The F89 Gundam F89 (commonly known as Gundam F89 or F89) is a mobile suit which appears in the manga series Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula and Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
An experimental Mobile Suit (MS) developed by Strategic Naval Research Institute for their "Formula Project", a project that focused of producing a high performance miniaturized MS. Due to SNRI lack of expertise in MS manufacturing, the F89 was made as technological verification unit to test state of the art technology to a 18-meter type mobile suit. its frame was newly designed but had the compatibility to use parts made by Anaheim Electronics. Since it was made to test all kind of technology, it disregarded the production cost, but it was worth the effort as the F89 surpassed the performance of a fifth-generation MS, even though it was classified as an older 18-meter type second generation MS.[1] The operational data of the F89 was implemented to make a miniaturized version of it which resulted the F90 Gundam F90.[2] SNRI made two units in total, the first unit painted tri-color scheme and features a curved v-fin, while the second unit painted in red and white color with a straight v-fin.[2] Due to its nature as data collection unit, SNRI also made six additional spare parts and four more, just before the completion of the F90.[2] While it is designated as F89, its actually an in-house designation for a unit that preceded the F90, and unrelated to SNRI's general purpose model of the Formula 80 series, such as the F80 Gunraid.[3]
Since the F89 was made as the prototype for the F90, it also featured an early version of the hardpoint system for the F90 mission packs.[4][5][2] It featured 7 hardpoints in total, one is the backpack, two on the sides of the forearms, two on the side skirt armor, and two on the sides of the legs.[4][5] This allows the F89 to suit various equipments and weaponries, to suit different combat situations. It also had modular backpacks to equip the "Beam Cannon Type" and "High Mobility Type" backpacks.[2] The "High Mobility Type" backpack is the standard configurations for the F89, is an all rounded backpack, equipped with two large propellant tank, alongside a pair of beam saber attached to it.[2][6][7] The "Beam Cannon Type" is a pair of long beam cannons attached to the backpack unit, which was specialized for long range combat, but it was a flawed design that can only fire three shots before it became unusable. Despite its failure the data gathered from "Beam Cannon Type" pack would be SNRI's future VSBR based unit.[2] With these features, it improved the F89 performance, being capable to perform on par with other state-of-the-art mobile suits such as the MSA-120 Draig, even compared to the F90 its performance said to be much better than its successor unit.[8][9]
Armaments[]
- Beam Saber
- A beam weapon for close combat. It is a small device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. It emits a blade of plasma contained by an I-Field and can cut through any armor not treated with anti-beam coating.. The F89 has two beam sabers stored on the backpack when equipped with its High-Mobility Type pack.
- Beam Rifle
- A slightly modified version of the Jegan B-Type beam rifle. it's the standard E-pack type rifle with a higher output than the conventional beam rifle.[10]
- Beam Rifle (Jamesgun's)
- A beam weapon of the same model as the RGM-119 Jamesgun a standard beam rifle for ranged combat that is powered by a rechargeable energy cap. It was used during a mock battle.
- Axe Rifle
- A composite weapon that combines a large axe and a rifle.[7]
- Beam Cannon
- A pair of powerful beam weapons used by the F89's Long-Range type pack. However, these cannons are early prototypes and can only be fired three times before they stopped functioning. This equipment was later used to develop the VSBR technology.[2]
- Shield (Gustav Karl's)
- A basic defense armament for many Federation mobile suits. The shield is a thick sheet of armor designed to take severe punishment that would normally destroy a mobile suit, and is also treated with an anti-beam coating to withstand several beam shots before the coating wears off. Typically, physical shields can only take so much damage before they succumb to the pressure and break.
Special Equipment & Features[]
- Hardpoint
- The F89 has 7 hardpoints for mounting additional equipment, sets of optional equipment and armaments, to meet specific needs or combat situations. The locations of these hardpoints are: one on the backpack, two on the sides of the forearms, two on the side skirt armor, and two on the sides of the legs. Only the backpack hardpoint are covered when not in use.
- Weapon Rack
- The F89 has a weapon rack on its rear skirt armor for storing handheld weapons such as the Beam Rifle or any additional firearms.
History[]
In U.C. 0112, the F89 piloted by Gideon Brondan was deployed in a mock battle to test its performance against the F90F Gundam F90 F-Type piloted by Patsy Angelika, at a secret SNRI facility. During the battle, the F90 F-Type struggles a lot due to Gideon's piloting skill, but Patsy was able to use the sub-arms to disable one of the F89's hands and defeat it.[11] Sometime later it was deployed by the Earth Federation Forces' F90 Team B, and assigned as "Aggresor unit" alongside several FD-03 Gustav Karls on a mock battle against the F90K Gundam F90 Keep Type.[12] During the battle it was ambushed by several RGM-86R GM III (GBG Specifications) but managed to fend them off.[13] Shortly after it engages with a RGM-86R-FA Full Armor GM III while trying to rescue the F90 N-Type, but forced to retreat after the F90 N-Type was destroyed by its own hilt funnels.[14]
Later in U.C. 0115, the F89 was assigned to Space Ark class ship the Fairlady. This unit piloted by Gideon Brondan served as the commander unit of the Fastest Formula (FF) Corps.[15] During the FF Corps siege of Zeon Remnants' "Insel" asteroid base, the F89 was escorted by the F90 NG-Type and 70 Cannon Gundam. While the F90 NG-Type engages several AMX-107 Bawoos, It and the F70 would find the other Zeon Remnants MS, and manage to destroy them with ease thanks to his superior piloting skills and state of the art technology.[15] After fighting the Zeon Remnants, a replica of the NZ-000 Queen Mansa suddenly appears on the battlefield and soon it engaged with the FF Corps and tried to destroy the F89 alongside the F70 by deploying its funnels against the FF Corps. But it was rescued by F90 NG-Type by destroying its funnels with its own Hilt funnels.[15] Sometime later the F89 would be deployed to Side 2 Amelia, after the FF Corps' mothership the Fairlady ambushed by Zeon Remnant forces. It was piloted by Misma Muerte and manage to rescue the Fairlady and drove of enemy MS.[16][17]
In U.C. 0116, the unit was converted into the F89 (Commander Specifications) and was deployed in a mock battle between FF Corps against Luna II 4th Aggressor unit that used ten RGM-111Y Proto Hardygun units, During the battle it was ambushed by a Proto Hardygun Commander Type, piloted by Karl Schwitz, he managed to evade the attack and perform on par with it.[18] Shortly after the Battle, the F89 was equipped with a Chaser equipment and served as the escort unit for the F90 Gundam F90 (Prototype Minovsky Drive Test Configuration). During the test it managed to catch up with the F90 after its Minovsky drive unit entered high speed runaway mode, but was heavily dmaaged after the Minovsky drive unit exploded.[19]
Sometime after, the F89 was deployed to quell a terrorist attack by AEUG Remnants on Side 1 Colony 107 Bharat, and manage to secure both the the Colony's city hall and its council members while recovering intel regarding on Zeon Remnants large scale attack to Trimurti Satellite Cannon.[20] During the siege of Trimurti by Zeon Remnant "Legacy Fleet", the F89 was converted into the F89 (Final Equipment Type) alongside the FF Corps to engage with Legacy forces. During the battle it engages with a MSA-120 Draig, piloted by Cypher and manage to perform on equal terms, but was heavily damaged after it was shot by the Draig's funnel missiles.[21] Later it was seen aiding the F90 Gundam F90 FF Type against the Draig, and managed to deal some damage to the unit before being stabbed by hijacked hilt funnels. Unfortunately the damage it sustained caused lethal injuries to Gideon, which he then passed away moments later, forcing the F90 FF Type to abandon it alongside Gideon's body on a wrecked Clop-class ship.[21]
One of the two units' frames was later salvaged in U.C. 0168 and used in the Anchor Mixing Build MS, while the other unit was refurbished by Frank Oz and given to pilot Jean Dauvin.[22] Jean's unit is equipped with the High-Mobility Type pack and has been given a large physical shield. Following this refurbishment, all remaining spare parts for the F89 were used up, so it is considered its final configuration.
Variants[]
- F89 Gundam F89 (Commander Specifications)
Featured in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, it is the Gundam F89 equipped with a large antenna on the left of it's chest almost identical to those used by O-Type in order to communicate with other units far away, but caused the Gundam to only have 1 beam saber. Additionally it also used a Jegan D-Type Bazooka, and a Hizack's 3 tube missile pod for increased firepower.[23]
- F89 Gundam F89 (Chaser Equipment Type)
Featured in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, it is the F89 equipped with a large booster unit, similiar to the one used by F90 U-Type, Magnet Harkens on its forearms and a pair of camera unit mounted on its waist. Thanks to this modifications, allows the F89 to move on par with MS equipped with Minovsky Drive equipment, while also recording operational data in the process.[24]
- F89 Gundam F89 (Final Equipment Type)
Featured in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, it is the F89 equipped with 2 Railcannons similiar to those used by RGM-79F Land Combat Type GM, a pair of missile pods similiar with the one used by Jegan B-Type, missile container mounted on its right arm, and modified version of Gustav Karl's shield with hidden V-Type's Beam Shield underneath it. This additional parts makes the Gundam F89 performance on par with mobility unit such as MSA-120 Draig while also having additional firepower.[21]
- F89 Gundam F89 Kai
Featured in Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust, is a restored and upgraded version of the Gundam F89. Some colors has been changed and the twin eye color also been changed to yellow. In the backpack is equipped with the High-Mobility Type pack, the axe gun of the Anchor. In addition, the front armor of Verdun has been cut by the Anchor V2 and later remodeled into a portable shield which stores the fragment grenades of the Verdun. Later they replaced the High-Mobility Type pack for the V3 thruster from the Anchor V3 into the Anchor V4.
- F89 Gundam F89 (Anchorhead)
Featured in Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Love & Piece, is a field repaired Gundam F89 Kai using Anchor spareparts.[25]
Gallery[]
Linearts[]
Manga[]
Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula[]
Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust[]
Illustrations & Artwork[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The characters in F90FF manga, often nicknamed the F89 as "Giant" mobile suit despite being 18-meter tall, (this is possibly because miniaturized mobile suits became standarized at this point).
- Although its never explicitly stated which F89 unit piloted by Gideon is, it is highly likely that he piloted the first unit mentioned in Crossbone Gundam Dust profile.
- Despite having a Beam Cannon backpack, said backpack never made an appearance in the manga.
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust, Vol 7, Ch 28, Pg 253.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust, Vol 7, Ch 28, Pg 254.
- ↑ Monthly Mobile Machine Vol 19 Gundam F90 Edition, Pg 02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 7, Ch 26, Pg 97, 98, 122-123.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 9, Ch 37, Pg 176-177.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 2, Ch 5, Pg 59-60.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust, Vol 7, cover image.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 9, Ch 37, Pg 178-181.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 10, Ch 38, Pg 10, 11, 42-44.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 8, Chapter 24, Page 35.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 2, Ch 15, Pg 54-88.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 3, Ch 09, Pg 81.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 3, Ch 09, Pg 131.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 4, Ch 12 to 13, Pg 105-152
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 5, Chapter 16 to 18, Page 066-121
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 6, Ch 23, Pg 185-188.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 7, Ch 24, Pg 03-42.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 7, Ch 26, Pg 85-99.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 7, Ch 28, Pg 140-162.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 9, Ch 34, Pg 39-55.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 9 to Vol 10, Chapter 37 to 40.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust, Vol 7.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 7, Chapter 27, Pg 122-123.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula, Vol 10, Ch 42.
- ↑ Reference picture.
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