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RGM-79GS
GM Command Space Type
Model number: RGM-79GS Code name: GM Command Space Type Unit type: mass production space combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces Operator: Earth Federation Forces First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.0 meters Weight: empty 44.6 metric tons; max gross 76.5 metric tons Armor materials: titanium/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1390 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 21000 kg, 2 x 16000 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 14 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.97 G; 180-degree turn time: 1.5 seconds; maximum ground running speed 120 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6000 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks on rear waist armor, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on either forearm Optional hand armaments: beam gun, powered by rechargeable energy cap; 90 mm machine gun, clip-fed, 20 rounds per clip
In the last weeks of the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces refined its mobile suit manufacturing processes and developed several variants of its standard RGM-79 GM. One such variant was the RGM-79GS GM Command Space Type, a specialized space combat version of the RGM-79G GM Command developed for colony defense. While quite similar to the standard GM Command, the Space Type mounted an enhanced backpack equipped with more maneuvering verniers and more powerful rocket thrusters. By removing equipment not needed in a zero-gee environment, more internal space was freed up in the Space Type, allowing it to be equipped with additional verniers and larger fuel propellant tanks. However, due to its high cost, the GM Command only appeared in limited quantities near the end of the war, with two units assigned to the Scarlet Team stationed aboard the assault carrier Gray Phantom.
Pilot(s):
Tenneth
A. Jung, Bernard Monsha, Alfa A. Bate, Chap Adel
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