Trans-Am System
The Trans-Am System is a system that temporarily removes the 'limiter' on the true GN Drives. Under normal operation, the limiter reduces the output of the GN Drives while the drives themselves store up any excess GN Particles created inside GN Condensers. With the limiter deactivated, the GN Drives can then operate at their full power by releasing all of their stored particles instantaneously. These stored particles saturate the frame of the mobile suit to give it a reddish hue, and the abilities of the unit are increased threefold while the system is active. However, this boost in performance is only temporary as once all the released energy and particles dissipate, the GN Drives must replace the spent energy and the unit will perform at a reduced capacity until the energy is replaced.
The use of the Trans-Am system is not limited to mobile suits. Celestial Being's assault carrier Ptolemaios II can engage Trans-Am mode when at least one Gundam GN Drive is attached to the ship's system. As seen in episode 9 of season 2, the combined Trans-Am output of Cherudim, Arios, and Seravee enables the Ptolemaios II to execute an atmospheric launch from sea level. In episode 23 of season 2, the ship has a Trans-Am system, utilizing the pre-stored particles in its particle storage tanks; it can be used only for a brief period of time.
A Trans-Am-like mode is possible with fake GN Drives, but has a shorter time limit than the real ones, since the fake drives have limited energy. Unlike true GN drives, which simply operate at a reduced capacity after Trans-Am has ended, Trans-Am derived from false GN Drives risk rendering the mobile suit inoperable due to lack of particles.
According to Ian Vashti, Innovation is caused by the GN Particle's special state in Trans-Am (Trans-Am Raiser and Trans-Am Burst System specifically). He theorized that it may be possible that this special state of GN Particles can even be felt regardless of range, and that more possible genuine Innovators awakened as a result of Trans-Am Burst that Setsuna used during the battle with the Innovators. He is worried that the Earth Sphere Federation now possessing the Trans-Am System technology will notice its relation to Innovation and try to use it for military purposes.
Later, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: Awakening of the Trailblazer, Trans-Am can be used to overload to the maximum to self-destruct while in Mobile Suit/Mobile Armor equipped-fake GN Drive when the ELS begin to assimilated the unit & also can be used as a last resort.
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