RX-78T-1 Golden Gundam

* MS Form
* Flight Form

1 x Beam Saber

2 x BLASH-XHB-L-03/N-STD 380mm Hyper Bazooka

The RX-78T Golden Gundam is a prototype transformable mobile suit and titular gundam of Mobile Suit Golden Gundam. It is piloted primarily by Rose Sahalin.

## Technology & Combat Characteristics

Unlike it's ancestor unit, the RX-78-2 Gundam, the RX-78T-1 Gundam is a transformable mobile suit designed for high-speed hit and run attacks and anti-ship warfare. Admittedly, it is designed more along the lines of a fighter than a genuine mobile suit. However, it's overall performance is comparable to that of the RX-78-2.

The Golden Gundam is incredibly advanced for it's time. It is built from the lightweight but strong Luna Titanium alloy. And despite it's delicate appearance, can shrug off a MS-06 Zaku II's machine gun fire with little to no damage. Its offensive power was above and beyond that of the Zakus.

It's main weapons is it's vulcans and missile pods, and can be equipped with various other weaponry in underwing hard-points as well. For example, Hyper Bazooka's could be mounted in flight mode, and be dual wielded in it's MS mode.

However, the RX-78 has a critical weakness. Due to the limitations of the time, the transforming mechanism is quite simple and it has no genuine arm manipulators, relying on claw-like work-arms that can be mounted in the nose with a beam rifle installed in one, and a beam saber installed in the other. As such, when mobile suits such as the MS-07B Gouf and MS-14A Gelgoog were developed, the Golden Gundam began facing increasing issues against these suits.

Following the battle with the Aparsas III, it would be equipped with an HADES System to drastically boost it's performance.

## Armament

* 60mm Vulcan Guns

A feature that'd become the norm, four 60mm vulcan guns are mounted in both the nose and head. Allowing it to engage lightly armored targets and damage enemy mobile suit's sensors and unprotected cabling.

* 2 x Missile Pod

The RX-78T-1 has two missile pods that can carry nine missiles per pod of varying purpose and model.

* Super Napalm

The Super Napalm is a special type of missile filled with powerful napalm. It can be used in the place of normal missiles for combat situations that require it.
* Beam Rifle

A Gundam-type beam rifle is installed inside it's left work arm, it is of the same model of the rifle used by the RX-78. The beam rifle employs the Federation's energy capacitor, or E-cap, technology and uses charged concentrations of Minovsky particles as ammunition. The resulting weapon has power equivalent to that of a battleship's main gun at the time of the One Year War, allowing it to defeat a mobile suit with a single shot. The rifle can fire 12-15 shots when fully charged.

* Beam Saber

A Gundam-type beam saber is installed inside it's right work arm, it is of the same model of the saber used by the RX-78, but it lacks the transforming mechanism that allows it to become a javelin. This is compensated by the arm's ability to extend, becoming a pseudo-spear of sorts.

* 4 x Hardpoints

The Golden Gundam has two hardpoints on each wing that can be equipped with a variety of weapons. Including with more missile pods and hyper bazookas.

* BLASH-XHB-L-03/N-STD 380mm Hyper Bazooka

The Hyper Baooka is a portable, handheld, anti-ship rocket launcher that functions like a recoilless rifle, with gas ejected from the rear of the weapon. It is loaded with five rounds in a magazine towards the rear end. The Hyper Bazooka is effective against large groups of mobile suits due to its ability to cause damage over a wide area, though it is primarily used to destroy less-maneuverable targets such as battleships and buildings. When required, the Gundam can be equipped with two Hyper Bazookas for increased firepower, with one held in each work arm.