>>23393522
>Even when they made their own gundams, they couldn't get the power usage down enough which is why they had to resort to nuclear reactors, DESPITE having the stolen gundam data.
Anon, you're forgetting that the GuAIZ has a beam rifle. You're thinking of the elite units with overpowered experimental weapons, rather than designing for mass-production. The big draw was always phase shift; once you remove the full system used in the Gundams, you can power a lot of weapons. It also became irrelevant once everyone was equipped with beam weapons.