Model
number: XXXG-01SR2
Code name: Gundam Sandrock Kai
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Instructor H (with modifications by Howard)
Operator: Gundam pilots
Rollout: AC 195
First deployment: AC 195
Accomodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.5 meters
Weight: empty 7.9 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction and armor: gundanium alloy
Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at
2998 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 72030 kg total
Equipment and design features: self-destruct system; Zero
System in cockpit (temporary field upgrade); optional external
shoulder armor with cloak
Optional fixed armaments: 1 x shield, can be mounted on
left forearm
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in
head; 2 x heat shotel, superheated blade, stored in recharge racks
on backpack, hand-carried in use
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Technical
and Historical Notes
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"Once
we're done with the repairs, Sandrock will be able to fight
well in outer space." - Howard
Although pilot Quatre Raberba Winner had activated the self-destruct
system on his XXXG-01SR Gundam
Sandrock during his escape into space, the ensuing explosion
had rendered the mobile suit useless - but its gundanium alloy
body was still more or less intact. The Sandrock's
remains were be confiscated by OZ, but later would be retrieved
by members of his Maganac Corps allies and taken to their underground
base in the Middle East, where it would be rebuilt and fully
restored. After Quatre's return to Earth, he returned to the
Maganacs to pilot his Gundam once again. But the military and
political strife plaguing the Earth Sphere in AC 195 would reach
a decisive conclusion in space, and Quatre returned to space
with his Sandrock to join the
battle. Aboard the independent battleship Peacemillion,
Gundam supporter Howard would upgrade the mobile suit, giving
it minor improvements for space combat.
Though the changes made to the Gundam Sandrock Kai were cosmetically
minor, they would give the mobile suit the edge it needed to
use its abilities against the spacebound forces of White Fang's
Virgo II mobile dolls and the
mobile suits of the World Nation military. The addition of several
vernier thrusters made the Sandrock stable to operate in a zero-gee
environment. Also, over Quatre's protests, Gundam pilot Heero
Yuy also temporarily outfitted the Sandrock with a component
of the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero's
infamous Zero System, allowing Quatre to coordinate the Peacemillion's
mobile suit forces in a major assault against White Fang's mobile
dolls.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Despite our best research efforts here at
the Vicinity Research Institute, there seem to be two versions
of the Gundam Sandrock Kai... the one shown here, and an alternate
version. However, as best as we can tell, these two different
versions are actually the SAME mobile suit! To date, we have
been unable to determine if one version was upgraded into the
other, or if indeed one version is the "true" version with the
other version being a "ficticious" one created for a historical
drama. Either way, we present them both for your pleasure.)
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Miscellaneous
Information
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Pilot:
Quatre Raberba Winner
Appearances: New Mobile Report Gundam
W: Endless Waltz; New Mobile
Report Gundam W: Battlefield of Pacifist
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki
