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The System-∀99 ∀ Gundam (pronounced as "Turn A Gundam", aka "", "White Doll" or "Mustache") is the titular mobile suit of Turn A Gundam. It is piloted primarily by Loran Cehack.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The Turn A Gundam was originally created for interstellar warfare in anticipation of an invasion from powers outside the solar system. The Turn A was the culmination of super-advanced technologies from eons past, but the exact details of these technologies are largely unknown. As opposed to other weapons which were created to fulfill a specific purpose, the Turn A's design was unusual and marked a paradigm shift in the operational philosophy of weapons as it was built entirely on the premise of "single machine operation" (単機による作戦行動 Tanki niyoru sakusen koudou?), with the versatility to perform all military operations on its own. Owing to the fear of extrasolar forces, the Turn A was constructed with all restrictions on the development of weapons removed, and thus could no longer be considered a weapon.[2]

Unlike other mobile suits (even those that predate the Turn A itself), the Turn A is powered by a DHGCP (Discontinuous Hyperoscillation Gauge Collapsing Pile)-type generator, which is essentially an artificial black hole. Like the SUMO, the Turn A is driven by the IFBD (I-Field Beam Drive) system, which covers the unit with I-Field beams generated from inside the suit over the surface, and controls the beams to move the suit. This drive system leaves the inside of the suit mostly empty, as space is not taken up by anything other than the power reactor and generator.[3][4] The Turn A can therefore equip various weapons inside its chest, such as missiles or beam cannons.[5][6] The legs of the Turn A contain an array of thruster vanes, which are a collection of two-dimensional nozzles equipped with superminiature thrusters.[7][8] The powerful thrust generated by these ultra small thrusters allows the Turn A to push a spaceship backward and pull mobile suits in midair. The actual performance limits of the Turn A's thrusters, including their maximum speed and operational environment, are not known.[8]

The surface of the Turn A is covered with self-repairing nanomachines, known as Nanoskin (Nano-Surface Kinetic Improvement Nervation), which protects the unit at the molecular level.[9][10] The Turn A's armaments consist of a beam rifle, two beam cannons, two beam sabers, and a shield. To further enhance its combat power, the Turn A has support areas called DOC (Device Operation Control) bases which hold various armaments, enabling it to adapt flexibly to any battle situation by equipping a variety of weapons. One of these DOC bases was discovered in C.C. 2345. However, the base had been sealed and almost all its weapons crumbled upon exposure to air, probably due to malfunction of the nanomachines. The only weapon still usable was a hyper hammer that was simple and thick enough to remain intact for a short while.[5][11]

The Turn A's on-board nanomachines are capable of a devastating attack known as the "Moonlight Butterfly" (named after the visual appearance of the attack). These nanomachines have the ability to disintegrate all matter that includes artificial objects and organic materials.[12][13][14] They can also be used offensively or defensively for all range attack and defense. The back weapon pallet of the Turn A was originally planned to be equipped with weapons based on the Seventh Generation Minovsky Physical Theory (7th-GMPT), a nondestructive MS-incapacitating technology, during the conceptual phase of the "System ∀". However, the development of such weapons was not completed in time for the demonstration test for "System ∀", and so beam sabers were provisionally installed for melee combat.[15]

Armaments[]

  • Abdominal Beam Cannon[1]
A pair of beam cannons are the default equipment housed in the Turn A's abdomen, but they can be replaced with other equipment.[10] The beam cannons have a wide attack range and their beams cannot be counteracted by an I-Field, forcing the Turn X to sacrifice its carapace weapon platform to protect itself.
The Turn A is armed with two beam sabers, stored on the Turn A's shoulders and have an adjustable power output and range. The two beam sabers can also be held side by side to generate a longer saber blade. The beam sabers can also be used as a defensive armament when the Turn A rotates its manipulators in a 360 degree motion while holding them, creating makeshift beam shields. It wasn't part of the Turn A's initial armaments and was later excavated at Mountain Cycle.
  • Chest Multi-Purpose Silo[1]
The Turn A's Multi-Purpose Silos were originally used to store various weapons. They were often loaded with Militia-made missiles of an unknown type after some research with defected Moonrace engineer, Niven Horace. Two of these silos were used to store ancient nuclear warheads for later disposal in space, until Loran used them to destroy a fragment of the Mistletoe artificial satellite that was falling towards Von City of the Moon. Aside from warheads, the silos can also be used to store other things, like livestock.
  • Beam Rifle
The Turn A's primary weapon for medium and long-range combat,[10] the beam rifle fires high energy beams at sublight speed.[16] Since the Turn A was designed to combat massive space warships, its beam rifle has a high output.[2] A round dial on the stock is used to adjust the rifle's output. Firing at maximum output without adjusting the dial first can damage the rifle's beam condenser, and in the worst case, cause the barrel to explode.[8] The beam rifle can be stored on the back or on the back skirt when not in use. The original rifle that was found with the Turn A on Mount Ark melted after firing just two shots, after that a new rifle was excavated from Vicinity's Mountain Cycle and was brought to the Gallop for the Turn A's use.
  • Shield
A defensive armament that can block both beam and physical attacks. A built-in mechanism allows the shield to slide forward when mounted on the forearm. The shield can be stored on the back or on the back skirt when not in use. It was not part of the Turn A's initial armaments found on Mount Ark and was later excavated at Vicinity's Mountain Cycle. The shield is effective against beam weapons, solid projectiles, and even shockwaves from a nuclear blast. However, because the Turn A's defense is ultimately dependent on "Moonlight Butterfly", the strength of the shield is not very high.[10] It was destroyed during the Turn A's first battle with the Turn X, but a new one was supplied to the Turn A after it was captured by the Ghingham Fleet and used during the decisive battles on Earth.
  • Gundam Hammer
The Gundam Hammer was a large spiked ball attached to a chain with four rockets built in to the spherical body, and is similar to a flail in use. The Turn A could either throw or swing the hammer around itself in order to impact and damage its target through the sheer mass of the hammer. It can also be used as a chain to restrict enemy movement or spun quickly to create an impromptu shield. The rockets aid in increasing the Hammer's speed, allowing for destructive drilling attacks on the enemy with the ball. The hammer can also deploy an I-Field to interfere with the enemy's drive system.[2] The Gundam Hammer that was found in the DOC Base at Nocis crumbled to dust moments after being used to ward off an attacking Wodom, but three more were later excavated from Vicinity's Mountain Cycle and was brought to the Gallop for the Turn A's use, although two of them were also later lost in combat. The other one was briefly used by Sochie Heim's AMX-109 Kapool. It is also known as "Hyper Hammer".
  • Minchi Drill
The Minchi Drill is a unique mace-like drill that the Turn A salvaged from the destroyed TAF-M9 Eagail. It is based on a shield machine (tunnel boring machine) used for excavations. This weapon can pulverize or even cut through mobile suits.

Special Equipment & Features[]

  • Core Fighter
The Turn A Gundam's cockpit block is located at the front of the pelvis. During an emergency, the cockpit block can detach together with the left and right front skirt armor to form a small, flight capable escape pod known as "Core Fighter".[10] The cockpit is equipped with a full panoramic monitor and a virtual reality helmet known as "VR Met", which allows the pilot to accurately capture the information and location of enemy mobile suit.[17]
  • Spine Pulse Sensor
A system integrated into the pilot seat, the Spine Pulse Sensor allows the pilot to control the Turn A through thoughts.[8]
  • Moonlight Butterfly (月光蝶 Gekkouchou?)
Both the Turn A and Turn X are capable of a devastating attack called the "Moonlight Butterfly", where countless nanomachines are released from the back section of the Turn-types. This attack was responsible for turning civilizations on Earth into sand in the ancient past. The nanomachines can be used for defensive purposes as well as for offensive, such as disintegrating matter and absorbing energy from incoming attacks.[18]
  • Nanoskin (Nano-Surface Kinetic Improvement Nervation)
The surface of the Turn A is covered with a nanomachine armor called "Nanoskin," which constantly repairs itself at the molecular level and regenerates damaged areas of the mobile suit.[10][19] In theory, as long as the unit's body and nanomachines remain, complete regeneration of the Turn A and even its pilot is possible.[10] Considered to be a smart armor, the Nanoskin forms an incredibly strong chitinous multilayered structure that is composed of amino sugar-like polymers, which mitigates, offsets, disperses, and absorbs external impact. In the event of damages, the Nanoskin can repair and reinforce the surrounding areas immediately, thereby keeping the damages to a minimum.[9] The Wodom's armor is also equipped with Nanoskin, but unlike that of the Turn-types, its Nanoskin is unable to repair the unit's internal machinery.[20] The Nanoskin also has the ability to protect an object from deterioration over time, maintaining it in a pristine and operable condition for thousands of years. It was used to cover technology buried in the Mountain Cycle, and it disintegrated when exposed to air.[21]
  • Teleportation
The Turn-types, namely the Turn A and Turn X, were the culmination of super-advanced technologies from the Dark History era and are known for their ability to mount various weapons as well as teleport.[22] The Turn A shows the ability to teleport during a brief battle with G-M1F Bandit piloted by Merrybell Gadget, after it rotates its beam sabers in front of the G-M1F Bandit, and once again in the midst of a battle between Sochie Heim and Sweatson Stero.[23]
  • System ∀
The Turn A was the demonstration unit of this system, and the number in the Turn A's model code (System-∀99) denotes the 99th version of the System ∀. It originally functioned as a tactical system that was integrated with the DOC, but the true extent of the system's application is not known, and whether it includes the control system for the IFBD and Moonlight Butterfly was never revealed.[16][23][24]

History[]

The Turn A was created due to the discovery of the Concept-X 6-1-2 Turn X, which was built by extrasolar humans and drifted to the solar system for unknown reasons prior to the beginning of the Correct Century. Feeling threatened by the Turn X's advanced technology and wary of invasion from powers outside the solar system, the people in the Earth sphere created the Turn A based on the Turn X's system and technology. However, after the creation of the Turn A, the people in the Earth sphere were divided into two factions. The Earthlings who owned the Turn A asserted that civilizations should be reset entirely to allow mankind to begin anew, whereas the Moonrace with the Turn X believed technology was the solution to all problems. The conflict between these two forces led to a war unprecedented in scale involving all mankind with the Turn X ultimately losing and Turn A erasing the civilizations on Earth. The X-shaped mark on the Turn X's chest was the damage it received from this battle which is not repairable by any means. In the aftermath of the war, the Earth's surface was covered by a new layer of topsoil and the Moonrace were forced to retreat from the Earth. Both Turn-types were then buried in the mountain cycles they respectively created at their final destinations.[25] These events are assumed to have led to the beginning of C.C. 0001.

In C.C 2345, the Turn A was found by Loran Cehack and Sochie Heim, outside the city of Nocis, the capital city of Inglessa. The Turn A was called the "White Doll" (most of the characters referred to it as the White Doll) at that time and appeared to be a statue of sorts used in the coming of age ritual by teenagers. However, the Turn A became active and revealed itself to be an operational mobile suit when the forces of Dianna Counter attacked Nocis. The Turn A then took the side of the Inglessa Militia in their struggle against the invading Moonrace, piloted primarily by Loran. It would serve as the Inglessa Militia's trump card against the Moonrace's more advanced mobile suit forces. Eventually, after accompanying the Willgem to the Moon, Loran learned the shocking truth about the Turn A's past from the data of the "Dark History", which were records of space wars in the ancient past leading up to the destruction of civilizations by the Turn A.

The Turn A was later captured by the Ghingham Fleet on the Moon's surface after it was paralyzed by the Turn X's all-range attack, forcing Loran to escape in the Core Fighter. It was then fitted with a cockpit from a MRC-F20 SUMO and sent to Earth as part of Gym Ghingham's invading army, where Merrybell Gadget used the Turn A's Moonlight Butterfly to inflict damage on several Amerian towns. After the Militia reclaimed the Turn A by infiltrating the Willgem, Joseph Yaht piloted the Turn A in an attempt to defeat the Turn X, but was overpowered and almost killed if not for his teammates' intervention. Loran then had the cockpits swapped and once again used the Turn A for the final showdown.

During its final battle with the Turn X at Lost Mountain, both machines unleashed their Moonlight Butterflies and fought until both units managed to heavily damage each other in close combat. Both Loran and Gym escaped unharmed and subsequently engaged in a short sword duel. Gym was subsequently engulfed by the nanomachines which formed a cocoon as the Moonlight Butterflies from both Turn-types were unable to destroy each other. At the end of the battle, both Turn-types were encased in a nanomachine cocoon, sealing the menaces of Dark History once again.

Variants[]

  • System-∀98 ∀ Gundam, Prototype. Performance Demonstration Test Bed Unit (Test Bed ∀)
A test machine for the Turn A Gundam said to be used for the demonstration of teleportation and data collection. The unit's chest is hollow because it serves as a weapons platform for receiving weapons and ammunition from external sources through teleportation.[26]
  • System-∀99 ∀ Gundam, Full Equipment Type
The Turn A Gundam that is said to have been in operation prior to the Dark History. Little is known about this unit, however, there are several notable differences compared to the Turn A in the Correct Century such as its color scheme and a cross design on its chest.[26]
  • Dark History Turn A
The Dark version of the Turn A used during the Dark History. This unit is featured in various novels and games, and was originally created for Harutoshi Fukui's novelization. A Newtype pilot is required to unlock the full powers of this Turn A, and this includes several abilities not seen in the show, such as teleportation as far as from the Earth to the Moon.[27] and teleportation of its weapons and even beams (by creating Cocoons);[28] it is also revealed to have a Psycommu System that is capable of channeling the "life force" of the Earth.[27]
  • Mass Production Type
A variant featuring a visor and a grey color scheme. At least four were known to exist and they operated alongside the Turn A during the Dark History.[29]

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • The chest of the ∀ Gundam has sometimes been depicted as bearing a white cross instead of being completely blue.
    • The Master Grade model kit of the ∀ Gundam has the option of swapping the blue cross-shaped piece of the chest with a white one.
  • Although Hajime Katoki did a redesign of the ∀ Gundam that has a different mouthpiece, which more closely resembles that of a standard Gundam, the Master Grade model kit, which he designed, is the same as the anime version.
  • The ∀ Gundam was chosen to be the 100th Master Grade Gunpla model kit and at around the same time, the first release of the ∀ Gundam DVD box set was announced.[24][31]
  • According to Akira Yasuda, the writer and illustrator of the ∀ Gundam's prequel manga Wind of the Moon, the mass-produced Turn A depicted in the story is called "ターンBジム".[32] This name can be translated as "Turn B Jim" or "Turn B GM".
    • Yasuda also noted the shoulder-mounted equipment of the Dark History Turn A in Wind of the Moon is a prototype non-destructive device that disables MS using the Seventh Generation Minovsky Physical Theory (7th-GMPT).[33]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Official Turn A Gundam Website
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Turn A Gundam - The Memory of Second Wind, p. 27
  3. Turn A Gundam - The Memory of First Wind, p. 21
  4. Dengeki Data Collection ∀ Gundam, p. 4
  5. 5.0 5.1 Turn A Gundam - The Memory of First Wind, p. 23
  6. Turn A Gundam - The Memory of First Wind, p. 109
  7. Turn A Gundam - The Memory of Second Wind, p. 27
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 1/100 Master Grade Turn A Gundam model kit manual
  9. 9.0 9.1 Turn A Gundam - The Memory of First Wind, p. 74.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 1/144 High Grade Turn A Gundam Model Kit manual
  11. Dengeki Data Collection ∀ Gundam, p. 7
  12. The Official Gundam Fact File, Volume 76, p. 3
  13. The Official Gundam Perfect File, Volume 46, p. 8
  14. The Official Gundam Perfect File, Volume 99, p. 24
  15. Turn A Gundam - The Memory of First Wind, p. 115.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Turn A Gundam Newtype 100% Collection Volume 1
  17. The Official Gundam Perfect File, Volume 99, p. 4
  18. The Official Weekly Gundam Mobile Suit Bible, Volume 86, p. 9
  19. Syd Mead: Progressions TYO 2019 Official Website
  20. The Official Weekly Gundam Mobile Suit Bible, Volume 129, p. 33
  21. The Official Gundam Perfect File, Volume 145, p. 24
  22. The Official Weekly Gundam Mobile Suit Bible, Volume 86, p. 32
  23. 23.0 23.1 Turn A Gundam Newtype 100% Collection Volume 2
  24. 24.0 24.1 Dengeki Hobby, May, 2007 issue, 20th anniversary of Turn A
  25. MG 1/100 Concept-X6-1-2 Turn X Manual
  26. 26.0 26.1 The Official Weekly Gundam Mobile Suit Bible, Volume 129, p. 27
  27. 27.0 27.1 Harutoshi Fukui, ∀ Gundam Cocoon on the Moon
  28. SD Gundam G Generation Genesis
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 ∀ Gundam: Wind of the Moon Chapter 1, Awakening
  30. https://twitter.com/gakky1967/status/1680455687930007553
  31. Hobby Japan, June, 2007 issue, Gunpla LOVE
  32. https://twitter.com/akiman7/status/462226183434690560
  33. https://twitter.com/akiman7/status/1260266804233908225

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