As the One Year War was raging to an end, Zeon stepped up development of a new generation of high-performance mobile suits in a last-ditch act of desparation. Zeonic Company had begun development of its powerful MS-14 Gelgoog line, and in response, Zimmad Company designed its own next-generation mobile suit. Code-named the YMS-15 Gyan, Zimmad's latest entry was intended to complement its already-well-performing MS-09R Rick Dom space combat suits. The Gyan's development was supervised by Zeon's Colonel M'Quve, and he took one of the three YMS-15 prototypes built as his personal mobile suit. However, the Gyan only saw combat once, as M'Quve used his unit in a one-on-one fight against the Federation's powerful RX-78-2 Gundam prototype - and lost.
With Rick Doms to provide the heavy long-range firepower, the Gyan was built with close combat in mind. Its primary weapon was a powerful beam sword, backed up by a large shield containing 56 individual missile launchers and carrying various bombs and space mines. Despite its high performance as a close combat unit, the Zeon military favored the more well-rounded Gelgoog - particularly since the Gelgoog incorporated the long-range firepower the Gyan lacked - and the Gyan project was dropped. |
