19X-A-MS Minuteman Prototype

Created and Owned by: Psyden
Model number: 19X-A-MS
Code name: Minuteman Prototype
Unit type: mobile suit
Nationality: Neo-America
First deployment:
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit
Dimensions: 15.8 meters
Weight: empty: 6.7 metric tons; max gross: 7.5 metric tons
Construction: apadite alloy super-ceramic composite rare metal hybrid
Powerplant: ultra compact fusion reactor, output: classified
Fixed armaments: 2x 60mm vulcans mounted in head; 2x 90mm auto cannons, mounted on torso; 1x 100mm pistol, stored in holster on right hip; 1x heat Calvary sabre, stored in recharge rack on left hip
Optional armaments: 1x long beam rifle w/ heat bayonet
Ultimate attacks: Lightning Slash (Combat Mode Only)

Lightning Slash: In Combat Mode, the suit charges the enemy with lightning speed and delivers a deadly slash.

Mobile Suit ability points:
Power: normal mode 14.0 combat mode (+4.0) 18.0
Speed: normal mode 13.0 combat mode (+6.0) 19.0
Offence: normal mode 11.5 combat mode 11.5
Defence: normal mode 10.0 combat mode (-3.0) 7.0
Search: normal mode 13.0 combat mode (-4.0) 9.0
Adaptability: normal mode 10.5 combat mode (-3.0) 7.5

Combat mode draws power from the sensors and reroutes it to weapons and speed, as well as kicking the reactor into overdrive. The main emphasis of Combat Mode is close combat and has speed and power comparable-- if not greater than-- most Gundams, though at the expense of defensive ability, adaptability, and tracking.

This unit is a prototype for the 19M-A-MS Minuteman and is almost identical to the mass production version, except Combat Mode was removed to reduce cost. There is a small flaw in the Combat Mode that also contributed to its removal: a 5 minute time-limit, or else it will over heat and shut down.

Only 3 Prototype Minutemen were built. One such unit became the personal Cpt. Jo Westwood, whose job it is to insure the security of the Cowboy Gundam and the integrity of the fights it participates in.