Knightmare Profile

Initially, the IFX-V301 Gawain is little more than a showpiece model, an experiment never truly intended for combat. However, following its theft by Zero and his subsequent use of the Gawain to dominate the battlefield of Area 11, Britannia's engineers reconsidered the unusual design. Over a year after the Gawain's theft, a scaled-down mass production model is developed and put into production. The new machine, called the RPI-V4L Gareth, is designed as a long-range fighter in similar fashion to the Gawain. Instead of hands, it mounts hadron guns in pincer-like units modeled on the Gawain's shoulders. Though weaker than full-scale hadron cannons, these weapons are still incredibly effective, and could be charged to fire high-power beams like the Gawain. To supplement this energy-draining weapon, the Gareth is also armed with a pair of machine cannons and a set of missile launchers on its chest and legs, as well as hip-mounted slash harkens. The initial three Gareths are given to the surviving Glaston Knights; however, by the time they prove the effectiveness of the unit, Zero (now going by his real name, Lelouch vi Britannia) has usurped the Britannian throne, and thus most of the Gareths produced would be used by his forces.