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MSA-005
Methuss
Model number: MSA-005 Code name: Methuss Unit type: prototype attack use transformable mobile suit Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Operator: AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group) First deployment: UC 0087 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: mobile suit mode: overall height 26.0 meters, head height 18.1 meters; mobile armor mode: overall length 21.8 meters, overall height 6.2 meters Weight: empty 27.8 metric tons; max gross 52.4 metric tons; mass ratio 1.45 Armor materials: gundarium alloy Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1640 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 3 x 18600 kg, 2 x 10600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.47 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 11300 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x arm beam gun, power rated at 2.0 MW, mounted on forearms; 6 x beam saber, power rated at 0.5 MW, stored in recharge racks in forearms, hand-carried in use
As the Anti-Earth Union Group commissioned Anaheim Electronics to develop and construct its next-generation wave of mobile suits under the "Project Zeta" flag, one of the early test prototype units built was the MSA-005 Methuss. This mobile suit was the AEUG's first true transformable mobile suit, as it was used to test the feasibility of the transformation systems that would later be used in the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam. Capable of transforming into a space fighter-like mobile armor form, the Methuss was quite fast and agile in its mobile armor form. However, its mobile suit mode was lacking in combat abilities, as its weaponry was limited to a pair of fixed beam guns on its forearms and a set of beam sabers for close combat. It is quite possible that the Methuss, being simply a test unit for its transformation systems, was never truly intended for combat. However, the unit was delivered to the AEUG's flagship Argama and assigned to Reccoa Londe and later pilot trainee Fa Yuiry, who would manage to master her mobile suit and survive the Gryps Conflict plaguing the Earth Sphere. This often came at a high cost to the Methuss itself, as it frequently was trashed or heavily damaged during combat. Fortunately for the AEUG, the Methuss was easy to repair, allowing it to be returned to the field in very little time.
Pilot(s):
Fa Yuiry, Reccoa Londe, Katz Kobayashi, Torres
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