TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker

The TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker is a mobile weapon featured in the Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS television series.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
Used for combat duty by Chryse Guard Security. When not used in combat, it is routinely used to move materials for transport. They are older than the ones available on the market now, and hence has inferior armaments and performance. It runs on a Hydrogen Engine and thus can be operated legally within city limits, unlike mobile suits that cannot as their Ahab reactors would ruin various city functions. A space variant also exists.

Armaments

 * 30mm Machine Gun
 * The CGS Mobile Worker possess two 30mm machine guns on either sides. While they are able to do damage to other mobile workers, they can barely do any damage to mobile suits due to their Nano Laminated Armor.


 * Missile Pod
 * The pair of 30mm machine guns can be replaced with a pair of 8-tube missile pods when required.

Special Equipment & Features

 * Alaya-Vijnana System
 * An organic device system, it is an old type of man-machine interface. Apparently, the system was developed during the Calamity War to maximize the abilities of mobile suit, however it is also possible to use the system for piloting mobile worker. The system consisted of two parts, one part is installed in the mobile worker, and the other part (informally referred to as "Whiskers") is implanted into the pilot’s spine (usually at a young age as the implant only fuse with growing children). Thanks to this system, the pilot can be connected to the mobile worker's computer and directly process its data. It also allows the pilot (even uneducated ones) to operate the mobile worker without reading the instruction manual. The implant in the pilot also enhances spatial awareness.

Trivia

 * Mikazuki's personal mobile worker is painted white.
 * Norba's personal mobile worker is painted pink/light red. He carried the color scheme over to the Ryusei-Go when he became the mobile suit's pilot.
 * Orga's mobile worker is painted brown and is modified with a second rear seat from which he will often observe the battlefield and give orders from. Its pilot was initially Biscuit and then later Takaki.
 * On episode 24-25, Eugene and some ex-Brewers members use white-painted mobile workers, fitted with a new pair of cannons, and some have missile pods equipped instead.

Trivia

 * The "TK" in the CGS Mobile Worker's designation is an out-universe reference to its real life designer, "Teroaka, Kenji". A few other designs in Iron Blooded Orphans also do the same to their respective real world designers.