G-Fighter
Support fighter developed by the Earth Federation Forces.
The G-Fighter was a support fighter developed by the Earth Federation Forces during the One Year War. It was designed to support the RX-78-2 Gundam as part of the Core Block System.
History
The Earth Federation Forces developed the G-Fighter in UC 0079 as a support unit for the RX-78-2 Gundam. It was built using battle data collected from the Gundam and was ready for deployment just two months after production began.
Two G-Fighter units were produced. The first unit was delivered to the assault carrier White Base before Operation Odessa and was assigned to Sayla Mass. A second unit, piloted by Sleggar Law, joined at Jaburo.
Sleggar’s unit was destroyed during the Battle of Solomon when he crashed it into the underside of the MA-08 Big Zam to disable its beam-deflecting I-field. This allowed Amuro Ray to destroy the mobile armor with the Gundam. Sayla’s unit was presumed lost along with the White Base during the Battle of A Baoa Qu.
Design
The Earth Federation Forces designed the G-Fighter as part of the Core Block System. It comprised two modular units known as G-Parts: the A-Parts and B-Parts.
The A-Parts consisted of the nose section with a canopy-style cockpit and two beam cannons. It also included caterpillar treads that were not used in the standard configuration. The cockpit was similar to that of the FF-X7 Core Fighter but lacked a learning computer. An armor shutter could cover the canopy to protect against direct beam hits.
The B-Parts formed the main fuselage and housed four thrusters. Its wing bases could rotate to reverse wing orientation, with each end functioning as either an intake or thruster. The B-Parts also secured the Gundam’s feet when used as a sub-flight system.
The G-Fighter could combine with the Gundam in various configurations except underwater. Combining both parts with the Gundam and Core Fighter formed the G-Armor. The B-Parts could combine with the Core Fighter and Gundam’s lower body to form the G-Sky, while the A-Parts could combine with the Core Fighter and Gundam’s upper body to form the G-Bull.
Armaments
The G-Fighter’s standard weapons were beam cannons for ranged attacks and missile launchers for versatile combat roles.
Beam cannons
Two experimental beam cannons were mounted on top of the A-Parts behind the cockpit. These used energy capacitor (E-cap) technology like the Gundam’s beam rifle but delivered greater firepower. When combined with the Gundam, the G-Fighter could link to the Gundam’s generator to increase its shot capacity.
2-tube missile launcher
A retractable 2-tube missile launcher was mounted under the G-Fighter’s nose. The missiles could be fired forward or downward for anti-submarine warfare.
4-tube missile launcher
A retractable 4-tube missile launcher was mounted at the rear of the G-Fighter below the main thrusters for additional missile capacity.
Known pilots
- Sayla Mass
- Sleggar Law
Variants
- G-Fighter Bomber Type
- G-Fighter Space Type
- G-Fighter Assault Landing Type
- G-Fighter Real Type
- G-Fighter II
- G-P.A.R.T.S DELTA G-Bomber
Behind the scenes
Okawara Kunio was the original mechanical designer.
The G-Fighter only appeared in the original Mobile Suit Gundam television series. Tomino Yoshiyuki removed it from the compilation movies as he felt it was too close to the super robot genre rather than the real robot genre he envisioned. It was replaced by the FF-X7Bst Core Booster.
Later productions like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Char’s Counterattack depicted the Core Booster instead when referencing scenes that originally featured the G-Fighter.
Appearances
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs Zeon DX
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Zeta Gundam