With Defense Armor Option <----

Model Number: AR-44
Code Name: GM
Unit Class and Role: General Use Mobile Suit
Manufacture: Hermosa Tech Industries;
Deployment: EC 025
Availability: Mass Production
Height: 18.1 meters; 19.1 meters overall;
Weight: 40.5 metric tons; 58.7 metric tons max;
Armor: Lunar Steel Alloy; Ceramic Composite;
Power Plant: Mk.2 Fusion Reactor, output: 1150 kilowatts;
Propulsion: 4x 15500kg Engines; 10x Secondary Jets;
Performance: Max Acceleration: 1.06Gs;

Equipment: Sensors, range: 3500 meters; Defense Armor Option;
Fixed Weapons:
2x 60mm Vulcan Guns, 100 round each, mounted in head;
Telescopic Saber, stored on backpack, hand carried in use;

Optional Weapons:
90mm Machine Gun, 30 rounds, extra ammo stored on waist or rear skirt armor;
170mm Cannon, 10 rounds, extra ammo stored on rear skirt armor;
380mm Bazooka, 5 rounds, extra ammo stored on rear skirt armor;
Tall Shield, mounted to either forearm or hand carried in use;
Small Shield, mounted into left forearm;

Technical and Historical Data:
The start of the Martian Civil Uprising saw the use of repurposed Mobile Workers into space type fighters. However the Earth Union used the conflict to deploy its first working mobile suit, the AR-44 GM to counter them. Developed as a humanoid weapon, the entire frame of the GM is constructed entirely out of Lunar Steel Alloy and mixed with Ceramic Composite materials for increased durability and lightweight use. Though the armor is not much better then that of a light armored vehicle like an army truck, it can withstand small arms fire from infantry held weapons. The use of anti-armor weapons still works against the GM but because of its agile capabilities compared to the Mobius Mobile Worker, it is harder to hit. The GM itself is a general use machine, meaning it is deployed for any situation and can be outfitted for any objective. For use in space though, it features pretty powerful thrusters for flying around and a series of vernier jets across the body to help with position control and stability.

The base AR-44 GM, while simple, is capable of basic battle even without mounted weapons. Primarily the body is equipped with a pair of 60mm Vulcan Guns which are good against infantry, light armor and enemy vehicles, they work well as point defense too. Against other mobile suits the Vulcans can do surface damage but they wont do much else. In close range should the situation get that close, the GM can equip a Telescopic Saber which is stored on the backpack. The saber itself has an extendable blade that retracts all the way back into the hilt for storage. When deployed into combat, the GM is usually sent in with a 90mm Machine Gun as standard and shield to defend itself with, the 90mm can switch from a variety of ammunition types and is capable of destroying the armor of a mobile suit. For heavier situations, the GM may also deploy with a 380mm Bazooka for breaking through ship armor or even a 170mm Cannon for accurate long range bombardments and fire support roles. An optional equipment set for those who prefer a bit more protection can also equip the Defense Armor which adds reactive armor plates to the shoulders and torso and even equips a small shield into the forearm rather than on it.