The list of authors can be seen in the page history there. Among them being having a five minute time usage so it wouldn't kill its pilot and the fact that it doesn't discriminate against real Newtypes and Cyber-Newtypes. Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3,980 kW Propulsion: . When the Minovsky particle is spread in large numbers in the open air or in open space, the particles disrupt low-frequency electromagnetic radiation, such as microwaves and radio waves. After the war, the Earth Federation Forces refine this concept into a dedicated mobile suit support device, substantially reducing its cost. During the Gryps Conflict, they are often unmanned models controlled by the mobile suit itself, but later versions are equipped with cockpits so that they can also be used as transport craft. Each colony can support millions of people, and they're grouped into clusters called Sides, each made up of between 35 and 40 colonies and housing a billion or more people. The movable frame was a new concept in mobile suit construction introduced after the One Year War, it was first tested on the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II(though the GP series featured partial movable frame). Unlike radio communications, conversations transmitted in this way are almost impossible to intercept. This system could not be miniaturized to fit on a mobile suit until after U.C.0100. Welcome to r/Gundam! Binders are technological instruments that provide extra control for the AMBAC systems. It is equipped with high-power thrusters that allow atmospheric flight under gravity for a short period of time. The Minovsky-Ionesco reactor was named after its fictional inventors, Dr. Y.T. While functionally similar to the psycommu system, the bio-computer places less strain on its human operator. However, since these devices are unable to survive the explosion of a mobile suit's main reactor, research continues into the core block system and other escape mechanisms. The disruption of electromagnetic radiation is due to the small lattice of the I-field creating fringes that long wavelengths cannot penetrate, and that diffract wavelengths that have similar distance with the fringes. Notice in real life there is a similar experimental particle that could do the same thing in few thousandth of a second, which is still not practical but proves the theory to be correct. In the original show, the magnet coating process has no visible indication. A mega particle cannon like those installed in space warships requires a large electrical power source, a steady supply of energy in the form of Minovsky particles, and a massive energy condensor to compress the latter into mega particles prior to firing. This reduces the heat from the thermonuclear reaction and reduces the need for coolant and shielding for the fusion reactors. Despite being set in the distant future, the Universal Century has several takes on modern weapons such as the twin gunned Type 61 main battle tank that bears a striking resemblance to the Israeli Merkava, the "Calt" M-72A1 assault rifle that is near identical to the British L-85, anti mobile suit weapons reminiscent of the BGM-71 TOW and Kornet, and even light utility vehicles similar to World War II era Jeeps. These form-fitting space suits provide a minimum of impediment to the pilot's movements. New MS Encyclopedia, ISBN / 4-89189-050-9, Bandai, 1st Oct, 1988. This reactor was "radical" due to the fact that it was the first "clean" nuclear reactor, emitting zero neutron radiation. But the Dodai also retains all the functions of a conventional aircraft, such as navigation and fire control systems, and requires its own dedicated pilot. The assault carrier Albion is one of the few military vessels designed to use this system. Because of the way Minovsky particles react with other types of radiation, radar systems and long-range wireless communication systems become useless, infra-red signals are diffracted and their accuracy decreases, and visible light is fogged. These technologies are the basic reasoning for the Universal Century's having mobile suits as the main battle units, replacing space fighters. This ejection pod design proves effective and inexpensive, and soon becomes a standard feature. Some variants of the tail stabilator are equipped with built-in vernier thrusters and can thus further improve a mobile suit's manoeuvrability. AMBAC is by its nature limited to re-orienting the unit about its center of mass, and is not a substitute for propulsion. [7][8] The first mass production mobile suit that adopted the linear seat was the RMS-106 Hizack. The technology is later obtained by the renegade Principality of Zeon soldiers based at the asteroid Axis. When mobile suits come into direct physical contact with each other, or with other vehicles, sound can be transmitted between them via vibrations in their outer armor. [6], Prototypes for the linear seat were installed in the RX-78NT-1 Gundam "Alex" and the RX-78GP03S Gundam "Stamen". Gundam Science, Gundam Century Renewal Version, ISBN / 4-87777-028-3, Kisousha, 15th Mar, 2000. AMBAC works by leveraging Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion (When there's an action there is an equal and opposite reaction) with regard to inertia to effect changes in direction. [14] Side 3's colonies are identical in size and shape to the Island 3 design, but doubled the habitable area by removing the large window strips of the Island 3.[15][16][17]. This diffraction and polarization process disrupts the electromagnetic waves. A mind control system installed in the MRX-009 Psyco Gundam, which compels its cyber-Newtype pilot to fight in battle. Digest, , Takarajima sha. Using this interface a Newtype pilot can direct remote weapons, and operate huge mobile armors, by thought alone. This technology allows a mobile suit to be externally controlled via the psycommu system. The Federation Forces, meanwhile, concentrate on developing artificially enhanced cyber-Newtypes to operate their psycommu weapons. However, as the years went on, development into the I-field Generator would lead to interesting creations. These technologies first debuted in Gundam Century, written by fans at that time, later endorsed by Sunrise and Bandai, and some of the authors of the articles within Gundam Century became official editors and writers of Gundam mechanics. 9.2 Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor 9.3 Energy capacitor (E-CAP) 9.4 Minovsky Craft System 10 Mobile Suit Technology - Unique control/interface systems 10.1 Psycommu System 10.2 Quasi-Psycommu System 10.3 Half Control System 10.4 Neo-Psycommu System 10.5 EXAM System 10.6 HADES 10.7 n_i_t_r_o System 10.8 Psyco-control system 10.9 Combat system The Minovsky-Ionesco reactor was named after its fictional inventor. Due to this, the military use of Minovsky particles ushered in a new era of close-range combat. [18] Within the non-UC Gundam series, the AMBAC system term is also used in Mobile Suit Gundam 00. This mechanism has far better fuel efficiency than a thermonuclear rocket engine or a chemical rocket, but due to its relatively low thrust it's best suited for massive, slow-moving objects such as the asteroid Axis. This system yielded a higher operating speed than hydraulics, and lower weight and greater structural simplicity than electric motors. Minovsky made mobile suits feasible. Several years after the ship's destruction SNRI would take the Minovsky Drive and improve it, reducing the size and installing onto three mobile suits, the F99 Record Breaker, as the "wings of light". As with the EXAM system, the HADES provides a temporary increase in equipped mobile suit's performance along with increased reaction times to the pilot. This became known as the "Minovsky Effect". Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor Fixed Armaments Beam Vulcans (Mounted on head) GN Micro Missile x24 Heat Claw Palm Busters x2 Handheld Armaments Beam Magnum x1 Beam Saber x2 GN Linear Rifle Remote Armaments Assault Bits x5 Standard Equipment Bioscanner Bit Control System Full Psychoframe I-Field Generator GN Field Newtype Destroyer System The protons and helium ions produced by these fusion reactions can then be directed by a magnetic field to generate thrust. A super high-tensile alloy developed by Earth Federation Forces researchers at the asteroid base Luna II. Instead of the conventional magnetic field, this improved version of the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor used an I-field to confine and compress the reactor fuel, triggering a fusion reaction. Huge space stations are constructed in Earth orbit to house the emigrants, and by U.C. Since the proton is positively charged, it can easily be trapped within a magnetic field. For the most part, AMBAC is invisible to the naked eye, as the shifts are slight. It is a controversial system which seems to be similar to the earlier developed EXAM System. The system is similar in principle to the momentum wheel system used in present-day satellites, though obviously more complex and allows the centre of mass move outside of the unit.[22]. To use the system, a direct link to all limbs was needed, thus the pilot has to be a quadruple amputee, either through misfortune or volunteer surgery. A deception device that takes advantage of Minovsky particle interference. Another weakness is that the I-field generator has an operating limit. Another version of the I-Field Generator but allows the user to redirect incoming beam weapons fire back at targets. During the One Year War, there were many cases of pilots being wounded in the cockpit while their mobile suits remained relatively intact. More by heavenly777protector Watch heavenly777protector Watch In the closed environment of a space colony or lunar city, atmospheric pollution must be kept to an absolute minimum, so electric cars (often shortened to "elecar") are used for personal transportation. He aspired from his youngest memory to become a scientists. These issues are addressed with the development of the energy capacitor, which makes it possible to create compact beam weapons with greatly reduced power and energy requirements. In some cases weapons and shields are also integrated into these manipulators, but their primary functions are carrying equipment and manipulating objects. The flying armor functions as a wave rider, allowing the Gundam Mk-II to enter Earth's atmosphere from orbit, and also serves as a hovercraft once it reaches the ground. They are equipped with a small beam cannon and an energy cell to propel the funnel when it is operating. The Minovsky particle also interferes with the operations of electronic circuitry and destroys unprotected circuits due to the particles' high electrical charge which act like a continuous electromagnetic pulse on metal objects. As a result, the unit performed well against more conventional mobile suits and showed superiority in manoeuvrability. The nuclear equation was: The reactant used a rare isotope of helium known as helium-3 (i.e., 2 protons and 1 neutron in the nucleus). Beam barriers generated in Flight Form allowed the Gundam to achieve supersonic . More sophisticated varieties are equipped with small maneuvering verniers, allowing them to move in a realistic manner and register on infra-red sensors. This plane is divided into multiple sections, which can be turned on or off as needed to conserve energy. The mantle could then be discarded once it loses all the ABC (thus the anti-beam protection). Its most ironic flaw is that, because of the massive stress to gives its pilots, a Newtype is the best pilot for the unit. Categories The main use of the Minovsky particle was in combat and communication. [10] The series' technology is now serving as the inspiration for academic research in different fields, which could include moon settlements and mega-particle cannon. Born on December 2, 1923 to Tetter and Ivana Minovsky in Moscow, Yuri was born into a Party family. The MS-11 Act Zaku, the first Zeon mobile suit to incorporate magnet coating technology, used field motors instead of the traditional fluid pulse system. The mobile suit was originally conceived of as a powered space suit to extend the human operator's own capabilities, and the term "manipulator" is inherited from the artificial arms used in powered suits. (May, 2006, 11th edition). The E-CAP stores Minovsky particles in a compressed, high-energy state, just short of fusing into mega particles. Within the next few years, they identified the cause: a new elementary particle generated by the helium-3 reaction on the inner wall of the reactor, which was named the Minovsky particle (, Minofusuk ryshi) or "M" particle. However, the system has a number of flaws to it. An application of Minovsky physics, this system used the interaction of I-fields and Minovsky particles to achieve far lighter weight and higher output than an electric motor. An attachment point for weapons, shields, spare ammunition, or optional mission-specific equipment. [9] Some older mobile suits, such as the RGM-79SC GM Sniper Custom, were also refitted with linear seats by the time of the Gryps War.[10]. The Fin Funnel Barrier is a special force field that is powerful enough to not only stop beam weaponry, but also physical weaponry and is even able to trap units within it. [24][25], The fictional weapons of the Universal Century were described to be utilizing the degeneracy of the Minovsky Particle by compressing Minovsky particles in high pressure chambers and firing out the degenerated Minovsky particles (from the fusing of a positively charged and a negatively charged one) which carries high energy and mass from the degeneration of the matter. According to the official guide of Mobile Suit Gundam, Gundam Century and Gundam Officials, the Minovsky Physics Society, while working on the reactor, encountered a strange electromagnetic wave effect in U.C.0065 within the Minovsky-Ionesco reactor that could not be explained by conventional physics. The AMBAC technology in conjunction with the fictional fusion reactor developed by the character Dr. Y.T. A helium-3 atom is fused with a deuterium atom (heavy hydrogen) to form the stable helium-4 and a single proton. Gundam Officials has collected these information and has presented them alone with plot history and character summaries in an encyclopedic form, and MS Encyclopedia 2003 has a short technical summary of these technologies in its first section before going into the lists of mobile weapons in different series, which earlier editions only have. Minovsky and Dr. Ionesco. An external tank is used for propellant storage. The main practical problem with this reaction is that helium-3 is extremely rare; there are few deposits on Earth, mainly found in uranium mines, and these are mostly depleted. The Gundam Wiki is a FANDOM Anime Community. When Minovsky particles are released into the air or into open space, the positive and negative particles spontaneously align themselves into a three-dimensional cubic lattice. Most of the early mobile suits used during the One Year War lack emergency escape mechanisms. Their research was devoted to the development of a nuclear fusion reactor. However, seeing the horror of the Zabi family's militaristic regime, Minovsky defected back and offered his expertise to the Federation. Strict speed limits are also enforced inside space colonies, so for longer trips, it's more convenient to travel via the colony's linear car system. In both cases, the clones seem to have an enhanced receptivity to the Newtype thoughtwaves of the original, particularly after the originals' deaths. The technology coats multiple layers of high specific heat capacity material on top of the armour that evaporates in high temperature. The bio-computer is originally intended to help the disabled, but its development is ultimately funded by the Earth Federation Forces, who hope to employ it as a mobile suit control system and install it in the F91 Gundam for experimental purposes. This unlimited source of electricity supplies the power needed to run an MS' avionics and life support systems, as well as the actuators and motors control the MS' joints. In case of emergency, the inhabitants of a space colony can escape using small spacecraft stored in the colony's outer walls. Perfect Grade, Master Grade, High Grade Model Instruction Manual, Bandai. Only a handful of reckless pilots, like Char Aznable, Paptimus Scirocco and Haman Karn, are willing to forfeit the protection of the pilot suit in order to avoid this minor inconvenience. Mobile suits performing AMBAC motions would presumably move similarly to present-day astronauts performing extra-vehicular activity: both typically having roughly similar body structure, their use of that mass to control their rotation would presumably be similar, even if calculated by different means. , Science, Mystery? However All Record Breaker units, their spare parts, and all data on the "wings of light" were lost. When the generator is activated, the I-field forms an invisible barrier around the mobile weapon, protecting it from incoming beam attacks. 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