IMS-101 Shockwave II

The IMS-101 Shockwave II is a continuation of the IMS lineage, being developed directly from the IMS-100-II Shockwave Mass Production Type.

It appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: Transcedent Skies.

Technology & Combat Characteristics
The IMS-101 is a direct upgrade developed during and after the Gestral Conflict. After meeting Gestral mobile suits stronger than the XGT-I Romegatia, it was decided to make an improvement to the existing chassis at first. After seeing the already tried experiments to improve the IMS-100-II Shockwave MP, which all ended in failure due to not being adopted, all work was focused on making an entirely new chassis capable of supporting the current generation of beam weaponry, an increased level of mobility and armor protection. A demonstration model was made shortly before AE 0050.

The 101 is still very similar to the 100-II, however, it is a much stronger model. Featuring a 20% increase in mobility, a significant increase in armor protection and weapon power, it was conceived as the ideal mass-production mobile suit capable of replacing the aging FCS-0100 Wraith and IMS-100-II models.

The NEF's Weapon Standardization Project also affected the weapon layout of the 101. In order to make maintenance and part supplying cheaper and easier, all future weapons were to follow a set level of requirements, making the weapons only different in firepower and caliber.

As such, the 101 is equipped with the AS-25 Beam Assault Rifle, a highly modular semi-automatic rifle capable of moderate covering fire, the BW-30 Beam Saber, a beam saber capable of penetrating the current generation of mobile suits used and a set of YM-01 Concealed Beam Daggers, a weapon borrowed from the GAMS-0010-II Gundam Ascent Whiteheart.

The new generation of Aries-type reactors allows a much higher variety of weaponry if desired, but this option is only available in the field for the mobile suit to cover more areas of combat. This is not looked on during mobile suit production, and if a pilot requests additional weaponry, it must be requested beforehand.

Combat-wise, the 101 is much more powerful than the standard 100-II. It is not capable of crowd control like the GAMS-0097 Gundam Duelist, but it is more focused on single foe combat, much like the Whiteheart. Its weapon strength is more than adequate to cover this field well, and it can be re-modulated to allow different methods of combat, such as long-range shooting and crowd control.