Cornix Furia

Type: Prototype Transformable Assault Mobile Suit

Model Number: EMS-TC00

Unit Name: Cornix Furia

Head Height: 18 meters

Max Weight: 30 metric tons

Power-plant: 2x ø-based Ultracompact Minovsky Fusion Reactor

Power Output: 8620 kW

Armor: Gundarium Sigma Alloy

Pilot Accommodations: Pilot only (in cockpit in torso)

Max Acceleration: 20.0 G

Propulsion: Minovsky Drive: 2 x 24000kg

Vernier Thrusters: 36

Standard Armaments:

A. Fixed

10x Beam Fighting Claw/Beam Machine Gun

Mounted at the tip of each claw, allowing the digits to either fire weak but rapid-fire beam shots, emit five individual beam claws, or combine them all into a larger saber form.

Mega Particle Cannon

Mounted on the head of the unit, which splits apart to allow the weapon to fire a beam attack. It is powerful enough to destroy an enemy mobile suit with a single shot.

Furia Cannon

An appropriated Legilis Cannon mounted onto the back of the unit like the standard Legilis' tail. It can be fired from under either shoulders or in between the legs. Its power is rated as equal to a mega particle cannon.

2x Beam Shield

Mounted one on each forearm, capable of blocking both physical and beam weaponry. It utilizes a single emitter capable of generating a one-piece solid oval shield. Sufficient fire will cause it to overload, however.

B. Handheld

2x Butterfly Buster B

A weapon capable of switching between both gun and saber mode, with a folding mechanism akin to the knife that is its namesake. The saber mode's power output is on par with a Beam Zanber's, allowing it to slice through other weaker sabers or barriers. Can be wielded even in Mobile Armor mode.

"Kujaku" Buster Mk. 2

An upgrade to the XM-X0 Crossbone Ghost's assault weapon that integrates the functions of the Muramasa Blaster and the Peacock Smasher into a single weapon. It can switch between the Buster Mode for close combat and the Smasher Mode for ranged combat. It can also be operated like the EMS-TC02 Phantom's Flame Sword, using the beam emitters to generate flame-like I-fields filled with plasma. The result is a beam saber with a far longer reach and penetrating power than a normal blade, capable of disrupting or negating enemy beam weapons.

Legilis Bit Generator

Located in the backpack, it can deploy all-range beam particle remote weapons in the shape of small spheres. They can be used either for precision attacks in small numbers, or mass destruction in greater quantities. They can also shield the Cornix Furia from attacks when massed together, though stronger attacks will destroy the Bits.

Optional Armaments:

2x Snake Hand

Both Beam Shield emitters can be replaced instead with Snake Hand, the EMS-VSX1 Quavarze's main weapon, which are long segmented metal whips attached to the mobile suit's forearms. At the end of each whip is a circular beam projector that emits circular beams that can be used as either a beam cutter or a beam shield. The snake hand's combat abilities are furthered by their ability to "throw" its beam cutters for mid-range attacks.

2x Crusher Arms

The Cornix Furia's regular arms can be instead replaced with Crusher Arms, derived from the EMS-TC05 Galahad. Both arms contain integrated mega particle cannons, beam chainsaws, beam shields and I-field generators, and can easily crush an enemy mobile suit into scrap. Mounting said arms reduce the Cornix's speed, however, and make it incapable of utilizing any handheld weapons.

Ikarumaru

A large beam saber with an anchor shape, it is meant for 40-meter-tall mobile suits. As the Ikarumaru has built-in thrusters, even a smaller mobile suit can use it, but the operational time is greatly shortened due to the lower generator output. This model, however, is tailored specifically for the Cornix Furia's increased generator outputs, and thus suffers no output loss. It is intended for anti-ship combat and takes place of the Kujaku's weapon mount.

Equipment:

Minovsky Drive

Developed from the Minovsky Craft System, the Minovsky Drive System is a new form of propulsion technology that allows an equipped machine to accelerate to extremely high speeds both in space and in the Earth's atmosphere. The speed that can be achieved is so great that an equipped mobile suit can travel from the 600 million kilometers separating the Earth Sphere from the Jupiter Sphere in about 150 hours while ships designed to make such a journey would require a minimum of three months when the two planets are at their closest position to one another. One of the primary advantages of the Minovsky Drive System is that it does not require burning conventional fuel to operate and instead relies solely on the Minovsky Particles produced by the Minovsky Fusion Reactor. Because the reactor continually produces Minovsky Particles, the Minovsky Drive System theoretically has no operating limit as long as all components are working properly.

Phantom Light

With the Minovsky Drive, the Cornix Furia could generate a phenomenon similar to the Record Breaker and Victory 2 Gundam's "Wings of Light", named "Phantom Light". The Phantom Light is emitted in a ghostly fashion that can also generate an I-Field barrier that covers the whole body that has been described as a "storm" and boasts overwhelming defense against beam weapons regardless of close range or long range. The Cornix Furia's Phantom Light is fully operational, contrary to the EMS-TC02 Phantom Gundam's, and acts instead as a full-body "Wings of Light", though the 30-minute time limit still applies due to safety precautions. Repeated use is available, though there is a cooldown period of 300 seconds between uses.

I-Field Generators

A pair of I-field generators, one mounted in each arm. The I-field is generated around the hand and can bend any beam, whether it is from a beam rifle or a beam saber, and can even protect the Cornix Furia from a high-energy cannon from close range. Despite being far more advanced than any previous I-field generator, the units mounted on the Cornix still suffer from overheating problems. Each generator can only be used for a total of 105 seconds and require 120 seconds to cool down, leaving a window of 15 seconds where it has no defense against attacks.

Multiple Construction Armor

Multiple Construction Armor (MCA) is a multifunctional structural material in which the functions of electronic equipment, such as circulatory and cooling systems, are incorporated into the mobile suit's armor layers, making more efficient use of the highly compact mobile suit's limited internal space.

Metal Peel-off Effect

This special feature of the Cornix Furia is a byproduct of the MCA and allows the mobile suit to dissipate excess heat by shedding the outer layers of its armor. This process creates afterimages of the mobile suit made up of metallic particles, which can deceive not only the eyes of enemy pilots, but also radar and other sensors.

History:

Built by Daryl Lancer (now renamed himself as Chronicle Bringer) during his time as a leg-breaker and agent of the Gunpla Mafia, the Cornix Furia was built with the purpose of eliminating any enemy machines it encountered, whether it be in official or "unofficial" battles. For twelve years, it was Daryl's Gunpla of choice, feared as the "Hawk of Death" amidst Battler circles and considered a near-unbeatable enemy. The Cornix Furia was a powerhouse of the Gunpla Mafia until Daryl Lancer eventually went off the grid, depriving Mikio Mashita, the boss of Gunpla Mafia and twin brother of former Chairman Mashita, his greatest asset.

Had Daryl participated in the events of GM's Counterattack, things would have gone extremely difficult for Sei Iori and his friends when facing up against the Cornix Furia in battle.

Not even the Gunpla Police, officially known as the International Gunpla Battle Official Referees, were able to defeat the Cornix Furia in several attempts to find and apprehend Daryl Lancer despite having the aid of Battler veterans Takeshi Iori, the father of Sei Iori, and Mrs. Hamon, the wife of Mr. Ral.

The two had used the PF-78-1 Perfect Gundam and the MAN-103 Queen Qubeley respectively in combating the Cornix Furia... And it wasn't enough.

Utilizing custom-made parts from stolen Gunpla 3D printers, the Cornix Furia is based on the Cornix from Gundam Crossbone Steel 7, though with several upgrades: it had a xvm-fzc Gundam Legilis backpack unit and Legilis Bit Generator added to its back and chest respectively, and utilizes a Minovsky Drive System rather than the original's conventional propulsion or the Legilis' Electromagnetic Engines. As such, it can generate the famed "Wings of Light". The atmospheric parts from the Cornix Impulse were integrated to its shoulders and legs, granting the mobile suit even greater agility and maneuverability than the base model. Its inner frame and armor have also been modeled after two different suits: F91 Gundam F91 and the EMS-TC02 Phantom Gundam, utilizing both the former's MCA and the latter's full body Drive emitters. This allows the Cornix Furia to both generate the "Phantom Light" I-field flames, and to generate afterimages when moving at sufficiently high speeds. Palm-mounted I-field generators, akin to the Crossbone X-3's, were installed onto the hands, granting the Cornix Furia the ability to grasp beam sabers from the air, or even bend beam shots away from itself.

The Cornix's original transformation system was kept, allowing the Furia to assume a high-speed flight form, and further deform itself by shifting the position of its arms and legs thanks to its variable frame. Because the flight form was intended for atmospheric combat, the limbs' variability was useful not only for AMBAC, but also to reorient its propulsion and thrust vector, meaning in the hands of a skilled pilot it could be almost impossible to hit. For power requirements, Daryl utilized the same ø-based Ultracompact Minovsky Fusion Reactor as the obscure A000-0001 Gaia Gear, from the novel of same name. Finally, a number of optional modifications and weapons were made specifically for the Cornix Furia, allowing it to adapt and overcome any possible challenge.

All of these features combined made the Cornix Furia into one of the most feared machines ever. If the light of the Hawk of Death fell upon a Battler, two things were clear: that they had wronged the Gunpla Mafia somehow… And that they would be next.

On the other hand, after successfully transporting himself and his ship, the Dark Veil to the Anno Domini dimension through the ZERO System of Adam Winslow that he had acquired and used, Chronicle Bringer made his public debut by taking part of Celestial Being's armed intervention on Ceylon with the Cornix Furia. It gave the three superpowers (the Union, the Human Reform League and the AEU) an impression that he is affiliated with the private armed organization founded by Aeolia Schenberg despite the latter group were caught off guard and suspicious of the new interloper and his hidden motives.

Due to its ominous bird-like appearance, his mobile suit was nicknamed as "The Crow" to the public.

Author's Note: After putting this informational chapter out, I reassure you guys that I'm still currently working on Chapter 8 of "Meister of Your Future Chronicles" regarding the aftermath of the mess that is the Taribian Incident, which had taken everyone in the world by surprise. Because of that, things are taking a serious turn from now on for Celestial Being, the three superpowers and even Chronicle Bringer thanks to Varia, the Pseudo-Sumeragi Lee Noriega, who made her quite a bold risky move to protect her Creator behind his back.

Advanced Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Stay safe and be healthy, everyone! :)