mechascientific

Model Number

RX-121

Unit Name

Gundam TR-1 [Hazel]

Organziation

Titans

First Known Deployment

0084.12

Accommodation

Flat Monitor and Fixed Seat

Dimensions

overall height 18.1 meters

Weight

Unknown

Construction

Titanium/Ceramic Composite and Luna Titanium Armor

Powerplant

Minovsky-Type Ultra-Compact Fusion Reactor, output 1420 kW (+390 kW)

Propulsion

Unknown

Performance

Unknown

Equipment

Movable Booster Pod

Optional Equipment

Shield Booster

Sensor Radius

Unknown

Fixed Armaments

Beam Saber

Optional Armaments

XBR-M84a Beam Rifle x1-2, Multipurpose Launchers

Variations

High Mobility Form, Full Armor Form

Pilot(s)

Wes Murphy

Assignment

Titans Test Team (Black Otter Team)

Development

Konpeitoh Arsenal

Mecha Designer

Kenki Fujioka

Based on official data from the RX-121-1

RX

Experimental Mobile Suit

12

Developed at Konpeitoh Arsenal

Profile

The Gundam TR-1 [Hazel] is a functional test machine assigned to the Murphy team. The veteran soldier Lieutenant Wes Murphy, commander of the Murphy team, serves as its pilot. Although it’s a test machine, it was developed for use in real combat, so its basic movement systems are the same highly reliable ones used in the GM series mobile suits. Its beam rifle is a prototype version of the energy pack type which the next generation of machines are expected to carry, and this machine has also been used in the development and testing of other devices such as the shield booster.

The Gundam TR-1 was equipped with a Gundam head in order to test its psychological effectiveness against Zeon remnants. Although it has the head of the legendary Gundam, the mobile suit itself is based on the GM Quel rather than being newly constructed as an RX type. While this machine uses the basic frame of the GM Quel, many of its parts have been replaced with enhancement parts like the new backpack, the movable booster pod attached to it, and the improved thrusters in its legs. As a result, its potential rivals that of an RX type.

Technical Notes

The support actuator units on the Hazel’s shoulders can be fitted with either multipurpose launchers, or holding grips to help stabilize its arms while in High Mobility Form. Its skirt armor is usually fitted with energy pack holders which store two energy packs apiece. Unlike the Hazel Custom, the original Hazel has no panoramic monitor, linear seat, or chest and waist latches.

The Hazel’s most distinctive equipment is the shield booster, which contains propellant tanks and a single thruster with an output of 22,000 kg. This device is a further evolution of the sturm boosters used by earlier mobile suits, but unlike its ancestors the shield booster is retained as a shield after its propellant supply is exhausted, rather than being discarded when empty. The Hazel’s Assault Form is equipped with two shield boosters, one on each arm, and its High Mobility Form also carries one on its movable booster pod.

Although the original Hazel’s specs are unknown, we can make some inferences based on the Hazel Custom. Since its head and movable booster pod are identical, its overall height and generator output should be the same as those of the Hazel Custom. The original Hazel has roughly 10% lower acceleration than the Hazel Custom, due to its greater weight and lower thrust. Since the Hazel Custom’s foot and backpack thrusters are identical to those of the GM Quel, and the movable booster pod is unchanged from the original Hazel, its higher thrust must thus be due to improvements in its leg thrusters. As for the original Hazel, its overall specs are probably very similar to those of the Gundam GP01.

Full Armor Form

Like the Gundam RX-78 NT-1 “Alex” developed during the One Year War, the Gundam TR-1 is designed to use a Full Armor system. The Gundam TR-1 is based on the GM Quel, with enhancement parts added to each section to give it the high performance of a Gundam-type mobile suit. Of these enhancement parts, the white parts of the backpack, rear skirt armor, and leg sections are fixed in place, and only the armor on the front of its torso constitutes a detachable Full Armor system. When this detachable bulletproof armor is installed on the front of its torso, the armor damaged in battle can be easily replaced, which is an advantage in terms of maintenance. However, since the extra armor also increases the machine’s weight, it has the drawback of impairing the Gundam TR-1’s maneuverability. After using the Full Armor form in combat, Murphy determines that it is too heavy for practical use.

High Mobility Form

The High Mobility Form uses a total of three shield boosters to gain a very high amount of thrust. In this configuration the stabilizers in the shoulder binders are extracted and held for increased stability.