Gelgoog

Technical Data and General Information

Model number: MS-14A Code name: Gelgoog Unit type: mass production high efficiency general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Zeonic Company Operator(s): Principality of Zeon; African Liberation Front; civilians Rollout: December UC 0079 First deployment: December UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso (later refitted and replica units equipped with linear seat/panoramic monitor cockpit) Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters Weight: empty 42.1 metric tons; max gross 73.3 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 24500 kg, 5 x 2500 kg Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.84 G; 180-degree turn time 1.5 seconds; maximum ground running speed 180 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters Fixed armaments: twin beam sword, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap; shield, can be optionally stored on backpack

Technical and Historical Notes

By the middle of the One Year War, rumors of the Earth Federal Forces' development of its own mobile suits had reached the Principality of Zeon's ears. Although the development of Zeon's own mobile suit technology continued, the appearance of the Federation's powerful, beam rifle-carrying RX-78-2 Gundam created a sudden change in plans. An in-development, high-performance mobile suit called the MS-11 Gelgoog was suddenly cancelled, as the Zeon military wanted to incorporate hand-carried beam armaments into new mobile suits. With the MS-11 model number having been reassigned to the "Pezun Project's" Action Zaku, the Gelgoog project was-restarted under the model number MS-14, with the new goal being the ability for the Gelgoog to use energy cap-based weapons. After 25 experimental MS-14Ss had completed field testing and Zeon's beam rifle technology had been perfected, the mass-produced MS-14A quickly went into production and deployment.