Trans-Am System

Upon the death of Aeolia Schenberg at the hands of Alejandro Corner, a hidden system trap was activated within Veda. The result was the unlocking of the Trans-Am System, a hidden power held only within the true GN Drives mounted on the Gundams. Trans-Am is the strongest advantage the Gundam Meisters possess over their opponents, as it allows them to utilize the full power of their mobile suits.

Technical data
Trans-Am is a state which the Gundams can enter wherein the GN Drives release the normal limiters on their particle production, providing the Gundams with a temporary surge of highly condensed GN Particles. The condensed GN Particles saturate the frame of the mobile suit, turning it a bright red hue and tripling its capabilities in all respects, most noticeably speed. A Gundam in Trans-Am is depicted as leaving a trail of after-images due to its extreme speed and agility - GN-001 Gundam Exia in Trans-Am is far faster than any other mobile suit of its time. Trans-Am is a temporary state, however, as the GN Drive is released previously stored particles - once these are expended, the Gundam's performance is lowered until the GN Drive can fully recharge its particle supply. As it is a feature mounted only on the true GN Drives, Tau Drive-equipped mobile suits are incapable of entering Trans-Am.

Ptolemaios 2 was designed to utilize the Trans-Am feature of the Gundams in its hangar by linking their GN Drives to the Ptolemaios, giving the ship similarly tripled capabilities while the state lasts. The acceleration provided by Trans-Am from three Gundams is sufficient for the ship to reach escape velocity from Earth.

The GN-0000 00 Gundam, due to its unstable Twin Drive System, is unable to use Trans-Am properly without overloading the GN Drives. For this reason, the 0 Raiser was created, which stabilizes the output of the Twin Drives and enables proper usage of Trans-Am. Due to the exponentially more powerful nature of the Twin Drive System, 00 Raiser in Trans-Am creates an utterly unmatched density of GN Particles, which is so thick that it can even be used as a medium for quantum brainwave communication by people lacking super-soldier augmentation.

History
Aeolia Schenberg had conceived the Trans-Am System to temporarily lift the restrictions of the TD Blanket in the original GN drives. He feared that someone might betray him and Celestial Being, and had programmed a system trap in Veda to remotely activate the system should he be killed. The activation of this system proved useful for true Gundams, giving them an edge against the UN Forces GN-X suits.

Trivia
The shift in color while in Trans-Am, as well as the tripled statistics, is an homage to Char Aznable and his Commander Zaku.

The system shares it's name with the Trans Am series of cars.