Alright, So Im Gonna Be Taking A Break From Gundam G Generation Posts For A Little Bit, Since Ive Got

Alright, so I’m gonna be taking a break from Gundam G Generation Posts for a little bit, since I’ve got other stuff I want to talk about. So, to temporarily cap this off, I’m going to be talking about one of the two suits that directly inspired this series of posts;

The GB-9700 Gundam Belphagor, originating in SD Gundam G Generation F was an anti-Newtype mobile suit constructed by United Nations Earth for Use in the 7th Space War. Newtypes were commonly employed by both the United Nations Earth and Space Revolutionary Army during the war, with their loss in combat greatly effecting the momentum of both sides, since they were typically well equipped, piloting either Gundam’s (for the UNE) or Febral’s/Bertigo’s (for the SRA). As such, the United Nations Earth constructed a suit specifically designed to combat newtypes. Ironically, the best pilot for such a suit was a Newtype themself. Like the preceding Gundam’s Airmaster, Leopard and X; the Belphagor was fitted with a Flash System, essentially a catch-all term for Newtype weaponry, typically used by UNE forces to control G-bits, simplified versions of the “mother” mobile suit, shown below:

However, the Gundam Belphagor’s flash system instead allowed a finer degree of control over the mobile suit, allowing the pilot to more effectively counter remote weaponry. To this end, it was equipped with heat wires in the arms to destroy any funnels or bits the enemy might employ. Additionally it was armed with beam sabers (stored in the hips), a sonic smasher cannon (which would eventually become the mega sonic cannon mounted on the Virsago), a set of atomic scissors on the knees and the arms could fold out into what are termed “strike claws”, which each mounted a beam gun and high-output beam saber.

I like the design, since it still has a lot of the Gundam X-style features, but pushes them in different directions - the X has the long-range Satellite Cannon, the Belphagor has a bunch of CQC grappling equipment. I like how thruster-heavy it is, really sells that it’s supposed to close in and wreck things. The colours are (at least for a Gundam) quite neutral, so you pay more attention to its armament. I like how sleek the chest is (and as an aside, I like how all of After War Gundam’s have a sorta gem on their design). The pointed feet feel like they’re evoking something but I’m not sure what. I really love how built-up the arms are - you can tell that they’re gonna do *something*. The head’s apparently based on Devilman, by Go Nagai, which is pretty rad, and ties into the suit’s purpose as a Newtype-killer.

Me playing GBO2: Alright, that’s a good amount of recycle tickets with more coming in next week, I reckon I can sit on this for a while until something good comes along in the recycle shop.

The Recycle shop: Oh hey, nice pile of tickets you’re saving up there pal, shame if we happened to stock the FA-010A FAZZ today, a rad-ass mobile suit that’s an absolute bitch to get now, from the similarly rad-ass Gundam Sentinel.

(Honestly why do I do this to myself)

(I don’t even play the game anymore, I just use it as a virtual suit gallery)

(And it’s not like I’m ever gonna use the damn thing, it’s been power-creeped out of existence and the gun takes forever to charge)

(And it’s technically inaccurate because it’s got a hyper beam saber)

(But if I’m being honest that’s an improvement)

wjy is there a song in gundam thunderbolt named after ronald reagan

Romulus burns; Mars has come to collect his wayward child.

Peter Elson, cover illustration for The Outposter, by Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere Science Fiction, January 1978).

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It’s a sci-fi holiday in these Ed Emshwiller cover illustrations for Christmas issues of Galaxy magazine, 1951 to 1960. Please note that Santa Claus appears in each one, always with four arms.