CSF-S3bD/NU-031 Bluemoon

Technology and Combat Characteristics
Being an Castel GT, it is highly customizable, and can fulfill a number of different roles on the battlefield. While it was originally used as a glass cannon, the recruit Evan Anabora (overseen by Marie Winhart) decided to keep this aspect...with a twist. By attaching an extra set of thrusters to the legs of the Garrisai, its speed could almost double, serving as a mock-version of the HMT II Thruster Kit. In order to control this unstable system, the machine needed a NU METACOM System which made it very dangerous to use. Thus, its can be equipped with an external set of armor that would give it a stronger resistance in battle, as well as sub-arms with large shields that can protect it from additional front-line fire. The Bluemoon can store weapons in these shields, such as small missile tubes. Most times though, it serves as a high-mobility long-range unit.

Armaments
- 200mm Enhanced Artillery Gun: Being derived from the 200mm Artillery Gun, this weapon is structurally similar. However, it has been altered for long-range, precision attacks. With that in mind, the weapon now sports a foregrip, an alternate stock that plugs into the forearm, and a scope (since a Hi-Sensitivity Targeting Sensor is hard to find). It contains a twelve-round top-loading magazine that fires 200mm Caliber Rounds. When deployed, the weapon rotates over the left shoulder, allowing for the Bluemoon to grab the foregrip. Alternatively, it can be detached and one-handed when needed. Evan sometimes calls this weapon the “Moonshot Gun."

- Shoulder Shield: The Bluemoon has a standard Nanolaminate shield mounted on a sub-arm. Usually, the shield is stored on the side of the right shoulder, serving as its armor component. When activated via NU METACOM, the shield can move to block attacks from any direction. The shield can also store an Anti-Armor Folding Blade, or a 40mm ASU.

Special Equipment and Features
- Leg Boosters: Unlike the original three HMTs that featured built in high-pressure thrusters at their ankles and backpack, the Bluemoon is devoid of such a setup due to its 200mm Artillery Gun and magazine storage racks. Thus, the entire leg system was based off of the Storm’s, using large thermonuclear jet engines as the base. When activated, the knee and calf armors of the machine open up, revealing said thrusters. This allows for a hovering system akin to that of a HMT II. While it requires the machine to orient itself horizontally during flight (like the Kämpfer, meaning it is difficult to engage in combat), it still provides a generous amount of mobility.

History
The GT Custom was an attempt to bring justice to the general unreliability of the CSF "Walking Coffin" B-Type. It kept the generally thin armor plating due to its lightweight design, and in turn adapted its frame to a High-Mobility joint and thruster design. It was also given the numerous heavy-hitting weapons distributed by the UNI to many of its frontline troops, which were built-in and brought up to higher calibers in order to boost the sheer power of this machine. This turned this Castel GT Custom into a Glass cannon, capable of obliterating entire waves of enemies in minuted. However, this meant that any damage dealt to the machine could cost dearly in the long run, with even as much as a single rocket barrage would be enough to destroy it. Thus, it was only placed in the hands of a test pilot with an unparalleled level of experience--Evan Anabora.

Trivia
- “Once in a blue moon...destiny finds you.”