The MSA-007E EWAC Nero (EWACネロ?) is a reconnaissance non-combat mobile suit featured in the photo novel series Gundam Sentinel.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
An "Early Warning And Control"(EWAC) mobile suit based on the MSA-007 Nero. Although Minovsky particle interference prevents the use of radar and radio communication, the dispersal of these particles was prohibited by the Granada Treaty that ended the One Year War, and so radar search and detection is still effective in areas with low Minovsky particle density. The EWAC Nero is designed to detect enemy machines and gather intelligence on them. Then relay this information to the Combat Information Center (CIC) aboard its mothership.
The huge head of the EWAC Nero contains long-range radar antennas and is equipped with multi-sensors for passive intelligence gathering, while its backpack contains data processing and communications systems. The information it gathers can be relayed in real time via radio and laser signals, or recorded onto the data pods stored in its backpack for later recovery. The EWAC Nero can also be equipped with Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV), wired cameras, and various other reconnaissance equipment. Its two-seater cockpit block houses a pilot and an operator to control all this equipment, and propellant boosters are attached to extend its operating time for long missions.
Armaments[]
Because of the design of this suit was based solely on being a detection suit, it was given no armaments.
System Features[]
- Early Warning And Control (EWAC)
- The EWAC is a set of equipment that is attached to the mobile suit and is designed to detect enemy machines and gather intelligence on them.
- Camera Unit
- The EWAC Nero has three remote camera units. One is docked to the back of the right forearm, while the other two are docked over the shoulders. These wire-guided high sensitivity camera units can detect light of various wavelengths, and can be launched from the EWAC Nero and flown closer to its target while the mobile suit remains hidden.
- Data Pod
- Four small pods stored in a rack on the backside of the EWAC binder. Data acquired during missions can be saved to a pod, which can be ejected to be returned to its mothership by an allied unit or recovered later in the event of the EWAC Nero's discovery.
- Propellant Booster
- Two larger propellant tanks with integrated boosters which replace the thruster vanes on the bottom of the standard Nero backpack.
History[]
At the beginning of the Pezun Rebellion, a data pod recovered from an EWAC Nero records the destruction of the Federation Forces’ 127th Squadron at the hands of New Desides mobile suits. A few of these machines are also assigned to the command ships of the suppression fleet that is dispatched to defeat the New Desides.
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Notes and Trivia[]
- Though it has no official armaments list, some video games give the EWAC Nero handheld weapons. It is generally depicted using the same model of beam rifle as the standard Nero, but has also used the 90mm GM Rifle used by the Nemo.
- In the Gihren's Greed series the EWAC Nero is also given a vulcan pod and beam sabers, though, with the knee armor removed, it does not actually have racks to store beam sabers.
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