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The XM-05 Berga Giros is a mobile suit introduced in the movie Mobile Suit Gundam F91. One unit was piloted by Zabine Chareux during the Cosmo Babylonia War in U.C. 0123.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

Designed and produced in UC 0123, the XM-05 Berga Giros is an upgraded version of the XM-04 Berga Dalas. Notably, the output of the reactor has been increased to 4790kW, which is 540kW greater than even the Federation's advanced F91 Gundam F91. The backpack, which is based on the model used on the Berga Dalas, has been redesigned with a greater number of shelf nozzles allowing for greater speed and maneuverability. Finally, it has improved offensive power as two additional machine guns were added to the Berga Giros' Shot Lancer, giving the weapon a total of four built-in machine guns.

Armaments[]

  • Beam Shield
A protective device that uses beam technology for defensive purposes. Unlike an I-field generator, which is effective only against beam attacks, the beam shield blocks both beam and projectile weapons. The beam shield generates a plane of energy similar to the blade of a beam saber. This plane is divided into multiple sections, which can be turned on or off as needed to conserve energy. Individual sections are also automatically deactivated whenever they're in danger of coming into contact with the mobile suit itself.
  • Beam Saber
The beam saber is a small cylindrical device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. The beam saber is capable of cutting through any metal that has not been treated with anti-beam coating.
  • Shot Lancer
A distinctive close combat weapon developed by the Crossbone Vanguard, the Shot Lancer is designed for combat in and around space colonies, where beam weapons would run the risk of triggering catastrophic reactor explosions in enemy mobile suits. Instead, the Shot Lancer uses electromagnetic acceleration to drive its tip through the enemy's armor, and the spearhead itself can also be launched like a missile. The Shot Lancer was first equipped on XM-01 Den'an Zon and remained a standard melee weaponry for many Crossbone Vanguard mobile suit models. The Berga Giros' Shot Lancer can mount on the right arm, leaving the hand free to operate another weapon.
  • Heavy Machine Gun
To increase the shot lancer's combat effectiveness, the weapon mounts four heavy machine guns.

Special Equipment & Features[]

  • Beam Flag Emitter
The Beam Flag Emitter is a technology that uses similar principals as a beam saber to generate a large beam shaped into a specific symbol. It is used to act as a battlefield standard, allowing squad units to quickly identify how they should form up in formation and often designating which units were commanders.
  • Shelf Nozzle
On the Berga Giros's back are set of shelf nozzles. These nozzles each function as a type of propellant tank - a disposable storage unit for extra fuel with built-in vernier thrusters, albeit much smaller those used previously on mobile suits and can adjust their angle. Because of their verniers and flexibility they are highly effective tools for increasing fuel capacity and increasing the mobile suit's overall agility. At the hands of ace pilots, the Shelf Nozzle can be launched towards the enemy as decoys, allowing them to get close for the kill.

History[]

Introduced in UC 0123, the XM-05 Berga Giros was designed as the successor to the XM-04 Berga Dalas as the next commander MS for the Crossbone Vanguard. Though there were a few commanders who preferred the older Berga Dalas, the Berga Giros was the mobile suit of choice for Crossbone Vanguard ace pilot Zabine Chareux, whose unit was painted in the elite Black Vanguard Squadron colors. The Berga Giros would be used by Crossbone Vanguard commanders in the invasion of the Frontier IV colony where they proved deadly effective against the Federation's older mobile suits.

When Zabine was assigned as Berah Ronah's mobile suit operations instructor, he would often accompany her practice flights in his Berga Giros. Later, during the Crossbone Vanguard's attempt to invade Frontier I, Zabine's Berga Giros battled with his former protégé Annamarie Bourget and her XM-06 Dahgi Iris which led to severe damage of his unit, and he had to switch to the inferior XM-02 Den'an Gei for subsequent sorties.

Earlier in the conflict, another pilot under the callsign "White Socks" was piloting a standard-colored unit when attacking the Frontier Side's Earth Federation forces. While initially successful taking down a few RGM-89J Jegan Normal Types, he was shot down by a Clop-class' counterattack.

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Notes and Trivia[]

  • A black and red mobile suit greatly resembling a Berga Giros appears in the second season opening of Space Dandy as well as in a multiverse episode where it is a three man machine operated by alternate versions of Dandy, QT and Meow.
  • In June 2018, the Japanese website Gundam.info announced that the Berga Giros won an online census, where fans voted for a new 1/100 scale Gunpla (Master Grade or Reborn-One Hundred).[1] There has been no follow-up information regarding a hypothetical 1/100 Berga Giros from Bandai ever since.

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