Cosmic Era Superweapons

This article describes Cosmic Era Superweapons in the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe.

Nuclear Technologies

After the Falling of Julius Seven, O.M.N.I. started to use these technologies which was once banned by the Treaty of Junius. But actually ZAFT was developing these level of technologies rapidly soon after the First Great War.

Neutron Jammer

The N-Jammer or Neutron Jammer is a device which suppresses nuclear fission reactions by blocking the movement of free neutrons (it is probable that nuclear fusion, which does not rely on neutron emission, would be unaffected by an N-Jammer, however current nuclear fusion technology relies on a nuclear fission reaction to attain the correct temperature for fusion to occur, thus the N-Jammer works on nuclear fusion as well). Its effective range is so great that even a handful of these devices are sufficient to cover the entire Earth, nullifying all nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants on the planet's surface. The N-Jammer also has the side effect of disrupting radio waves, severely restricting the range of radar and conventional communications, and for this reason space warships are equipped with these devices as an electronic countermeasure. Its effects appear to be analogous to the Minovsky Effect in Universal Century.

The N-Jammer was originally developed in the PLANTs under the supervision of Supreme Council member Orson White. These devices were first employed in the battle for the space station Yggdrasil on February 22, C.E. 70, and on April 1 of that year the ZAFT forces drove countless N-Jammers into Earth's surface as the first phase of their Operation Uroboros campaign. The nations of Earth, which had previously depended on nuclear fission as their primary power source, were plunged into a severe energy crisis called April Fool's Crisis as a result.

During the winter of CE 70-71, at least hundreds of thousands of Naturals died on Earth because of lack of energy for heating, due directly to the presence of N-Jammers on Earth. However, the Treaty of Junius outlawed the use of N-Jammers in combat, either in a defensive role or as a weapon.

Trivia: when the famous Super Robot Wars series decided to have Mobile Suit Gundam Seed collected into it's game, some users pointed out that having N-Jammers will make other Nuclear powered units not able to move. However, since all other Gundam series units uses Nuclear fusion as their power source and Laser activated nuclear warheads as nuclear weapons, this is not a problem.

Neutron Jammer Canceller

Neutron Jammer Cancellers or N-Jammer Cancellers are devices used to cancel the effects of the ubiquitous N-Jammers.

ZAFT deployed Neutron-Jammers to disallow the OMNI use of nuclear weaponry and reliable power generation. ZAFT also invented this device to cancel this effect in order to use nuclear weapons / generators. This would means nearly limitless supply of energy and a complete superiority over other battery powered Mobile Suits that had to be recharged periodically. In its debut episode, Kira takes the ZGMF-X10A Freedom, equipped with an ultracompact nuclear fission reactor, from a PLANT to the JOSH-A base in Alaska, a flight requiring three days of constant operation, with no need to refuel. In fact, it's not clear that the ZGMF-X10A Freedom and ZGMF-X09A Justice were ever refueled during their operational lives. The "G.U.N.D.A.M" acronym for Mobile Suits equipped with a N-Jammer Cancellers are Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module. The NJC also cancels the ECM effects of the N-Jammer, the mobile suits equipped with an NJC can use radar for targeting and aiming, making them to have longer range and more accurate fire.

Because the use of N-Jammers was banned by the Junius Treaty which ended the Bloody Valentine War, N-Jammer Cancellers are now semi-outdated technology; however, because of the still-present N-Jammers which were dropped on Earth during the War as offensive weapons, all nuclear power reactors on Earth are equipped with N-Jammer Cancellers. The Neutron Stampeder weapon appears to be derived from the N-Jammer Canceller.

Neutron Stampeder

An experimental defensive weapon designed by ZAFT to protect against nuclear attack.

Hyper-Deuterion Nuclear Reactor

The hyper-deuterion nuclear reactor is a hybrid system created by ZAFT (and also used by Terminal) which combines a nuclear fission reactor with the deuterion technology. This two generators complement each other and thus in theory power-downs shouldn't occur. This system works the following: the deuterion system functions like a battery which stores the power coming from the nuclear engine and then converts it into electricity. Thanks to this hyper-deuterion reactors are more powerful and efficient than conventional fission reactors. The hyper-deuterion reactor is currently used by the ZGMF-X3000Q Providence ZAKU, ZGMF-X42S Destiny, ZGMF-X666S Legend, ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice and ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom. It is notable that even with the hyper-deuterion reactor, the ZGMF-X42S Destiny once ran out of power because the deuterion charge couldn't keep up with the constant use of the Wings of Light. Despite all using the same reactor the "G.U.N.D.A.M" acronym for the Destiny and Legend is Gunnery United Nuclear-Deuterion Advanced Maneuver while the acronym for the Infinite Justice and Strike Freedom is Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module complex.

The Destiny also features a second energy storage unit in the form of a Hyper Capacitor which allows this unit to increase the energy storage capacity of the Deuterion battery to aid keep a balanced power rate between its energy based weapons and the Wings of Light. Currently, only the Destiny is confirmed to equip the Hyper Capacitor. It is unknown if the Legend, Providence Zaku, Strike Freedom or Infinite Justice have the Hyper Capacitor.

It has been suggested that the reason for the difference in the OS between the Destiny/Legend and the Strike Freedom/Infinite Justice is because the first ones draw their power from the Deuterion Reactor, while the second ones draw it directly from the fission reactor, leaving the the Deuterion Reactor as a backup-battery of sorts, to be used in case the Neutron Jammer Canceller or the fission reactor needs to be deactivated. However, this matter still awaits official confirmation.

GENESIS

GENESIS (Gamma Emission by Nuclear Explosion Stimulate Inducing System) is a huge gamma ray emissor built under the orders of Patrick Zala as ZAFT's ultimate weapon. GENESIS uses multiple nuclear devices with Neutron Jammer Cancellers to produce a massive burst of gamma radiation, which is reflected back by an external alignment mirror and focused by a second mirror into a laser beam. This laser is sufficiently powerful that if it were to hit the Earth, a great part of the surface would be destroyed and nearly all life on the planet would be exterminated. The external mirror is reduced to a radioactive scrap in the blast and must be replaced for another shot to be fired. GENESIS is also protected by multiple layers of Phase Shift armor and can be concealed by Mirage Colloid. The weapon is stationed behind the ZAFT space fortress Jachin Due and thus protected by not only the station but also by a huge ZAFT fleet.

GENESIS is first deployed in September C.E. 71 after the nuclear attack of the OMNI on ZAFT’s other space fortress, Boaz. With its first shot it destroyed 75% of the OMNI fleet and thus forcing them to retreat for a short period. On the next day the superweapon fired its second shot on the Ptolemaeus lunar base, not only destroying it completely but also wiping out over half of the OMNI reinforcements. The third shot was intended by Patrick Zala to lock on Earth (the target was Washington D.C., the capital of the Atlantic Federation) but before it was ready to fire, Patrick’s son Athrun Zala arrived with his ZGMF-X09A Justice , went inside the weapon, and detonated his unit. Thus the huge weapon was destroyed before it was able to emit the destructive burst. Only the intial energy from the nuclear explosion was emitted which destroys the badly damaged ZGMF-X13A Providence. GENESIS then exploded before this blast can hit the mirror block.

Originally GENESIS was intended to be used as a propulsion system for ships to reach places far away in the solar system. As a prediction, ZAFT would be the first nation to travel out of the solar system.

GENESIS Alpha

Another GENESIS unit (perhaps created before the one used by Zala) which is at first under the command of ZAFT member Ash Grey. Like its sister unit it is equipped with multiple layers of Phase Shift and a Mirage Colloid cloaking device. Ash uses it to give his ZGMF-X11A Regenerate a boost which allows the suit to travel at very high speed. Nevertheless Ash is defeated and GENESIS Alpha is taken over by the Serpent Tail, who at first try to destroy it but later it becomes the base of the Junk Guild. The Junk Guild ship ReHOME uses it after the war to fly to Mars. At one point the Earth Alliance invaded GENESIS Alpha and found the ZGMF-X12A Testament in it, which they then took with them. Two years later an alliance of the Junk Guild, the Serpent Tail and Rondo Mina Sahaku uses GENESIS Alpha in a failed attempt to avert the "Break the World" terrorist attack by pushing the remains of Junius Seven away from Earth.

Neo-GENESIS inside Messiah

Neo-GENESIS

In CE 74, a third GENESIS unit is built within the ZAFT mobile fortress Messiah, called Neo-GENESIS. It is smaller than the other two units but still packs lots of power. Neo-GENESIS would be fired twice, one at the Orb Fleet attacking Requiem, which destroyed about half of the fleet, and the other at the Archangel and Eternal, but missed and destroyed part of ZAFT's Lunar fleet. Neo-GENESIS, alongside the mobile fortress Messiah, are destroyed at the end of Second Bloody Valentine War by Kira Yamato's ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom. A notable feature to Neo-GENESIS is that it's the only one out of all three units that does not require its mirror to be replaced, thus making it able to fire more rapidly than its predecessors. However, Neo-GENESIS still needs to be charged beforehand. Because of the lack of the need to replace the mirror and that it's mounted on the space fortress Messiah, the Neo-GENESIS is more mobile and thus more of a danger to any enemy troops due to it being able to reposition itself for better effect on the battlefield whilst firing at a much faster rate than earlier types.

High-powered Microwaves

Cyclops System

A powerful microwave weapon devised by the Earth Alliance and used twice in the first war as a last resort self destruct weapon. Most prominent was the use during the attack on the JOSH-A base.

Nibelung

The Nibelung is a massive fixed anti-aircraft cannon positioned to defend Heaven's Base during a ZAFT attack on the base.

Mirage Colloid guided

Requiem

Requiem is an "Orbital All-Aspect Tactical Cannon" and the most powerful weapon in the arsenal of the Earth Alliance. It is capable of firing at nearly every important point in the Earth Sphere and was used during the end of the Second Bloody Valentine War.