RGM-79V GM Night Seeker

Model number: RGM-79V
Code name: GM Night Seeker
Unit type: night operations mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
Rollout: UC 0079
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 46.7 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials: titanium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; landing thrusters; face guard visor
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head; beam saber, stored in recharge rack in backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam spray gun

The RGM-79V GM Night Seeker was a mobile suit created for special forces teams conducting surprise attack operations. The Night Seeker was equipped with extra sensors in its head and additional thrusters in its chest and on its back for landing and increased mobility. The Night Seeker’s armaments were the same as the standard RGM-79 GM. The initial production run of 12 Night Seeker units was created by modifying existing GMs. A total of 88 units were created as the result of two additional production runs. The Earth Federation Forces also created the RGM-79LV GM Night Seeker II, based on the RGM-79L GM Light Armor. The Night Seeker II was modified to allow the extra thrusters to be detached via explosive bolts, and this feature was backported to the original Night Seeker. Several Night Seekers were attached to the 33rd Company with the mission of recapturing military bases from the Zeon. The Night Seekers were transported by air via the CB-X5(SGT) Assault Type Gunperry, which was escorted by FF-6 TIN Cods and Depp Rogs. After the Night Seekers took out the enemy defenses, Depp Rogs conducted a bombing run, followed by regular GMs performing mop up duty of enemy forces. In UC 0090, an RGM-86R GM III unit modified with Night Seeker parts was piloted by “Vasuki,” a pseudonym for former Titans pilot Yazan Gable.

Pilot: Damon Casley
First appearance: MSV-R
Original mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (MSV-R version), Hajime Katoki (Gundam: The Origin MSD version), Ark Performance (MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden version)

Rear view (Version 1)