GN-005/PH Gundam Virtue Physical

Gundam Virtue is designed for heavey artillery fire and cover fire support. At more than twice the armor volume of any other Gundam, and bearing a GN Field, Virtue's firepower and defenses are unmatched among its contemporaries.

The name of the unit is derived from Greek, Virtues.

Combat Characteristics
Virtue relies on its overwhelming firepower to destroy its enemies from mid-to-long range, with almost no capabilities in melee combat. Because Virtue's GN Bazooka requires a recharge time after each shot, it depends on its armor and GN Field for protection while recharging. Should opponents attack Virtue while recharging, it can still attack using its dual GN Cannons. However, these same countermeasures are also Virtue's greatest weakness. While the GN Bazooka can be fired through the GN Field, the GN Cannons cannot, requiring Virtue to drop the field while it fires. Its bulky, heavy armor and weaponry also makes Virtue a liability in close-range or high-speed combat.

GN Bazooka
The single most destructive beam-based armament currently employed by the Gundam Meister team. The double grips can be removed from their rotatable docks and function as wireless controllers. An additional grip dock beneath the weapon body can be used when resting the back end on the mobile suit's shoulder as per standard firing position, and grip position can be altered as the situation requires.

GN Beam Saber
Virtue is armed with two swords, assumed to be comparable in functionality with that of the Exia's standard-length beam sabers, which are stored in the knees when not in use.

GN Cannons
Two freely rotatable cannons, each double barreled, are mounted above the Virtue's shoulders on the back casing of the unit's GN Drive. Their flexibility allows for ranged targeting in all directions. When the Virtue armor is detached, a pair of handles deploys to allow their use by Nadleeh.

Burst Mode
In "Burst Mode," the chest plate of Virtue opens, exposing the GN Drive core. Virtue attaches the GN Bazooka to the GN Drive and the bazooka extends its tip, making the weapon almost twice as long. GN particles are directly vented and compressed into the bazooka for firing. The resulting firepower of "Burst Mode" is so great that Virtue wrestles with the weapon to maintain firing stability. The fired beam itself is 2-3 times larger when usually fired and can extend at greater distances for surprise attacks. "Burst Mode" can be only be used after a short particle charge and drains most of Virtue's particles although in Trans-Am it has more leftover particles for other usages.

GN Field
GN particle emitters are attached to Virtue's shoulders and legs. When facing enemy fire, the GN emitters extend and vent GN particles around Virtue as a energy shield. The GN Field is often deployed when facing overwhelming numbers for defense or focusing on a specific target. This shield system isn't a absolute defense as it's still able to sustain damage from up-close firing or a mobile unit physically hitting Virtue.

Trans-Am System
A hidden system located only within the true GN Drives, the Trans-Am system removes hidden limiters on the output of the GN Drive, giving it a brief period of time in which the mobile suit's performance is roughly tripled in all aspects. Due to saturation with GN Particles, Virtue's frame turns red while in Trans-Am - a reference to Char Aznable and his Commander-type Zaku. After the GN Drive has used all of its stored particles, Virtue performs at lower than normal capability until the particle supply fully replenishes

History
Featured in Gundam 00P, Gundam Virtue Physical is Gundam Virtue with alternate armor. Since Virtue armor, known as Virtue Particle at that point, drain too much GN particle the Virtue Physical was created and relies more on solid projectile. Instead of storing GN particles to create a GN field, the leg armor has built-in GN Missile Containers and can only generate a GN Field with a side particle generator on the left leg. The GN Bazooka is replaced with GN Physical Bazooka that fires solid rounds. It also carries pair of GN Panzer-faust on the right forearm, which is similar to a GN missile but more powerful. Virtue Physical also has a large GN Beam Cannon on its shoulder and still retains the GN Beam Sabers from Virtue Particle.

Eventually, Celestial Being manage to improve their GN condenser which allow Virtue Particle to function at pratical level and the Virtue Physical was obsolete.