ZGMF-X12 Gundam Astray Out Frame

The ZGMF-X12 Astray Out Frame is a unique mobile suit custom-built by Junk Guild technician and MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame pilot Lowe Guele, using the incomplete frame of a ZAFT mobile suit that he salvaged. While the Out Frame is intended primarily for peaceful purposes, it is nonetheless very capable of combat use. Its cockpit is identical to that of the ZGMF-X09A Justice and ZGMF-X10A Freedom, and the reaction of ZGMF-X999A ZAKU Trial Type pilot Courtney Hieronimus is the first indication that the frame was of a ZGMF-X12A Testament.

Out Frame's only fixed armament is a pair of "beam signs", which are mounted in its waist armor. These beam signs are extremely versatile, capable of functioning as beam sabers, fan-like signs, bulb-shaped shields, and ribbon-like whips. In shield mode, the beam signs are capable of blocking even a positron blaster cannon. In addition, the beam signs can combine to form larger signs or a beam nunchaku weapon, and can be attached to one of Out Frame's cables and spun rapidly to produce a much larger beam shield. Also, unlike ordinary beam sabers, the beam signs can be configured to any color, or multiple colors at once. This function even allows the fan mode to create video displays. The Out Frame also has a hardpoint on its back capable of mounting the Earth Alliance's Striker Packs, but it is unclear whether this feature was part of the original design or a modification incorporated by Lowe. It is also unknown whether the Out Frame has a nuclear reactor and Neutron Jammer Canceller, as ZAFT originally intended, but its wide range of operation and seemingly unlimited operating time seem to indicate that this is the case.

In late CE 71, Lowe gave the Out Frame to freelance journalist Jess Rabble, and also allowed him to borrow the compact AI unit "8" to assist in its operation. Jess typically carries an ultra-high-resolution "camera gun", and often uses the Striker Pack hardpoint to carry a pair of heavy manipulator arms (which also mount two "Armor Schneider" folding knives) and a large backpack known as the "Back Home" (which contains living quarters for the pilot), or the "G-Flight", a huge Striker Pack that gives Out Frame sustained flight capability on Earth and enhanced acceleration in space. The Back Home also contains both living quarters for the pilot and camouflage system called the "Shooting Cloak". When deployed, this system covers the Out Frame with a cloth-like cloak that alters its color to match the surrounding terrain. Both the Back Home and G-Flight Striker were designed by 8. The Out Frame is also sometimes equipped with an AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker pack, and on one occasion Jess used AQM/E-X03 Launcher Striker that he found while trapped in an abandoned asteroid base. In CE 73, Out Frame is further upgraded with the "Multi-Pack", an adapter for its Striker Pack hardpoint that allows for the use of ZAKU series Wizard Packs and the ZGMF-X56S Impulse's Silhouette Packs. It was later upgraded by Lowe to the two-seat ZGMF-X12D Out Frame D ("D" standing for "dual") after sustaining severe damage from its sister unit RGX-00 Testament. The Out Frame D includes a secondary cockpit for a co-pilot/observer in the head, and resembles Testament more closely than the original configuration did (the only externally visible differences are the head, chest armor, and beam sign mounts) and is powered by a hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor similar to that of the ZGMF-X42S Destiny. Kaite pilots Out Frame D (equipped with the Sword Striker) with Jess as his co-pilot to defeat Testament. Afterward, Kaite takes Testament as his personal unit and Jess resumes piloting Out Frame alone. When Earth Alliance forces attack the Junk Guild's GENESIS Alpha base, Jess launches in Out Frame D with the G-Flight attached, but after it sustains damage it is replaced first by a Doppelhorn Striker and then by an Aile Striker, which Kaite forcibly removed from a GAT-02L2 Dagger L and GAT-04 Windam, respectively.

ZGMF-X12 Astray Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 71 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2 Optional equipment: Back Home, Shooting Cloak, heavy manipulator arm x2, Multi-Pack Armament: gun camera x1, "Armor Schneider" knife x2, beam sign x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1, triple smoke grenade launcher x4 Pilot: Jess Rabble, Kaite Madigan

ZGMF-X12+AQM/E-X01 Astray Aile Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 72 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2 Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2, beam saber x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12+AQM/E-X03 Astray Launcher Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild First deployment: CE 73 User: Jess Rabble Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2 Armament: beam sign x2, cable launcher x2, "Agni" 320mm hyper impulse beam cannon x1, 120mm anti-ship vulcan gun x1, 350mm gun launcher x2 Optional armament: gun camera x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12 Astray Out Frame G-Flight
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2 Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/A1 Astray Gunner Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: N/A Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: beam sign x2, M1500 "Orthros" high-energy long-range beam cannon Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/K Astray Slash Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: N/A Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: beam sign x2, MMI-M826 "Hydra" Gatling beam cannon x2 Optional armament: gun camera x1, beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/M Astray Blaze Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: N/A Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2, 14-round AGM138 "Firebee" guided missile launcher x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/α Astray Force Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: N/A Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2, MA-M941 "Vajra" beam saber x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/β Astray Sword Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: N/A Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: beam sign x2, RQM60 "Flash-Edge" beam boomerang x2, MMI-710 "Excalibur" anti-ship sword x2 Optional armament: gun camera x1, beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12/γ Astray Blast Out Frame
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: unknown Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs, cable launcher x2, Multi-Pack Armament: beam sign x2, M2000F "Kerberos" high-energy long-range beam cannon x2, MMI-M16XE2 "Deluge" hyper-velocity rail cannon x2, GMF-39 4-barrel missile launcher (AGM141 "Firefly" guided missile) x1, MA-M80 "Defiant" beam javelin x2 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12D Astray Out Frame D
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: Ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs Optional equipment: Back Home, Shooting Cloak, heavy manipulator arm x2, Multi-Pack Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1, triple smoke grenade launcher x4 Pilots: Jess Rabble, Kaite Madigan

ZGMF-X12D+AQM/E-X01 Astray Aile Out Frame D
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: Ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs Armament: beam sign x2, beam saber x2 Optional armament: camera gun x1, beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

===ZGMF-X12D+AQM/E-X02 Astray Sword Out Frame D Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: Ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs Armament: beam sign x2, "Schwert Gewehr" 15.78m anti-ship sword x1, "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchor x1, "Midas Messer" beam boomerang x1 Optional armament: camera gun x1, beam rifle x1 Pilots: Jess Rabble, Kaite Madigan

ZGMF-X12D+AQM/E-M11 Astray Doppelhorn Out Frame D
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: Ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs Armament: beam sign x2, dual recoilless cannon x1 Optional armament: camera gun x1, beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble

ZGMF-X12D Astray Out Frame D G-Flight
Unit type: custom civilian-use mobile suit Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty/Junk Guild User: Jess Rabble First deployment: CE 73 Overall height: unknown Weight: unknown Powerplant: Ultracompact hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor Special equipment: hardpoint for mounting Striker Packs Armament: gun camera x1, beam sign x2 Optional armament: beam rifle x1 Pilot: Jess Rabble