RX-79［G］WR Full Armor Slave Wraith

Template:Infobox/Mobile Weapon Ver.2The RX-79［G］WR Full Armor Slave Wraith is a repaired and upgraded version of the RX-79［G］ SW Slave Wraith featured in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

After the Slave Wraith was damaged in an encounter with the RX-80PR Pale Rider, it was repaired and modified into the Full Armor Slave Wraith. Due to the shortage of Gundam Ground Type spare parts, the FA Slave Wraith also incorporates parts for the RGM-79［G］ GM Ground Type. As the Slave Wraith team's commander unit, the FA Slave Wraith emphasises survivability and firepower over mobility. To that end, it is fitted with full body Wearable Armor and equipped with many additional weapons, including missile launchers, shield-mounted machine guns, and a back-mounted Gatling gun.

Armaments

• Vulcan Gun

The FA Slave Wraith mounted a Vulcan gun in the left chest. This shell firing weapon has a high rate of fire but little power and can't damage the armor of a mobile suit, though it can damage lightly armored areas such as the sensors. It is ideal for shooting down small, lightly armored targets such as missiles, attack vehicles, etc.

• Multi-Launcher

Mounted in the left chest, under the Vulcan gun, the launcher fires a variety of munitions, ranging from grenades to flares and chaff. When not used for direct combat, they are used for various other purposes, from distracting enemies, or communicating with allies, etc.

• Missile Launcher

A pair of missile launchers installed on the back, it is swung over the left shoulder when used.

• 75mm Gatling Gun

A weapon looted from a MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom, it is a six-barrel, belt-fed Gatling gun mounted on Full Armor Slave Wraith's backpack, behind the right shoulder.

• Short Shield (w/Double Machine Gun)

A RGM*S-Sh-WF/S-00109 Shield used by both Gundam Ground Type and GM Ground Type. It is fitted with a pair of modified 100mm machine guns in the back.

• BLASH XBR-M-79E Beam Rifle

The same beam rifle as used by the Gundam Ground Type, it is a redesign of the RX-78-2 Gundam's XBR-M-79-07G beam rifle. Instead of the 79-07G’s large movable sensor, this rifle is fitted with the BP-SS-001 composite box-type sensor system utilized on the BR-M-79C-3 Beam Spray Gun and licensed from BOWA Corporation, granting the weapon improved targeting precision.

• Leg Missile Pod

A pair of missile pods mounted on the Full Armor Slave Wraith's legs.

• FADEGEL RGM-M-Sh-007 Shield

An improved model of the RGM-M-Sh-003. It has the exact same size as its predecessor, but its material was changed to Titanium-Ceramic composite. Its mount latch was made movable, allowing the shield to be positioned up or down when carried by a Mobile Suit manipulator or mounted on the forearm, increasing its usability. It can be used in conjunction with the Short Shield for additional protection.

Special Equipment & Features

• Wearable Armor

A set of add-on reactive armor later adopted by the RGM-79FP GM Striker. Unlike the Slave Wraith, which only had wearable armor on the shoulders, the Full Armor Slave Wraith's entire body is equipped with wearable armor, dramatically improving its survivability.

History

After the Slave Wraith took heavy damage at Jaburo when its pilot Travis Kirkland sacrificed it in order to defeat the Pale Rider, the now rogue Slave Wraith Team escaped to a secret hiding place unknown to their former commander, Grave, where the Slave Wraith was repaired into the Full Armor Slave Wraith.

The Wraiths then tracked the Marchosias Team to a Zeon space port, which was being attacked by Federation forces. The Wraiths engaged the Federation attackers, and Travis quickly destroyed a GM, a Guntank, and two Type 61 Tanks with the FA Slave Wraith's superior firepower. Travis lied to the Marchosias Team, telling them that the Wraiths were actually deep cover Zeon agents, and offered to return to space with them in exchange for their assistance in repairing a shuttle they have.

As the two teams were preparing the shuttle, the space port suddenly came under attack by Grave's forces, which consisted of a Big Tray-class battleship, a large number of GMs, and a fully repaired Pale Rider. Realizing that it is impossible to defeat the Pale Rider in close combat, Travis ordered Marvin Herriot to support him with the RX-77-3D Guncannon Heavy Type D, and attempted to destroy it with ranged weapons. However, the Pale Rider's mobility caused almost all of their attacks to miss.

Just as the Pale Rider was about to destroy the Guncannon, Travis finally caught an opening when the Pale Rider was forced to evade a bazooka round fired by Vincent Gleissner's Zaku II High Mobility Ground Type. While it was in mid-air, Travis immediately fired on it with his Gatling cannon and followed up with a barrage of shoulder missiles. This caused the Pale Rider to crash into the ground, but it was still not destroyed.

Since the FA Slave Wraith was not designed for space combat, it was presumably abandoned on the ground after Travis boarded the shuttle.

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Trivia

• A special product code is included in the first print copies of Missing Link vol. 1 to unlock the Full Armor Slave Wraith for use in Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories.

References

Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link Original Mechanics
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Earth Federation
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit RX-79[G] SW Slave Wraith | RX-79[G]WR Full Armor Slave Wraith | RX-80PR Pale Rider | RX-80PR-2 Pale Rider Cavalry | RX-80PR-3 Pale Rider Dullahan
Cruiser / Mother Ship Medea Late Type (Wraith variant)
Neo Zeon
Mobile Weapon
Mobile Suit AMX-018[HADES] Todesritter