Technology & Combat Characteristics
The second Hyperion Gundam produced jointly by the Eurasian Federation and Actaeon Industries. The Hyperion Gundam Unit 2 was identical to the Hyperion Gundam Unit 1 except for its colors. Like its sibling unit, its most notable feature was the "Armure Lumiere" Mono-phase Lightwave Shield System, an improved version of the Lightwave Barrier. This shield system is nearly impervious to physical or beam weaponry and with sufficient emitters can produce a 360° barrier. However, it is also very energy intensive and to conserve as much energy as possible for this shield system, all of the mobile suit's other weapons were equipped with their own power cells. The Unit 2's chest featured the personal emblem of its pilot, Balsam Arend, who proclaimed himself the "Fierce Eagle of Artemis" despite having no kills to his name. Its left shoulder featured the model number "X2/3", and seven stars that represent kills that Balsam achieved in simulations.
History
In mid C.E. 71, the Earth Alliance's Eurasian Federation cooperated with Actaeon Industries to create three of its own advanced prototype mobile suits based on the latter's prototype mobile suit Gel Finieto, separate from the EA's GAT-X series. These were the CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Unit 1, CAT1-X2/3 Hyperion Unit 2, and CAT1-X3/3 Hyperion Unit 3. The three units were identical, except for their coloration. Actaeon Industries later created a trial-type ground combat variant of the Hyperion Series, called the CAT1-XG Hyperion G in order to improve their sales result.
Like Unit 1, Hyperion Unit 2 was assigned to the Artemis space fortress under command of Gerard Garcia and piloted by Balsam Arend. When Canard defected from the Alliance, Balsam was ordered to capture him. Canard in his damaged Unit 1 eventually fought Balsam and killed him by creating a beam spike to penetrate his lightwave barrier, then stabbed into Unit 2's cockpit with a beam knife. Canard then used its beam submachine gun for increased firepower and the remains of the mobile suit as a source of spare parts to repair his damaged Unit 1.