Gloucester
RPI-209
Unit Type	Mass Production Fifth Generation Knightmare Frame
Manufacturer	Holy Britannian Empire
Primary Users	Holy Britannian Empire
Status	Retired
Developed from	Sutherland
Developed into	Gareth
Variants	Cornelia's Gloucester Knights of St. Raphael's Gloucester Gloucester Glinda
Known Pilots Cornelia li Britannia Euphemia li Britannia Gilbert G.P. Guilford Andreas Darlton Alfred G. Darlton Bart L. Darlton Claudio S. Darlton David T. Darlton Edgar N. Darlton
Real World
First Appearance	The Princess and the Witch
Last Appearance	Schneizel's Guise

The fifth-generation Gloucester (グロースター, Gurōsutā) is a remodeled Sutherland with focus on close combat. Ordinary models are painted a flat, dull purple, but a few ranked-officers units are known to be custom painted. For example, Guilford's and Darlton's units sport a more vibrant deep-purple color scheme, while the elite Glaston Knights mostly retain the standard colors except for their shoulders and the sides of the head, which are blue. The cape on standard-model Gloucesters are a muted dark blue-grey, while those of Guilford, Darlton, and the Glaston Knights are navy-blue.

Following the failure of Zero's Black Rebellion, the Gloucester replaces the Sutherland as Britannia's mainline Knightmare while maintaining its high performance unit status.

Contents 1 Design and Specifications 2 Variants 2.1 Gloucester Glinda 3 Appearances in Other Media 3.1 Code Geass: Akito the Exiled 4 Specifications 5 Gallery

Design and SpecificationsEdit

Featuring enhanced hand-to-hand capabilities, in addition to standard Sutherland equipment, the Gloucester also uses a large jousting lance and, to further draw into a medieval knight's motif, is occasionally draped in a cape - Cornelia, her knight Guilford, and the Glaston Knights habitually equipped capes to their units, though Andreas Darlton did not. The lance incorporates a set of expanding prongs on four sides that makes possible to trap and disarm enemy weapons. Combined with the Gloucester's high mobility, this fearsome weapon can be used to penetrate right into an enemy Knightmare's cockpit, killing the pilot and preventing him from escaping via the standard ejection system.

During the Area 18 campaign, several Gloucesters were equipped with sand panels similar to those used by the Z-01 Lancelot in the Battle of Narita. Furthermore, it can be fit with an optional Float Unit backpack, consequentially changing the machine designation to RPI-209FA Gloucester Air (グロースター・エア, Gurōsutāea).

Exceptionally, the Glaston Knights units were shown to equip two "Sattel Waffen" five-barrel missile launchers attached to the sides of the cockpits, while Guilford's Gloucester has been fit with a pair of MVS stored in black scabbards on the sides of the Gloucester's cockpit.

VariantsEdit

Gloucester GlindaEdit

The RPI-209/G Gloucester Glinda is a variant of the Gloucester that appears in the manga and photo story, Code Geass: Oz The Reflection. The Gloucester Glinda is a Gloucester frame that has been modified for the Glinda Knights. Besides its lance and other regular Gloucester armaments, it is equipped with two powerful oscillating Maser Vibration Swords, but since using them consumes a lot of energy, it cannot be used in prolonged battles. Its operational history consists of a single battle simulation, where it was piloted by Oldrin Zevon against the Guren Mk-II.

Appearances in Other MediaEdit

Gloucester
Unit Type	Mass Production Fifth Generation Knightmare Frame
Manufacturer	Holy Britannian Empire
Primary Users	Holy Britannian Empire
Developed from	Sutherland
Variants	Cornelia's Gloucester Knights of St. Raphael's Gloucester Gloucester Glinda
Real World
First Appearance	The Wyvern Has Landed

Code Geass: Akito the ExiledEdit

The Gloucester is a fifth-generation Knightmare Frame that was developed from the Sutherland. The close combat performance of the original series' Knightmare Frame was improved. This Knightmare Frame belongs to the European knights of Britannia and they are primarily used by the captains of the Knights of St. Raphael.

SpecificationsEdit

General Characteristics

• Crew: One
• Height: 4.29 meters
• Weight: 7.75 metric tones
• Power Source: Yggdrasil Drive, Energy Filler

Design Features

• Cockpit Ejection System
• Factsphere Sensor
• Landspinner Propulsion System
• Optional Sand Panels
• Optional Float System

Armament

• 2x Chest-mounted Slash Harkens

Optional Armaments

• 1x Assault Rifle (Commonly-used weapon)
• 1x Jousting Lance (With four expanding prongs) (Commonly-used weapon, mainly among Cornelia's Royal Guards, the Glaston Knights, and Andreas Darlton)
• 2x Shoulder-mounted "Sattel Waffen" (Saddle Weapon) Missile Launchers (Located on each side of the cockpit)
• 2x Maser Vibration Swords (Holstered in black scabbards on the sides of the cockpit) (used ONLY by Gilbert G.P. Guilford)
• 1x Anti-Knightmare Sniper Rifle
• 1x Giant Cannon (大型キャノン, Oogata Kyanon) (Commonly-used weapon)
• Multiplex Chaos Mine(s) (ケイオス爆雷, Keiosu Bakurai, lit. Chaos depth charge) (carried in its hips)
• 1x Torso-mounted Antipersonnel Machine Gun (LEAST-used weapon)

Gallery Edit

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