MS-14 Gelgoog

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In the final days of the One Year War, the Principality of Zeon was in need of Mobile Suits that could compete with the Earth Federation's beam rifle equipped Gundam. Out of this need came the powerful but rare Gelgoog.

[edit] History

The Principality cancelled the original MS-11 design, citing the need for beam weapons in the unit. The model number would be reassigned to the Pezun Project's Act Zaku. With the antiquated Zaku and the space modified Rick Dom becoming easy targets for the Gundam, Zeon would end up with two competing units intended for mass production. The YMS-15 Gyan was a close combat oriented suit, designed to be assisted by two Rick Dom units. The YMS-14 Gelgoog carried its own beam rifle and twin beam saber. Obviously, the latter design would win out, and the first unit, the YMS-14S, would be tested by ace pilot Char Aznable inside of Side 5's Texas Colony. Char himself would engage the Gundam twice, with both times ending in a draw. Based on both flight tests and another test conducted by Johnny Ridden and his Chimera Corps on a High Mobility Type, the Gelgoog was quickly put into mass production.

[edit] Problems

Although the Gelgoog was a powerful mobile suit, being as powerfull or at least slightly more powerful than the Federation's Gundam, the problem for Zeon laid in numbers. At the time the Gelgoog was put into production, the Federation fleet had already reached A Baoa Qu. With most of its veteran pilots, such as Ramba Ral and the Black Tri-Stars killed off during the war, Zeon had forced many green pilots into these machines. Rookies would have difficulty adjusting to the beginner unfriendly controls and the sheer number of weaker but more experienced GM's assisted by data from Gundam's battles. It can be said that if the Gelgoog had been in production only a week before before the Battle of Solomon that the war could have turned in the Principality's favor