RX-94 Production Type ν Gundam

RX-94 Spec

Head Height: 21.2m

Unloaded Weight: 25.6t

Loaded Weight: 64.5t (Fin Funnel equipped), 58t (Incom equipped)

Generator Output: 2500kW

Thruster Output: 91000kg

Sensor Radius: 19400m

Armor Materials: Gundarium Alloy

Armament: Beam Rifle (same as used on the RX-93)

Beam Spray Gun

Beam Saber x1

Incom Unit (Option pack)

Fin Funnel (Option pack)

Beam Saber Rack

Hyper Bazooka

Beam Cannon

Missile x4

RGM-89S Stark Jegan

EFSF Anti-Ship Assault Mobile Suit

A high performance upgraded version of the Earth Federation Force’s main MS, the Jegan, with improved armor and thrusters, along with triple missile pods mounted on the shoulders.  As a state-of-the-art Mobile Suit, it was deployed with the Londo Bell Corps and engaged Neo Zeon’s Kshatriya in combat near Industrial 7.

SEE TYPE 7 Brocken

…”Somewhat like a Volvo…”

Universal Century Ships: Musai-Class Light Cruiser

Principality of Zeon Forces - Musai-Class Light Cruiser

The Musai-class light cruiser was commissioned in July U.C. 0075 as the standard light space cruiser in the Principality of Zeon forces.  The most prominent design feature of this class was its design specializing in Mobile Suit deployment.  Equipped with Minovsky thermonuclear fusion reactors in nacelles on each side of the ship, it also featured hangar space, a bridge section block, and cannon turrets in the main hull.

Zeon Forces Uniforms and Smallarms

The Principality of Zeon’s Military uniforms are particularly notable for their emphasis on appearance and design.  The design, which is evocative of designs in the restoration era past, gives priority to identification, with rank devices not only present on shoulders and sleeves, but also a large rank insignia on the chest, a particularly noteworthy point.

Well, I need this...

Been pretty busy lately, just need to work on some images to push some more translations out....I will also be aiming to get this book as soon as I can, since the GM Custom/Quell series might just be my favorite MS...

MS-18E Kämpfer

MS-18E Kämpfer Assault Experimental Heavy Mobile Suit
Overall Height/17.7m
Empty Weight/ 43.5t
Loaded Weight/ 78.5t
Thruster Output/ 29,500kg x2, 27,000kg x2, 12,000kg x4 
Apogee Motors/ 16
Armament/ 60mm Machine Cannons, Custom Shotgun, etc.

In the late One Year War, the Zeon Military was developing a number of new mobile suits for various roles.  With the Federation Forces' offensive being driven by mass production of Mobile Suits, Zeon’s inferior industrial base meant that Zeon Mobile Suits needed to be of superior quality (in terms of abilities) to counter this strategy.

Catapults not included

A Zaku team launching from the MS bay of the Musai-class Falmel in September UC 0079

In case you were wondering why the Sleeves soldiers in Unicorn episode 6 made the odd comment about 'Mobile Suits standing on the deck' being something that 'people born in gravity thought up', most Zeon ships tend to carry MS on the 'walls' and 'ceiling', since it really doesn't really make much sense to have them all 'stand up' when there really is no 'up'.

Still working on a couple of rather long articles at the moment, they're proving to be a bit tougher in some areas than I had anticipated, so I will continue to throw up some smaller things to keep things active and moving.

EFSF Weapons: RX-78-NT1 Gundam 'Alex'

Due to various problems at manufacturing sites, The RX-78NT-1 was planned to utilize new weapons exclusive to the NT-1.  Due to different beam focusing equipment and units, as well as other independently developed devices, the abilities and form of these weapons is particularly unique.

Ramba Ral

A man who belonged to the battlefield, one of Zeon’s leading warriors.

Rank at the end of the One Year War: Captain (O-3)

One Year War Duty Assignment: Zeon Military, Space Attack Corps

Birth Year, Place: Unknown, Side 3

Career accomplishments: Participated in the Battle of Loum in January 0079, where he was credited with sinking six ships, making him one of Zeon’s top ‘Ship Aces’ at the time.   On October 6th, 0079, he assembled a special strike force to suppress the White Base, and dropped to Earth.   This force engaged the White Base several times, and after forming a guerilla force under his ‘M3 operation’, was able to get close to the White Base, but after sustaining wounds inside the enemy ship, determined his own fate.

‘The Blue Giant’ was this Zeon Soldier’s alternate name, highly skilled in commanding Guerilla operations, and Mobile Suit Piloting, where he piloted his MS-07B Gouf against the White Base’s Ace, Amuro Ray in his RX-78-2 Gundam, ultimately fighting the Gundam to an even match in combat.

Long Voyage

Return of the Valkyrie

In 2025, a single Valkyrie was recovered in Lunar Orbit.  Though more or less intact, it had suffered severe damage, and all onboard systems had stopped.  Thought to have been shot down and abandoned in the First Space War, and fearing possible Zentraedi booby traps, it was carefully brought to the Moon's Apollo base for examination, where an astonishing discovery was made.

Lorekeeper

Yes, the ACL-98 Larder article is a bit hard to read.  It's a pretty close reflection of the Japanese, which is also fairly awkwardly worded in a lot of cases.  Additionally, there seems to be some confusion if the designation is 'ACL-98' or 'AFL-98'.  I'll have to look into it a little more.

At any rate, I'm working on another large feature, featuring one of the three silhouettes above.  Any guesses as to which one?

Also, after this feature, I think I'm going to move into some model kit manual translations, there's a lot of interesting things, particularly in the old MSV series.    If you have a kit that you want to know more about, I'm accepting scans!

ACL-98 Larder

A new Military Labor concept which serves as a battlefield command post.

As seen in examples with the Hannibal and Brocken, some of a military labor's most effective roles are riot control in conflict areas.   Conversely, while this is not the only role that other existing weapons systems are used in, there has been an trend in recent years to more clearly define labor 'roles'.

AMS-129M Zee Zulu

Sharing the same basic frame as the Geara Zulu to place it firmly in the era of Gundam UC, it is also drawn with the traditional Zeon Aquatic MS-like silhouette, creating an excellent design that visually fits the setting and meets the demands of the story.

RGM-79Q GM Quell

One of MS that would form the initial backbone of the Titans' MS corps, also used for extensive testing with the Titans Test Team.

Zeon Herzogtum Korps Wahrzeichen

Zeon Principality Corps Rank Insignia

(TL note: I have listed the equivalent Army and Navy ranks for each officer rank, as Bandai has chosen the Naval ranks to be officially localized to the English-language releases, but the enlisted ranks in Japanese are definitely Army ranks only, so I did not list Naval ranks there.   Because of this discrepancy, I will use Army ranks elsewhere on the site.)

Though many parts of the Zeon Military uniforms remain mysterious, the military ranks basically follow the chart below.  A detailed explanation of the different types of rank insignia are explained in detail below.

MPL-97S Python

Python
The unlucky Labor, armed with pride.

Type number: MPL-97S
Manufacturer: Manabe Heavy Industries
Total Height: 7.80m
Total Width: 4.85m
Weight: 7.25t
Loaded Weight: 7.85t
Maximum carrying capacity: 2.60t
Minimum turn radius: 5.90m
Armor Materials: Reinforced Steel
Rollout: August, 1997
Equipment: Stun Stick, Exclusive Shield, etc.

Within the history of Labors that now spans five generations, there is one machine cursed with poor fortune.   This machine is most likely Manabe Heavy Industry’s Second-Generation Patrol Labor, the MPL-97S 'Python'.

VF-1 Valkyrie Cockpit Layout

The VF-1 series cockpit design is an excellent result of the merging of OTM and Human Technology to create a superior man-machine interface system.  Previous fighter cockpits were dogged with concepts such as ‘creating high degree of control’ and ‘reducing pilot workload’, while attempting to emphasize ‘minimizing human error’ over all other issues.

MS Tactics - Anti-Ship Mission

Executing an Anti-Warship Attack in Space

One of the most fundamental reasons for Zeon’s huge successes at the outbreak of the war are the effective Mobile Suit tactics employed by the Zeon MS corps.

Using a squad of three Mobile Suits, this article will demonstrate how to successfully execute an Anti-Ship assault with detailed formation explanations.

あけましておめでとうございます！

今年もよろしくおねがいします！

Happy New Year!  I have been busy with the holidays, but I do have several half-done articles in the works.  I even got a new, actual scanner, so that should help with better pictures, and hopefully faster pictures as well.

I wish I could credit this picture, but I don't remember where it came from.  (Some Japanese site about 10 years ago.)   It is definitely one of my all time favorites.