Technology & Combat Characteristics
An improvement over the original MRX-009 Psycho Gundam, the MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II was also equipped with a Psycommu and Psycho Control system to allow its Newtype or Cyber Newtype pilot to control this massive mobile weapon with mere thoughts. It also inherited its predecessor's ability to transform into a "Mobile Fortress" mode as well as the Minovsky Craft system for atmospheric flight. However the Psycho Gundam Mk-II was more energy efficiency and more deadly, it has a greater amount of weapons that have higher power ratings, despite having a fusion reactor that only produces little over half of what the Psycho Gundam was capable.
Like the Psycho Gundam, the Psycho Gundam Mk-II was armed with three Scattering Mega Beam Cannons in its body, finger-mounted Beam Cannons and head-mounted Small Mega Beam Cannons. In addition, it was also armed with 20 Mega Beam Cannons all over its body, capable of attacking targets in all directions. Its forearms were also equipped with Wired Psycommu Beam Swords, which were wire-guided and could be controlled through the unit's Psycommu system, making it equally dangerous in close combat. The Psycho Gundam Mk-II also carried a set of Reflector Bits, which were unarmed but were used to redirect its own beam weapons fire to targets that are out-of-sight, or to deflect and redirect incoming enemy beam weapons fire. Like the MSN-02 Zeong, the Psycho Gundam Mk-II also featured a detachable head unit, which could be operated independently in case its main body unit was destroyed.
History
Despite the destruction of the MRX-009 Psycho Gundam, the Murasame Newtype Lab continued its research and created the even more powerful MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II. Piloted by the powerful yet unstable Cyber Newtype Rosamia Badam, the Psycho Gundam Mk-II was a much deadlier foe for MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam and its pilot Kamille Bidan than the original Psycho Gundam. Kamille managed to critically damage the Psycho Gundam Mk-II during a mission to stop Axis in the late stage of Gryps Conflict, killing its pilot in the process.
Almost a year later, in U.C. 0088, Neo Zeon forces retrieved the wreckage of the Psycho Gundam Mk-II and rebuilt it. During its transportation, it was briefly activated by the nearby presence of Newtype Elpeo Ple. It was then piloted by their own Cyber Newtype pilot, Ple Two, in their war against the AEUG. However, after a lengthy battle in the aftermath of the Dublin Colony Drop, it was finally destroyed by Judau Ashta in the MSZ-010 ΖΖ Gundam, but Ple Two survived by escaping in the detachable head unit.