BD-BMS-01A Mirage Alpha "Rayse"

Model number: BD-BMS-01A Code name: Mirage Alpha "Rayse" Unit type: Newtype-Use Mobile Bit Controller/General Purpose Mobile Suit Manufacturer: Vermillion Sovereignty Operator: Sean Aker Accommodation: Pilot only, in 3-panel Cockpit in torso Dimensions: Overall height 17.3 Weight: Empty 8.1 tons; Max Gross 19.5 tons Construction: Gundarium Gamma/Ceramic Composite on Movable Frame Powerplant: Minovsky-type Ultracompact Fusion Reactor, output rated at 5750 kW Propulsion: Rocket Thrusters: 4 x 15,000 kg (top of backpack), 3 x 10,000 (bottom of backpack), 2 x 5,200 kg (feet); 2 x 7,500 kg (retrothrusters; shoulders), 2 x 5000 kg (retrothrusters, shins); Vernier Thrusters/Apogee Motors: 42 Performance: Maximum Thruster Acceleration 5.2G Sensor Range: 31,550 meters Equipment and design features: Flash System; Mirage System; 6 x 100mm Magazine, stored three per inside forearm, can be ejected directly into A10 Assault Handgun, twelve rounds per magazine

Fixed Armament: 2 x Large Beam Sword, power rated at .95MW, stored in recharge racks over shoulders, hand-carried in use; 2 x 60mm Vulcan Gun, 500 rounds shared ammunition, mounted in head; 2 x 110mm Megamachinecannon, 600 shared rounds, mounted in left breast; 2 x Beam Machinecannon, power rated at .95MW, mounted in right breast

Optional Hand Armament: 2 x A10 Assault Handgun, combination beam/solid over/under pistol, power rated at 6.5MW/100mm, powered by replaceable e-pac/magazine-fed, twelve high-explosive armor-piercing rounds, mounts underbarrel beam jitte, power rated at .83MW, stored in hip armor weapon racks, hand-carried in use

Mirage System: Developed to enhance the use of bit mobile weapons, the Mirage System does - in layman's terms - to the mind what CD ripping software does to a CD; that is, it creates an 'image' of it, a copy, for use elsewhere. Specifically, it clones the mental signature of the pilot as picked up by the Flash System and re-broadcasts it to and then from any bit mobile suits in use by said pilot, creating in essence multiple identical Newtype minds. The upshot of this is that, from a mental perspective, there appears to be a flesh-and-blood Newtype in each mobile bit connected to the system, which defeats any efforts by enemy Newtypes to discern which is the piloted unit by sensing them; in addition, it can cause confusion, as all the pilots' minds appear identical. At present, the Mirage System can only be connected to specific mobile bits, namely those of the (surprise) Mirage line, but research is continuing. It also prevents the pilot from using any additional remote weapons while active.

Model number: BD-BMS-01B Code name: Mirage Beta "Brastle" Unit type: Medium-Range Support Mobile Bit Manufacturer: Vermillion Sovereignty Operator: Sean Aker Accommodation: Flash System Module in head Dimensions: Overall height 18.1 meters Weight: Empty 9.8 tons; Max Gross 29.5 tons Construction: Gundarium Gamma/Ceramic Composite on Movable Frame Powerplant: Minovsky-type Ultracompact Fusion Reactor, output rated at 6350 kW Propulsion: Rocket Thrusters: 3 x 20,000 kg (backpack), 2 x 10,000 kg (rear skirt), 2 x 5,430 kg (shoulders), 2 x 5,000 kg (feet); 2 x 10,000 kg (retrothrusters, torso), 2 x 5,000 kg (retrothrusters, shins); Vernier Thrusters/Apogee Motors: 34 Performance: Maximum Thruster Acceleration 3.41G Sensor Range: 34,625 meters Equipment and design features: N/A

Fixed Armament: 1 x Heavy Beam Cannon, power rated at 12.5MW, mounted on backpack over left shoulder, folds backwards when not in use; 1 x 2-barrel 180mm Railcannon, internal magazine-fed, 16 rounds/barrel, mounted on backpack over right shoulder, folds backwards when not in use; 1 x 120mm 'Xeku' Machinegun, drum-feed, 1000 round drum mounted on rear skirt, mounted on backpack, folds under left arm/attaches to left hip and hand-operated in use, ejectable; 1 x 110mm Assault Machinegun, 300 round semi-internal magazine, mounted on right forearm; 1 x Beam Machinegun, power rated at 2.9MW, mounted on right forearm