RX-121-1 Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom]

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Model Number: RX-121-1
Unit Name: Gundam TR-1 [Hazel Custom]
Organziation: Titans
First Known Deployment: U.C. 0085.10
Accommodation: 360-degree panoramic monitor and linear seat in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.1 meters
Weight: 41.5 metric tons, max gross 63.0 metric tons
Construction: Titanium/Ceramic Composite and Luna Titanium Armor
Powerplant: Minovsky-Type Ultra-Compact fusion reactor, output 1420 kW (+390 kW)
Propulsion: 18,000 kg x 1, 27,000 kg x 2, 17,500 kg x 2, 1,870 kg x 4
Performance: Unknown
Equipment: Multipurpose Weapon Latch, Movable Booster Pod
Optional Equipment: Shield, Shield Booster, Hazel Sub-Arm Unit, Icarus Unit, Icarus Unit Prototype
Sensor Radius: 10,2000 meters
Fixed Armaments: Beam Saber
Optional Armaments: XBR-M84a Beam Rifle x1-2, Multipurpose Launchers
Variations: RX-121-1 & FF-X29A Gundam TR-1 “Hazel Rah”, RX-121-1 & FF-X29A Gundam TR-1 “Hazel Rah” Second Form, RX-121-1 Gundam TR-1 “Hazel Custom” with Sniper Unit
Pilot(s): Wes Murphy
Assignment: Titans Test Team (Black Otter Team)
Development: Konpeitoh Arsenal
Mecha Designer: Fujioka Kenki

Model Number Breakdown

RX-121-1

RX: Experimental Mobile Suit
12*: Developed at Konpeitoh Arsenal

After Lieutenant Wes Murphy’s Gundam TR-1 “Hazel” is heavily damaged in combat with Zeon Remnants, it is repaired and improved using a GM Quel stationed at Konpeitoh Arsenal and spare Hazel parts stored aboard the Aswan. This “Hazel Custom” reflects the combat data and development know how accumulated by the original Gundam TR-1 “Hazel”. The machine’s enhancement parts, which previously seemed like an afterthought, have been better balanced with the other parts and the machine’s internal structure to make it a more complete mobile suit. As a result, its external appearance has a more unified feel, and its lighter weight and increased thruster output give it roughly 10% greater acceleration. A 360-degree panoramic monitor and linear seat system have been installed in its cockpit on an experimental basis, and its operating system has also been upgraded, so this machine’s operation is greatly advanced from the original Hazel. The model number of this rebuilt Hazel has been shifted from RX-121 to RX-121-1.

Because the Hazel’s unique sheild boosters were lost in its previous battles, the Hazel Custom is equipped with a normal shield for the time being. The loss of the shield boosters admittedly reduces the Hazel Custom’s mobility, but its overall performance increase is enough to make up for this. Meanwhile, due to its redeployment schedule there wasn’t time to repaint the machine in Titans colors, so most of its armor remains the grey color in which it was molded.

Technical Notes

The Hazel Custom’s basic specs, including its generator and thruster performance, are similar to those of the RGM-79Q GM Quel. Its leg sections house thermonuclear rocket engines with an output of 17,500 kg apiece, and its backpack is equipped with the same movable booster pod as the original Hazel. The thermonuclear reactor inside this pod serves as both a supplemental generator and a hybrid jet/rocket engine, with an output of 390 kW and 18,000 kg respectively. The Hazel Custom retains the support actuator units and enhancement parts of the original Hazel, and can carry all the same equipment. A multi weapon latch can be plugged into its center skirt armor to support options like a sub arm unit or a flexible beam rifle unit, and another multipurpose latch is located above its cockpit hatch.

While the Hazel Custom’s High Mobility Form is identical to that of the original Hazel, its Assault Form is equipped with the same booster pod used by the RMS-117 Galbaldy Beta High Mobility Type, rather than the Hazel’s usual movable booster pod. Two sheild boosters are attached to this booster pod, and the mobile suit is also equipped with the RMS-117 Galbaldy Beta’s extendable shield.