List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 technology

This is a list of fictitious technological terminology from the anime series "Mobile Suit Gundam 00".

Orbital Elevator System

Necessitated under high-level energy consumption as a renewable alternative to the dwindling fossil fuel supplies, the nihongo|Orbital Elevator System|軌道エレベーター|Kidō Erebeitaa, shortened as nihongo|Oribital EV|軌道EV|Kidō EV, is a megastructure originally planned by Aeolia Schenberg in 2090 to function in the combined capacity of a space elevator and a solar power satellite. It is comprised of two geostationary rings, equidistantly supported at 10 and 40 thousand kilometers above the equator by three 50-thousand-kilometer-high compressive elevator towers that terminate in satellites. The top ring is lined with a photovoltaic array, and the towers act to carry the energy it supplies to the surface. The whole of the construct is shielded from meteoroids, space debris, corrosion, weathering, geomagnetic storms, radiation (from the Van Allen belt or otherwise), and assorted other deteriorative agents with the use of a physical energy barrier. It is defended by the collective military forces of the nations invested in its function.

Presently used for civilian space tourism, the elevators also act as a stepping stone to the ongoing international pursuit of space colonization. The progress upon this endeavor is unspecified, and currently there are only a handful of colonies, including Celestial Being's Krung Thep and the Human Reform League's Quanqiu. The Union also maintains a colony, and the AEU, while lagging behind in colony development, is financing both the Reform League and the Union in their respective development projects.

The three dominant supranational powers responsible for system's construction and operation -- the Union, the Human Reform League, and the AEU -- have presently imposed a global boycott of fossil fuels so to better monopolize the energy distribution market. They are each located in South America, Africa, and on top of the Pacific Ocean.

Union Orbital Elevator

The orbital elevator controlled by the nihongo|Union|ユニオン軌道エレベーター|Union Kidou Erebeitaa is situated near the border of the modern-day states of Brazil and Colombia within the Amazon Basin. It was the first of the elevators to become operational, completed in 2297.

Tenchū

nihongo|Tenchū|天柱|lit. Pillar of Heaven, the orbital elevator controlled by the Human Reform League, is situated on an artificial island near the real-life nation of Nauru, north of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was the second of the elevators to become operational, completed in 2297.

AEU Orbital Elevator

The orbital elevator controlled by the nihongo|Advanced European Union|AEU軌道エレベーター|AEU Kidou Erebeitaa is situated west of Lake Victoria, near the border of the real-life African states of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 2307, it is incomplete.

Mobile suit technology

In the "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", a mobile suit is a multipurpose humanoid vehicle deployable for use as an AFV in mechanized maneuver warfare. Originally designed for construction-related purposes and the handling of heavy cargo. Aeolia Schenberg is credited for devising the technology as an accessory to the Orbital Elevator System.

Beam technology

nihongo|Beam technology|ビーム技術|Biimu Gijutsu within "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" has yet to come into conventional use. The Gundams are the first line of mobile suits to practically employ beam-based firearms and melee weapons on the battlefield. Standard mobile unit projectile weapons continue to be of the physical round variety. Generic beam composition is unknown as of this time, but it is supposed that the Gundams utilize GN particles.

E-Carbon

nihongo|E-Carbon|Eカーボン|E Kaabon is an artificial allotrope of carbon, employed as the armor material of numerous recent-make conventional mobile units. Said to be one of the newest materials available.

olar energy mobile suits

nihongo|Solar energy mobile suits|太陽光エネルギーモビルスーツ|Taiyou-Kou Enerugii Mobiru Suutsu are designed to take advantage of the energy provided by the orbital elevators.

The AEU Enact is one such unit.

GN science

In the "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", the organization known as Celestial Being has independently pioneered a systemization of the engineering and physics behind the GN Drive and its byproduct GN particles. Initially exclusive only to Celestial Being, the technology was soon leaked, and, four years later, is commonplace in the world.

Although derived from a different source, GN particles share their effect and primary usage with Universal Century timeline Minovsky particles.

The word "GN" is an abbreviation of "Gundam Nucleus".

GN Drive

Also referred to as nihongo|"solar furnace"|太陽炉|Taiyou-Ro. A nihongo|GN Drive|GNドライヴ|GN Doraivu is a semi-perpetual generator scalable for installation on a mobile suit, which harnesses the photon and positron discharge of the non-evaporative decay of baryonic matter as an energy source. It has been theorised that GN Drives possibly make use of topological defects to generate energy. Though its output is within any given period of time finite, the absence of a limit to its functional life translates to an effectively inexhaustible supply of energy. Owing to the unique heatlessness of its activity and the special properties of its byproduct GN particles, device operation is virtually invisible to such methods of detection as IRST or conventional radar. GN particles are not used in the process of energy production.

Developed as a mobile weapon power source by Celestial Being, which guards it with the utmost secrecy -- they would rather destroy the technology than allow it to fall into enemy hands. The device's relationship with real-life solar furnaces is unknown.

GN Particles

nihongo|GN particles|GN粒子|GN Ryuushi are a type of exotic neutrino released as a byproduct of the GN Drive, capable of disrupting conventional radar and wireless communications with the electromagnetic radiation it expels in the process of decay.The effect is comparable to that of the Minovsky particles in Universal Century. Unlike standard-flavor particles of the same class, it is responsive to an unspecified machine-producible interactive force, and is thus exploited by Celestial Being for a variety of uses -- as part of an electromagnetic stealth measure; in a physical barrier system , for use in such circumstances as atmospheric reentry; as a propellant for the GN Vernier; and as a coat that improves the cutting ability of physical blades. All Gundams use the GN Drives, however Gundams GN 001-005 emit blueish green particles because of their original solar furnaces. The Throne Gundams, the GN-X, and the GN-Flag, all emit red GN particles which is considered a by-product of nihongo|"false solar furnaces"|疑似太陽炉|Giji-Taiyou-Ro, otherwise known as the GN Drive Taus. Since the GN Drive Taus are incapable of semi-perpetual energy generation or storage, they must be recharged when they run out of power. Also, the GN Particles of the Tau-type cause irreperable damage to the cells of the human body, while the original GN Drives' particles do not. This is because of the TD Blanket installed on the original drives, which acts like something of a filter.

TD Blanket

TD Blanket is a filter used in the original 5 GN Drives. These provide filtering to the GN Drives and prevents the GN Particles from damaging cellular organisms. Not only does the TD Blanket filter out the harmful particles generated by the GN Drive it also stabilizes the operation of the GN Drive. This allows the GN Drives to operate under a infinite time limit. The Trans-AM system is made possible by the disabling of TD Blanket so the GN Particles stored can be released in an instant. The down-side of this however, is that by using the Trans-AM system it will damage the pilot's body as well as lower the performance of the Mobile Suit.TD Blanket must be made on Jupiter, so there's a very limited amount of GN Drives with the TD Blanket.

Trans-AM

The Trans-AM is a system that temporarily removes the 'limiter' on all the true GN Drives connected to the four original Gundam suits. With the limiter deactivated, the GN Drives are capable of operating at their full capabilities. Under normal operation, the GN Drives store large quantities of GN particles while continually generating new energy. When the Trans-Am System is activated, the GN Drives release all their stored energy and particles. The release of these stored particles causes the Gundams' armor to take on a reddish hue and will leave a trail of afterimages as they move. Speed, maneuverability, and weapon power output is increased more than three times during this period. However, this boost in performance is only temporary as once all the released energy and particles dissipate, the GN Drives must replace the spent energy. While the Gundams do not lose power in this recharge state, their performance is considerably less than their standard operating capability.

Aeolia Schenberg originally placed the limiters on the GN Drives because he didn't think it would be necessary to use the Gundams at their full power. However, he had the Trans-Am system installed in the Gundams as a contingency plan in the event that Veda was compromised or Celestial Being's plans were altered.

MS-GUNDAM

Veda

Veda (Sanskrit _sa. वेद, "IAST|véda", "knowledge") is the supercomputer of Celestial Being. It is a highly advanced form of artificial intelligence based on real developing technologies of quantum processing. Veda is interlinked throughout all of Celestial Being's computers, including the Gundams. The Gundams themselves possess an operating system that's interlinked with Veda for tactical adaptation and mobile suit combat. The name "Veda" may be a reference to the "Vedas", a collection of ancient Hindu scriptures.

Due to suspicious tampering with Veda itself, Sumeragi had her staff create a backup system in the event Veda was hacked again. This system was helpful when Alejandro Corner managed to find Veda, located at its main terminal within the Moon."See Episode 21, Road to Ruin"] Alejandro nearly had the Gundam Meisters killed when he overrode the Gundam's systems, but Sumeragi had the Gundams disconnect from Veda and coordinate on their own."See Episode 21, Road to Ruin"] It is later revealed that Veda was directly linked to Aeolia Schenberg's dormant body, but it was a visual illusion. Then, a safety program was activated, unlocking the original Gundams' Trans-AM System.

It has been hinted in interviews with director Seiji Mizushima that Veda is the primary cause for the world's current situation, including why Solar power is more commonplace than Nuclear energy (in order to prevent mankind from destroying itself) and the splitting of the world into the three power blocs (something of a proto-form of a unified world).

References