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MS-14A
Gelgoog
Model number: MS-14A Code name: Gelgoog Unit type: mass production high efficiency general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; African Liberation Front; civilians; AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group) Rollout: December UC 0079 First deployment: December UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso (later refitted and replica units equipped with linear seat/panoramic monitor cockpit) Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters Weight: empty 42.1 metric tons; max gross 73.3 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 24500 kg, 5 x 2500 kg Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.84 G; 180-degree turn time 1.5 seconds; maximum ground running speed 180 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters Fixed armaments: twin beam sword, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; shield, can be optionally stored on backpack
By
the middle of the One Year War, rumors of the Earth Federation
Forces' development of its own mobile suits had reached the
Principality of Zeon's ears. Although the development of Zeon's
own mobile suit technology continued, the appearance of the
Federation's powerful, beam rifle-carrying RX-78-2
Gundam created a sudden change in plans. An in-development,
high-performance mobile suit called the MS-11 Gelgoog was suddenly
cancelled, as the Zeon military wanted to incorporate hand-carried
beam armaments into new mobile suits. With the MS-11 model number
having been reassigned to the "Pezun Project's" Action
Zaku, the Gelgoog project was-restarted under the model
number MS-14, with the new goal being the ability for the Gelgoog
to use energy cap-based weapons. After 30 experimental MS-14S
units had completed field testing and Zeon's beam rifle technology
had been perfected, the mass-produced MS-14A quickly went into
production and deployment.
Pilot(s):
Anavel Gato, Katz Kobayashi, Reccoa Londe, Masai N'gava, Dido
Kaltoha, Elo Meloe, Marie Albertia
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