Introduction to MBF-P01 Gundam Astray Gold Frame

Unit Type
Prototype General-Purpose Mobile Suit
Profile
Model Number	MBF-P01
Launched	January 25, 71 C.E.
Manufacturer	Morgenroete, Inc.
Operator	Orb Union
Known Pilots	Rondo Ghina Sahaku
General Characteristics
Overall Height	17.53 meters
Max Weight	49.8 metric tons
Power Plant	Ultracompact Energy Battery
Accommodation	Pilot only, cockpit in chest
Armor	Foaming metal
Armaments
2 x "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS 2 x Type 70 beam saber Shield
Special Equipment and Features
Hand plugs for Orb and ES weapons
Optional Equipment
Type 71 beam rifle Heavy Bazooka

Combat Characteristics

The Astray Gold Frame is equipped with the same weaponry as the other three prototype mobile suits produced by Morgenroete, Inc.. This includes two head mounted "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS guns, an armament which would later become standard on most mobile suits, two back-mounted Type 70 beam sabers for close combat, a single physical shield for defense and lastly a Type 71 beam rifle for ranged combat.

Armaments

• Hyper Bazooka

• "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS

• Type 70 Beam Saber

• Type 71 beam rifle

• Shield

System Features

As the first model of the four Astray prototypes, the Gold Frame is equipped with specialized hand plugs which allow the suit to use both Orb Union and Earth Alliance MS weapons. For example, at one instance, the Gold Frame used a heavy bazooka which was originally meant for one of the G Project suits (more specifically the Duel Gundam).

History:

While collaborating with the Earth Alliance on their G Project, Morgenroete built four Gundam Astray prototype mobile suits at Heliopolis, the MBF-P01 Astray Gold Frame, MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame, MBF-P03 Astray Blue Frame, MBF-P04 Astray Green Frame, which in turn were used to base the five G Project units that they assisted the EA's Atlantic Federation in creating. They successfully copied the EA's beam rifle and saber technology, but Morgenroete did not have access to the Phase Shift armor design, and compensated by making the Gundam Astray units lighter and more agile than their EA counterparts.
On January 25, CE 71, ZAFT's attack on Heliopolis to steal the Alliance Gundams also unknowingly interrupted the Astray project. In order to hide their progress, Orb's military decided to destroy the Astray lab. Coordinator Rondo Ghina Sahaku, an Orb nobleman, disagreed and attempted to save all three suits. He commandeered the Gold Frame and used a heavy bazooka left behind by the stolen GAT-X102 Duel to blow a hole in Heliopolis that Gold Frame could fly out through. Unfortunately, Rondo Ghina forgot to calibrate Gold Frame's right arm, which was damaged in the process. He discarded the damaged arm (but kept the bazooka), and escaped the dying colony. Afterwards, he piloted the Gold Frame (still missing an arm) in several battles with Red Frame and its pilot Lowe Guele.
In the last of those battles, Gold Frame was severely damaged by atmospheric re-entry, when fighting Lowe. Lowe used an energy sphere produced from Red Frames arm, to destroy half the head of Gold Frame, which however also destroyed the Red Frames right arm. Gold Frame was then taken to Orb's main island, where Morgenroete upgraded it to the MBF-P01-Re<AMATU> Astray Gold Frame Amatu.