Gundam Wing: Mechanical Glossary
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See the Series
and EW Mobile Suits Section of the Glossary for mobile suits used in the
television series and Endless Waltz.
See the Manga and Sidestory Mobile Suits Section
of the Glossary for mobile suits used in the printed materials.
See the Manga and Sidestory Mechanical
Section of the Glossary for other non-MS mechanical listings.
| Alliance Fighter Jet | The
single-person fighter jet that Quatre uses to fly from Sanc to the Maganac
homeland in order to retrieve Gundam Sandrock.
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| Alliance Fighter Jet |
Alliance fighter jets from the South China Sea region.
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| Alliance Military Shuttle | The
shuttle that Nichol and the survivors from the destruction of Space
Fortress Barge used to return to Earth with Lady Une.
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| Alliance Military Shuttle |
Earth-to-space shuttle that Quatre uses to return to space from the
Singapore Spaceport Base after setting the self-destruct sequence on
Gundam Sandrock. It launches by way of a slingshot propulsion mechanism.
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| Alliance Zeppelin | The
slow-moving airship Commander Bonaparte traveled by when visiting the
Corsica base.
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| Ambulance | The
ambulance Heero appropriated for his own use after washing up on shore
after crash landing his Gundam into the ocean near the J.A.P. point.
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| AMS | Abbreviation for Aerial Mobile Suit |
| Armored Personnel Carrier |
Vehicle used to transport military forces.
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| Armored Van | With
bulletproof glass and barred windows, this reinforced van is the vehicle
that L1 independent forces use to drive Relena and her father away from
the bombed out conference center.
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| Beam Weapons |
Beam weapons are the most advanced weapons used by Mobile Suits. While beam weapons can be built for ordinary MS, they are especially powerful when made from Gundanium. The complex alloy allows charged particles to reach heat temperatures which would incinerate ordinary metals. The Buster Rifle, which Wing Gundam carries, charges all particles in a 150 meter radius, creating a maelstrom of hot plasma. The gun's convergence ring concentrates the energy into a single devastating beam capable of destroying a battleship in a single blast. The Beam Sabers (including the Scythe and Glaive) use the same principle as long range beam weapons, only instead of projecting beams of charged energy, they contain the beam in a continuous arc, even underwater. The ionization field surrounding the beam causes any matter it hits to become super-charged, effectively ripping it apart. There is no armor capable of defending against beam weapons. The Gundanium alloy used in the Gundams' armor and the Planet Defensors of the Mercurius and Virgos is highly heat-resistant and virtually immune to corrosion, but it's still not immune to beam attacks. It does, however, create an "anti-field" that repels beam attacks to some degree, reducing the damage delivered, but not stopping it outright. The best way to stop beam attacks is to avoid them entirely, and for that task, no other MS is as adept as Gundam Deathscythe Hell. Its Active Cloak can confuse visual sensors and the Hyper Jammers can block other readings, making it invisible to radar. The Cloak also helps disperse the charged particles of beam attacks. When two beam weapons collide in melee combat, the charged particles repel each other, acting as if they were solid. The size, power and speed of the mobile suit becomes the deciding factor in such combat, just like with two humans dueling with swords. (See entries for Buster Rifle and beam Saber) (source: GundamOfficial.com and Gundam Wing Technical Manual) |
| Beam Cannon | Far more powerful than a beam rifle, this heavy weapon fires a wide beam of slow-moving particles that can destroy even Gundanium armor. This is the chief armament for both the Space Fortress Barge and the Battleship Libra. |
| Beam Rifle |
This particle beam weapon is part of the standard mobile suit arsenal. It
fires a narrow beam that can pierce most conventional armor. Beam rifles
are powered by replaceable energy packs, which hold enough stored power
for roughly twenty shots.
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| Beam Saber | A close-combat weapon used by both the Alliance's Leo mobile suit and many of the Gundams. It generates an energy blade that can cleave through a normal mobile suit with a single blow. |
| BGY Booster | The
main propulsion unit on the Peacemillion spacecraft.
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| Buster Rifle | The
main weapon of the Wing Gundam, which can fire either a narrow beam akin
to that of a beam rifle, or a huge blast like that of a beam cannon. Its
energy supply allows only three shots in the latter mode.
(source: Gundam Wing Technical
Manual)
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| Cargo Shuttles |
Sally and Heero used these shuttles to send Wing Zero and Heavyarms into
space.
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| Circus Troupe Motor Home |
Self-contained motorized living units used by the workers and entertainers
employed by the circus troupe Trowa stays with as his cover.
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| Civilian Fishing Boat | The
small boat that picks up Heero and Duo and transports them both to
Howard's salvage ship after Duo rescues Heero from the Alliance medical
facility.
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| Dobergun | A shell-firing cannon used by the Alliance's Leo mobile suit. Its immense recoil makes it difficult to handle, but it's one of the most powerful weapons available for the Leo. (source: Gundam Wing Technical Manual) |
| Dorothy's Limousine | The
ten-wheeled, bright yellow limousine that Dorothy Catalonia brought with
her to the Sanc Kingdom when she enrolled in Relena's school.
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| Duo's Propeller Cane | Based
on the same technology that powers Deathscythe's Beam Scythe, Duo uses
this portable propeller to slow his fall from the upper stories of medical
building when he rescues Heero from the Alliance.
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| Helicopter, Attack Models |
 Appears in: Gundam Wing Series: 7 12 |
| Helicopter, Utility Models |
 Appears in: Gundam Wing Series: 9 12 |
| Howard's Crane Ship |
Howard owns a moderate-sized crane ship that he uses to help Duo salvage
Deathscythe and Wing Zero from the ocean. It is usually docked alongside
of his larger salvage ship.
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Howard's Salvage Ship |
Howard owns a massive-sized combination port facility and warehouse that
moves freely about the Pacific ocean where he routinely docks his crane
ship. Duo and Heero make use of the warehouse and mobile-suit repair
equipment early in the series.
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| HLV (also Mobile Suit Delivery HLV Spacecraft) |
Spacecraft designed for direct lift capability, launching from the ground
with rocket boosters, to deliver mobile suits from Earth into space.
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| Hyper Jammer | A stealth device used by the Gundam Deathscythe. The hyper jammer emits mysterious particles that scramble enemy cameras, making the Gundam invisible to visual sensors as well as radar. |
| Intercolony Transport Shuttle | This
is the shuttle that Heero and Duo took when escaping from Colony C-102.
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| Interplanetary Transport Ship |
The spaceship used by Quatre and the Maganac corps in their pursuit of the Gundams headed into the sun in Endless Waltz. Designed for solar-system travel, this is a high-speed transport ship.
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| Lady Une's Limousine |
Limousine reserved for Lady Une's
private use.
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| Lady Une's Shuttle | The shuttle Lady Une used when going to space to negotiate
peace with the colonies.
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| Leo Space Transport | A space-based transport cruiser capable of carrying twelve
Leos mobile suits.
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| Light Battlecruiser | The ship that Zechs used in his attack on the Mobile Doll
transport. It docks with the Peacemillion.
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| Machinecannon | Essentially, machinecannons are larger versions of vulcan guns. Because of their larger caliber, machinecannons can deal respectable damage and therefore see more use than vulcans. In the Gundam franchise, machinecannons can usually be found on the shoulders of a few Gundams, more predominantly in the alternate universe series than in the Universal Century. In After Colony, Wing Gundam, Wing Zero, Deathscythe, Heavyarms, and Heavyarms Kai all feature machinecannons. |
| Mammoth Express | The
OZ cargo train that Duo and Quatre sabotage.
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| Mercurius and Vayeate Transport | This
ship was custom built to transport the Mercurius and Vayeate mobile suits
in space.
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| MMS | Abbreviation for Marine Mobile Suit. |
| Mobile Doll Carrier | The shields are for atmospheric entry.
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| Mobile Suit Carrier Vehicles | Variations on large trucks that carry a single mobile suit
on a flatbed surface and up to six people in a standard cabin area.
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| MS Shuttle | This
is a small shuttle designed to be used in conjunction with a mobile suit
in order to augment its speed or power, as demonstrated by its use with
Tallgeese and Leo MS in the series.
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| Motorcycles | Various types and designs are used throughout the series. |
Noventa Cannon |
Main
armament for the Mogadishu fortress.
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| Observation Satellite | One
of any number of Alliance-run satellites in near-Earth orbit or near-Lunar
that are used to observe and report on civilian air traffic.
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| OZ Armored Personnel Carrier |
Armor-plated transport for OZ ground troops.
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| OZ Cruiser and Destroyer |
These two ships are the workhorses of the OZ navy. Neither of them is
equipped to carry mobile suits.
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| OZ Jeep |
Appears in: Gundam Wing Series: 4 12 |
| OZ Military Transport Shuttle |
Specialized military shuttle used to transport large numbers of personnel
from the colonies to the Lunar base.
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| OZ MS Carrier Catamaran |
After escaping from New Edwards base, Treize Kushrenada returned to this
OZ naval mothership. This floating fortress resembles two conjoined
aircraft carriers, but instead of fighter jets, it houses Leos, Aries, and
other mobile suits.
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| OZ Naval Command Ship |
Treize retreated to this ship after escaping from the New Edwards base.
Site of the duel between Treize and Wufei.
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| OZ Submarine | The
docked submarine that Heero used as his launch platform when he attempted
to destroy Wing Zero. It is here that he first encounters Duo Maxwell.
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| OZ Submarine Transport | The
mother ship of OZ's underwater fleet, this transport can carry up to six
underwater-type mobile suits. Zechs commands this sub during the search
for Wing Gundam early in the series. Also referred to in the series as a
Mobile Suit Submarine Carrier.
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| OZ Supersonic Transport Jet |
This jet is the fastest transport available, making it indispensable to
Zechs in his travels. It carries up to three mobile suits and is equipped
with dual Beam Cannons. It can land on multiple surfaces including water
and snow.
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| OZ Transport Plane | Capable of transporting up to three Aries and three Leos, this is a standard transport for OZ mobile suits. |
| Peacecraft Concorde |
Relena took her family's private supersonic jet when she traveled to
Antarctica.
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| Peacemillion Escape Pod |
Howard and the others used these small shuttles to escape the damaged
Peacemillion.
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Planet Defensor |
Planet defensors are small disk-like drones that can be separated from mobile suits, and can arrange themselves to deploy an electromagnetic forcefield that works to protect the mobile suit. They were first developed on the Mercurius mobile suit, and then integrated into the Virgo mobile doll.
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| Preventer Transport | The
camouflaged transport ship used by Preventer agents Sally and Noin. The
ship contains multiple missile launchers that were used to cover Heero and
Duo's approach to space colony X-18999. |
| Relena's Limousine | The
pink limousine that transports Relena Peacecraft during her travels on
Earth. Her chauffeur is the Peacecraft family butler, Pagan.
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| Round Trip Space Plane | The
civilian space plane that makes regular trips between Earth and the
colonies. Relena and Vice Minister Darlian are on one of these transports
when they encounter Heero on his way to Earth.
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| SMS | Abbreviation for Space Mobile Suit |
| Space Bus | A civilian transport that travels between the colonies.
Heero used one to get from the colonies to the moon base.
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Space Battleship Libra  |
An immense space battleship originally commissioned by
Tuberov and constructed in lunar orbit by the Romefeller foundation. It
was subsequently seized by the rebel forces of White Fang during the
Artemis Revolution. The Libra is equipped with a devastating beam cannon,
located at its center, that is even more powerful than the one on Barge
and is capable of firing on ground targets from Earth orbit. It also
hosted a mobile doll control center based on Eypon's Zero System, that
controlled actions of the Virgo II mobile suits under the control of Write
Fang. In the end, Libra was destroyed by the combined effort of the Gundam
Pilots, the Treize Faction, Peacemillion, and Zechs.
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Space Battleship Peacemillion |
A two
mile long spacecraft owned by the Sweeper Group, an organization of space
scavengers, and commanded by Duo's ally, Howard. Though essentially
unarmed, the Peacemillion makes a convenient base of operations for first
Zechs and then the Gundam pilots.
 Appears in: Gundam Wing Series: 33 43 | Episode Zero Manga |
Space Fortress Barge |
A
battle space station, developed and used by OZ, with frightening
capabilities. OZ's base of operation in space, the chief armament is a
beam cannon, powerful enough to destroy a colony. Acquired by the White
Fang during the Artemis Revolution, the station was eventually destroyed
by Zechs in Epyon. (Also referred to in some sources as Barge, Balji, or
Space Fortress BG-M.)
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| Space Mines |
Explosive devices intentionally positioned in the area surrounding the
space colonies in order to restrict travel.
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| Space Shuttle | Standard Earth to colonies transportation. Smaller in overall size and passenger payload than the Round Trip Space Plane. It launches via a catapult system. |
| Stealth Shuttle | The
camouflaged shuttle ship used by Heero and Duo to transport the two of
them to space colony X18999. It can be carried and propelled by a modified
Taurus MS Carrier (see listing below).
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| Taurus MS Carrier | A
high-speed ship which can tow three Tauruses. Its small size makes it much
more efficient than the larger Leo transport.
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| Taurus MS Carrier (Modified) | A
high-speed Tuarus carrier that was modified to transport the shuttle Heero
and Duo used to reach Colony X18999 in Endless Waltz.
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| Taurus MS Transport |
Mechanical device used for moving the heavy Taurus mobile suits short
distances on land.
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| Transport Shuttle | Used
as a civilian transport or modified to carry cargo shipments, these
shuttles transport materials between Earth and the colonies.
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| Treize's Grand Shuttle |
Treize's diplomatic shuttle. Alliance high officials, including Marshall
Noventa, were riding in it when it was attacked by Heero.
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| Treize's Personal Shuttle |
Treize's personal shuttle. He used this to travel to the OZ Naval Command
Ship.
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| Tsuberov's Shuttle | The
personal shuttle of Tubarov, commander of the Mobile Doll fleet.
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| UESA Missile Satellite |
Lady Une threatened to use this military satellite against the colonies if
the Gundams didn't surrender.
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| Vernier Engine | A
rocket engine of small thrust used primarily to obtain a fine adjustment
in the velocity and trajectory of a rocket vehicle just after the thrust
cutoff of the last sustainer engine, and used secondarily to add thrust to
a booster or sustainer engine. Also called vernier rocket.
(From vernier: A scale or
control used for fine adjustment to obtain a more precise reading of an
instrument or closer adjustment of any equipment.) (Definition from: http://roland.lerc.nasa.gov/~dglover/dictionary/r.html)
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| Vulcan | An electrically-driven Gatling gun-type weapon, capable of an extremely high rate of fire. In the real world, vulcans were introduced in in World War II, and became the principle cannon armament of America's military aircraft shortly thereafter. In the Gundam multiverse, a majority of the Gundams equip vulcan guns in their heads; since they lack stopping power, they are used mostly as missile defense, or occasionally in an attempt to take out an enemy mobile suit's cameras. In After Colony, the original Operation Meteor Gundams feature vulcans, as do their upgraded versions. |
| Zodiac Series | Romefeller Foundation's production line of military mobile suits based on astrological signs: Aries, Virgo, Cancer, Pisces, Taurus, and Tragos (a substitute for Capricorn). Additional mobile suits that used other astrological signs were developed in the side stories and support manga for the series. |
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