RX-83GP02 Gundam GP02 Physalis Prototype Weapon of Mass Destruction General Data and Attributes

Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Dimensions: Head Height 18.5 meters Weight: Max gross weight 83 metric tons Armor Materials: Gundarium Alloy Powerplant: 2000kW Minovsky ultracompact fusion reactor Propulsion: 4x 32000kg & 4x 6800 kg thrusters   • 10x maneuvering thrusters Attributes   • Theatres: Space / Earth   • Speed: Average + Space / Average + Earth   • Maneuverability: Very Good Space / Good Earth   • Armor: Good +

Design Features   • Prototype   • Gundarium Armor   • Magnetic Coating   • E-Pac Technology   • Panoramic Cockpit   • Anti NCB Equipment Fixed Armaments   • S-Mines   • 2x 60mm vulcan   • 2x Beam Saber

Optional Armaments

Primary Storage Racks (2)   using both reduces speed • Beam Rifle with attached "Jitte" • Atomic Bazooka

Secondary Storage Racks (3) • 3x Grenade • Extra Ammo Shield (1) • Heat Resistant Shield (O)

Technical and Historical Data Designed with a somewhat different purpose in mind from its brothers, the GP-02 Physalis was the most powerful and simultaneously most controversial Gundam to ever be designed by Anaheim Electronics, filling the supposed postwar need for a Federation mass destruction weapon that did not violate the Antarctic Treaty. The Physalis was heavily armored, and came with the normal assortment of Gundam Project technologies, with a panoramic cockpit, magnetic coated joints, reloadable beam weaponry and strong Gundarium armor. It could arm a beam rifle, and carried the normal vulcans and beam sabers of any Federation machine. It was its shield and bazooka that set Physalis apart. Its overlarge shield was designed to survive an atmospheric re-entry, allowing the Physalis to attack enemy bases from orbit. Furthermore, the Physalis was armed with easily the strongest mobile suit mounted weapon of the universal century. A so called "Atomic Bazooka", which took a nuclear warhead and detonated it inside of the weapon, using the energy burst to instantly superheat a massive quantity of minovsky particles held inside the weapon in cold storage. The resulting mega particle blast was directed outwards from the weapon in a tremendous beam, capable of briefly achieving destruction levels equivalent to Zeons Solar Ray. Of course, the weapon could only be fired once before the bazooka needed serious repairs, and it required a strategic grade nuclear bomb as ammunition. Where the Antarctic Treaty drew the line here was fuzzy. Federation lawyers deemed the weapon legal, as the warhead itself is not being fired, merely used to power the mega particle blast. However, the weapon certainly cannot be used without the nuclear warhead. The Physalis itself is equipped with anti-radiation armor to protect the pilot from fallout from its own weapon. Image Gallery

Reloadable Beam Rifle Atomic Bazooka Beam Saber EF MS Grenade

Cockpit Heat Resistant Shield