Mobile Suit Gundam: GP03 Dendrobium

RX-78GP03D Dendrobium
"It does not fight wars. It ends them." — v1.0 Beta

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BACKGROUND

Universal Century 0083. A handful of stolen nuclear warheads. One Zeon
ace who hadn't accepted that the war was over. One Federation test pilot
named Kou Uraki who made it his problem anyway.

The Orchis was the Federation's answer to a question they hoped they would
never have to ask again: what do you build when one unit has to stop an
apocalypse alone?

A mobile armor frame the size of a destroyer. Two claw arms, each mounting
a mega beam cannon rated for ship-to-ship engagement. A central pod packed
with micro-missile clusters. An I-Field barrier generator across the forward
hull. All-attitude propulsion capable of sustained combat manoeuvring through
orbital debris.

Built for one mission. Used for more than one.

Now it has found its way to the Rim. Salvaged. Repowered. Given to someone
willing to sit inside it.

The war it was built for is long over.
The wars ahead are not.

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UNIT PROFILE

Designation : RX-78GP03D Dendrobium
Frame : GP03 Orchis mobile armor
Class : Aerial Combat Vehicle
Tech Level : Spacer
Crew : 1 — Stamen Pilot
Propellant : Chemfuel · 500 units · ~20 world tiles range
Size : 4 × 4 tiles

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ARMAMENTS

Port Mega Beam Cannon
Left claw-arm directed-energy main gun. One of two ship-grade beam
weapons that Anaheim had no business fitting to a mobile armor frame
and managed to anyway. A single bolt at full charge burns through
composite armour at fifty metres without losing coherence.
Range 50 · 120 damage · 0.90 armour penetration · slow reload.
Ammo : 1 Steel per shot (drawn from cargo).

Starboard Mega Beam Cannon
Right claw-arm gun. Identical performance to the port cannon.
Fire in sequence while the other capacitor recharges — at range,
the Orchis can maintain near-continuous fire from a position no
ground unit can safely approach.
Range 50 · 120 damage · 0.90 armour penetration · slow reload.
Ammo : 1 Steel per shot.

Micro-Missile Pod
Central armament cluster. Six shaped-charge warheads per burst,
arcing on ballistic trajectories that clear cover and low walls.
Break a formation with the missiles, then finish with the cannons.
Range 35 · 28 damage × 6 · explosive radius 2.0 · fast reload.
Ammo : 4 Steel per shot.

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HOW TO OPERATE

1. Load Steel into cargo — all three weapons draw from cargo as ammo.
2. Select Dendrobium → Load Pawn → assign a colonist as Stamen Pilot.
Weapon gizmos appear at the bottom of the screen once a pilot boards.
3. Click Start Engine to enable movement and aerial launch.
4. Target with Port Mega Cannon · Starboard Mega Cannon · Micro-Missiles.

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COMPONENTS

Orchis Shield External · 350 HP
Outer armour layer. First to absorb incoming damage.

I-Field Emitter External · 200 HP
Barrier projector. Damage degrades the Orchis's defensive efficiency.

Port Cannon Arm External · 220 HP
Structural mount for the left mega beam cannon.

Starboard Cannon Arm External · 220 HP
Structural mount for the right mega beam cannon.

Micro-Missile Pod External · 150 HP
Central warhead magazine. Damage reduces missile system efficiency.

Thruster Array External · 250 HP · FlightControl
Primary propulsion. A breached thruster causes fuel leaks.

Stamen Cockpit Internal · 180 HP · FlightControl
The pilot's position, buried at the geometric centre of the Orchis
frame. Cannot be targeted by ranged or melee weapons directly —
only accessible through full component penetration. At critically low
health, there is a chance of catastrophic explosive decompression.

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ACQUISITION

Research : GP03 Dendrobium Project
Tech Level : Spacer · Cost : 6,000 points
Requires : Hi-Tech Research Bench + Multi-Analyser
Prerequisite : Fabrication

Build : Fabrication Bench
Crafting skill 12 required.
Materials : 800 Plasteel · 400 Steel · 30 Spacer Components
50 Industrial Components · 400 Chemfuel

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REQUIREMENTS

RimWorld 1.6
Vehicle Framework by SmashPhil — REQUIRED

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CREDITS

• Crimsonking — mod author, XML, design
• SmashPhil — Vehicle Framework
• Sunrise / Bandai Namco / Sotsu — Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991–1992)