GD//MS-(-001) Gundam "Gaia"

The GD//MS-(-001) Gundam "Gaia", codenamed G-001 by UNO soon after its discovery deep below an abandoned Old World nuclear plant, is an advanced mobile suit that was the true point of origin for the Gundam concept of mobile suits, being the first "Gundam" to undergo development a few years before the arrival of Ragnarok, the world-shattering event that almost caused the extinction of humanity. It was developed by Abernathy Crawford alone, who sought throughout all his life to manifest the entity known as "god" in physical form. Completed during the final days of the ending world, it was stolen by his one true friend, Dreyar Palmer, whom used it and the untested "Earth" molecular manipulation system to drain the nuclear impurities out of the whole of Earth and its surroundings, nullifying their hazardous effects before disintegrating the wastes and reshaping the barren earth, finally reforming the planet back into its uncontaminated state. It is featured in the series Mobile Suit Gundam: Light of the Earth, piloted by Murray Kaido.

Technology
Created with the least number of built-in conventional armaments, the Gundam "Gaia" only wields on its own four beam sabers, of a refined output of a blue beam as well as dense, stable magnetic field. Because of its immense speed and mobility and fast response time, the "Gaia" rarely needs to engage enemies at a distance, but in such cases, the two shoulder-mounted plasma cannons open up and come into use. Two of the beam sabers and both the plasma cannons are attached directly to the mobile suit's Infinite Engine Ver. 0 power plant, and as such do not run out of power, and can be used for prolonged periods of time without constant need of recharging, a problem typical with the beam saber.

Though it seems to lack in firepower, its real strength serves in defense and beyond conventional warfare. The Gundam "Gaia" is equipped with the omnipotent "Earth" Molecular Manipulation System, enabling it control of any type of matter down to a molecular level, though the strength and range of the system depends on the "stage" the pilot has achieved. "Stages" are marked by a two-digit counter on the cockpit's visual screen, and ranges from Stage 00 to Stage 99. The counter rises by a varying degree each time the mobile suit's system detects an increase in the pilot's electropathic powers, making the Gundam "Gaia" only useable by a natural Electropath such as Murray and his great-grandfather, Dreyar. In Stage 00, the "Earth" system is deactivated altogether, only allowing the mobile suit to be piloted like an average one by an Electropath. When the pilot achieves Stage 01, the "Earth" system expands its effect in a layer throughout the mobile suit's frame consistently and uniformly with the assistance of the AI, encasing the Gundam "Gaia" in an 'armor' that protects it against anything of a molecular basis - thus effectively making it invincible - similar to how magnetic fields affect beam particles, only that the "Earth" system manipulates molecules of all kind. Further stages allow the pilot to extend the "Earth" system towards other objects of differing range and effect, but as far as Stage 10, it is said that the pilot could dematerialize anything in the Gundam's path by thought alone. Stage 99's powers were demonstrated once, when Dreyar Palmer activated it soon after its completion and completely reformed the Earth.

Though, the usage of the "Earth" system has adverse effects on the pilot. Dreyar Palmer came to a dying state shortly after saving humanity, and only managed to hide the Gundam in an underground shaft below an abandoned nuclear power plant before dying under the snow outside the facility.