This system uses an external power source - namely, a powerful laser - to heat a spacecraft's propellant. Strict speed limits are also enforced inside space colonies, so for longer trips, it's more convenient to travel via the colony's linear car system. Even military vehicles, like the missile trucks used by colony defense forces, run on electrical batteries. In the closed environment of a space colony or lunar city, atmospheric pollution must be kept to an absolute minimum, so electric cars (often shortened to "elecar") are used for personal transportation. When in direct physical contact, it's also possible to communicate via a contact link. Although these laser signals are limited to relatively short ranges, this is the standard means of communication in the battlefield, and these messages are very difficult for enemies to intercept. Under these conditions, the best alternative is to transmit data in the form of low-intensity laser pulses. When these particles are scattered in high densities, they render radio communication impossible. In the world of the Universal Century, communication between ships, mobile suits, and the like is greatly complicated by the widespread use of Minovsky particles. Instead, it uses a cubic lattice of Minovsky particles to push the vessel away from the Earth's surface. Likewise, the lift-generating Minovsky craft system, which vehicles like the White Base use to float in Earth's atmosphere, isn't a true anti-gravity system. This is the principle used in the space colonies, and smaller centrifugal devices are sometimes installed in spacecraft like the assault carrier White Base. However, in the weightless environment of space, the centrifugal force produced within a rotating cylinder can be used to simulate Earth's gravity. General Technology Artificial Gravity Įven in the Universal Century, it remains impossible to artificially nullify or generate gravity. In the Cosmic Era timeline, one of the authors of Gundam Century articles (while still a high school student at that time), Shigeru Morita, who had became a regular employee of Bandai, was assigned to write these kind of technological articles, possibly a method used by the company to attract Universal Century techno fans to watch the new series. Bandai (with its branch Sunrise) noticed the tradition and has hired writers to write articles for other Gundam series, too. Although this could be viewed as following the Star Wars trend, nothing similar has started before the 1981 publishing of Gundam Century. These technological settings have also since then impacted a lot of anime and manga to have their own technological background to a certain degree. They became a normal reference of the serial story and attracted publishers to publish books on. Gundam Officials has collected these information and has presented them alone with plot history and character summaries in an encyclopedic form, and MS Encyclopedia 2003 has a short technical summary of these technologies in its first section before going into the lists of mobile weapons in different series, which earlier editions only have.Īlthough most can argue fictional technologies carry no real-life impact, these technologies are referred to in almost all of the series of Universal Century. Written by mechanical designer Hajime Katoki, summarized both in and out of universe technologies of the Universal Century, sourcing from Gundam Century, Gun Sight, VF-1 Valkyrie, MS Graphical Guide 1~3, MSV Technical & History 1~3. Later, following the trend of militaristic and technological interest in the community, Gundam Sentinel Special Edition included a section called imidam 0093 ( Innovative Mobile Suit Information Dictionary, Annual Series, intentionally using an m at the end to reference Gunda m), subtitled Basic Knowledge of Gundam Mechanics. These technologies first debuted in Gundam Century, written by fans at that time, later endorsed by Sunrise and Bandai, and some of the authors of the articles within Gundam Century became official editors and writers of Gundam mechanics. 10 Mobile Suit Technology - Unique control/interface systems.9.2 Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor.8 Mobile Suit Technology - Defensive Systems.7.6 Luna Titanium Alloy/Gundarium Alloy.7 Mobile Suit Technology - Construction & Coating.5 Mobile Suit Technology - Maneuverability.
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