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ZMT-D15M
Galguyu
Model number: ZMT-D15M Code name: Galguyu Unit type: submarine combat transformable mobile suit Manufacturer: BESPA (Zanscare Empire) Operator: BESPA (Zanscare Empire) Accommodation: pilot only, in standard/canopy-style cockpit in torso Dimensions: mobile suit mode: head height 14.2 meters Weight: empty 9.8 metric tons; max gross 26.2 metric tons Armor materials: titanium alloy/neo-ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5420 kW Propulsion: hydrojet thrusters: 2 x 17720 kg, 2 x 12410 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 6 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 2.30 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x beam gun, mounted on arms in mobile suit mode, operable only in mobile suit mode; large missile, mounted on backpack in mobile suit mode and as nosecone of mobile armor mode; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: 2 x 3-tube torpedo pod, mounted on back in mobile suit mode and on main body in mobile armor mode Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
An experimental transformable mobile suit/mobile armor developed for underwater combat, BESPA's ZMT-D15M Galguyu was based loosely on the space-use ZM-D11S Abigor. Although smaller and much lighter than the big-and-heavy Abigor, the Galguyu was developed around the same basic concept: a high-speed mobile armor form for submarine-like mobility, and a mobile suit form for close combat both underwater and ashore. The mobile armor mode's primary armament were its torpedo launchers; however, being torpedoes, these weapons were good only underwater and completely useless when operating on land. The mobile suit form was armed with a pair of beam guns and a pair of beam sabers, but it proved to be less-than-impressive in combat out of the water. The "nosecone" of the mobile armor mode itself was also a large missile; however, once it was fired, the mobile armor's mode then suffered in terms of hydrodynamics. In the end, like the Abigor, the Galguyu would prove to be a flawed design. Part of this failure is due to the fact that the Galguyu was rushed to the frontlines without prior and proper underwater testing, and the mobile suit's water seals were inadequate, leaving the Galguyu often in the bad situation of "taking on water."
Pilot(s):
Duker Iq, Renda de Paloma
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