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Mobile Suit Classics
01: MS-01 Mobile Suit
02: MS-04 Early Zaku
03: MS-05 Zaku I
04: MS-05 Zaku I
05: MS-05 Zaku I
06: MS-06A Zaku II
07: MS-06C Zaku II
08: MS-06S Zaku II
09: MS-06C Zaku II
10: MS-06S Zaku II
11: MS-06F Zaku II
12: MS-06E Zaku Recon
13: MS-06Fs Zaku II
14: MS-06J Zaku II
15: YMS-07A Gouf
16: YMS-08A Prototype
17: MS-07H Gouf
18: MS-07H-4 Gouf
19: MS-06M Zaku Marine
20: MSM-01 Zaku Marine
21: MS-06RP Zaku II
22: MS-06R-1 Zaku II
23: MS-06R-1 Zaku II
24: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
25: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
26: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
27: MS-06R-1A Zaku II
28: MS-06G Zaku II
29: MS-06D Zaku Desert
30: MS-06D Zaku Desert
31: MS-06D Zaku Desert
32: MS-06K Zaku Cannon
33: MS-06K Zaku Cannon
34: RX-75-4 Guntank
35: RX-77-2 Guncannon
36: RX-78-1 Gundam
37: RX-78-2 Gundam
38: RX-78-2 Gundam
39: RX-78-3 G-3 Gundam
40: MS-07B Gouf
41: MS-07B Gouf
42: MS-07C-3 Gouf
43: MS-07C-5 Gouf
44: YMS-09 Dom
45: MS-09 Dom
46: YMS-09D Dom
47: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
48: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
49: MS-06R-2 Zaku II
50: MS-06R-2P Zaku II
51: MS-06RD4 Zaku II
52: MS-R09 Rick Dom
53: MS-06E-3 Zaku Flipper
54: MSM-03 Gog
55: MSM-04 Acguy
56: MSM-07 Zugok
57: MSM-07S Zugok
58: MSM-10 Zock
Mobile Suit Gundam, Z Gundam, Gundam ZZ, Char's Counterattack, Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, Gundam F91, Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Gundam 0083: Last Blitz of Zeon, Gundam: The 08th MS Team, and Gundam W: Endless Waltz are copyright Sotsu Agency and Sunrise. V Gundam, G Gundam, Gundam W, and Gundam X are copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and TV Asahi. Turn A Gundam is copyright Sotsu Agency, Sunrise and Fuji TV.
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RX-78-2 Gundam
Demonstration Colors
Illustration by Mark Simmons
Field testing of the Earth Federation's prototype mobile suits was performed at the Side 7 research colony, far from the prying eyes of the Duchy of Zeon. When testing began in August of UC 0079, the RX-78 prototypes were given a striking demonstration color scheme. A month later, the tests were complete, and on September 18 the mobile assault carrier White Base arrived at Side 7 to collect the prototypes and their vital test data.
As fate would have it, a Zeon cruiser spotted the White Base in transit and launched a surprise attack on Side 7. With most of the White Base crew and the Side 7 garrison wiped out, it fell to a fifteen-year-old civilian named Amuro Ray to pilot the sole functional prototype and fend off the attackers. In the months to come, Amuro would become the greatest ace of the One Year War, and the RX-78 Gundam would become a legend.
