MSA-0011[Bst] S Gundam Bst

Model number: MSA-0011[Bst]
Code name: S Gundam Bst (aka S Gundam Booster Unit)
Unit type: prototype transformable mobile suit, high-speed high-mobility attack type
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: March UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso with Core Block System using FXA-08GB G-Core
Dimensions: overall height 19.16 meters; head height 15.81 meters
Weight: empty 82.18 metric tons; max gross 220.13 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 12,250 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2,140,000 kg total (8 x 267,500 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 16
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 9.72 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 18,800 meters; “ALICE” experimental Artificial Intelligence
Fixed armaments: 4 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head; 4 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in tail stabilator; incom, power rated at 3.8 MW, mounted in head; 4 x beam cannon, power rated at 12 MW, mounted on backpack
Optional hand armaments: beam smartgun, power rated at 56 MW

A high-speed assault version of the MSA-0011 S Gundam. In this form, the S Gundam was equipped with four of the enhanced backpack units used by the MSA-0011[Ext] Ex-S Gundam. Two of these booster units were mounted on its back, and the other two were attached to an adapter unit that took the place of the mobile suit’s lower body, or B parts. Although it had no legs, the S Gundam could use its tail stabilator and shoulder wing units for AMBAC maneuvering, giving it the same kind of attitude control abilities as a humanoid mobile suit and making stable firing possible even at high speeds. Its four booster units gave this form of the S Gundam tremendous mobility. Even at full weight, it had a maximum acceleration of almost 10G, putting it in the same class as the mobile armors used by the Principality of Zeon and enabling the S Gundam to fly under its own power to the Moon from low Earth orbit. However, this high performance placed a great strain on its pilot, and its operating time was limited by its relatively small propellant capacity. This configuration of the S Gundam was used only once during the Pezun Rebellion. On March 1, UC 0088, pilot Ryo Roots used this form to break through the defensive net around the asteroid base Pezun and destroy the power satellite SOL 7804, thus cutting off the power supply of the New Desides forces.

Pilot: Ryo Roots
First appearance: Gundam Sentinel
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki

Beam smartgun

Head

Rear view

Thruster