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GHX-005, also known as 'Pete'.

Partner Machineries (パートナーマシナリー), or PMs (パシリ) for short, are floating pet robots, and can be found in the player's room. In Story Mode, Ethan's PM is called 'Pete', but in Extra Mode and Network Mode players are able to choose and change their PM's names. A PM's Luck is equal to that of Female Cast characters.

PMs have several functions, including:

• Item Storage (~300 items)
• Item Synthesis
• Engaging in combat as a sidekick (fourth-stage only)
• Providing plot information and hints (Story Mode)
• Shopkeeper (Online)

PMs have specific attributes, as well:

• Striking - indicates the profiency in synthesizing Melee Weapons
• Ranged - indicates the profiency in synthesizing Ranged Weapons
• Technic - indicates the profiency in synthesizing Casting Weapons
• Armor - indicates the profiency in synthesizing Armors
• Production Level (max. 100) - the sum of the four attributes above; PM evolution occurs as the Production Level rises
• Battle Stat (B St.) or Combat Level (max. 100) - dictates a PM's efficiency in combat (presumably only AI and chat lines?) and is rumored to increase overall synthesis proficiency; the increments for its EXP bar increase upon Mission completion, depending only on the overall resultant rank.

• S rank: about 25%
• A rank: about 15%
• B rank: about 10%
• C rank: about 5%

To increase those first four attributes, PMs can be given 100 items before becoming 'full', after which it will take 12 hours before they could be fed again. They refuse to eat Synthesis Boards, Grinders and Presents. When the Production Level reaches a designated point, the PM will "evolve" into a new form that varies according to the individual attributes that contribute to the Production Level. These distinct PM evolutions each specialize either in Striking, Range or Technic; there are none that specialize in Armor. Battle-usable evolutions have associated combat behaviour and equipment. Not much is known about their combat stats, other than that they are dependent on the PM's form and Combat Level.

Only the leader of a party may summon his or her battle-usable PM to combat. The PM is capable of taking damage and dying like any ordinary player as well as reducing final trial rewards through death. PMs affect experience gain in combat in the same way ordinary players do. The PM has no means of healing itself outside of Force spells, area affect items and returning to town. Battle-usable PM's have the luck score of a female cast.

The item PM Device ZERO is used to reset each of the PM's stats to zero. Although the PM will reset it's level and any advanced form will be lost, the storage remains unaffected.

Partner Machinery Evolutions

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• On/Off denotes Online and Offline respectivly.

Recommended Diets

Striking

Quick: Fruit Juice (5☆ synthesizable) and 1☆ Melee Weapons (1:3 ratio)

Cheap: Monomates and 1☆ Melee Weapons (1:1 ratio)

Ranged

Quick: 5☆ Traps

Cheap: 2☆ Traps

Technic

Quick: 1* Technique Disks and Dimates

Cheap: Starting Force Weapons (create new characters) and Dimates

Armor

Quick: 1☆ Units

Cheap: Cast Parts (create new characters)

battle-usable rush (impure)

Online: Monomates to L80 (GH410)

Offline GH410: Monomates to L30

Offline GH420: Monomates to L14, Damage Traps to L20, then Monomates to L30

Offline GH430: Damage Traps to L15, then Monomates to L30

Offline GH440: Damage Traps to L6, then Monomates to L30

Offline GH450: Megid disks to L6, then Monomates to L30

Fourth-Stage PMs

When PMs evolve to their fourth stage, they will become usable in battle and will grant their owner their own Partner Card to call upon them at anytime. In any party only the PM of the leader may participate. Like NPCs, PMs will automatically revive in a minute, but unfortunately their deaths affects Mission results nonetheless. In battle, a PM is always ten levels higher than their ownerAs this increases, they will become more powerful like regular characters would. A PM's Production Level and Striking, Ranged, Armor and Technic stats do not have any influence on this.

Combat behaviour

Calculating

 ?

Cover fire

 ?

Front lines

 ?

Independent

 ?

Support

 ?

With group

 ?

With owner

Feeding Increments

Online

Offline

Currently Unobtainable PMs

There are currently 28 unattainable PM evolutions, linked to 'PM Evolution Devices'. For example, using a 'PM 411 Device' on a GH410 will evolve the PM into the corresponding evolution. It is unclear whether one would need multiple devices to obtain, say, a GH412. Details about GH305~7 and GH461~5 are still unclear.

GH-30x series	GH-41x series	GH-42x series	GH-43x series
GH-44x series	GH-45x series	GH-46x series

External Links

• PSU-Wiki's article (Japanese)
• Partner Machinery Calculator