Technology & Combat Characteristics
The GN-008 Seravee Gundam was the first of the Celestial Being's new Gundams to be deployed for combat in AD 2312. Made for Tieria Erde, Seravee is the successor to his previous mobile suit, the GN-005 Gundam Virtue. Like Virtue, Seravee is an artillery warfare mobile suit designed for fleet battles and assaulting enemy strongholds, and its main armaments consisted of two GN Bazooka IIs and four GN Cannons. With its heavy firepower, Seravee is also capable of annihilating a platoon of enemy mobile suits instantly., its full power form where its backpack unfolds to expose a huge Gundam face and GN Particle emission is greatly increased. The Seravee also has a couple of hidden abilities to surprise its opponent, and the Trans-Am System that triples its output for a limited time.
Seravee normally controls its GN Particles through the four head-mounted antennas that were incorporated with the particle control function previously found on Virtue's torso-mounted clavicle antennas. Seravee's particle control capability is boosted during Face Burst Mode as additional particle control antennas are deployed from the backpack. but there are different explanations for what this part actually is; one source described it as a forehead sensor with a crystalline cover, Like Virtue, Seravee has large GN Condensers built into various parts of its body to meet the heavy particle consumption of its high-output ranged beam weaponry and GN Field. Unlike Virtue, Seravee is not equipped with dedicated GN Field generators, but its side skirt armors have GN Particle generators as well as vents on the underside for emitting GN Particles.
The basic fighting style of Seravee is long-range bombardment using the pair of handheld GN Bazooka IIs and the four GN Cannons mounted on its backpack and knees. The GN Bazooka IIs and GN Cannons displayed excellent offensive power when used on their own, but they could also be used in combination for a variety of stronger attacks, enabling the mobile suit to handle various situations. The Seravee is equipped with six GN Beam Sabers which are stored in its forearms and the four GN Cannons. This brings to mind the Virtue hiding the GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh in its body, but unlike its predecessor, Seravee has a transformed Seraphim docked to its back as a backpack. Additionally, the separation caused Seravee to lose its power source, the GN Drive, which is actually installed in Seraphim. The Seravee Gundam GNHW/3G was designed to enhance the special function of the Seraphim, but it was dropped due to manufacturing difficulties and other problems. In an ironic twist, Seravee Gundam II is usually attached to the CB-002 Raphael Gundam in a transformed state to disguise the fact that it is a mobile suit.
History
For Seravee Gundam's exploits, please go to Tieria Erde's page.