Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose]

Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose]
Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] (緊急脱出ポッド, MP-X86［プリムローズ］)
Unit Type
Emergency Escape Pod Vehicle
Profile
Developed Into	MP-X87 ［Primrose II］
Combines Into	RX-121-2P Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Owsla]
Manufacturer	Earth Federation Forces (Konpeitoh Arsenal)
Operator	Titans Test Team (Black Otter Team)
General Characteristics
Power-plant	Ultracompact Minovsky Fusion Reactor
Optional Armaments
Fixed	Shield Booster Enhanced Shield Booster Tri-booster Unit Hrududu Hrududu II Missile Binder Mega Particle Cannon
Real World

The Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] is a vehicle that appears in the novel Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

Developed for use by the RX-121-2A Gundam TR-1 [Advanced Hazel]​, the Primrose is an emergency escape pod based on research and development conducted by the Konpeitoh technical headquarters after Lieutenant Wes Murphy’s Hazel was heavily damaged in combat with Zeon remnants. Although it resembles the Core Block System of the RX-78-2 Gundam, the Primrose functions purely as an escape system, lacking the docking and separation capability of the core block. As a result, it cannot dock under its own power once separation has been performed. But despite its simplicity, the Primrose is capable of independent flight, unlike the ejection pods installed in ordinary mobile suits, so the pilot’s chances of survival are dramatically increased. When equipped with a Hazel backpack and optional armaments, it can also demonstrate performance surpassing that of the average space fighter.

Primrose Variants

Although the Primrose was developed as an emergency escape pod for the Hazel, it has the same kind of cockpit as a mobile suit and can be equipped with optional armaments As a result it is a highly versatile machine that can also serve as a core unit for various parts. The Primrose can use the Hazel’s enhancement backpack as a propulsion device, enabling it to carry almost all of the Hazel’s optional weapons, and when equipped with enhancement parts like the FF-X29A G-Parts [Hrdudu]​ it can function as a high-performance support machine. Although this is a deviation from the Primrose’s original role, the engineers of the Konpeitoh technical headquarters, preferring to leave no possibility unexplored, prepared various functional extension plans.

Picture Gallery

Primrose (Type 2 Armament)

Primrose (Type 3 Armament)

Primrose (Type 4 Armament)

Primrose without binders (Combat Deployment Colors)

Gunpla

FG Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] (2006): box art

HGUC 1/144 Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] (P-Bandai exclusive; 2019): box art

MG 1/100 Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] Expansion Set (P-Bandai exclusive; 2020): box art

Trivia

• The FG Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] comes with parts to make the Full Armor version of the RX-121-2 Gundam TR-1 ［Hazel II］. However, it only comes with one shoulder part, thus it requires a second set to make a RX-121-2P Gundam TR-1 ［Hazel Owsla］.