Gundam 87

The Gundam 87 is a legendary machine that was involved with the Colony New Horizon. It existed during the Bubble, Collapse, and Rebuild Eras, a forty plus year span of time. It is the titular machine of Mobile Giant Gundam 87.

Combat Characteristics
The Gundam 87 is one of two experimental mobile suits, the other being the Gundam 89. The two were built the same, with only slight variations in appearance. The Gundam 87 has a pair of straightened horns, while the horns of the 89 are curved.

The Gundam 87 comes with the most advanced build of any mobile suit&mdash;its movements were less hindered by its armor and were, instead, better than that of any enemy suit created during the timeframe. It was made that way due to how the 87 would be piloted; the pilot would supply the general movements in the cockpit, but was linked to the machine through the Pilot Light. The Pilot Light is the name of the system which is responsible for this connection. Through it, a pilot's desired movement would be translated for the mobile suit to do, though requiring the pilot to feel as if they were moving it physically. This machine was a prototype to what would've been a massive army of mobile suits equipped with this system. However, only the 87 and the 89 have it.

As a result of this, the weapons planted aboard the machine were scarce; only a pair of beam sabers and arm-mounted rifles only capable of firing physical armor-piercing rounds. Instead, all of the focus went towards what it could do in close quarters combat. It was given padded armor around the arms and legs, especially the hand and feet units. Said arms and legs had boosters installed to the sides, all double sided for balancing in space.

The most impressive feature of the 87 was an extension of the Pilot Light&mdash;by the pilot's own will, the engine on board would generate high amounts of power, to the point where it seeps outside the machine. This is kept around the body of the machine, except around the thrusters. There, the thrusters force the energy to build up, forming what look like wings. This excess of energy was refined and put under the control of a system directly controlled by the pilot.

Armaments

 * Beam Sabers
 * Arm-mounted Round Rifles

System Features

 * Pilot Invocation Spark
 * Pilot-Machine Linkage
 * Auto-adaptor

History
During the late 3970's, later known as the late stage of the Bubble Era, the 87 appeared in one of the premiere colonies responsible for the boom of the economy which led to a society-wide financial bubble. There was once an attempt by a small faction to "burst" the bubble, an attempt thwarted by the 87 which kept the bubble's eventual burst from happening for ten more years.