Technology & Combat Characteristics
Deployed by the UN Forces in the final battle against the Celestial Being, the GNMA-XCVII Alvatore was developed and piloted by Alejandro Corner to fulfil his ambitions of ruling the world. The group known as Innovators was also involved in its development. This huge mobile armor incorporated technologies from the Gundams and was primarily based on the CB-001 1 Gundam. However, unlike the highly versatile mobile suit it was based on, the Alvatore has a singular focus on power. The massive output from these GN Drive Taus not only power the mobile armor's beam weaponry, but is also used for the generation of a strong GN Field, granting it high defensive capability against projectiles and beam shots. The Alvatore's main weapon is a high-output, huge beam cannon capable of ultra-long-range attack that is mounted in the front of the machine. Beside its seven GN Drive Taus, another eye-catching aspect of the Alvatore is its gold color scheme, which is due to a special coating applied to the armor surface. In fact, the Alvatore is merely enhancement parts for the Alvaaron and this relationship is reminiscent of the Gundams and the GN Arms.
When required, such as in the event that the Alvatore is rendered inoperable, the Alvaaron can separate from the mobile armor and operate independently. Although the Alvatore was defeated by the Celestial Being, it pioneered the concept of large mobile armor and its data was later utilized by the Innovators in the development of another large mobile armor – the GNMA-Y0001 Empruss.
History
Following the loss of the captured GNW-002 Gundam Throne Zwei and 14 GNX-603T GN-Xs, the GNMA-XCVII Alvatore was sent by the UN headquarters to reinforce the UN Forces battling the Celestial Being. After meeting up with the Alvatore, the UN Forces launched its final assault on the Celestial Being's Gundams and their mothership, the CBS-70 Ptolemaios. The Alvatore fired the first shot of the battle with its GN Beam Cannon, dealing minor damage to the Ptolemaios' left side. The mobile armor quickly followed up with a second shot, but it was evaded by Ptolemaios. To eliminate the mobile armor, the Ptolemaios launched the Assault Container, loaded with GN-001 Gundam Exia and GNR-001E GN Arms Type-E. On the other end of the battlefield, the Alvatore stayed at the back as the GN-Xs charged ahead and battled GN-003 Gundam Kyrios and GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh.
The Alvatore soon encountered the Assault Container, but its GN Field easily blocked the latter's GN Missiles and beam shot. The Alvatore then fired its GN Beam Cannon two more times. The third shot not only destroyed a GN-X pursuing Kyrios, but also took out the Gundam's right arm and leg, and wrecked the Ptolemaios' right side, severely damaging the ship's container 3 and 4, destroyed its sickbay and also disabled the ship's GN Field generation system. For the fourth shot, it hit and destroyed the Nadleeh's right leg, and also forced the Gundam out of Trans-Am. The fight between the Alvatore and Assault Container carried on, with the mobile armor's GN Field protecting it from more beam shots. The Assault Container then activated its GN Field and rammed the Alvatore in an attempt to penetrate the mobile armor's GN Field.
The Alvatore stopped the attack by grabbing onto the Assault Container using both its Large Close-Combat Arms. The Assault Container fired its right GN Beam Gun, but the shot failed to damage Alvatore's left arm. Following this, the Alvatore tore apart the Assault Container, forcing the Exia and GN Arms Type-E to eject. With a barrage of beams from its Side Beam Cannons, the Alvatore stopped the Exia from closing in. The Exia and GN Arms Type-E then shot and destroyed the Assault Container's parts held by the Alvatore's arms, hoping to blow the arms off, but to no avail. The Alvatore kept the Exia and GN Arms Type-E at bay with more barrages from its Side Beam Cannons, while its GN Field protected it from the duo's beam shots. The Alvatore subsequently deployed its Large GN Fangs, and the Exia and GN Arms Type-E combined into the GN-001+GNR-001E GN Armor Type-E to better deal with these remote weapons.
After destroying all the Large GN Fangs, the GN Armor Type-E fired its Large-Size GN Cannons, but they fail to penetrate the Alvatore's GN Field. The Alvatore counterattacked with its GN Beam Cannon, and when the GN Armor Type-E evaded the shot, the mobile armor fired another barrage from its Side Beam Cannons. This caused the GN Armor Type-E to fall back momentarily before it charged towards the Alvatore. The mobile armor tried to intercept using its left arm, but the GN Armor Type-E unexpectedly grabbed onto the arm before slicing it off with its right Large-Size GN Sword. The Alvatore then lost its right arm to a beam shot from GN Armor Type-E's Large-Size GN Cannons, and in retaliation, it fired one of its Beam Cannon, damaging the GN Armor Type-E's left section.
Despite the damage, the GN Armor Type-E charged at Alvatore again and the two landed more shots on each other. The Alvatore then deployed its GN Field and fired another barrage from its Side Beam Cannons. However, this failed to discourage the GN Armor Type-E from another charge, and the Alvatore's GN Field was penetrated by the latter's right Large-Size GN Sword, which was then lodged in the left side of the mobile armor's body. After this, the accumulated damages finally took its toll on the GN Armor Type-E, and the machine exploded. Unfortunately, the Exia ejected in time and the Alvatore was severely damaged by the Gundam's GN Sword. The Alvatore soon exploded, but not long after, the GNMS-XCVII Alvaaron revealed itself from the mobile armor's wreckage.
Six years after the destruction of the Alvatore, a similar-looking mobile armor is depicted in a movie titled Celestial Being.