Gunbuster

==Summary==
Gunbuster (ガンバスター Ganbasutaa) is an extremely powerful mecha which is formed by combining Buster Machine 1 and Buster Machine 2, which are piloted by Noriko Takaya and Kazumi Amano, respectively. It appears that Noriko is in control of Gunbuster's movements while Kazumi controls some other more technical aspect of its operation. Because it's made up of two combined machines, it has two degeneracy generators instead of one. It is powered by these dual generators as well as by the power of Hard Work and Guts. The purpose of Gunbuster was first to fight off Space Monsters and later to protect Buster Machine 3 during its transport to the center of the galaxy.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Incomplete | Complete
Name: Earth Imperial Space Forces Superluminal Versatile Large Deformation Combined Machine Weapon, Gunbuster Unit 1
Origin: Aim for the Top!
Age: Unknown (probably in development since the year 2016)
Classification: Super-light universal large-scale transformation combined machine weapon, Buster Machine
Pilot(s): Noriko Takaya, Kazumi Amano/Ohta, Jung Freud, Koichiro Ohta (PS2 game)
In use by: Earth Imperial Space Force
Powered by: 2 x Degeneracy Generator
Armor Material: Buster Alloy, Space Titanium
Dimensions: 200 m parietal height, 240 m total height
Weight: 9800 t
Powers and Abilities:
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*Superhuman Physical Characteristics
*Mecha Physiology
*Flight
**Spaceflight
*Enhanced Senses (with on-board navigational operating space and motion operating space)
*Large Size (Type 2)
*Natural Weaponry
*Electricity Generation (Buster Collider)
*Physics Manipulation
*Energy Manipulation, including:
**Heat Beam Emission (Buster Beam)
*Inertia Negation
*Gravity Manipulation (Can control inner gravity via inertial canceler)
*Matter Manipulation (Can control external mass via inertial canceler)
*Vibration Absorption (Can absorb ether shockwaves)
*Engine Protrusion
====Resistance to:====
*Cosmic Radiation Generation
*Gravity Generation
*Pressure Attacks
*Temperature Manipulation
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*All of previous
*Portal Creation/FTL
*Subspace Travel
*Matter/Antimatter Attacks (Buster Missile)
*Weapon Mastery (Buster Bat, Buster Yo-yo, Buster Lasso)
*Energy Projection (Buster Slash)
*Laser Beam Emission (Homing Laser)
*Homing Attack
*Danmaku
*Deflection (with Buster Cloak)
*Forward Time TravelConventional Time Travel is verse mechanics. (via time dilation)
*Will Empowerment (Empowered by the will of the pilots)
*Transformation
*Underground Mobility
*Spinning Attack
*Self-Destruction (via runaway degeneracy chain reaction)
====Resistance to:====
*Physics Manipulation (able to slaughter thousands of Space Monsters that passively manipulates physics)
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Attack Potency: Small Planet level (Annihilated a Cruiser-class Space Monster with less than 2 minutes of its power while damagedGunbuster - 4 - Launch!! The Incomplete Ultimate Weapon! 20:52) | Dwarf Star level (Easily vaporized at least tens of thousands, possibly millions, of Space Monsters in a single blastGunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 22:06, which can withstand the internal heat and pressure of a yellow star indefinitelyGunbuster - 4 - Launch!! The Incomplete Ultimate Weapon!, should be above the mass production Sizzlers that can wipe out Galaxy level space monsters, almost comparable to Exelion class)
Speed: Relativistic reactions speed (Dodged a Cruiser-class Space MonsterGunbuster - 4 - Launch!! The Incomplete Ultimate Weapon! 20:31), Massively FTL+ via warp | Relativistic+ combat speed (Can blitz Cruiser-class Space Monsters, have a maximum speed of .999 C), possibly much higher attack speed (Its beam crossed tens of AUs in this time frameGunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love!), Massively FTL+ via warp
Lifting Strength: Class M (Weighs 9800 t) | At least Class T (Was capable of near-completely halting the momentum of two halves of a Space Monster travelling at relativistic velocitiesGunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 23:32)
Striking Strength: Small Planet level (Can punch or kick through cruiser-class Space Monsters) | Dwarf Star level (Was able to go through hundreds of Space Monsters continuously with the Super Inazuma KickGunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 21:31, has the destructive power to kick out hundreds of millions of Space Monsters)
Durability: Small Planet level (Unfazed by some of plasma bolt blasts that can vaporize large chunks of moonsGunbuster - 4 - Launch!! The Incomplete Ultimate Weapon! 20:26) | Dwarf Star level with Buster Shield (Deflected 20,000 plasma blasts from Space Monsters simultaneouslyGunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 23:10)
Stamina: Can only be active for 10 minutesGunbuster - 4 - Launch!! The Incomplete Ultimate Weapon! 18:49 | No limit shown, runs on 2x Degeneracy Generator and dependent on the indomitable willpower of the pilots.
Range: Hundreds of metres (due to size), at least planetary with lasers and missiles, interplanetary with Buster Beam
Standard Equipment:
File:Bw5.jpg|Degeneracy Generator
File:Bw74.jpg|Crown Laser Projectors
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* Degeneracy Generator: The standard power source for Buster Machines and other mecha based around the principle of black holes, that generates a limitless power supply. Gunbuster is powered by two degeneracy generators combined by Buster Machine 1 and 2.
* 24 x Limb Laser Projectors: The Gunbuster's basic offensive weapons, positioned on mounted "platforms" on the mecha's vertical pauldrons and thigh sections to provide healthy linear coverage, both in front of and behind the mecha.
* 2 x Palm Laser Projectors (mounted on each hand): Energy-projection devices installed into the hands (that are unveiled for combat usage). Used for the "Homing Laser" technique only.
* Crown Laser Projectors: Situated in the center of the Gunbuster's head crest (the emblem of the Earth Imperial Space Force), this is the location of the mecha's most powerful laser beam. Used for the "Buster Beam" technique only.
* 10 x Missile Pods (5 mounted on each hand): The tips of each of the Gunbuster's digits can retract to reveal firing pods for homing missiles. Used for the "Buster Missile" technique only.
* 4 x Spike Threads (2 on each hand): Retractable caterpillar tracks can be extended out of the Gunbuster's feet to enhance the potency of its kicks by tearing and crushing opponents underneath with the rotating spines. Used primarily for the "Super Inazuma Kick" technique, but can presumably be used in standard mêlée also.
* 4 x Buster Colliders (1 on each limb): Retractable metallic conductors, typically stored inside the Gunbuster's forearms and legs. When activated, the electrodes embed themselves into the target's body, keeping a stable grip and enabling the free flow of electrical energy between the mecha and its opponent. Used for the "Buster Collider" techniques only.
* 2 x Buster Tomahawk: Axe weapons with destructive force at least in the kilotons.
* Energy Bullet: Energy bullets generate in the hands. Used with "Buster Knock".
* Cutter: Cutter built in the foot caterpillar. Used in "Super Inazuma kick".
* Buster Bat + Energy Ball: Used for the Buster Home Run technique that appears in the games.
* Buster Yo-Yo
* Buster Lasso
* Booster: Shoulder × 4, Back side × 2
* Inertial Canceler: An inertial neutralization device thay can negate the inertia of an incoming cruiser-class Space Monster, and can also disable all physical attacks in this manner. It is treated as a gravity wave barrier in Super Robot Wars.
Defensive Systems:
* Buster Cloak: Normally stored in a position invisible to the naked eye, the Gunbuster can pull out a long, light but remarkably durable cape and wrap itself behind it, allowing the cloak to function as a shield against incoming attacks. Used for the "Buster Shield" technique only.
Intelligence: The intelligence of its pilots
Standard Tactics: Whatever the pilots would do.
Weaknesses: Incomplete; Has a limited amount of time until power runs out, Inertial Canceler renders it vulnerable to multiple attacks | Unknown
Terrain: Air, Space, Subspace
Needed Prerequisite for Use: Keys, training, knowledge of its operation
Operational Timeframe: 10 minutes | Unknown
Special Forms: A rocket form that can be used to penetrate through the surface of a celestial object (i.e. Buster Machine #3)
Feats:
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====Strength====
* Buster Missiles have the property of completely vaporizing Space Monsters.Gunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 22:45
* Gunbuster can puncture through into the surface of Buster Machine #3.Gunbuster - 6 - At the End of Eternity... 18:10
====Speed====
* Dodged the ramming speed of a Cruiser-class Space Monster going at relativistic speeds.
* Gunbuster was barely outrunning the initial detonation of the Black Hole bomb propagating at Massively FTL+ speeds with only one Degeneracy Reactor.Gunbuster - 6 - At the End of Eternity... 24:40
====Durability====
* Unaffected by several plasma bolts which can leave several hundreds of kilometers holes on moons.
* Survived the ramming speed of a Cruiser-class Space Monster and still be functional.
* Withstood the extreme pressure and gravity of Jupiter condensed to 1/30,000th of its size.Gunbuster - 6 - At the End of Eternity... 21:30
====Skill====
* Can auto hit 3,000 Space Monsters with its lasers.Gunbuster - 5 - Please!! Time Enough for Love! 22:25
* Jump started the Black Hole bomb with its own Degeneracy Generator.Gunbuster - 6 - At the End of Eternity... 22:38
====Notable Matchups====
* Buster Beam have hax properties that is able to affect Space Monsters.
* Escorted Buster Machine III to the center of the galaxy and defended it from Space Monsters.
* Survived the Buster Machine III's black hole detonation and made it back to Earth from half way across the galaxy.Gunbuster - 6 - At the End of Eternity... 24:20
* Helped save humanity from the Space Monsters.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
File:Superinazumakick.gif|Super Inazuma Kick
File:Tumblr_n4p6re8Rc61rzkxhio1_400.gif|Buster Beam
File:F4a4f.gif|Homing Laser
File:F4XEs.gif|Buster Missile
File:F4rpD.gif|Buster Shield
File:F42Pq.gif|Buster Collider
File:F4KIa.gif|Double Buster Collider
File:Buster_Home_Run_manga.jpg|Buster Home Run
* Super Inazuma Kick: Gunbuster launches up, descends with one leg extended and the other bent, and drop kicks the opposition.
* Buster Beam: A powerful beam of minus one hundred million degrees that can cut through the hides of monsters who hatch in stars. Missile showers that do the same and a reflective coat that reflects planet busting fire and his Inazuma kick.
* Homing Laser: Noriko with the Gunbuster stretches out both of its arms, then unleashes a barrage of golden energy beams from pods in its palms, which then further branch out into thousands of target-seeking lasers upon reaching the general destination. Capable of wiping out 3000 cruiser-class Space Monsters in a single volley.
* Buster Missile: Gunbuster unsheathes photon torpedoes from its fingertips, before firing hundreds of missiles from all 10 of its launching pods. The missiles appear to have a primarily kinetic proponent, as they do not immediately detonate upon physical contact, but rather appear to "pulverize" the targeted matter, generating distinct holes in the mass.
** Super Buster Missile
** Ultra Buster Missile
* Buster Missile Mite: Deploys from the arms and shoots a light bullet like a gatling gun. Since it is the same source material as Big O's O Thunder, its appearance and structure are very similar.
** Super Buster Missile Mite
* Giacobini Meteor Attack: Gunbuster can unleash a flurry of quick strikes. It's named after the Giacobinid periodic meteor shower.
* Buster Shield: Covers itself with its usually invisible cloak that deflects attacks, enabling to withstand a normally fatal assault. Manages to casually deflect 20,000 plasma blasts from cruiser-class Space Monsters.
* Buster Collider: Fires 10 billion volts from the armor on the arms and legs (then powers up to 1 billion gigavolts). Noriko first embeds its "Collider Electrodes" into the mass of the target from either its legs or its forearms, usually by neutralizing any resistance through the "Inertial Canceller", then unleashes a massive surge of electricity into the opponent, triggering a sizable explosion after several seconds of exposure. Capable of extending across and killing multi-kilometer long/wide organisms like the Space Monsters.
** Double Buster Collider: This technique is used when the Noriko activates both sets of electrodes of the arms and legs from the Buster Collider.
* Buster Tornado: An applied technique of the Buster Collider that did not appear in the main story is to rotate at high speed in the state of putting out a spear of the arm part and to generate electric shock tornado.
* Buster Tomahawk: Gunbuster forms a double diamond fiber Tomahawk Axe out of Two Tomahawks to slice the enemy in two with. Was originally slated to appear in the anime but only appears in Video Games.
** Buster Tomahawk Boomerang The Tomahawk axes can be thrown in a boomerang-like fashion at the opponent.
* Buster Wing: Gunbuster transforms into a conic shape to penetrate into hard surfaces. Named in the PS2 game.
* Buster Home Run: Gunbuster pulls out a bat and energy ball before slamming it into the enemy causing a large explosion.Buster Home Run did not appear in the film/OVA.
** Buster Knock: A technique to generate energy bullets and to fly with the bat at quasi-light-speed.
* Buster Yo-Yo: A technique paying homage to Combattler V, which releases from the arms a pair of powerful yo-yos that are each equipped with a powerful buzzsaw. 
* Buster Spin: A technique paying homage to Combattler V, which creates an energy tornado that keeps enemies in place for a short period of time. It will then spin extremely fast, turn its body into a large drill of lightning, and ram itself through opponents.
* Buster Cowboy: A technique to throw at an enemy with a beam rope, it seems like a lasso. There is Buster Rodeo as a derivation technique.
** Buster Rodeo: A technique of catching and driving a light rope to the enemy.
* Buster Ring: A technique to make the beam coming out of the palm ring like a silver ring of "Space Ace" and cut an enemy by riding on an energy ring at light speed.
** Buster Slash: A technique of throwing it into the enemy like the eight-piece halo paying homage to Ultraman's Ultra Slash.
* Buster Strike: It is a technique with the lightning shot of a deathly havoc with the Space Monsters.
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==Explanations==
Degeneracy Generator ｢縮退炉しゅくたいろ｣: A result of Tannhauser's research, the Degeneracy Generator is an effectively limitless power supply and the key to FTL. Two artificial Micro Black Holes are spun in tandem with overlapping fields so as to create a naked singularity within which "subspace" can exist. The singularity is referred to as the Tannhauser Gate, due to the visual effect of objects entering it seeming to pass through a portal with a trailing rainbow of light. The standard power source for Buster Machines and other mecha up until the technology was lost sometime between Top o Nerae! Gunbuster and Top o Nerae 2!: Diebuster. The Degeneracy Generator plays an important role in both series.
==Gallery==
BusterMachines.jpg|Core fighters Buster Machine No. 1 and 2
Gunbuster Battle
File:Super Robot Wars Z3 Tengoku-hen Gunbuster All Attacks
==Notable Matchups==
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