The Gundam Wiki
Advertisement
The Gundam Wiki

The MS-09R4 Schnee Weiss ("Schnee Weiss" translates into "Snow White") is a mobile suit that appears in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

This machine is based on the Rick Dom, and was heavily modified to operate the bit that was put to practical use in the former Zeon army's MA Elmeth in a MS. Since it was originally intended to install the psycommu system that was installed in the large MA into the MS, the psycommu control unit connected to its back alone is as huge as the MS. Even so, it has been downsized to 1/3 the size of the Elmeth.

The bits are not mounted on the fuselage, but are operated by a device called the "Bit Carrier", which is launched from the mothership. This bit carrier is also huge, about the size of an MS, and it ejects eight bits mounted inside on command from the MS side to perform all-range attacks. It has no fixed armament when equipped with a psycommu control unit, but it can use a heat saber when its backpack is replaced.

The legs are shaped specifically for space combat, and the backpack has thrusters as well, but the heavy psycommu control unit makes it less maneuverable than conventional MS. For this reason, the backpack and shoulder blocks can be detached in emergency situations (such as when the bit cannot be used). In addition, although improvements were made to its mobility, such as increasing the output of the attitude control thrusters (120% higher than before), they were not enough, and it was not able to achieve the original purpose of installing the psycommu in a MS. This is thought to have led to the development of the funnel, a fundamental revision of the bit system.

Armaments[]

  • Bit
A psycommu armament with eight units mounted on the bit carrier. It is smaller than the one on Elmeth. It is equipped with a beam gun and an ultra-small thermonuclear reactor to operate it, a chemically fueled rocket type main thruster, and attitude control thrusters. It has excellent mobility and concealment, and realizes an all-range attack by controlling multiple units simultaneously.
  • Heat Saber
A close combat weapon that can be equipped by replacing the backpack. It uses thermal energy to superheat its blade to melt through the armor of an enemy machine. It has an electrical discharge function and can store high charges via the application of Minovsky particle physics. As the heat saber degrades during use, it is discarded after usage.
  • Prototype Large Beam Rifle
A experimental beam weapon developed at Axis after the One Year War, its effective firing range is 1.8 times that of a ordinary beam rifle. It has a built-in generator, making it highly powerful, but it becomes unusable after only a few shots.

Special Equipment & Features[]

  • Psycommu Control Unit
Equipped on the back, it is used to control the Schnee Weiss' bit units. While the bits efficiency is unquestionable on the battlefield, this piece of equipment is also very bulky and heavy, thus making the Schnee Weiss a bit less agile compared to a standard model.

History[]

The "Schnee Weiss" was created in U.C. 0080 as part of Axis' continuing study of Newtypes and the psycommu system. Its assigned pilot was 14-year-old Haman Karn, one of the most powerful, if not the only, Newtype living in Axis who was also the subject of intense study. Near the end of the year U.C. 0080, Axis came under attack by an Earth Federation fleet that had been lured there by Axis soldiers who sought to rekindle the war for independence. The attack came suddenly and with little warning (to the majority of Axis) during the crowning of the one-year-old Mineva Lao Zabi. While Admiral Karn was debating the proper course of action, Haman, seeing the confusion and panic of the people proclaimed that she would go out and fight on her own if necessary. With the people rallied Haman launched in the "Schnee Weiss" which had only been recently completed. The "Bit Carrier" was also launched to provide the "Schnee Weiss" with weapons, however the psycommu had not been fully synchronized and two of the bits did not respond to Haman.

Out in the battlefield that was in Axis' S-Field, the "Schnee Weiss" proved invaluable as it was the only unit to inflict heavy casualties against the Federation's upgraded GMs. Haman used the "Schnee Weiss" to break through the battlefield and enter the asteroid field where the Federation fleet was hiding. However, the bits were at a disadvantage, where several were destroyed by ramming into rocks. On the other side Haman encountered the Federation fleet and managed to destroy one more GM before the last of her bits were destroyed. Out of weapons and damaged from a nearby explosion, she purged the psycommu equipment, however that caused a system error and the "Schnee Weiss" was rendered unable to move. The "Schnee Weiss" would have been destroyed had Char Aznable piloting the AMA-00GR Zero GR not arrived and rescued the stricken suit.

Several weeks later Haman Karn had little choice but to launch in the "Schnee Weiss" again to intercept three Federation pilots, who were part of a mass escape of prisoners, that had managed to retrieve several GMs that the Axis forces had prepped to conduct test flights. In the battle the "Schnee Weiss" was only equipped with a heat saber. With the "Schnee Weiss" Haman was able to destroy one GM after a protracted saber fight, after which she proceeded to intercept a captured Magellan-class battleship named Naiad that the Federation prisoners managed to regain control of. However, she was intercepted by the remaining two GMs that were armed with beam rifles. With their teamwork and weapons the GMs' pilots managed to capture the "Schnee Weiss" and forced Haman to come out of the cockpit. From there one of the GMs held Haman in its hand as they retreated.

Gallery[]

Notes & Trivia[]

Appearances[]

References[]


External links[]


Char's Deleted Affair Mechanics
edit
Principality of Zeon/Axis Zeon/Zeon Remnants
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit
MS-06F Zaku II | MS-06F-2 Zaku II F2 Type | MS-06R-1A Zaku II High Mobility Type | MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type | MS-09R Rick Dom | MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II | MS-09R4 Psycommu Rick Dom | MS-09RN-2 Tusche Schwarz | MS-14A Gelgoog | MS-14JG Gelgoog Jäger | MS-14S Gelgoog Commander Type | MS-14U Gelgoog (Outer Space Type) | MS-18E Kämpfer | MSN-02 Perfect Zeong | YMS-15 Gyan
Mobile Armour
AMA-00GR Zero GR | MAN-08 Elmeth

Aircraft / Spacecraft
Scout Shuttle
Transporter / Supply Ship
Komusai | Yukimizuki
Cruiser / Mother Ship
Gwazine-class | Musai-class | Musai-class Final Production Type | Musai-class Late Production Type | Zanzibar-class
Earth Federation Forces/Titans
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit
RGC-83 GM Cannon II | RGM-79 GM | RGM-79C GM Type C | RGM-79GS GM Command Space Type | RGM-79N GM Custom | RGM-79Q GM Quel | RGM-79SP GM Sniper II | RX-78-2 Gundam | RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam

Cruiser / Mother Ship
Magellan-class | Pegasus-class | Salamis-class
AEUG
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit
RMS-099 Rick Dias

Mother Ship
Argama-class
Advertisement