Model number:Â OZ-15AGX
Code name:Â Hydra Gundam
Unit type:Â high performance attack mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â OZ
Operator:Â OZ
First deployment:Â 25 November AC 195
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â normal mode: overall height 24.6 meters; high output mode: overall height 19.4 meters
Weight:Â empty 21.7 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials:Â gundanium alloy (G-metal), titanium alloy
Powerplant:Â ultracompact fusion reactor, power rated at 15,965 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 316,950 kg
Performance ability levels:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â 5 x main thruster; 2 x leg vernier; 4 x sub-thruster; slide armor; compound sensor system, range unknown; stealth jammer
Fixed armaments:Â buster gun, mounted on right shoulder, hand-carried in use; beam saber, hand-carried in use; EMF shield; 2 x shoulder claw, mounted on backpack, folded out in use
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The OZ-15AGX Hydra Gundam was a high performance mobile suit assigned to ruthless OZ pilot Valder Farkill. While serving under Zechs Merquise in the OZ Specials, Valder racked up more individual kills against the United Earth Sphere Alliance than his entire unit combined. This bloody record earned him the nickname “Dark General of Destruction.” One of the main features of the Hydra Gundam was its ability to fold back its legs and use the thrusters housed underneath the skirt armor for high speed maneuvers. The Hydra Gundam was equipped with an EMF shield that could block many attacks, and its main armaments included a buster gun, beam saber and two foldable shoulder claws. When Valder assumed leadership of OZ Prize in late AC 195, he proved a formidable nemesis for the defenders of the remote colony MO-V. At the conclusion of the Eve Wars on December 24, AC 195, Valder was killed in battle by OZ-19MASX Gundam Griepe pilot Odin Bernett.
Pilot:Â Valder Farkill
First appearance: New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Dual Story: G-UNIT
Original mechanical designer(s):Â Koichi Tokita (principal design), BEE-CRAFT (cleanup)
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G-UNIT Info
Writer:
Koichi Tokita
Artist:
Koichi Tokita
Mechanical Designer(s):
Koichi Tokita
BEE-CRAFT
Format:
3 volumes
Manga Release:
Japan 05.01.1997 – 03.01.1998
U.S. 12.10.2002 – 04.08.2003
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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