
- Since the suit was designed to be used as a test bed for the DRAGOON system, the Dreadnought was armed with two XM1 "Pristis" beam reamers (beam cannon/scissor anchors), which were mounted on the hips of the suit. While these weapons are tethered to the suit by wires, they are completely DRAGOON controlled; the wires are simply to recover the weapons in the event of a malfunction in the still-experimental system.
Special Equipment & Features
- As with the other five Gundam units produced by ZAFT later, the Dreadnought is equipped with a Neutron Jammer Canceller, which counters the effects of the ubiquitous Neutron Jammers and allows these suits to be powered by nuclear reactors. This gives them almost limitless combat endurance, even with Phase Shift armor activated. Dreadnought and its variant is the only MS to have the NJC installed in the head.
- Operating System
- The Dreadnought uses the Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module complex operating system.
- Like the other Gundam units produced by ZAFT later, the Dreadnought is equipped with Phase Shift armor. Thanks to its N-Jammer Canceller and nuclear reactor, the PS armor is capable of being active for a lot longer than on non-nuclear powered suits.
History
In mid CE 71, ZAFT creates a series of advanced mobile suits based on technology reverse-engineered from the captured Earth Alliance G Project suits. Like their EA predecessors, the ZAFT Gundams are armed with advanced beam weaponry and protected by Phase Shift armor. However, an additional technology is incorporated as well: the Neutron Jammer Canceller, which counters the effects of the ubiquitous Neutron Jammers and allows these suits to be powered by nuclear reactors. This gives them almost limitless combat endurance, even with Phase Shift armor activated.
The first of these suits is the YMF-X000A Dreadnought Gundam. Unlike the other nuclear-powered Gundams built by ZAFT afterwards, which are entirely new designs, the Dreadnought is actually built from a heavily modified ZGMF-600 GuAIZ frame.
The Dreadnought Gundam is test piloted by Courtney Heironimus, then acquired by the Junk Guild and piloted by Prayer Reverie, a Newtype clone whose exact origins are unknown. Shortly before the war's end, it is upgraded by Lowe Guele with a new backpack mounting four large DRAGOON weapon pods (similar to those of the Providence) based on blueprints handed to him by Andrew Waltfeld who is safeguarding the data on behalf of Siegel Clyne. The configuration of the backpack causes Lowe to nickname the Dreadnought "X Astray." The final use of the Dreadnought is against Prayer's rival Canard Pars and his CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Gundam Unit 1. During this fight, Prayer uses the large DRAGOON pods to create a tetrahedral energy shield. In the end, the Hyperion is destroyed, but Prayer protects Canard from the explosion and seemingly dies shortly thereafter due to flaws in the cloning process.
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