ORX-005 Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo]

Model Number

ORX-005

Unit Name

Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo]

Organziation

Titans

First Known Deployment

Accommodation

Panoramic Monitor and Linear Seat

Dimensions

mobile suit mode: overall height 25.2 meters, head height 19.8 meters; mobile armor mode: overall length ??? meters; mobile armor mode equipped with booster: overall length 31.6 meters

Weight

50.8 tons base, 115.1 tons full

Construction

Luna Titanium Armor on a Movable Frame

Powerplant

Minovsky-Type Ultra-Compact Fustion Reactor rated at 3040 kW

Propulsion

Core MS: unknown, Gaplant Booster: 19,000 kg

Performance

unknown

Equipment

Shield Booster x2, Dual Shield Booster Winch Unit

Optional Equipment

Enhanced Shield Booster or Mini-Missile Shield Booster, Gaplant Booster

Sensor Radius

unknown

Fixed Armaments

Beam Saber (0.6 MW) x2

Optional Armaments

Long Blade Rifle, Enhanced Shield Booster or Mini-Missile Shield Booster

Variations

ORX-005 Gaplant TR-5 [Hrairoo] with Support Unit

Pilot(s)

Wes Murphy

Assignment

Titans Test Team (Black Otter Team)

Development

Oakland Research Institute

Mecha Designer

Fujioka Kenki

Model Number Breakdown

ORX-005

ORX

developed at Augusta Labs

005

designation used for the Gaplant series of designs

Profile

The Gaplant TR-5 is the transformable mobile armor which serves as the core unit of the TR-5 Fiver. Although there are minor changes to some parts of the machine, it’s basically the same as the standard version of the Gaplant. The biggest difference is that the characteristic movable shield binders attached to the Gaplant’s arms have been replaced with shield boosters. Because of the intense G-forces produced by the high thrust of these movable shield boosters, the Gaplant became a machine exclusively for enhanced humans, and the Gaplant TR-5 has been equipped with the shield boosters tested by the Titans Test Team in order to reduce the stress on ordinary pilots. The transformation mechanisms are unaffected by the replacement of the binders, so it can use its mobile armor and mobile suit forms as the situation requires, just like the standard Gaplant. This makes the Gaplant TR-5 an excellent transformable mobile armor which still has ample fighting capabilities even when it purges the enhancement parts of the TR-5 Fiver.

The mobile suit form of the Gaplant TR-5, which has a movable thruster unit on its back and a shield booster attached to each arm, has a layout very close to that of the Hazel’s assault form. This is because the Hazel combat data accumulated by the Titans Test Team was used in the development of the Gaplant TR-5, and as a result the behavior and handling of this machine are remarkably similar to those of the Hazel. This is also the reason why Wes Murphy is able to freely control the Gaplant TR-5 the very first time he uses it in ground combat. Although the Gaplant is a high-performance machine developed for use by enhanced humans, the Gaplant TR-5 created using feedback from Hazel combat data could be considered almost a sibling to the Hazel.

Technical Notes

In addition to the shield boosters on its arms, and the new sensor unit and V antennas on its head, modifications have also been made to the main engines in the backpack of the Gaplant TR-5. The engine unit has been replaced with a nuclear thermal jet/rocket engine similar to those used in other machines of the TR series. Unlike the standard Gaplant, the Gaplant TR-5 carries a hand weapon in the form of a long blade rifle, which is mounted on the underside of the machine in mobile armor form.

The Gaplant TR-5 can be equipped with a winch shield based on the nose sensor unit of the Hrdudu. Once launched, the nose unit of this winch shield can be remote-controlled via wire guidance, using the same technology as the earlier Stutzer series. This device can be held in the hand of the Gaplant TR-5, or attached to the Hrdudu in place of the standard nose unit, and it can support two shield boosters, including a new type: the Mini-Missile Shield Booster.