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MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger
Model number: MS-14Jg
Code name: Gelgoog Jäger (aka Gelgoog-J) Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters Weight: empty 40.5 metric tons; max gross 80.3 metric tons Armor materials: titanium/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1490 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 3 x 24500 kg, 5 x 21000 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 24 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 2.22 G; 180-degree turn time 1.4 seconds; maximum ground running speed 192 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters; 2 x external propellant tanks, ejectable, mounted on backpack Fixed armaments: 2 x beam spot gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head Optional hand armaments: large beam machine gun, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Late during the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon military launched its "United Maintenance Plan" to upgrade and improve existing mobile suit designs and to make its own manufacturing capabilities more streamlined by incorporating similar parts and systems in several different mobile suit lines. This plan also served to help mobile suit pilots easily make the transition from one type of mobile suit to another, as all of the MSs produced under the United Maintenance Plan would be similar to each other in terms of operation. One of the mobile suit types to be redesigned under this plan was the MS-14A Gelgoog, which had only recently begun production at Zeon's A Baoa Qu asteroid base in December UC 0079. The new MS-14Jg Gelgoog Jäger (or simply "Gelgoog-J") was a serious step above anything else produced by Zeon at the time, incorporating more powerful rocket thrusters and additional verniers for added maneuverability. The increased thrust and fuel consumption was offset by a pair of large external propellant tanks mounted on the backpack. The Gelgoog Jäger also carried an improved and highly accurate beam machine gun, giving the Gelgoog Jäger the nickname "Gelgoog Sniper Type." However, due to its late introduction into the war, only a handful of Gelgoog Jägers were produced, some operating in the skirmishes against the Earth Federation Forces stationed in the Side 6 area.
Pilot: Shin Matsunaga
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