Technology & Combat Characteristics

Prior to the Celestial Being's final battle with the A-Laws and the Innovators, the GN-007 Arios Gundam received upgrades that significantly improved its firepower, turning it into the GN-007GNHW/M Arios Gundam GNHW/M. "GNHW/M" stands for "GN Heavy Weapons/Missile", and the mobile suit featured three new weapons: a pair of back-mounted GN Missile Containers, a handheld GN Cannon, and a GN Beam Rifle built into the modified back stabilizer. Even with these added weapons, the Arios Gundam GNHW/M can still switch between Mobile Suit Form and the Flight Form like the original Arios Gundam, and it also retained the ability to combine with the GNR-101A GN Archer to form the GN-007GNHW/M+GNR-101A Archer Arios. While efforts were being made to solve these issues, Robert Spacey (a friend of Celestial Being's chief mechanic Ian Vashti) proposed removing all the added heavy weapons except for the GN Missile Containers to achieve a better balance, and recommended the use of a large, powerful handheld firearm to compensate for the reduction in firepower. Robert's proposal was accepted as computer simulation showed it had better capabilities than the Arios Gundam Ascalon, especially when in coordination with GN Archer.

History

For Arios Gundam GNHW/M's exploits, please go to Allelujah Haptism's page.