Model number:Â YMS-15
Code name:Â Gyan
Unit type:Â prototype general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Zimmad Company
Operator:Â Principality of Zeon
First deployment:Â 26 December UC 0079
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â overall height 19.9 meters
Weight:Â empty 52.7 metric tons; max gross 68.6 metric tons
Armor materials:Â super hard steel alloy
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,360 kW
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: 56,200 kg total
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range 4,400 meters
Fixed armaments:Â beam saber, storage location/recharge rack unknown, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments:Â shield, mounts 56 x missile launcher and 12 x hide bomb/space mine
As the One Year War was coming to an end, the Principality of Zeon stepped up development of a new generation of high performance mobile suits in a last ditch act of desperation. Zeonic Company began development of its powerful MS-14 Gelgoog line, and in response, Zimmad Company designed its own next generation mobile suit. Codenamed the YMS-15 Gyan, Zimmad’s latest entry was intended to complement its already well-performing MS-09R Rick Dom space combat suits. The Gyan’s development was supervised by Zeon’s M’Quve, and he took one of the three YMS-15 prototypes built as his personal mobile suit. However, the Gyan only saw combat once at Side 5’s Texas Colony, as M’Quve used his unit in a one-on-one fight against the Earth Federation Forces’ powerful RX-78-2 Gundam – and lost. With Rick Doms to provide the heavy long-range firepower, the Gyan was built with close combat in mind. Its primary weapon was a powerful beam sword, backed up by a large shield containing 56 individual missile launchers and carrying various bombs and space mines. Despite its high performance as a close combat unit, the Zeon military favored the more well-rounded Gelgoog – particularly since the Gelgoog incorporated the long-range firepower the Gyan lacked – and the Gyan project was dropped. Years later, the Gyan and its knight aesthetic inspired Neo Zeon’s AMX-104 R-Jarja from the First Neo Zeon War in UC 0088.
Pilot: M’Quve
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
Director(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Ryoji Fujiwara (movie 1)
Writer(s):
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Masaru Yamamoto
Kenichi Matsuzaki
Yoshihisa Araki
Hiroyuki Hoshiyama
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kunio Okawara
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer(s):
Yuji Matsuyama
Takeo Watanabe
Format:
43 episodes; 3 compilation movies
Airdates:
Japan 04.07.1979 – 01.26.1980
U.S. 07.23.2001 – 09.12.2001
Theatrical Release:
Japan 03.14.1981 – 03.13.1982
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Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
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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