GNR-101A GN Archer

Описание: The GNR-101A GN Archer (aka GN Archer, pronounced "Gun Archer") is a transformable support unit for the GN-007 Arios Gundam introduced in Season 2 of Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and is piloted by Soma Peries (Marie Parfacy).

The GNR-101A GN Archer is a transformable mobile suit developed in the Celestial Being's Lagrange 3 factory as a support unit for the GN-007 Arios Gundam. It was developed with the concept of being an enhanced version of the Tail Booster equipped by the GN-003 Gundam Kyrios during the final battle with the UN Forces. When the GN Archer is in its Flight Form, it can attach to the rear of Arios Gundam's Flight Form, creating the GN-007+GNR-101A Archer Arios. In Archer Arios form, the GN Archer enhances the armament, mobility, and thrust of Arios' Flight Form, like what the Tail Booster did for the Kyrios. Unlike the Tail Booster, the GN Archer was designed to be piloted, enabling it to fight independently and to transform into its Mobile Suit Form (MS Form). However, it is not necessary for the GN Archer to be piloted when in the Archer Arios form, as the Arios' pilot can control this form entirely by himself.

Rather than being built from scratch, the GN Archer is a modified GNY-0042-874 Gundam Artemie - a third generation Gundam that was about 90% complete when its development was abandoned due to a decision made by its pilot. The transformation mechanism of the GN Archer utilized a simple system because it was added during the modification process, and not part of the original Artemie's design. The GN Archer is powered by a large GN Condenser due to a lack of spare GN Drive, and when it is in the Archer Arios form, it utilizes the GN Particles supplied by Arios instead. The GN Archer receives these GN Particles from Arios through the direct linkage of its Flight Form's nose unit to the Arios' GN Drive, which is in the Gundam's pelvic region, and these particles can also be used to recharge the support unit's large GN Condenser. As a result of its development history, the GN Archer has a Gundam face hidden behind its MS Form's head visor.

On its own, the GN Archer's Flight Form functions as a highly mobile fighter-bomber that can follow and support Arios, as well as handle missions such as searching for enemies and raids. The Flight Form's weaponry consisted of two nose-mounted GN Vulcans and multiple GN Missiles fired from a pair of containers positioned at the sides.[ Both weapons remain usable in Archer Arios form, enabling GN Archer to enhance the armament of the Arios. In MS Form, the GN Archer has high versatility and battles using a pair of handheld GN Beam Rifles, a pair of GN Beam Sabers stored in the thighs, as well as the GN Missiles launched from the two containers, which are now positioned to the back. These containers are not only equipped with GN Missiles, they also have a pair of thrusters mounted at the rear, and their bottom sections can store additional weaponry for supporting Arios or to improve the GN Archer's own combat endurance.

The GN Archer can dock with Arios to form Archer Arios even after the latter was upgraded into the GN-007GNHW/M Arios Gundam GNHW/M. The docking and undocking of the GN Archer and Arios are almost instantaneous and can be executed in the middle of a battle, enabling the two mobile suits to adapt to battlefield condition. Although the GN Archer is not equipped with the Trans-Am System, which enhances a machine's mobility and defensive capabilities as well as increases its output by threefold for a limited time, it gains access to this system's effects when Arios activates its Trans-Am while in the Archer Arios form. With Soma Peries (Marie Parfacy) as its pilot, the GN Archer fully displayed its ability to support the Arios, and showed that it can fight against the A-Laws' GN Drive Tau-powered mobile suits by itself. Celestial Being later used the operational data of GN Archer and Arios to develop a new transformable mobile suit, the GN-011 Gundam Harute.