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When it comes to aquatic warfare, the Triton is an incredible machine. Its maser cannons are specialized beam weapons that can be fired underwater without losing any of their intensity. Its various melee weapons are all perfect for working in tandem with the incredible acceleration that the Triton's verniers and backpack offer it, keeping it extremely agile at ocean depths where most mobile suits become sluggish or totally immobile. Its armor is also pressure-sealed, to give it greater diving capacity than most ground and space units. It can even "hover" ankle deep on the water's surface, where it retains its maneuverability. On land, unfortunately, most of its mobility advantages are gone, and the Triton becomes a ponderous gun platform, and while it can still fight well, it still seems like the clich�d "fish out of water."

Even by the often over-specialized standards of the Newtype Corps, the Triton was an anomaly. With so much of the third war concentrated in space, there was little need for mobile suits designed exclusively for use on Earth. Still, fears of a planet-side invasion persisted among the Corp's strategic planners, and so, like several other prototypes, the Triton was rapidly rolled out in modest numbers. The Corps' early distaste for totally multi-mode mobile suits lingered in the its deployment, however, with the potential for equipment options existing, but nothing ever passing the drawing board stage. Like most Corps' suits, these machines were quickly swept aside once the Revelator, and its intended successor, the Silhouette, were approved for duty. Granted, that hasn't stopped the odd Triton from cropping up in the post-war world, though they are still extraordinary finds.