Hi-MAERF Project

With the @The United States of America (USA)'s research into G-Elements and various applications, the idea was brought forth to create a large, aerial weapons platform that could reduce manpower commitments by a factor of 100 in offensive operations against the BETA and in particular, their Hives. This spawned the Hi-MAERF Project, short for High-Maneuver AERonautic Fortress.

XG-70a Valkyrie

Throughout the development of the Hi-MAERF Project, numerous breakthroughs in physics by studying the alien G-Elements expanded the scope of the project. Experimental technologies were implemented into the designs, including what passed as gravity inversion fields and particle beam weaponry. The XG-70, as the prototype became named, jointly developed by North Americana, McDaell Doglam, and Lockweed, would essentially become a floating fortress, powered by a highly experimental Moorcock-Lechte Engine built after the discovery of G-Elements. However, the XG-70a and the Hi-MAERF Project as a whole, was initially scrapped after its first test run showed an inability to control the Rutherford Field generated by the engines, killing the pilots and all nearby personnel with alarming G-force-related injuries.

Rutherford Fields

The gravitational field produced by the Moorcock-Lechte Engine is known as the Rutherford Field. It utilizes gravitational distortions that not only allows levitation-like propulsion, be also can theoretically be used as a shield capable of deflecting @BETA - Laser Class lasers, and tearing apart anything physical that comes in contact with it, be it human, BETA, or TSF.

Unfortunately, the technology is highly temperamental and seemingly impossible to control. TSFs built with current technology are unable to utilize the field, due to the size of the Moorcock-Lechte Engine, and the equipment needed to produce and control a Rutherford Field. The scarcity of the G-Elements required to power the Moorcock-Lechte Engine is also a limiting factor.

@Yuuko Kouzuki believed that the @00 Unit could serve as the solution for these problems, possessing computational power and abilities beyond any normal human being.

XG-70b Susanoo II

At the request of Yuuko Kousuki and @Alternative IV, following her eventual completion of the @00 Unit, the schematics and research data pertaining to the Hi-MAERF Project were transferred to aid in the UN's Altenative Plans. This included the two remaining prototypes of the XG-70. The two prototypes were named the Susanoo, after the Shinto god of the sea and storms and who was considered the ruler of Yomi (the land of the dead) in Japanese mythology.

The XG-70b is the second prototype to be constructed in the HI-MAREF Project, and modifies the original plans to be controlled solely by the 00 Unit. Despite its size at over 130 meters, it was armed with only a Rutherford Field and a Charged Particle Cannon. The prototypes was also equipped with failsafe measures to prevent them being disseminated by the BETA should they be brought down in battle or by mechanical issues. By overloading the G-Elements in its engines, a tremendous self-destruction explosion can be generated, effectively 20 times greater than the G Bombs dropped on Yokohama Hive during Operation Lucifer.

XG-70d Susanoo IV

The last of the XG-70 line, the Susanoo IV is planned to be tandem operated by @Sumika Kagami, @Kasumi Yashiro, and @Takeru Shirogane during the attack on the @Kashgar Hive, Objective 01. Unlike the Susanoo II, the Susanoo IV  was extremely large at 180 meters tall, and was to be very heavily armed in anticipation for close-range combat in Hive conditions. The newest change to its operation doctrine was to use three pilots for its operation; this allowed for more flexibility, one of which was the manipulate the Susanoo IV's Rutherford Field around nearby allied units, affording them incredible protection against all forms of attack without the risk of killing them with gravitational fluctuations.

Armament

To accomplish its goal, the Susanoo IV was to be equipped with the following weapons:

  • 2 x 2700mm standard railguns, mounted as its "arms"

  • 8 x EML-99 Electromagnetic Induction Launcher; two each on the barrel ends of its arms, one in its forehead, one on the top half of its tail unit, two on the front hip block region, mounted vertically.

  • 12 x 36mm chainguns; one on the head's chin section, one on the tip of its chest block, one each on the side of its shoulder joints, one each on the side of its hip-to-leg joints, two, mounted horizontally on its front hip block region, one on the tip of its tail unit, one on the air vents on the top of the tail unit, and two on the tip of its "legs".

  • 2 sizes of Vertical Launching Systems:

    • 2 large-sized launchers, located on both of its protruding shoulder sections, for up to 16 simultaneous "bunker buster" super-heavy missiles.

    • 12 small ones capable of launching up to 36 conventional, anti-laser or area-control missiles at once; two are located on the ends of its legs facing forward, four are located on the midsection of its legs, two are located on the top of its hip-to-leg joints, two are located on the underside of its tail unit, and two are located beside its shoulder joints.

  • Charged Particle Cannon, located on the front of its torso block.

  • Rutherford Field

Combat Support and Survivability

The Susanoo IV was also equipped with an Escape Shuttle, stored in a re-entry shell that could be launched from underneath its head unit, and was outfitted with various @Supply Containers filled with ammunition, fuel, and extra weapons and armaments. The containers allow for resupply of escorting TSFs supporting the Susanoo IV's operations, while the shuttle provides an emergency ejection for the piloting crew during a catastrophic overload or self-destruction event.