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The Core Block System is a unique mobile weapon module system designed to have any mobile weapon (traditionally mobile suits) be created or operated through the combination of multiple predesignated weapon modules guided by the pilot operating the "Core" module.

Overview

Traditionally, a mobile weapon uses one of two variants of this system:

A mobile weapon can be created through a series of weapon modules, which includes a Core module for the pilot (typically in the form of a stand-alone fighter plane). While the pilot operates the Core module, they can coordinate the modules into combining into the desired mobile weapon, with the Core module at its base.
A mobile weapon can be created by having a detachable Core module that houses the pilot, and the entire mobile weapon frame that can only activate when the Core module is attached. The pilot operates the Core module to dock, or "plug-in", to the mobile weapon frame, activating the mobile weapon.

Once the mobile weapon is active, the pilot operates the entire mobile weapon through the Core module, and can also detach or recombine any module(s) from the mobile weapon as needed.

Universal Century

In the Universal Century timeline, the Core Block System was first developed by the Earth Federation in their top secret Project V in the form of the FF-X7 Core Fighter. This feature allow the usage data of a mobile suit to survive even if the mobile suit itself was destroyed. The mobile suit (usually the RX-78-2 Gundam) could be separated and recombined in mid-air, but required the use of additional equipment such as the Gunperry or G-Fighter to transport and prepare the individual components for combination.

The Core Block System was later used in the Gundam Development Project's RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes", its Full Burnern upgrade, and subsequently in some Zeta Project's mobile suits such as the MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam. The ZZ Gundam's Core Block System allowed its individual components to reconfigure into fighter crafts capable of functioning independently from one another. In addition, the Primrose emergency pod from Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans has a similar concept to the Core Block System, but is unable to combine with the mobile suit after separation.

Often times, a mobile suit design constructed with the Core Block System will be refined and simplified into a Mass-Production machine, such as the RGM-79 GM. These Mass-Produced models typically remove the expensive and complicated Core Block System at the beginning stages of development, replacing them with standard construction cockpits.

The Core Block System in the Universal Century would see a brief resurgence during the UC 0130s when SNRI developed the Crossbone Gundam series which used a "plug-in" type Core Fighter.

Afterwards, the Core Block System was not used until the Zanscare War. Although it was mostly featured in the League Militare's LM312V04 Victory Gundam, it nonetheless proved that the concept can be economically effective and even allowed the LM to produce the individual components separately. It also enabled the Victory Gundam and the Victory 2 Gundam to replace damaged parts during combat, by separating then recombining with the new module part.

List of Equipped Mobile Weapons

Earth Federation

Principality of Zeon

MS-07W Gouf Core Fighter Test Type

Anti Earth Union Group

Crossbone Vanguard/Serpiente Tacon

League Militaire

Future Century

Simplified versions of the Core Block System called Core Landers are used in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, these Core Landers can function as "hovercrafts" and contain the backpack for the Mobile Fighter. (Please see List of Future Century Mobile Units for a list of the Gundams)

CC (Seireki)

Only two suits are known to use the Core Block System in the Correct Century: the WD-M01 Turn A Gundam uses a waist-mounted cockpit fighter, while CONCEPT-X 6-1-2 Turn X uses detachable head and body parts.

WD-M01 Turn A Gundam
CONCEPT-X 6-1-2 Turn X

Cosmic Era

In the Cosmic Era, ZAFT uses a variant system, called the "Core Splendor System", for the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam. This system is similar to the Victory and Victory 2's Core Block System, and is first tested out in the ZGMF-X101S ZAKU Splendor.

Anno Domini

In the Anno Domini era, the modular Core Block System is first used by GNY-004 Gundam Plutone, which appears in the sidesstories, Mobile Suit Gundam 00P and Mobile Suit Gundam 00F, and later in the main anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00 by GNW-20000 Arche Gundam and most of the GNZ series of mobile suits. The Innovators used the data from GNY-004 Gundam Plutone when developing these suits, and as a result most of them have a plug-in core fighter containing a GN Drive as the propulsion system. Variants of Gundam Plutone, Arche Gundam and GNX-803T GN-XIV equipped with such system also appeared in other sidestories.

Advanced Generation

In the Advanced Generation timeline, the first mobile weapon to incorporate the Core Block System was the EFF's AGE-3 Gundam AGE-3 Normal: it used both a Core Fighter and the G-Cepter - a separate transformable unit capable of autonomous flight. This system was utilized in switching between the suit's armor wears, eliminating the need for the AMEMBO. Initially, both the Core Fighter and the G-Cepter require a pilot each for successful docking, but this is modified later and only a pilot in the former is necessary. The AGE-FX Gundam AGE-FX, on the other hand, uses the Core Fighter to simply attach to the back of the suit (rather than docking and combining with another module) to both operate it and serve as its main propulsion. The Xvm-fzc Gundam Legilis acquired the Core Fighter technology from the data taken from the AGE-3 Orbital, but its system function more like AGE-FX's than the AGE-3's.

Gunpla Battle

Regild Century

YG-111 Gundam G-Self

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 {{Infobox/Gundam/Technology
+|image=Core Booster Transformation Sequence.png
-|era=Universal Century, Future Century, Correct Century, Cosmic Era, Anno Domini, Advanced Generation
+|era=Universal Century, Future Century, Correct Century, Cosmic Era, Anno Domini, Advanced Generation, Regild Century,
 |powerplant=Mobile Suit's Powerplant
 |function=Multi-module Mobile Weapon Frame, MS Core Module Plug-in System
+}}The '''Core Block System''' is a unique mobile weapon module system designed to have any mobile weapon (traditionally mobile suits) be created or operated through the combination of multiple predesignated weapon modules guided by the pilot operating the "Core" module.
-}}
-The '''Core Block System''' is a unique mobile weapon module system designed to have any mobile weapon (traditionally mobile suits) be created or operated through the combination of multiple predesignated weapon modules guided by the pilot operating the "Core" module.
 ==Overview==
 Traditionally, a mobile weapon uses one of two variants of this system:
-*A mobile weapon can be created through a series of weapon modules, which includes a Core module for the pilot (typically in the form of a stand-alone fighter plane). While the pilot operates the Core module, he/she can coordinate the modules into combining into the desired mobile weapon, with the Core module at its base.
+*A mobile weapon can be created through a series of weapon modules, which includes a Core module for the pilot (typically in the form of a stand-alone fighter plane). While the pilot operates the Core module, they can coordinate the modules into combining into the desired mobile weapon, with the Core module at its base.
 *A mobile weapon can be created by having a detachable Core module that houses the pilot, and the entire mobile weapon frame that can only activate when the Core module is attached. The pilot operates the Core module to dock, or "plug-in", to the mobile weapon frame, activating the mobile weapon.
 Once the mobile weapon is active, the pilot operates the entire mobile weapon through the Core module, and can also detach or recombine any module(s) from the mobile weapon as needed.
 ==[[Universal Century]]==
-In the Universal Century timeline, the Core Block System was first developed by the [[Earth Federation]] in their top secret [[Project V]] in the form of the [[FF-X7 Core Fighter]]. This feature allow the usage data of a mobile suit to survive even if the mobile suit itself was destroyed. The mobile suit (usually the [[RX-78-2 Gundam]]) could be separated and recombined in mid-air.
+In the Universal Century timeline, the Core Block System was first developed by the [[Earth Federation]] in their top secret [[Project V]] in the form of the [[FF-X7 Core Fighter]]. This feature allow the usage data of a mobile suit to survive even if the mobile suit itself was destroyed. The mobile suit (usually the [[RX-78-2 Gundam]]) could be separated and recombined in mid-air, but required the use of additional equipment such as the [[Gunperry]] or [[G-Fighter]] to transport and prepare the individual components for combination.
-The Core Block System was used in the Gundam Development Project's [[RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes"]], its [[RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern|Full Burnern]] upgrade, and the Zeta Project's hulking [[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam]]. In addition, the [[Primrose]] emergency pod from [[Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans]] has a similar concept to the Core Block System, but is unable to combine with the mobile suit after separation.
+The Core Block System was later used in the Gundam Development Project's [[RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes"]], its [[RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern|Full Burnern]] upgrade, and subsequently in some Zeta Project's mobile suits such as the [[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam]]. The ZZ Gundam's Core Block System allowed its individual components to reconfigure into fighter crafts capable of functioning independently from one another. In addition, the [[Primrose]] emergency pod from [[Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans]] has a similar concept to the Core Block System, but is unable to combine with the mobile suit after separation.
+Often times, a mobile suit design constructed with the Core Block System will be refined and simplified into a Mass-Production machine, such as the [[RGM-79 GM]]. These Mass-Produced models typically remove the expensive and complicated Core Block System at the beginning stages of development, replacing them with standard construction cockpits.
 The Core Block System in the Universal Century would see a brief resurgence during the UC 0130s when [[Strategic Naval Research Institute|SNRI]] developed the Crossbone Gundam series which used a "plug-in" type Core Fighter.
-Afterwards, the Core Block System was not used (due to development in Newtype technology) until the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Zanscare War]]. Although it was mostly featured in the League Militare's prototype mobile suit [[LM312V04 Victory Gundam]], it nonetheless proved that the concept can be economically effective and even allowed the LM to produce the individual components separately. It also enabled the Victory Gundam and the Victory 2 Gundam to replace damaged parts during combat, by separating then recombining with the new module part.
+Afterwards, the Core Block System was not used until the [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Zanscare War]]. Although it was mostly featured in the League Militare's [[LM312V04 Victory Gundam]], it nonetheless proved that the concept can be economically effective and even allowed the LM to produce the individual components separately. It also enabled the Victory Gundam and the Victory 2 Gundam to replace damaged parts during combat, by separating then recombining with the new module part.
 ===List of Equipped Mobile Weapons===
 ;[[Earth Federation]]
-*[[F90III-Y Cluster Gundam]]
 *[[RX-75-4 Guntank]] ([[FF-X7 Core Fighter]])
 *[[RX-77-2 Guncannon]] ([[FF-X7 Core Fighter]])
+*[[RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam]] ([[FF-X5 Prototype Core Fighter]])
 *[[RX-78-2 Gundam]] ([[FF-X7 Core Fighter]])
 *[[RX-78-3 "G-3" Gundam]] ([[FF-X7 Core Fighter]])
+*[[FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam]] ([[FF-X7 Core Fighter]])
 *[[RX-78GP01 Gundam "Zephyranthes"]] ([[FF-XII Core Fighter II]])
-**[[RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern]] ([[FF-XII-Fb Full Burnern Core Fighter II]])
+**[[RX-78GP01Fa Gundam "Zephyranthes Full Armor"]]
+***[[RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern]] ([[FF-XII-Fb Full Burnern Core Fighter II]])
+*[[MSZ-010A1 Theta Plus]]
+*[[RX-9 Narrative Gundam]]
 *[[RX-99 Neo Gundam]]
+*[[F90III-Y Cluster Gundam]]
 ;[[Principality of Zeon]]
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 ;[[Anti Earth Union Group]]
 *[[MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam]] ([[FXA-07GB Neo Core Fighter]])
-**[[MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam]]
+**[[MSZ-010S ZZ-GR]]
+***[[MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam]]
 ***[[FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam]]
 *[[MSA-0011 S Gundam]] ([[FXA-08GB G-Core]])
-**[[MSA-0011(Bst) S Gundam Booster Unit Type]]
+**[[MSA-0011［Bst］ S Gundam Booster Unit Type]]
+***[[MSA-0011［Bst］ S Gundam Booster Unit Type Plan 303E "Deep Striker"]]
 ***[[MSA-0011(Ext) Ex-S Gundam]]
-*[[MSW-004 Gundam (Kestrel)|MSW-004 Gundam [Kestrel]]]
+*[[ORX-008 Gundam ［Gullinbursti］]]
+**[[MSW-004 Gundam (Kestrel)|MSW-004 Gundam [Kestrel]]]
+***[[MSW-004 Full-Armor Kestrel]]
-;[[Anaheim Electronics]]
-*[[RXF-91 Silhouette Gundam]]
+***[[MSW-004 Gundam (Kestrel) Armor Exterior]]
+***[[MSW-004 Gundam (Kestrel) Maneuver Exterior|MSW-004 Gundam (Kestrel)&nbsp;Maneuver Exterior]]
-**[[RXF-91A Silhouette Gundam Kai]]
 ;[[Crossbone Vanguard|Crossbone Vanguard/Serpiente Tacon]]
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 ==[[Future Century]]==
-Simplified versions of the Core Block System are used in [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'s core lander as "hovercrafts" containing the backpack for the Mobile Fighter. All Mobile Fighters known to participate in the 13th Gundam Fight used the Core Lander. (''Please see [[List of Future Century Mobile Units]] for a list of the Gundams'')
+Simplified versions of the Core Block System called Core Landers are used in [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]], these Core Landers can function as "hovercrafts" and contain the backpack for the Mobile Fighter.  (''Please see [[List of Future Century Mobile Units]] for a list of the Gundams'')
 ==[[CC (Seireki)]]==
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 ==[[Cosmic Era]]==
-In the Cosmic Era, ZAFT uses a variant system, called the "Core Splender System", for the [[ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam]]. The Impulse's Core Splendor System is mostly identical to the Victory and Victory 2's Core Block System, but the Impulse's individual Silhouette Packs could be flown into the battlefield via an unmanned Silhouette Flyer which carries the desired part or pack.
+In the Cosmic Era, ZAFT uses a variant system, called the "Core Splendor System", for the [[ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam]]. This system is similar to the Victory and Victory 2's Core Block System, and is first tested out in the [[ZGMF-X101S ZAKU Splendor]].
 *[[ZGMF-X101S ZAKU Splendor]]
 *[[ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam]] ([[YFX-M56S Core Splendor]])
 ==[[Anno Domini]]==
-In the Anno Domini era, the modular Core Block System is first used by [[GNY-004 Gundam Plutone]], which appears in the sidesstories, [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00P]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00F]], and later in the main anime series [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]] by [[GNW-20000 Arche Gundam]] and most of the GNZ series of mobile suits. The [[Innovators (Group)|Innovators]] used the data from [[GNY-004 Gundam Plutone]] when developing these suits, and as a result most of them have a plug-in core fighter containing a GN Drive as the propulsion system. Variants of Gundam Plutone, Arche Gundam and [[GNX-803T GN-XIV]] equipped with such system also appeared in other sidestories.
+In the Anno Domini era, the modular Core Block System is first used by [[GNY-004 Gundam Plutone]], which appears in the sidesstories, ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00P]]'' and ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00F]]'', and later in the main anime series ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' by [[GNW-20000 Arche Gundam]] and most of the GNZ series of mobile suits. The [[Innovators (Group)|Innovators]] used the data from [[GNY-004 Gundam Plutone]] when developing these suits, and as a result most of them have a plug-in core fighter containing a GN Drive as the propulsion system. Variants of Gundam Plutone, Arche Gundam and [[GNX-803T GN-XIV]] equipped with such system also appeared in other sidestories.
 *[[GNW-20000 Arche Gundam]]
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 **[[GNW-20003 Arche Gundam Drei]]
 *[[GNY-004 Gundam Plutone]]
-**[[GNY-004B Black Gundam Plutone]]
+**[[GNY-004B Gundam Plutone Black]]
 *[[GNZ-001 GRM Gundam]]
 **[[GNZ-001E GRM Gundam E]]
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 ==[[Advanced Generation]]==
-In the Advanced Generation timeline, the first mobile weapon to incorporate the Core Block System was the [[Earth Federation (Advanced Generation)|EFF's]]  [[AGE-3 Gundam AGE-3 Normal]]: it used both a Core Fighter and the G-Cepter - a separate transformable unit capable of autonomous flight. This system was utilized in switching between the suit's armor wears, eliminating the need for the [[AMEMBO]]. However, both the Core Fighter and the G-Wears required a pilot each for a successful docking. The [[Xvm-fzc Gundam Legilis]] would later acquired this technology from the data taken from the AGE-3 Orbital. The [[AGE-FX Gundam AGE-FX]], on the other hand, uses the Core Fighter to simply attach to the back of the suit (rather than docking and combining with another module) to both operate it and serve as its main propulsion. .
+In the Advanced Generation timeline, the first mobile weapon to incorporate the Core Block System was the [[Earth Federation (Advanced Generation)|EFF's]] [[AGE-3 Gundam AGE-3 Normal]]: it used both a Core Fighter and the G-Cepter - a separate transformable unit capable of autonomous flight. This system was utilized in switching between the suit's armor wears, eliminating the need for the [[AMEMBO]]. Initially, both the Core Fighter and the G-Cepter require a pilot each for successful docking, but this is modified later and only a pilot in the former is necessary. The [[AGE-FX Gundam AGE-FX]], on the other hand, uses the Core Fighter to simply attach to the back of the suit (rather than docking and combining with another module) to both operate it and serve as its main propulsion. The [[Xvm-fzc Gundam Legilis]] acquired the Core Fighter technology from the data taken from the AGE-3 Orbital, but its system function more like AGE-FX's than the AGE-3's.
 *[[AGE-3 Gundam AGE-3 Normal]]
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 *[[AGE-FX Gundam AGE-FX]]
 *[[Xvm-fzc Gundam Legilis]]
+==Gunpla Battle==
+* [[SD-237 Winning Gundam]]
+* [[SD-237S Star Winning Gundam]]
+* [[XM-X1 Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth Type.GBFT]]
+==[[Regild Century]]==
+*[[YG-111 Gundam G-Self]]
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery captionalign="left">
+<gallery>
 Corefighter.jpg|FF-X7 Core Fighter
 Rx-78e-corefighter.jpg|RX-78E Core Fighter
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 Ff-xii-fb.jpg|FF-XII-Fb Full Burnern Core Fighter II
 Gp03-core-sp.jpg|Core Fighter II-Sp
-Neo Core Fighter GB.png|FXA-07GB
+Neo Core Fighter GB.png|FXA-07GB Neo Core Fighter
-G-core.jpg|FXA-08GB
+G-core.jpg|FXA-08GB G-Core
+Narrative Gundam Core Fighter.png|Core Fighter (RX-9 Narrative Gundam)
-Rx-99-corefighter.jpg|RX-99 Core Fighter
-F90iii-y-corefighter.jpg|F90III-Y Core Fighter
+Rx-99-corefighter.jpg|Core Fighter (RX-99 Neo Gundam)
+F90iii-y-corefighter.jpg|Core Fighter (F90III-Y Cluster Gundam)
-X1-core.jpg|XM-X Series - Core Fighter
-Lm312v04-corefighter.jpg|V1 Core Fighter
+X1-core.jpg|Core Fighter (Crossbone Gundam Series)
-Lm312v04-sd-vb03a-corefighter.jpg|V1 Dash - Core Fighter
+Lm312v04-corefighter.jpg|Core Fighter (LM312V04 Victory Gundam)
+Lm312v04-sd-vb03a-corefighter.jpg|Core Booster (LM312V04+SD-VB03A V-Dash Gundam)
 Lm314v21-corefighter.jpg|V2 Core Fighter
-V2 Buster Core Fighter.png|V2 Buster Core Fighter
+V2 Buster Core Fighter.png|V2 Core Fighter with LM314V23 Victory 2 Buster Gundam's weapon
-System-a-99-core-fighter.jpg|SYSTEM ∀-99 Core Fighter
+System-a-99-core-fighter.jpg|Core Fighter (SYSTEM ∀-99 ∀ Gundam)
 ZGMF-X101S - ZAKU Splendor - Core Splendor.jpg|ZAKU Splendor
 Yfx-m56.jpg|YFX-M56S Core Splendor
-GNY-004 - Gundam Plutone - Core Fighter.jpg|GNY-004 Gundam Plutone/Core Fighter
+GNY-004 - Gundam Plutone - Core Fighter.jpg|Core Fighter (GNY-004 Gundam Plutone)
-GNX-805T CF GN-XIV Core Fighter.png|GN-X IV Core Fighter
+GNX-805T CF GN-XIV Core Fighter.png|Core Fighter (GNX-805T/CF GN-XIV Core Fighter Loaded Type)
-Gnw-20000-cf.jpg|GNW Series - Core Fighter
+Gnw-20000-cf.jpg|Core Fighter (GNW-20000 Arche Gundam)
-GNZ-001 - GRM Gundam - Core Fighter.jpg|GNZ-001 GRM Gundam/Core Fighter
+GNZ-001 - GRM Gundam - Core Fighter.jpg|Core Fighter (GNZ-001 GRM Gundam)
-GNZ Series - Core Fighter.jpg|GNZ Series - Core Fighter
+GNZ Series - Core Fighter.jpg|Core Fighter (GNZ Series)
-C.jpg|AGE-3 Core Fighter
+AGE-3 Core Fighter.jpg|Core Fighter (Gundam AGE-3 Series)
+Hg fx026.jpg|Core Fighter (AGE-FX Gundam AGE-FX)
-Core fighter.jpg|Legilos Core
+Core fighter.jpg|Legilis Core
+Winning Gundam Core Fighter above.png|Core Fighter (SD-237 Winning Gundam)
+G-Self Core Fighter above.png|Core Fighter (YG-111 Gundam G-Self)
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Universal Century Technology]]