Code name: Gelgoog Marine
Unit type: mass production space combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon
Operator: Principality of Zeon (Cima Fleet); Earth
Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in main body
Dimensions: head height 19.2 meters
Weight: empty 45.1 metric tons; max gross 81.3 metric tons
Construction: super-high tensile steel on monocoque frame
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 20500 kg, 2 x 7000 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.68 G; 180-degree turn time 1.6 seconds
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 6300 meters
Fixed armaments: 2 x 110 mm machinecannon, mounted on forearms; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in hip armor, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: MMP-80 90 mm machinegun, clip-fed, 32 rounds per clip; knuckle shield
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Webmaster's Notes: The Gelgoog Marine, presumably used by the Zeon Marine Corps, was made for long term use away from a home port or friendly ship. with a four thruster backpack addition and two external fuel tanks, the Gelgoog increased operation time but somehow decreased thrust, meaning only that the skirt and leg thrusters were switched out for less powerful versions than the MS-14A to conserve fuel. The forearm thrusters, something of a luxury, were replaced with 110mm machine guns, impressivly large caliber for built in weapons and often more useful than thrusters. Unfortunately, the Gelgoog Marine used a 90mm machine gun rather than a beam rifle, a fact that can only be explained as either cost cutting or equipment shortage. To round out the arsenal, the MS-14F used a "knuckle shield", a shoulder shield salvaged from a Zaku II fitted with spikes and used as a forearm shield for defense, and, like the EFF small shield, punching. The beam nagita was switched out for two standard beam sabers, which were likely easier to fight with. The MS-14F, while not amazing in performance terms, was very effective in its roll as a Marine Corps fighter, filling the Marine mission of "First in, last out". The MS-14F was produced in large numbers and it seems that some or even most of the Marine Corps survived the war, serving in the Cima Fleet during Operation stardust.
