List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 technology

This is a list of fictitious technological terminology from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Orbital Elevator System

Necessitated under high-level energy consumption as a renewable alternative to the dwindling fossil fuel supplies, the , shortened as , is a megastructure originally planned by Aeolia Schenberg in 2090 to function in the combined capacity of a space elevator and a solar power satellite. It is comprised of two geostationary rings, equidistantly supported at 10 and 40 thousand kilometers above the equator by three 50-thousand-kilometer-high compressive elevator towers that terminate in ballast satellites. The top ring is lined with a photovoltaic array, and the towers act to carry the energy it supplies to the surface. The whole of the construct is shielded from meteoroids, space debris, corrosion, weathering, geomagnetic storms, radiation (from the Van Allen belt or otherwise), and assorted other deteriorative agents with the use of a physical energy barrier. It is defended by the collective military forces of the nations invested in its function.

Presently used for civilian space tourism, the elevators also act as a stepping stone to the ongoing international pursuit of space colonization. The ProgresS upon this endeavor is unspecified, and currently there are only a handful of colonies, including Celestial Being's Krung Thep and the Human Reform League's Quanqiu. The Union also maintains a colony, and the AEU, while lagging behind in colony development, is financing both the Reform League and the Union in their respective development projects.

The three dominant supranational powers responsible for system's construction and operation -- the Union, the Human Reform League, and the AEU -- have presently imposed a global boycott of fossil fuels so to better monopolize the energy distribution market. They are each located in South America, Africa, and on top of the Pacific Ocean.

Union Orbital Elevator

The orbital elevator controlled by the is situated near the border of the modern-day states of Brazil and Colombia within the Amazon Basin. It was the first of the elevators to become operational, completed in 2297.

HRL Orbital Elevator

, the orbital elevator controlled by the Human Reform League, is situated on an artificial island near the real-life nation of Nauru, north of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It was the second of the elevators to become operational, completed in 2297.

AEU Orbital Elevator

Break Pillar, the orbital elevator controlled by the is situated west of Lake Victoria, near the border of the real-life African states of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By 2307, it is incomplete. In 2312, the Africa Tower is taken over by a coup d'etat against the Earth Sphere Federation's A-Laws force. The tower itself was largely destroyed after taking a glancing hit from a second Memento Mori Superweapon and large volumes of debris began falling to Earth as a result of the tower's auto-purge initiation program. The damage inflicted to the surface was reduced, albeit still immense, after Celestial Being, Katharon, the Federation Army (both loyalists and rebels) and Kati Mannequin's A-Laws detachment worked together to shoot down the falling debris and save numerous cities in the fallout area. The elevator is still connected to space, albeit that most of its outer shell has been purged and has likely Fallen To Earth. It took four months to repair the electrical system but the linear train system is incomplete.

Mobile Suit Technology

In the Mobile Suit Gundam 00, a mobile suit is a multipurpose humanoid vehicle deployable for use as an AFV in mechanized maneuver warfare. Originally designed for construction-related purposes and the handling of heavy cargo. Aeolia Schenberg is credited for devising the technology as an accessory to the Orbital Elevator System.

Beam Technology

within Mobile Suit Gundam 00 has yet to come into conventional use. The Gundams are the first line of mobile suits to practically employ beam-based firearms and melee weapons on the battlefield. Standard mobile unit projectile weapons continue to be of the physical round variety. Generic beam composition is unknown as of this time, but it is supposed that the Gundams utilize GN particles.

E-Carbon

is an artificial allotrope of carbon, employed as the armor material of numerous recent-make conventional mobile units. Said to be one of the newest and strongest materials available.

Solar Energy Mobile Suits

are designed to take advantage of the energy provided by the orbital elevators. It is mentioned in the novel version that these Mobile suits can receive energy directly from the orbital elevators by means of radio wave. The AEU Enact is one such unit.

GN Science

In the Mobile Suit Gundam 00 universe, the organization known as Celestial Being has pioneered a systemization of the engineering and physics behind the GN Drive and its byproduct GN particles. Initially exclusive only to Celestial Being, the technology is commonplace in the narrative. According to the Mobile Suit Gundam 00P side-story, GN stands for Gundam Nucleus.

Although derived from a different source, GN particles share their effect and primary usage with Universal Century timeline Minovsky particles. GN Particles are used for a variety of uses -- as part of an electromagnetic stealth measure; in a physical barrier system , for use in such circumstances as atmospheric reentry; as a propellant for the GN Vernier; and as a coat that improves the [...] ability of physical blades. All Gundams use the GN Drives.

GN Drive

Referred to as a , or sometimes Solar Furnace. A is a semi-perpetual generator that outputs GN Particles, developed as a mobile weapon power source by Celestial Being. Though there is a finite energy output per unit time, the absence of a limit to its functional life translates to an effectively inexhaustible supply of energy. Owing to the unique heatlessness of its activity and the special properties of its byproduct GN particles, device operation is virtually invisible to such methods of detection as IRST or conventional radar. These drives are used in conjunction with a TD Blanket, a special filter used in true GN Drives. These unique components not only provide filtering to the GN Drives and prevents the GN Particles from damaging cellular organisms, but also give the GN Drives' their near-infinite energy production capability. This component also prevents other factions from creating true GN Drives of their own, as the TD Blanket can only be manufactured in the upper gaseous atmosphere of Jupiter.

GN Drive Tau

An "imitation" GN Drive. The data used to create Tau Drives came from an expedition to Jupiter where a Haro terminal (later known as the purple Haro that accompanied Team Trinity) was found, which contained data. The Tau Drives were used initially by Team Trinity's Gundam Thrones and later by the three superpowers and eventually the Federation Army and A-Laws. Though functionally similar, Tau Drives lack the TD Blanket component of a true GN Drive. As a result, a GN Drive Tau lacks the self-sustaining perpetual engine capability of a true GN Drive. Unlike the Gundams, which are capable of unlimited operation, any unit equipped with a Tau Drive must periodically shut down and recharge. The particle coloration of a Tau Drive varies from red to gold, unlike the blue-green coloration given off by true GN Drives. High densities of particles given off by Tau Drives have the side-effect of preventing cellular regeneration, an available medical practice of the time. Eventually, the particles' effects will become fatal to a victim. The Innovators have medication that can suppress the Tau particles, but the high density particles produced by the Twin Drive can negate and even reverse The Effects.

GN Particles

GN Particles are light particles given out by GN Drives. The Gundam with original GN Drives gives out bluish-green particles whereas others such as the Gundam Thrones and the GN-X series mobile suits gives out red GN Particles. GN Particles can cause result in telepathic attributes when one is exposed to a high concentration; Veda humanoid interfaces such as Tieria Erde and the Innovators are confirmed to be able to communicate with each other or connect with Veda through GN particles. Although the link has not yet been firmly established, quantum brain waves used by HRL supersoldiers can be influenced by GN particles. Furthermore, a near-psychic connection can be established with a high concentration of GN particles. When Setsuna F. Seiei activated the Trans-Am system on his 00 Raiser, the concentration was high enough for him and Saji Crossroad to enter a semi-reality mental dimension, where they were able to hear the "voices" of those in the area. High levels of GN particles have also shown regenerative properties that can even reverse cellular damage caused by GN Tau particles, which cannot be treated by any known medical practices. In extreme cases, prolonged exposure to high concentrations of GN particles causes human beings to undergo innovation, a transformation from a human into an innovator. Traits gained through innovation include quantum brainwaves and the glowing eyes that are often attributed to innovators.

Trans-Am System

The Trans-Am System is a system that temporarily removes the 'limiter' on the true GN Drives. Under normal operation, the limiter reduces the output of the GN Drives while the drives themselves store up any excess GN Particles created inside GN Condensers. With the limiter deactivated, the GN Drives can then operate at their full power by releasing all of their stored particles instantaneously. These stored particles saturate the frame of the mobile suit to give it a reddish hue, and the abilities of the unit are increased threefold while the system is ACTIVE. However, this boost in performance is only temporary as once all the released energy and particles dissipate, the GN Drives must replace the spent energy and the unit will perform at a reduced capacity until the energy is replaced. It has been recently shown that a Trans-Am-like mode is possible with fake GN Drives too, but has a shorter time limit than the real ones, since the fake drives have limited energy. Unlike true GN drives, which simply operate at a reduced capacity after Trans-Am has ended, Trans-Am derived from false GN Drives risk rendering the mobile suit inoperable due to lack of particles. A hidden Trans-Am derived system on the 00-Raiser, known as Trans-Am Burst, is known to only activate when the pilot, a true Innovator, uses their quantum brainwaves to link to the Twin Drive System. This is perhaps best demonstrated when Setsuna unconsciously activates it when going against the Innovators. The full effects of Trans-Am Burst is still unknown, but the system is known to cover a large area with a high density of purified GN Particles that disrupts quantum brainwaves.

Twin Drive System

The "Twin Drive System" is a 200 year old GN technology concept originally devised by Aeolia Schenberg, and currently in use exclusively in the 00 Gundam. The system utilizes two GN Drives with a synchronized GN particle production rate as the basis for the system's operation, which CREATES a synchronization of the topological defects in the two GN Drives. This ultimately produces a synergy in which the total output of both drives is squared (by coupling the drives' production).

The Twin Drive mechanism will not function with just any two GN Drives - each GN drive is unique in some way and these differences can prevent the system from reaching a stable level of synchronization (Even though GN Drives have been seen in different shapes and sizes, these differences are believed to be more than cosmetic as the inner mechanics of a GN Drive is unknown and have not been seen). Every combination of the drives from 0 Gundam, Kyrios, Dynames and Virtue failed to operate the system, and only the combination of the drives from Exia and 0 Gundam were able to reach a synchronization level that allowed the system to stabilize and power the Twin Drive System. However, even after stabilizing the system, the system itself was still very unstable and activating the Trans-Am System risked a system overload. It was only until the 0 Raiser was used in conjunction with the 00 that the system could be fully stabilized and the Trans-Am system made safe to use.

While Federation Mobile weapons have been shown with more than one GN Drive Tau (the GNMA-XCVII Alvatore mobile armor had seven), they only operate in series so they lack the amplification effect of the Twin Drive system. The combined output of multiple GN Drive Tau's is merely the sum of the outputs of the individual drives rather than the square of the combined output shown in the Twin Drive System.

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Veda

Veda (Sanskrit , , "knowledge") is the supercomputer of Celestial Being. It is a highly advanced form of artificial intelligence based on real developing technologies of quantum processing. Veda is interlinked throughout all of Celestial Being's computers, including the Gundams. The Gundams themselves possess an operating system that's interlinked with Veda for tactical adaptation and mobile suit combat. The name "Veda" May Be a reference to the Vedas, a collection of ancient Hindu scriptures.

Due to suspicious tampering with Veda itself, Sumeragi had her staff create a backup system in the event Veda was hacked again. This system was helpful when Alejandro Corner managed to find Veda, located at its main terminal within the Moon. Alejandro nearly had the Gundam Meisters killed when he overrode the Gundam's systems, but Sumeragi had the Gundams disconnect from Veda and coordinate on their own. It is later revealed that Veda was directly linked to Aeolia Schenberg's dormant body, but it was a visual illusion. Then, a safety program was activated, unlocking the original Gundams' Trans-Am System.

It has been hinted in InterViews with director Seiji Mizushima that Veda is The Primary cause for the world's current situation, including why Solar power is more commonplace than Nuclear energy (in order to prevent mankind from destroying itself) and the splitting of the world into the three power blocs (something of a proto-form of a unified world).

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