GN Tau Particles

GN Tau Particles are the by-product energy created by the GN Drive Taus; they are the imperfect versions of true GN Particles. The particles are the source and power to United Nations Forces GN-X mobile suits; the technology would later be implemented to the Earth Sphere Federation and A-Laws. The technology originated from Innovators, specifically Innovade Ribbons Almark.

Description & Characteristics
Generated by GN Tau Drives, they share most properties with GN Particles (including radio disruption, use in beam weaponry and propellant applications), but do not allow for enhancement of quantum brainwaves. The main difference in appearance and effects comes from the compression rates and the treatment given to them. Since the Tau Drives have electrical consumptions concerns when producing particles, they produced less on average and can afford less on beams. In order to maximize their power, the GN particles undergo a special treatment which greatly improves their efficiency in beam weapons. However, a side effect of prolonged exposure is GN T particle poisoning when the subject is exposed to high concentrations of the particles (almost exclusively found in beams); the normal emissions of the Tau Drives in A.D. 2307 themselves are harmless.

By 2312 the GN Tau Drives have been improved and no longer produce the same hazardous radiation poisoning effects even in beam form. GN Tau Particles are blood-red and black in color (Gundam Throne, Arche Gundam, GN-X). The GN Particles from the improved GN Drive Tau are orange (Alvaaron, Ahead, Gadessa, etc.). It is unknown at this point in time whether the wavelength of the particles is intrinsic to the Drives or whether it can be changed with adjustments.

GN T Particle Poisoning
The particles generated by the Tau Drives in 2307 can cause cellular damage when exposed to high concentrations, which cannot be repaired through 24th-century medical science. The red emissions of the 2307 Tau Drives are optimized for beam weaponry because the GN Drive Tau has a lower maximum instantaneous output. Beams created in this manner have the unfortunate side effect of poisonous radioactive emissions at the point of impact. .

Tuning the drive in this manner results in a more powerful beam weapon, for a given amount of particles. While they may or may not have been more powerful, the beam weapons of the Thrones and GN-X's were more efficient than those used by Celestial Being. Eventually, the effects of the Tau particles will become fatal to the victim; the side effects of GN T poisoning can be suppressed with medication.

The exact nature of the orange particles in 2312 GN Drive Tau is unknown at this point in time other than the fact that they no longer present the same radiological hazard as red particles.