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| Unit Type | |
| Custom Close-Quarters Combat Mobile Suit | |
| Profile | |
| Model Number | SVMS-01X |
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| Developed from | |
| Launched | 2308 A.D. |
| Destroyed | 2308 A.D. |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Head Height | 17.9 meters |
| Empty Weight | 69.7 metric tons |
| Power Plant | |
| Propulsion | GN Vernier (cone) |
| Accommodation | Pilot only, cockpit in chest |
| Armor | E-Carbon |
| Armaments | |
| Special Equipment and Features | |
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SVMS-01X Union Flag Custom II (aka GN Flag), is a GN-technology upgrade variant of Graham Aker's Custom Flag[1] unit in season 1 of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. The unit is piloted byGraham Aker.
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Technology & Combat Characteristics
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The GN Flag is essentially Graham's Custom Flag[1] that has been hastily fitted with a GN Drive Tau at Graham Aker's request through the influence of Billy Katagiri's uncle, Homer Katagiri.[2]Most of the original means of propulsion, such as the plasma engine backpacks, have been removed to make room for the GN Drive Tau, save for a few maneuvering thrusters for use in close combat.
The GN Drive Tau does not integrate elegantly with the Flag and weapons have to be powered via an external cable as the MS was not designed to be used with a GN Drive of any kind. The drive itself uses a swing mechanism to switch position. When the drive is attached to the rear of the suit, it provides the GN Flag with propulsion for travel. In order to activate the GN Beam Saber, theGN Drive Tau swings to a latch behind the left shoulder, powering the saber. The GN Flag only has one GN Beam Saber, confiscated from GNW-001 Gundam Throne Eins; this is the unit's only offensive weapon and is equipped via the aforementioned cable that provides the GN particle feed for the beam saber.
Because of the modifications, the unit can no longer transform into a fighter. One major flaw in this design is the fact that the unit lacks the G-force dampeners (that other GN Drive powered suits are equipped with); it's detrimental to the pilot who, in Graham Aker's case, he suffers internal bleeding, which ends up coughing blood while fighting the Gundams. Designed for the single purpose of defeating a Gundam, specifically Gundam Exia, the GN Flag is the physical representation of Graham's vengeance for his fallen comrades (Howard Manson and Daryl Dodge) and his love for challenging opponents in single melee combat. The unit maybe weaker than a GNX and it's certainly weaker than the Gundams, but it's quite formidable against a power-downed Gundam afterTrans-Am.
ArmamentsEdit
- GN Beam Saber
- The same beam saber taken from Gundam Throne Eins. It is now used as the main armament for the Custom Flag II. In order to feed GN Particles to the Beam Saber, the Custom Flag II is equipped a cable that provides the GN Particle feed for the Beam Saber.
- Defense Rods
- The GN Flag mounts two defense rods on both sides of the waist to increase stability in flight. It is unknown whether they can be used to defend the GN Flag against incoming attacks.
System FeaturesEdit
- In conjunction with the beam saber and a GN Particle based propulsion system, the GN Flag also possesses the ability to generate a GN Field through a generator located on its right arm. However, because the parts were hastily constructed, its stability is unsatisfactory. [3]
HistoryEdit
When thirty GNX-603T GN-X units were delivered to the three power blocks, one belonging to the Union was assigned to ace piot Graham Aker (GN-X #21). However, having sworn on Howard Mason's grave that he would defeat a Gundam in a Flag, Graham instead requested that a modification be made to his custom Flag. Billy Katagiri, the acting chief engineer of the Overflag at the time, used his uncle's influence to acquire one of the 10 GN Drive Tau units and apply its technology onto one of their custom Flags.[2] The result was the GN Flag, a hastily-built GN-powered version of the Flag which nonetheless sported power enough to match the Trans-Am weakened GN-001 Gundam Exia in solo combat.
Driven nearly mad by his obsession with the Gundam which had first awed him, Graham's fight with Setsuna F. Seiei resulted in the destruction of the GN Flag and the near-destruction of Gundam Exia, tearing off its left arm, gouging out its right eye, and decapitating it. In the aftermath, Graham and Setsuna were both believed dead, though both survived the encounter and would meet again on the field of battle four years later. What has happened to the GN Flag remains unknown but it is known that the data of GN Flag has been developed for a new unit for Mr. Bushido, the GNX-U02X Masurao.
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