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MS-14G Gelgoog Ground Type (Vish Donahue Custom) |
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Model number: MS-14G
Code name: Gelgoog Ground Type
Unit type: mass production high efficiency general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; African Liberation Front; civilians
Rollout: December UC 0079
First deployment: December UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso (later refitted and replica units equipped with linear seat/panoramic monitor cockpit)
Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters
Weight: empty 42.1 metric tons; max gross 73.3 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 24500 kg, 5 x 2500 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.84 G; 180-degree turn time 1.5 seconds; maximum ground running speed 180 km/h
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters
Fixed armaments: twin beam sword, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; shield, can be optionally stored on backpack; 3-tube missile launcher |
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By the middle of the One Year War, rumors of the Earth Federal Forces' development of its own mobile suits had reached the Principality of Zeon's ears. Although the development of Zeon's own mobile suit technology continued, the appearance of the Federation's powerful, beam rifle-carrying RX-78-2 Gundam created a sudden change in plans. An in-development, high-performance mobile suit called the MS-11 Gelgoog was suddenly cancelled, as the Zeon military wanted to incorporate hand-carried beam armaments into new mobile suits. With the MS-11 model number having been reassigned to the "Pezun Project's" Action Zaku, the Gelgoog project was-restarted under the model number MS-14, with the new goal being the ability for the Gelgoog to use energy cap-based weapons. After 30 experimental MS-14S units had completed field testing and Zeon's beam rifle technology had been perfected, the mass-produced MS-14A quickly went into production and deployment. Though its name is misleading, the MS-14G Ground Type is little more than a MS-14A painted in regional colors, and is actually fully space-capable. One of these units was assigned to Vish Donahue, a veteran Zeon pilot waging a war of attrition against the Federal Forces White Dingos MS team in Australia. Having faced off against the White Dingos once before and lost, Donahue upgraded to the beam rifle-armed Gelgoog, hoping to further his chances in defeating the commando unit. However the extra edge the Gelgoog gave him was not enough, and Donahue fell during defense of the Zeon Torrington HLV base, but not before giving at least one of the HLV's time to escape and Zeon a chance to fight another day.
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise From The Ashes
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
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Custom Figure: Ms-14G Gelgoog Ground Type (Vish Donahue Custom)
Original Figure: MS-14A Gelgoog Mass Production Type
Other Parts Used: none
Reference Artwork: Mark Simmons
Paint Colors: flat medium green, flat charcoal grey, flat light grey, flat black, gloss pink
Special Features: none
Time To Create: 2 days |
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