ORB-113 Destiny Blade Gundam

ORB-113 Destiny Blade Gundam is a close combat type mobile suit, and is one of the newly made, one of a kind mobile suit belonging to Orb. It is piloted by the Orb Co-Ordinator, Yamato Ichikawa.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
Destiny Blade Gundam (better known as Blade Gundam) is one of the most powerful, close-quarters Mobile Suit built in the Cosmic Era, and was designed and built by Orb. It is specially equipped and tuned for use of its pilot, and was designed by Yamato himself. In terms of attack power and speed, it surpasses most mobile suits and its overall agility is often commended as well. The suit does not have any variable packs other than the one used, and is often placed on the front line of battle due to its melee capabilities.

"Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel Anti-Air CIWS
Mounted on the Blade's head are two "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS. These light projectile weapons are used to intercept missiles and destroy lightly armored vehicles.

MMI-714 "Arondight" Anti-Ship blade
Stored on the right rack of the Blade just behind the wing is the Blade's primary, right hand weapon. The MMI-714 Arondight foldable Anti-Ship blade is wielded on the Blade's right arm, and is a large physical blade with a beam emitter along the cutting edge. It is normally used against larger targets. However, as it is the Blade's main weapon, it sees extensive use against any kind of enemy. It is dual wielded along with the Schwert Gewehr.

"Schwert Gewehr" 15.78m Anti-Ship blade
On the left rack behind the wing, the "Schwert Gewehr" 15.78m Anti-Ship blade is stored. It is the Blade's left hand weapon, as the suit dual wields the two blades. Like the Arondight, the Schwert Gewehr is a large, physical blade with a beam emitter along the cutting edge, and can easily cleave an enemy mobile suit in two. It is commonly used against ships and can also be found on the Sword Striker pack.

Beam Sabers
Stored on the hips of the Blade is a pair of standard issue beam sabers, and is often used like a double pronged claw, with both sabers being held between the fingers of the Blade's right hand. It can cut through virtually anything without an anti-beam coating.

MX2351 "Solidus Fulgor" Beam Shield Generators
The Blade is equipped with a pair of beam shield generators on each arm, with the left hand generator hidden underneath the "Panzer Eizen" Rocket Anchor. It creates a powerful beam shield, capable of defending itself from virtually any attacks.

"Panzer Eizen" Rocket Anchor
Mounted on the left hand of the Blade and hiding the left hand's beam shield generator is the "Panzer Eizen" Rocket Anchor, which is built into the shield of the Blade. It is a grappling claw on the front of the shield that can be used to catch an enemy and bring them into the Blade's attacking range. This weapon can also be found on the Sword Striker pack.

"Midas Messer" Beam Boomerang
Stored on the Blade's left shoulder is a single "Midas Messer" beam boomerang. This throwing weapon uses the physics of a boomerang to return to the thrower of the suit, often catching enemies from behind.

MMI-X340 "Palma Fiocina" Palm Beam Cannons
On each palm of the Blade is a beam cannon that releases high powered energy discharges that are capable of destroying the "Slayer Whip" Heat Rods of the ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited and break through the powerful Phase Shift Armor of most mobile suits. It is mostly used as a close combat weapon.

System Features
The ORB-113 Destiny Blade uses the General Unilateral Neuro-link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver operating system
 * Wings of Light
 * Phase Shift Armor
 * Radar Jammer

Trivia

 * The Destiny Blade's design is from the GAT-X105+AQM/E-X02 Sword Strike Gundam and the ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam, as depicted by the name.
 * The number 113 is based on the number 13, which is mostly depicted as bad luck, and also happens to be Yamato's favourite number.
 * The number 113 also has a close relation to 117, which is the Spartan tag of Master Chief (John-117) from the well renowned Halo franchise
 * The Destiny Blade's crest displays the text "ORB-113 Tredici", which means thirteen in Italian and is a reference to the suit's series number
 * The suit is coloured for night-time stealth missions and equipped with radar jammers specifically for that. However, it is ironic that the red colour of the suit's "stomach" shows up at night even though it is meant for stealth.
 * The Destiny Blade's "dual claw" beam saber technique is similar to GPB-X80 Beginning Gundam and the GPB-X80-30F Beginning 30 Gundam 's normal beam saber technique.