The UC Project is a mobile suit development project featured in the novel Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn and its OVA adaptation.
Overview[]
The UC Project is a development project created by the Earth Federation Forces as part of their reorganization plan following the events of Second Neo Zeon War in U.C. 0093]].[1] The core of the program revolved around the use of Psycho-Frame technology for the sinister goal of wiping out all traces of Zeon influence (including the Newtype myth), and rebuild order in the Earth Sphere.[2][3]
Mobile Suit Developed[]
Sinanju Stein[]
The MSN-06S Sinanju Stein was developed by Anaheim Electronics as part of the UC Project prior to the creation of the RX-0 series. It was for testing the sensitivity and durability of the Psycho-Frame for use in a mobile suit's internal movable frame. Later, two units of the mobile suit was stolen by the Sleeves (a Neo Zeon remnant group) in U.C. 0094. One unit was turned into the MSN-06S Sinanju piloted by Full Frontal. The other unit was embellished with the engravings of the Sleeves and deployed in battle over RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex.
The RX-0 series[]
The core of the UC Project was the creation of the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam and its siblings as the ultimate Newtype hunting machines. These machine have Psycho-Frame throughout their entire inner frame, and are also equipped with the Newtype Destroyer system (NT-D System), which greatly enhances the units' reaction time, even for an Oldtype pilot, and takes control of nearby psycommu-controlled weaponry. The NT-D, although highly effective and deadly, posed several drawbacks, such as a limited operation time due to performance specifications so great that they pose a physical hazard to the pilot itself.
Each of the RX-0 series Gundam are named after mythological creatures. The units produced were:
The Banshee was the brother unit of the Unicorn Gundam, and was sent to Earth for gravity testing after its space testing was completed. As a result of this, its operating system was more complete than the Unicorn's, which was only tested in space. The Banshee was later used to chase down the Unicorn Gundam.
The Phenex was a secret unit built under the direction of a certain EFSF official, but it went berserk during its test run.
The Outcome of the UC Project[]
Despite the UC Project being a product of the Earth Federation and Anaheim Electronics, a schism of interests within the influential Vist family, who were in charge of overseeing the Unicorn's development overturned the project's original purpose. Cardeas Vist, by the request of his grandfather Syam, installed an advanced program called La+ into the Gundam's operating system.
The La+ system was designed to direct its pilot through a set of coordinates, which would ultimately lead him to a century-old Federation secret known as Laplace's Box. Because of rumors that the Box could destroy the Federation, the remaining Neo Zeon forces launched a wide-scale operation to retrieve the Unicorn.
This series of skirmishes, known as the Laplace Conflict, would eventually evolve into the Third Neo Zeon War, less than three years after the Second Neo Zeon War.
Additional results of UC Project[]
The RGM-96X Jesta was designed to work in tandem with the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam. Since the Unicorn's Destroy Mode could only operate for 5 minutes, it became apparent that there will be need for a high performance mass-produced model that could pave the way for the RX-0 to deal with the enemy Newtype weapon. Therefore, the Jesta was developed as an special operation unit with massive thrust output to keep up with the Unicorn's monstrous acceleration. A handful of these units, originally assigned to the command of Bright Noa, would later become one of the many pivotal factors to the conclusion of the Third Neo Zeon War.
As a companion mobile suit for the Unicorn series, the RGZ-95N ReZEL Type-N was intended to be built on a different line from the RGM-96X Jesta. A Psycho-Frame, fitted around the cockpit and in the backpack, the mobile suit is based on the RGZ-95C ReZEL Commander Type. Its primary goal was to improve coordination and cooperative operation with the Unicorn series leader mobile suit by utilizing Psycommu technology to accelerate the pilot's reaction time and mobile suit control ability. Furthermore, a way of operation was designed such that the leader mobile suit could remotely operate this machine via the Psycho-Frame, like a funnel, even in the event that the selected pilot lacked Newtype ability. The other variant called ReZEL Type-N (Defenser g-Unit) is one of the equipment variations planned assuming cooperative operation with RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 02 Banshee, and is equipped with the dedicated Defenser g-Unit which hold its VN Incom equipment that incorporates the technology from the Armed Armor VN and Pseudo-NT-D.
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