Newtype

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Newtype
Alias(es)	Saint Human (Dion Empire term) 346
Species/Race	Naturally evolved branch of humanity 44 329
Status	Extant
First Appearance	Long Fei awakens Newtype potential during combat 43

Recognition and History

Long Fei first recognizes his own Newtype potential while piloting the Strike Gundam with Cannon Pack. During battle, his sensitivity to space and surroundings becomes markedly sharper, prompting him to activate the Cannon Pack’s psycho-frame device. 43

He later describes Newtypes as humans who have evolved after long-term life and migration in space. Their abilities may remain dormant until awakened by combat, trauma, or other major events. 44 170

The Skywing Mercenary Group develops aptitude testing and training programs to identify and cultivate Newtypes before other governments possess comparable methods. 200 201 202 Long Fei’s public confirmation that he is a Newtype brings worldwide attention to the phenomenon and prompts nations to investigate their ace pilots. 329 330

Abilities & Skills

Spatial Awareness and Crisis Sensing

Newtypes possess heightened awareness of surrounding space and impending danger.

• Can sense threats and react before attacks fully develop. 44 200
• Ace Mobile Suit pilots identified as Newtypes have been observed evading beam attacks immediately after an enemy fires. 330
• Their survival rate in combat is generally higher than that of ordinary humans. 397
• A Newtype’s reactions can exceed the performance limits of their Mobile Suit, leaving them unable to evade despite sensing the attack. 527

Mental Power and Telepathy

Some Newtypes can communicate, detect others, or send signals through mental power.

• Alonso’s mental distress call reaches Long Fei’s forces through severe magnetic interference that would have obstructed ordinary distress devices. 170
• Newtype children Long Guo and Long Fu recognize Long Fei after mentally synchronizing with him despite not seeing him for a long time. 377
• Advanced instruction includes brainwave perception, mental detection, target searching, environmental sensing, and spatial sensing. 926
• Newtypes skilled in mental detection can locate Newtypes, Coordinators, and ordinary humans without radar or detectors. 926

Mental Control

Certain Newtypes can directly control weapons, machines, or remote units with their minds.

• Long Fei develops the ability to control the Strike Gundam’s wired cannons mentally rather than relying solely on computer assistance. 43
• Psycommu-equipped systems allow Newtypes to operate Funnel weapons and other remote armaments. 783 837
• The Bio-Computer can connect a Newtype pilot’s brainwaves to a Mobile Suit, allowing movements to respond with limb-like agility. 783
• Newtype-specialized individual equipment includes small Funnels and disposable Funnel Bombs. 741

Psychokinesis

Psychokinesis is a more advanced mental skill known primarily among combat-type and brainwave-system Newtypes.

• It can be used to move objects and may be applied through systems such as T-LINK drives. 913 924
• The T-LINK System can amplify intention-based brainwaves for remote weapon control, force-field generation, enemy detection, and action prediction. 924
• Excessive T-LINK connection may cause mental confusion or personality breakdown. 924

Aptitude Assessment

Evaluation	Meaning / documented examples
Dash (—)	No Newtype aptitude detected. 200
D or below	Low aptitude; Long Fei states low results may improve through later effort. 200
C	Threshold for special training within the Skywing Mercenary Group; qualified personnel may be considered for Gundam assignments. 200
C+	An unusually high result during early testing; Rebecca receives this evaluation. 201
B-	Alice’s recorded overall aptitude before transfer for training. 223
A / A+	Taoxiang is reported as A, while Long Fei is reported as A+. 200
S- / SS-	After systematic mental-skill instruction, Taoxiang reaches S- and Long Fei reaches SS-. 926

Testing Procedure

Skywing aptitude tests use special headgear, hypnotic fluid, and a virtual stardust environment. Subjects demonstrate perception, evasion, and—in some cases—mental control of floating objects before receiving a holographic evaluation. 200 201

In one test, Rebecca senses incoming energy attacks, manipulates nearby stones mentally, and evades attacks until fear disrupts her concentration and control. 201

Classification

Early Skywing Categories

Type	Characteristics
Empathic type	Possesses stronger mental power. 223
Combat type	Possesses stronger spatial awareness and predictive ability. 223

Dion Empire Classification

Type	Capabilities and limitations
Brain quantum wave type	Uses brain quantum waves to sense and communicate with others, remotely control computers and Mobile Suits, and coordinate allied units. Minovsky particles can interfere with or disable their connections. 412
Wild type	Creates a “Combat Domain” that senses possible enemy actions; multiple users can resonate, share combat intent, and communicate telepathically. 412
Wild type — Liberation	Enters a state of heightened senses, speed, and pure combat instinct. Cannot create a Combat Domain while active; prolonged use causes berserk behavior. 412
Psychic type	A common Dion category associated with powerful psychic ability and psychic-control operation systems. 412
Combat type	A common Dion category resembling the combat-oriented Newtypes identified by Skywing. 412

Dion research finds that any Newtype type can operate systems designed for other types, though some combinations are less effective than a specialized pairing. 412

Inheritance and Development

• A child born to two Newtype parents has a 99.999% probability of being a Newtype in Skywing observations; all children from the three documented Newtype couples had awakened abilities at birth. 377
• A Newtype mother and ordinary-human father have a less than 50% chance of having a Newtype child, while a Newtype father and ordinary-human mother have an over 80% chance. 576
• Newtype abilities may awaken at birth or later in life; even children of two ordinary-human parents can occasionally awaken as Newtypes. 377
• Newtype infants who awaken at birth tend to be healthier and develop physically faster than ordinary infants. 377
• Long Guo and Long Fu begin rolling over at slightly more than two months old, earlier than ordinary developmental expectations. 377

Training and Technology

Skywing Newtype Training Program

The Skywing Mercenary Group combines physical conditioning, stable enhancement drugs, machine-assisted evaluation, and Newtype-specific exercises. 201 202

• Early programs are designed by Long Fei and conducted by a seven-person team. 201
• Training improves physical ability and teaches practical applications of Newtype powers. 202
• Later instruction from five Noah instructors covers more than 20 mental skills and allows some Newtypes to improve from E to C evaluations. 926

Psycommu Systems

Psycommu systems translate Newtype mental power into control over Mobile Suits and remote weapons.

• Used to control Funnels, wired weapons, and other all-range armaments. 317 783
• The Psycho-frame Sparta Battle Suit can control Funnels, drones, mechanical dogs, and ground unmanned combat vehicles. 837
• Newtype-use Mobile Armors under development include the Psycho Gundam Mk II, Qubeley, and Mass Production Psycho Gundam. 317

Systems for Ordinary Humans

Several technologies attempt to reproduce portions of Newtype performance for non-Newtypes.

• The EXAM System grants ordinary pilots Newtype-like reaction speed and precognitive capability by manipulating and receiving brainwaves. 330 407
• The Pseudo-Psycommu System enables ordinary humans to use certain mental-skill-like functions and control Funnel-like weapons. 924
• The New Generation Neuro-Feedback Operating System is intended to synchronize a pilot and Mobile Suit closely enough to create a human-machine integration effect. 330

Social Status and Ideologies

Newtype status has become a major political issue, producing both protection efforts and persecution.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group openly recruits Newtypes from refugee camps, offers to relocate their families, and does not force those who decline. 397
• The Dion Empire treats Newtypes as superior beings under Fadis Samulas III’s Newtype Manifesto, which demands that ordinary humans obey Newtype rule. 398
• Dion authorities offer discovered Newtypes privileged “Special Citizen” status if they pledge allegiance; captured Newtypes who refuse are executed. 399
• Some democratic nations persecute or forcibly research citizens discovered to be Newtypes, causing many to flee to the Dion Empire or Skywing Mercenary Group. 771
• Long Fei rejects Newtype supremacy and maintains that Newtypes, Coordinators, and ordinary humans are equal. 402

Trivia

• Newtype is the internationally adopted name; the Dion Empire originally calls them Saint Humans. 346
• Newtypes are naturally evolved humans, unlike Coordinators, who are artificially created through human engineering. 329
• Artificially granting Newtype-like abilities to ordinary humans through invasive enhancement can cause madness because their minds lack the natural self-control of genuine Newtypes. 1030