Gundam 00: The Meaning of Zero

by Knightmare Gundam of Ni

In the Twenty-Fourth Century, Mankind wages war with itself as it advances towards space, and a plan 200 years in the making comes to fruition. AU With characters from Code Geass. Finished

21. File 04: Iscariot and the GN Drives

Gundam 00: The Meaning of Zero

File 04

GNX-665T

Iscariot

Pilot: Suzaku Kururugi

Height: 18.5 Meters

Weight: 70.6 Metric Tons

Power Source: 1 GN Tau Drive

Propulsion: 1 GN Vernier. 2 Leg-Mounted GN Accelerators

Systems: N/A

Equipment: 1 GN Katana. 1 GN Wakizashi, 2 GN Head Vulcans, 2 Defense Rods, 1 GN High-Beam Cannon

Bio: A curiosity, the Iscariot combines aspects of the GNX-509T Varanus prototype GNX and the specialized GN-001 Gundam Exia, including the defense rods from the Varanus and the melee-oriented armament of the Exia. Its speed is boosted by the use of GN Particle Accelerators, which use specially made super-conductive materials to increase the velocity of GN Particles much like the Patriots advanced Plasma Thrusters.

Its main weapons are the GN Katana and Wakizashi, based on the Exia's GN Blades, although they utilize an alloy made of E-Carbon, Tungsten and Palladium instead of normal E-Carbon. As a result, the blades require maintenance after extended use, as while they can withstand the extreme heat of the Tau Particles, they physically deform more easily. Its secondary weapons consist of the GN Head Vulcans, which are more powerful than the GN-X's, and the GN High-Beam Cannon, which is as of the first GN-X deployment, still undergoing testing. Preliminary reports, however, state that the High-Beam Cannon will be of limited use due to its extreme drain on Tau Particles for generation of the high-density beam that makes it so powerful.

Trans-Am and the Secrets of the GN Drive

By K'GoN

In accordance with the wishes of certain lazy (*glare*) er, hard-working people, I, K'GoN, have made this report based on a certain bast-(*hiss*) upstanding gentleman's projections and speculations.

In short, the GN Drives generate energy through a means of artificially induced particle decay. Which is, simply speaking, the transformation of one type of particle into another. A current theory is that the GN Particles are produced as a product of this decay.

However, two types of particle are produced: The Well-Known and Liked green-white GN Particles, and the Rather Despised Although Cool-Looking red Tau Particles. In the artificial environment of the GN Drive (whose inner working you can look up on the Gundam Wiki) the 'dangerous' Tau Particles greatly outnumber the 'safe' GN Particles. The original GN Drives possess a component called the TD Blanket, which current thoughts state use topological defects (some college-level stuff I can't comprehend) to 'filter' the GN Particles, storing the Tau Particles for further particle decay and energy generation, which contributes to the characteristic long-term operation of the original GN Drives.

The Tau Drives, however, lack the TD Blanket, and as such release all their particles without restriction, contributing to their increased power although short operating time. This also causes their weapon fire to be more dangerous, as instead of the slight amount of Tau Particles in the Gundams weapons fire (which is why their beams are pinkish) they unleash a large amount.

This leads somewhat into the Trans-Am system. The Trans-Am system unlocks a limiter within the GN Drive, which causes the TD Blanket to 'open up' more, allowing increased performance at the cost of later short-term weakness. This means that some Tau Particles are used with the GN Particles, leading to the reddish/pinkish coloring of the Gundams when using that system.

According to that idi-(*unidentified guttural threatening sound*) guys plans, this will all factor somewhat into the new GN Drive [L] he plans for next season.

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A/N: Well, there you have it. My Iscariot tech profile and theories on the workings of the GN Drives.I'm watching the sub of ep. 21 as I type this. Those Innovators really don't get what's coming for them. Well, its gonna be a lot worse in my Alternate Universe. Also, judging by what the pink and light green ones of the skittle groupies are saying, Setsuna may turn out to be a natural Innovator due to the side-effects of piloting 00 Gundam. Which implies that they are artificial. This adds a lot of credence to future development in this story.

Velshard: Well, there you go. And may I say that I actually didn't say the L word was part of the title? So yeah, new GN Drives are gonna be GN Lambda Drives.

Animefan29: Well, Suzaku's reactions to A-LAWS are gonna be pretty important. Sorry if I came off as sounding harsh. As for the Tieren All Regions type, I actually didn't know about that and thank you for informing me. Considering the Varanus, I did know about that. I actually thought it was what Ali was going to be piloting for a while before S2.

Nivek Beldo: It's quite likely that S2 will be over by the time I finish. It all seems to be coming to a confrontation at the lunar facility doesn't it?

Infinite Freedom: Quite possibly.