GNW-20000 Arche Gundam

A mobile suit built exclusively for the mercenary Ali al-Saachez, the Arche Gundam is based on the design data of the GNW-002 Gundam Throne Zwei, and is the final Throne series machine fielded in battle. It was developed by the Innovators, an Innovade faction led by Ribbons Almark, who was also Ali al-Saachez's sponsor. The advanced technologies of the Innovators were thus generously incorporated into the mobile suit. The Arche inherited many of Throne Zwei's features, but its basic performance had been so greatly enhanced that it evolved into a completely different machine. Additionally, due to the lengthening of its four limbs, the mobile suit had deviated a little from the conventional humanoid shape, giving it a unique look and enabling it to engage in close quarter mobile suit combat in unconventional ways.

Like the Throne Zwei, the Arche adopted a body frame that allows the flow of GN Particles within it, and had an oval-shaped cockpit in the chest, but the interior of the cockpit differed slightly. While the Arche utilized the same model of GN Drive Tau as the Throne Zwei's that produces red-colored GN Particles, it has three GN Drive Taus instead of its predecessor's single unit, granting it overwhelming output. The Arche has one GN Drive Tau mounted in its chest and one in each leg. The legs of the Arche also featured front armor that can slide outwards to reveal vents for scattering GN Particles, and there were claims that these scattered particles can be used to generate an effect similar to the GNW-003 Gundam Throne Drei's GN Stealth Field.

With a sensor in the protruding forehead, and four smaller slit-type camera eyes below, the Arche's head unit is barely recognizable as a Gundam-type's. In fact, its head was said to resemble that of the GNX-603T GN-X, a mobile suit developed from the three Gundam Thrones. It was theorized that the four slit-type camera eyes might be due to technology feedback from the GN-X. During an emergency, the head of the Arche can detach from the mobile suit's body together with the cockpit block and backpack to form a Core Fighter for escaping from the battlefield. Core Fighter of a different design is also utilized by the Innovators' GNZ series mobile suits, and the technology for such an escape unit was pioneered in the Celestial Being's second generation Gundam, the GNY-004 Gundam Plutone.

The Arche's armament consisted of GN Beam Sabers, GN Shield, and improved version of the Throne Zwei's GN Buster Sword and GN Fangs. The capabilities of the Arche's GN Buster Sword are similar to the Throne Zwei's, but it has a new 'Rifle Mode' for ranged attacks. For the remote-controlled GN Fangs, the Arche is equipped with 10 of them, two more than Throne Zwei, and their performance has been slightly enhanced. Both the Arche's GN Beam Sabers and GN Shield have unique characteristics that enable unconventional attacks. The pair of GN Beam Sabers are built into the feet, allowing Arche to slash or pierce the enemy while kicking, while the GN Shield can generate a beam shield/GN Field that can be used for both defense and offense. In combat, the Arche was shown to be able to fight and overwhelm two Gundams simultaneously, and this was due to Ali al-Saachez's excellent fighting senses
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