RGM-122 Javelin
Code Name: Javelin
Unit Type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Suit Organizational Type: Federation Type
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operators: Nocturne Alliance, Earth Federation, Order of the Light, Russian Federation, Intercolonial Unified Coalition
First Deployment:
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 14.5 meters
Weight: empty 8.1 metric tons; max gross 16.5 metric tons
Construction: gundarium alloy/ceramic composite on movable frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3980 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 23830 kg, 21600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 18
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 4.20 G
Equipment and Design Features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed Armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; beam shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x shot lancer, mounted on backpack, hand-operated in use; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use
Optional Fixed Armaments:
Optional Hand Armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Technical and Historical Notes: Introduced shortly after the RGM-119 Jamesgun, the RGM-122 Javelin soon became one of the Earth Federation Forces' primary mainstay mobile suits. Considered a "brother" to the Jamesgun, the Javelin shared many body parts and internal systems with that model. In addition to the usual vulcan guns, beam sabers, beam shield, and beam rifle, the Javelin also carried two shot lancers - a highly effective close-combat weapon introduced by the Crossbone Vanguard. The Javelin was also highly adaptable, as its shot lancers could be removed and replaced with other weapons or equipment to fill a variety of mission roles. The Javelin would prove to be a popular mobile suit, and it would continue to serve the Federal Forces for several decades. However, it would later prove highly ineffective against the invading Zanscare Empire forces in the early UC 0150s, thus illustrating another symptom of the Earth Federation's continuing slip into stagnation.