ARX-014P Silver Bullet (Funnel Test Type)

The ARX-014P Silver Bullet (Funnel Test Type) is a prototype Mobile suit developed by Anaheim Electronics. It appears in the novel Mobile Suit Gundam UC: The Postwar (Novel).

Technology & Combat Characteristics
The ARX-014P Silver Bullet (Funnel Test Type) is a prototype created by Anaheim Electronics, based on the captured Neo Zeon's AMX-014 Doven Wolf units. It was used mainly for testing the quasi-psycommu system, and also as a testbed for Earth Federation's funnel weapons. The Silver Bullet has improved boosters for stability in Space and has better performance in combat. Unlike it's predecessor and the Doven Wolf's predecessor, the ORX-013 Gundam Mk-V, the unit is also equipped with the standard weaponry such as beam sabers and rifles, but also armed with a new shield, which converts into a hyper mega launcher. The large wire-guided funnel on its back has a built-in generator. The Silver Bullet is also capable of using Incoms, remote wire guided weapons that are controlled by a computer control system.

Armaments

 * Vulcan Gun


 * Beam Rifle


 * Beam Saber


 * INCOM


 * Shield/Mega Launcher


 * Remote Wire-Guided Arm


 * Wire-guided funnel

System Features

 * Quasi-Psycommu System
 * The Quasi-psycommu system was developed to extend the capabilities of remote control to non-Newtypes. This system can actively scan the pilot's brainwaves, no matter how weak they are, and then let the computer translate the thoughts into commands to be issued to remote weapons. Using the quasi-psycommu even non-Newtypes can control simple wire-guided remote weapons, such as INCOMs. INCOMs, unlike funnels or bits, still have to be tethered to their control unit by wires because the electrical signals to the INCOM would otherwise be disrupted by Minovsky Particles.

History
In U.C. 0088, after the first Neo Zeon War, the asteroid base Axis, which had been the stronghold of the Neo Zeon forces, was placed under the control of the Earth Federation government. At this point, several AMX-014 Doven Wolf units which remained there as reserve fighting strength were captured. The units were transferred to Anaheim Electronics's Granada factory for technical research into the quasi-psycommu system.