AMX-018［HADES］ Todesritter

The AMX-018[HADES] Todesritter is a customized mobile suit that is featured in the video game Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link.

Armaments

 * Vulcan Gun
 * A standard armament of the mobile suits that are descended from the Earth Federation Forces's RX series. These head mounted shell firing weapons have a high-rate of fire, but have little power and are generally ineffective against mobile suits; however, the vulcan gun can damage lightly armored areas such as the sensors. These weapons are ideal for shooting down small, fast moving, lightly armored targets such as missiles or small vehicles.


 * Hyper Beam Saber / Beam Cannon
 * The beam saber is a small cylindrical device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by an energy capacitor that is recharged from special racks. The beam saber is capable of cutting through any metal that has not been treated with anti-beam coating. The Todesritter is equipped with two beam sabers, located in the forearms, which also doubles as beam cannons for use in ranged combat.


 * Tri-Blade
 * The Todesritter is equipped with a Tri-blade. Originally used by the AMX-009 Dreissen, these throwing weapons have three high-speed rotating blades each and can move towards their target using the single vernier mounted at the bottom.


 * INCOM
 * A remote weapon designed for use with a quasi-psycommu system seen in the AMX-014 Döven Wolf but is now handled by the HADES in the Todesritter. These disc-shaped devices are armed with internal beam guns and controlled via wire cables. Every time an INCOM changes its flight direction, it deploys a tiny relay INCOM to hold the wire in place and maintain its connection to its parent mobile suit. When the pilot recalls the INCOM, it retraces its course as the wire is retracted.


 * Beam Gun
 * Each INCOM remote weapon mounts a single beam gun with a power rating of 4.5 MW. Because of limitations the wires cannot supply enough power to allow the beam gun to be continually used. After a set number of shots the INCOM must be recalled so that the beam gun can be recharged.


 * Hyper Knuckle Buster
 * Originally used by the AMX-008 Ga-Zowmnn, the hyper knuckle buster is a high-powered long-range beam cannon that can be used in either mobile suit and mobile armor mode. The hyper knuckle buster has a power rating of 4.1 MW and is powered by a rechargeable energy cap. The weapon is hand operated in mobile suit mode and mounts on the main body in mobile armor mode.


 * Shield with Megaparticle Gun
 * The Todesritter is equipped with the shield that was originally used by the AMX-107 Bawoo. It is armed with 5 fire-linked, megaparticle guns in the center.

Special Equipment & Features

 * HADES
 * An acronym for HYPER ANIMOSITY DETECT ESTIMATE SYSTEM. It is a controversial system which seems to be similar to the earlier developed EXAM System.

History
The Marchosias regiment successfully stopped and captured, through great effort, a RX-80PR Pale Rider unit in the late stages of the OYW. This unit was sent back to Axis and was customized heavily using equipment from many other Axis mobile suits. The unit, now designated as the AMX-018[HADES] Todesritter, was once again seen in the battlefield on the year 0090 under the banner of Char's Neo Zeon.

Notes and Trivia

 * The unit's name, "Todesritter", is German for "Death Knight". This is also a reference to the base unit's namesake, the Pale Rider, which is also sometimes called as the "Todesritter" in German.