XGF-01 Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model

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XGF-01 Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model (XGF-01 ガンダム・ルブリス量産試作モデル, XGF-01 Gandamu Ruburisu Ryōsan Shisaku Moderu)

Unit Type
Mass Production Space Mobile Suit

Profile

Developed Into

Known Pilots

General Characteristics

Head Height

18.0 meters59.055 ft <br />708.661 in <br />

Weight

49.1 metric tons

Man Machine Interface

GUND FORMAT

Equipment

Standard

Shell Unit

Standard Armaments

Fixed

2 × Beam Vulcan^[3]
2 x Large Launcher^[3]

Handheld

Beam Rifle^[3]

Remote

20 × Chelonian^[3]

Real World

Mechanical Designer

JNTHED

The XGF-01 Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model (XGF-01 ガンダム・ルブリス量産試作モデル XGF-01 Gandamu Ruburisu Ryōsan Shisaku Moderu^?) is a mobile suit introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury PROLOGUE. Nadim Samaya piloted the unit designated LF-01 during the Vanadis Incident, and Wendy Olent piloted the other unit, the LF-02.^[3]

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The Lfrith was a machine that incorporated the GUND Format which was being developed by the Ochs Earth Corporation and Vanadis Institute. This mass-produced prototype model was released as a "GUND-ARM", a new-generation mobile suit with high combat capabilities that could be demonstrated in any environment. However, the Mobile Suit Development Council saw dangers in pilot fatality risks caused by the GUND Format, resulting in the Vanadis Incident where military force was used to attack the development base. All of the GUND-ARMS, which were scorned as cursed mobile suits or "Gundams", were supposed to be completely scrapped alongside the destruction of the Vanadis Institute. Nevertheless, a considerable number of these units that were already in circulation remained, and it is said that several new types of Gundams were created using their components. Although the flame of the curse was thought to have been extinguished, its embers continued to smolder covertly until they flared up again 21 years later.^[4]

Armaments[]

Beam Vulcan: Mounted in the head, the pair of beam vulcans are weak, rapid firing beam weapons used for dealing damage to enemy mobile suits, missiles and vehicles at extreme close range.

Beam Rifle: The Gundam Lfrith Pre-Production Model's portable firearm. It has average firepower, but with the introduction of the GUND FORMAT, its shot precision increases tremendously, and its offensive abilities as a whole are raised to a high level.^[4]

Chelonian: Explosive GUND-BITs stored within the large launchers attached to the back. Once fired, they can be remotely controlled and attach to the target before detonating.^[4]

Equipment[]

Shell Unit: This is a control terminal that enables transferring enormous amounts of data between the pilot and the MS. It emits light when the operating level of the GUND FORMAT reaches a certain level, such as when the GUND-BIT system is being used.^[4]

History[]

Vanadis Incident[]

In A.S 101, two Lfrith Pre-Production Models were kept in the laboratory alongside the XGF-02 Gundam Lfrith At Fólkvangr. The two units, designated as LF-01 and LF-02, were piloted by Nadim Samaya and Wendy Olent respectively. During the siege of Fólkvangr, these unit were deployed to intercept Dominicus' CCP-068 Heingras and were able to outperform them. However, the appearance of Kenanji Avery in the CEK-040 Beguir-Beu changed the situation, and LF-02 was disabled by Beguir-Beu's Antidote field, before being destroyed shortly after. LF-01 on the other hand was cornered by enemy forces, but managed to save Gundam Lfrith after it was nearly disabled by Beguir-Beu. LF-01 was eventually destroyed after Beguir-Beu stabbed its cockpit, while it was trying to ram Dominicus' mothership Ulysses.^[3]

Space Assembly League and New Ochs Earth[]

At some point after the Vanadis Incident, the Space Assembly League secretly revived Ochs Earth to manufacture more Lfrith Pre-Production Models with the intent of suppressing the Benerit Group, the conglomerate that had developed from the Mobile Suit Development Council. Two of these models were developed into the EDM-GA-01 Gundam Lfrith Ur and EDM-GA-02 Gundam Lfrith Thorn, with the Ochs Earth pilots under codenames Sophie Pulone and Norea Du Noc, sent to the anti-Spacian terrorist organization Dawn of Fold.

In A.S. 122, Prospera Mercury travelled to the city of Quinharbor on Earth with Miorine Rembran and Guel Jeturk, with her own agenda. Using coordinates provided to her by her secretary Godoy, she located an Ochs Earth facility where Lfrith Pre-Production Models were being stored and destroyed them with the XVX-016RN Gundam Aerial Rebuild, as part of her hatred against Ochs Earth for trampling on GUND's ideals and for forcing her to transfer her daughter Ericht Samaya's biometric code into the mobile suit.^[2]

Gallery[]

Lineart[]

Anime[]

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury PROLOGUE[]

Manga[]

Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury - Vanadis Heart[]

Illustrations & Artwork[]

Gunpla[]

Notes & Trivia[]

It is unknown if the Lfrith Pre-Production Model is developed from XGF-02 Gundam Lfrith. However, according to the info regarding the X-EX01 Gundam Calibarn, since the Lfrith was the winner for the next Ochs Earth main development of the mobile suit for GUND-ARM, the mass produced model may have been modeled after the XGF-02.
- It is also possible that the XGF-01 had already moved to mass production, since the news program showed a significant number of hospitalized pilots, implying that the XGF-02 may have been the prototype of the successor to the XGF-01.