| “ | Burstliner, it's a high-output beam cannon developed by the Federation for its fleet of mobile suits. The only prototype in existence was stolen and it was shipped to somewhere in Australia by way of the California Base. | ” |
—Anita Julianne | ||
The Burstliner is a mobile turret that appears in the original design series MS-X.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
A mobile turret designed for mobile suit-use, the Burstliner was proposed as part of the FSWS Plan, a project to develop additional weapons for the RX-78-2 Gundam. The turret consisted of a space assault boat and a battleship grade large mega particle cannon, which was operated by a mobile suit. It was intended to greatly increase a mobile suit's firepower and mobility.
The Burstliner was intended to be operated with the Northpole-class space carrier. It was expected that one carrier would be able to carry eight Burstliners.
Armaments[]
- Large Beam Cannon
- A Large Beam Cannon is the only armanment of the Burstliner. This huge weapon's firepower is several times greater than that of any MS-held beam weapon during the war, and its fired beam can potentially cripple, if not destroy, a spaceship with a single hit.
History[]
The Burstliner was being examined during the same period as the FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam. Its development time was close to that of the FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam, implying that both designs were proposed as potential replacements of the FA-78-1 after the latter's development was halted.
By one account, the Burstliner remained as a concept, and was not actually developed. By another account, however, a single prototype was created, but was stolen by Zeon forces and transported to Australia by way of the California Base. The Burstliner was later transported to Zeon's Hughenden Base by train, where its beam cannon was mounted onto the mobile armor Rhinoceros.
Following the One Year War, the design concept of the Burstliner would be suceeded by Sub-Flight Systems and support vehicles such as the Base Jabber, the Mega Bazooka Launcher, and the FXA-08R Mega Rider.
In U.C. 0090, one Burstliner was used by Ingrid 0's modified Heavy Gundam. Like the Heavy Gundam, this unit could be controlled via Psycommu.
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