XXXG-01D  GundamDeathscythe
							Technical Data and General Information
						Model number: XXXG-01D Code name: Gundam Deathscythe Unit type: mobile suit Manufacturer: Professor G (with assistance from Scavenger Group) Operator: Gundam pilots First deployment: 7 April AC 195 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 16.3 meters Weight: empty 7.2 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Construction: gundanium alloy Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Performance ability levels: fighting 140; weapons 120; speed 160; power 120; armor 120 Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 2 x hyper jammer ECM suite on backpack; self-destruct system Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x machinecannon, fire-linked, mounted on torso; beam scythe, stored in recharge rack on rear waist armor, hand-carried in use; buster shield, equipped with beam blade, can be launched at taget and retrieved
		Technical and Historical Notes
When the five scientists who designed the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero in AC 180 went their separate ways, each of them took copies of the plans for their original Gundam design. Professor G, who went into hiding in the L2 colonies, then went on to design and build his own Gundam based on their original plans. With the assistance of an underground scavengers' guild known as the Sweeper Group, Professor G built a Gundam that specialized in stealthiness and close-quarters combat. His creation was called the XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe, and it proved to be a true mechanical terror when it was launched to Earth to fight OZ during Operation Meteor in AC 195. "Gundam 02," as the Deathscythe was code-named by OZ forces, was equipped with standard vulcan guns and machinecannons for ranged weapons. However, its primary armament was its large, deadly beam scythe, capable of slicing through enemy mobile suits like a knife through hot butter. The Deathscythe also carried a "buster shield," which mounted two solid blades and a beam blade and could be launched spinning into a target for a rather messy, destructive effect. But in order to use these weapons effectively, the Deathscythe was also equipped with a "hyper jammer" ECM system, making the Gundam invisible to various types of electronic sensors, thus allowing the mobile suit to slip in and attack when the enemy isn't looking. The Deathscythe's pilot, Duo Maxwell, became well known as the "God of Death" for his mastery of these stealthy strikes.