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Ginias Sahalin (ギニアス・サハリン Giniasu Saharin?)[1] is the antagonist of Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team. He is a technical officer in the Principality of Zeon's military, and is the older brother of Aina Sahalin.

Personality & Character[]

While Ginias initially appears noble, his actions reveal him to be someone extremely ruthless, manipulative and who will pursue his goals at any cost. Unlike most Zeon officers, he cares little for the goals of Zeon, ultimately loyal to nothing but his own ideals of power. This leads him to commit atrocities from murdering those under his command to even fratricide when his own sister, his last living family, attempts to stop him.

History[]

At 12 years old, Sahalin was severely affected by cosmic radiation exposure and subsequently contracted a rare and incurable disease, requiring him to take medication to maintain his health. Severe progression of the disease was evident during the completion of the Apsaras III, manifesting as hemoptysis.

Ginias was one of Zeon's top R&D scientists deployed to the surface of the Earth towards the end of the One Year War. His contribution to the war effort upon his assignment to the Southeast Asian region was overseeing the "Apsaras Project". The project's stated goal was to develop a mobile armor that possessed a powerful beam weapon strong enough to rend the Earth Federation Forces' subterranean military headquarters at Jaburo, as an alternative means of attack after the failure of Operation British. Though the project was initially met with resistance from some high-ranking Zeon officials on Earth, it was greenlit by Degwin Zabi personally and support for the project (albeit grudgingly from some Zeon field commanders on Earth) came pouring in upon making planetfall. Ginias' sister, Aina, served as the test pilot for the "Apsaras Project".

With the defeat of the Zeon forces in Operation Odessa, support for the completion of the "Apsaras Project" was halted and diverted to the evacuation of Zeon forces into space. Unwilling to let the project go unfinished when it could turn the tide of the war in Zeon's favor, Ginias secretly made steps to ensure the Apsaras would be finished in time for the highly anticipated final stand against the Earth Federation Forces that were now amassing around the remaining Zeon mountain fortress in Asia. To this end, he secretly kills Yuri Kellerne, who was supervising the evacuation of his men, by blowing up the cavern entrances to the base as well as killing the scientists working on the Apsaras project.[2]

Ginias forcibly starts the Apsaras III against the Federation forces with Aina at the controls. However, Aina refuses to go along with his plans, and joins with Shiro to take down the Apsaras, killing Ginias in the process.[3]

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • Ginias Sahalin shares both his Japanese and English voice actors with Count Cruhteo, a character from the real robot anime ALDNOAH.ZERO.
  • Prior to being amended in the Ver. 1.4 update of the Gundam Breaker Mobile, the Ginias Sahalin AI Pilot's voice is non-functional when the customized Gunpla (Triumpher) built by Ichiho Seto is used as an ally or as an enemy in the Story Mode battle.

References[]

  1. Some official sources give his name as Ginius Sahalim; however, the spelling used in the official English release, Ginias Sahalin, is what is used on this wiki.
  2. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Episode 10, The Shuddering Mountain, Part 1
  3. Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Episode 11, The Shuddering Mountain, Part 2

External Links[]

The 08th MS Team characters
Earth Federation 08th MS Team Shiro Amada | Karen Joshua | Eledore Massis | Terry Sanders Jr. | Michel Ninorich
Jidan Nickard | Kojima | Isan Ryer | Sally | Rob | Pietro | Mike | Agent Jacob | Alice Miller
Principality of Zeon Aina Sahalin | Ginias Sahalin | Norris Packard | Yuri Kellerne | Cynthia | Bone Abust | Topp | Arth | Dell | Barry | Masado | Niever | Runen | Walter Janowitz | Military Woman (Kergerenko) | Zhukov
Others Guerillas Kiki Rosita | Baresto Rosita | Chibi | Hige | Noppo
Civilians Maria | B.B.
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