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.