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MS-17
Galbaldy a
Model number: MS-17 Code name: Galbaldy a Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Pezun Asteroid Base Operator(s): Principality of Zeon, Earth Federation Forces First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.4 meters Weight: empty 41.7 tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown Performance: maximum thruster acceleration unknown Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left arm Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, hand-carried in use; beam saber, hand-carried in use
The MS-17 Galbaldy a was a part of Zeon's Pezun Project at the Pezun asteroid base at the end of the One Year War. It was originally built as a successor to the YMS-15 Gyan but was later fitted with equipment from the MS-14A Gelgoog. This suit was to be Zeon's ultimate suit, but it was just another case of too little, too late. The Galbaldy's armament consisted of one beam rifle and a beam saber. It was also given a smaller version of the Gelgoog's shield. Due to its late entry into the war it presumably never saw combat. However, some units may have seen combat during the Federation's retake of the Pezun asteroid. At the end of the One Year War the Federation captured the plans of this fearful suit and later refined and upgraded it into their own RMS-117 Galbaldy β, which saw combat before and during the Gryps Conflict.
Pilot: Packdelia Appearances: MS-X; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara |
