Technology & Combat Characteristics
An assault type mobile suit specializing in close and medium-range combat, the Gundam Throne Zwei is the second of three Gundam Thrones operated by Celestial Being's second team, Team Trinity. Functioning as the team's vanguard during battles, Zwei's primary weapons are a huge GN Buster Sword for melee attacks and a set of wireless, remote-controlled units called GN Fangs that can engage multiple enemies simultaneously. Its other weapons are a GN Handgun and GN Beam Sabers, and its head has a highly versatile design but lacks special features like those of the other two Gundam Thrones, Eins and Drei. They have the same body frame and basic parts, with variations in weaponry, equipment and head design setting them apart. Their systems and armor utilized the same technology as the Gundams of the Ptolemaios team, but they have a different type of GN Drive– the "GN Drive Tau" that emits red GN Particles. The torso-mounted GN Drive Tau also serves as the body's central unit with the other body parts placed around it. Hence, the GN Drive Tau has limited operating time, affecting the Gundam Thrones' operations. Unique to the Gundam Thrones' GN Drive Tau is an onboard starter mechanism not present in subsequent GN Drive Tau-powered machines. Like the green GN Particles from the original GN Drive, the GN Drive Tau's red GN Particles are multifunctional and can be utilized in beam weaponry, for stealth purposes as the discharged particles can cause disruption of conventional communication and radar devices, etc. As with the Ptolemaios team's Gundams, the Gundam Thrones have a pair of special antennas for controlling GN Particles, but they are located on top of the shoulder armor (next to the GN Beam Sabers' storage racks) instead of being torso-mounted. Alejandro Corner, a United Nations ambassador and a Celestial Being observer, masterminded the creation of Team Trinity and Gundam Thrones without informing Celestial Being, with the machines secretly built by Laguna Harvey in the factories within the Orbital Elevators based on his instructions.
However, Alejandro's intention was not to help the organization, but to further his and his family's ambition of world domination. The Gundam Thrones are therefore regarded as the basis for the GN-X. The Zwei's operating data and weapon technology are later utilized by the UN Forces to develop a close combat variant of the GN-XII, the GN-XII Sword. Lastly, the combination of the Zwei's design data with the Innovators' technology lead to the creation of the Gundam Throne series' final combat form, the Arche Gundam.
History
For the history of the Gundam Throne Zwei, go to Michael Trinity and Ali al-Saachez's pages.