RX-79BD-2 Blue Destiny Unit 2

The RX-79BD-2 Blue Destiny Unit 2 is an EXAM System mobile suit from Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny. It is based on the RX-79[G] Gundam Ground Type and has a more Gundam-like head than Blue Destiny Unit 1.

Unit 2 is stolen by Zeon pilot Nimbus Schterzen, who becomes its best-known user. After capture, the machine is commonly shown with a red shoulder, visually marking its change from a Federation test unit into Nimbus’s Zeon-operated machine. It carries the EXAM System, giving it the same dangerous performance boost and anti-Newtype combat behaviour as the other Blue Destiny units.

The machine forms a direct rival pair with Yuu Kajima’s Blue Destiny Unit 3. Its armament can include beam rifle, beam sabres, shield, head vulcans and other Ground Gundam-derived equipment depending on depiction. The Unit 2 / Unit 3 duel is one of the central mechanical conflicts of The Blue Destiny side story.