Frame Gears

Frame Gears (フレームギア) (usually abbreviated as FG) are single-piloted giant mobile robot which were designed by Regina Babylon and constructed by High Rosetta and Fred Monica to combat the Fraze. Currently, all development is centered at Brunhild Dukedom under supervision of Touya Mochizuki.

Overview
Frame Gears were developed by Regina Babylon during the war between human and the Fraze 5000 years ago. The Frame Gears were planned to be used as the ultimate weapon for winning the battle. However, when the Frame Gears were ready to be used, the Fraze suddenly disappeared and the plan for mass-produce the Frame Gear never brought to fruition. At that time, only 7 Frame Gears, which model are different from each other, were completely manufactured. After the war, all old generation Frame Gears were stored in the Hangar while the blueprint of the new and more advance design were stored in the Warehouse. The new design which was envision by Regina Babylon, adds major upgrade from the old design and also customizability for the Frame Gear but this design never been manufactured.

The older model required special fuel called ether liquid. The liquid is extracted from ether ore, which actually an older term of magic stone. The liquid can be manufactured in the Laboratory and the Alchemy Building but the Alchemy Building's ether liquid quality is lower than the Laboratory's. The liquid will act as the Gear nerve system which will synchronizing the pilot's magic power with the robot's body. A 500 mL ether liquid is enough to fuel the Frame Gear for 1 month. This limitation has been removed in the newer design as the new design does not require ether liquid as fuel. The newer generation uses different type of power core which enables the Frame Gear to accumulate magic power through the light or the atmosphere. The new model core is made of crystal material.

Frame Gear can be piloted by almost anyone, although the pilot's compatibility with the air frame and its magic power might influence the control. The Gears are controlled from the cockpit on the chest of the robot. The cockpit is protected with several protection magic which mitigate external physical damage from the cockpit. The foot movement, such as walking, must be controlled using foot-levers under the pilot's feet on the cockpit while upper-body movement is controlled using the control stick but other minutiae movement -such as finger movement, neck movement, and waist movement- can be controlled by thought only. For safety measurement, each Frame Gear can be remotely shut down using the emergency stop function from Touya Mochizuki's smartphone. The pilot is able to draw his/her magic spell using the Frame Gear after pouring in his/her magic power through the control stick. The old design has problem with the magic amplification of the pilot when drawing magic spell which might exceed the endurance limit of some parts of the Frame Gear and break it, however this problem has been resolved in the newer generation.

The production and development of Frame Gear is continued by Touya Mochizuki with High Rosetta and Fred Monica work as the contractor and manufacturer of the Frame Gear. Mini autonomous golems from the Warehouse usually employed to help the process of repairing and production of the Frame Gear. Touya also assigned 10 units of 30-cm mini robot from the Rampart for helping Rosetta and Monica with the production process. According to Rosetta, the process for manufacturing the simplest Frame Gear will take a whole day and require a huge amount of material. Through Strand Trading Company, Touya manages to get metal material such as iron, copper, silver, mithril, orichalcum, and hihiirokane for half of total profit he get from his product royalty. The orichalcum is used for the power reactor part. The first Frame Gear produced was Chevalier, the gray heavy knight which excel in defense. Night Baron, the black knight, is then produced simultaneously with the Chevalier which excel in offence. Later, Frame Gear that excel in mobility was manufactured and called Dragoon, the red knight. Chevalier, Night Baron, and Dragoon are based on the old design of the Frame Gear.

Each Frame Gear records its battle log and the tuning data of the pilot. This mechanism will make the Frame Gear more synchronized with the pilot as the flight time increasing. However, it also makes the Frame Gear difficult to be repaired as each Frame Gear has to be fine-tuned according to its existing data. It is also impossible to only replace the exterior of the Frame Gear while still using the old internal system as restoring, linking, and adjusting both of system is laborious.

Because of the arduous system for controlling and maneuvering the Frame Gear, High Rosetta created a training pod for the Frame Gear. The first installment was 8 units of training pod in the playroom of Brunhild Dukedom. After introducing the Frame Gear to the Western Alliance, Touya Mochizuki gave 6 units of training pod to each alliance member which were Kingdom of Belfast, Regulus Empire, Kingdom of Mismede, Rifurisu Empire, Ramisshu Holy Kingdom, and Kingdom of Lihnea.

Earlier, because there is no communication system built in the Frame Gear, communication was established using the summoned divine beasts, Kougyoku. Later, Fred Monica installed communication device which connecting one Frame Gear with the other and also the command center. The Frame Gear also has a private communication channel and external speaker installed.

Types of Frame Gears
The Frame Gear are divided based on their specialty, such as land combat type, assault type, high mobility type, et cetera.

Chevalier (シュバリエ) or FG-09 was the first Frame Gear to be mass-produced. It is a grey colored Frame Gear and based on the old design of the FG. It is equipped with a sword as the default equipment. Yae Kokonoe was the test-pilot for the Frame Gear. This Frame Gear is excel in defense and easier to be manufactured than the Night Baron.

Night Baron (ナイトバロン), a commander type Frame Gear, was the next Frame Gear to be made. It is a black colored Frame Gear and based on the old design of the FG, which equipped with mace and shield and slightly larger than Chevalier. It has large thorns on each of its shoulders and Touya Mochizuki attached a single horn on its forehead. According to High Rosetta, Night Baron is 1.5 times stronger than Night Baron. It has no flight capability but it has thrusters on its back and legs for deceleration. Touya was the test-pilot and the first to use Frame Gear for battle. This Frame Gear is excel in offence but harder to be manufactured than the Chevalier.

Shine Count (シャインカウント)} is actually Night Baron with white painted armor. The Frame Gear is used by the commander of the Knight Order and also the flag bearer

Dragoon (ドラグーン), is a slim shape design red Frame Gear. It has big wheel on the tip of its both heels and also thrusters on its back and both sides of the waist. It is the most agile Frame Gear while sacrificing the defense and power and also difficult to control. Because of the lack of power, it can not equip any heavy weapon which is why it is equipped with two small sword (小太刀) made of crystal material. This Frame Gear was given to Ende by Touya.

Additional Equipment
Fragarach (フラガラッハ) is a range offensive system which is first implemented on Night Baron. Its technology is based on the defensive system of the Rampart, the Satellite Orb. The Fragarach is a sword made of crystal material and because of the nature of the system, only pilot with magic aptitude and high magical power is able to use it. Due to the limitation of the old frames, each Night Baron only equipped with 4 Fragarach, which are installed on its back in X position. Each Fragarach is able to move separately in supersonic speed and automatically comeback to surround the Frame Gear.

Exclusive Frame Gears
Specially made Frame Gears for the 9 brides.
 * Brunnhilde (ブリュンヒルデ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Yumina Ernea Belfast. Its main color is silver. A sniper specialized type FG.


 * Gerhilde (ゲルヒルデ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Elze Silhoueska. Its main color is red. A hand-to-hand combat assault type FG. It is the first exclusive FG build by High Rosetta and Fred Monica. The main strength of the Frame Gear is power and speed and also has sturdy limbs . It is equipped with pile bunker made of crystal material on both hand . The armor is coated with crystal material for endurance that is reacting with Elze's 「Boost」 and change the appearance into red flaring Frame Gear while also boosting its speed and power.


 * Ortlinde (オルトリンデ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Sushie Ernea Ortlinde. Its main color is gold. A fortified defense type FG.


 * Waltraute (ヴァルトラウテ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Lucia Rea Regulus. Its main color is green. A retrofitted raid type FG.


 * Schwertleite (シュヴェルトライテ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Yae Kokonoe. Its main color is purple. A light melee-fighter type FG.


 * Helmwige (ヘルムヴィーゲ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Linze Silhoueska. Its main color is blue. A convertible aerial-combat type FG.


 * Siegrune (ジークルーネ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Hildegard Minas Restia. Its main color is orange. A heavy melee-fighter type FG.


 * Grimgerde (グリムゲルデ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Leen. Its main color is black. An exterminating artillery type FG.


 * Rossweisse (ロスヴァイセ): A Frame Gear dedicated for Sakura. Its main color is white. A mass fight support type FG.

Trivia

 * The material for building the Frame Gear is combination of actual and fictional substances such as mithril -a fictional metal-, orichalchum -a Greek-Roman mythological metal-, and hihiirokane (ヒヒイロカネ) -a Japanese mythological metal alloy.