Formula Project - F91 Gundam Formula 91

F91 Gundam Formula 91

The F91 represented the final goal of SNRI to develop a smaller, lightweight, high-performance mobile suit. Its compact size mounted enough weaponry to put it on par with other general purpose units at the time, and the F91 incorporated many advanced new technologies developed under the Formula Project, including the beam shield-defying Variable-Speed Beam Rifle ("VSBR" for short), and the revolutionary bio-computer system developed by Doctor Monica Arno. This system acted as a sort of "reversed" psycommu system, relaying information directly to the pilot's mind rather than vice versa.

The F91 prototype, originally manufactured by SNRI in UC 0116, was slowly upgraded and modified over the next several years. Its final assembly, which incorporated the bio-computer system, was cut short when the Crossbone Vanguard force began conquering the Frontier Side area in March U.C.0123. The Gundam F91 would perform superbly during the conflict, and its "after-images" ability would prove extremely useful for the pilot Seabook Arno in his confrontation against Crossbone Vanguard leader Carozzo Ronah's deadly XMA-01 Rafflesia mobile armor.

Although initially developed as a prototype unit, the F91's performance during the Crossbone Vanguard conflict would later result in this Gundam being put into limited mass production. Some of these mass-produced F91s would be used by the Earth Federation Forces' in a war against the Jupiter Empire in U.C.0133.