MSJ-06II-E Tieren Space Type
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| Unit Type | |
| Space Mobile Suit | |
| Profile | |
| Model Number |
MSJ-06II-E |
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| Developed from | |
| Launched |
2301 A.D. |
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| Operator | |
| Known Pilots | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Overall Height |
18.2 meters |
| Standard Weight |
127.5 metric tons |
| Accommodation |
Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso |
| Armor |
E-Carbon |
| Armaments | |
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The Tieren Space Type is a varient of the Human Reform League's mainstay mobile suit the MSJ-06II-A Tieren Ground Type. Like the Ground Type the Space type has more in line with a heavily armored assault vehicle that happens to have arms and legs. Though the unit's heavy armor and firepower are relics from an older generation of combat vehicles, the preservation of these throwback features translates to practical dependability in general-purpose warfare, the reasoning behind its continued deployment. The Tieren's cockpit is screenless and relatively cramped. The piloting display is head-mounted.
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Combat Characteristics
Though the Space Type variant deviates little from the overall structure of the standard Tieren, the addition of nine rotatable thrusters permits adequate multi-directional maneuverability in weightlessness for function in space combat, with primary thrust provided by the installations on the dorsal box. The water used by the unit as a propellant is supplied from the tanks within the lower legs, which serve also as substitutes to the Ground Type's leg shield. The portions of the tanks that protrude from the knees are detachable for refueling.
Armaments
200 x 25 mm Smoothbore Cannon (Space Type)
One amongst the selection of standard solid-round firearms available to the Tieren. The barrel is fixed with a 12.7 mm coaxial machine gun and two heat sink sword bayonets of sufficient resilience for use as a weapon in close-quarters combat.
30 mm Machine Gun
machine gun mounted in the orange panel before the left shoulder joint.
Carbon Net Launcher
Mounted under the 30 mm machine gun on the left side, two carbon net cartridges can be fired from the hip-mounted launcher to immobilize and capture enemy units.
Gel Launcher
Mounted on the left forearm. The quad-barrel launches capsules which in mid-flight fires an immobilizing substance at the target, hardening upon contact.
History
Like many other models of the Tieren line of mobile suits the Space Type was launched in the year 2301. By the year 2307 it was still heavily used in active service of the HRL's military.
One of the primary duties for the mobile suit and its pilots was the defense of the HRL's orbital elevator, protecting it from various enemy forces such as terrorists. A squad of Tieren Space Types performed such a mission on the day of the Tenth Anniversary Celebration for HRL's Orbital Elevator. They failed to intercept the terrorists but there were no losses thanks to the intervention of the Gundams Kyrios and Virtue.
At a later date a large squad of fifty or more Tieren Space Types would be fielded in a mission led Sergei Smirnov in order to capture a Gundam. For this mission they were equipped with specialized capture weapons such as the carbon net launcher and the gel launcher. They almost succeeded in the capture of the Kyrios and the Virtue, however previously unknown abilities of both the Gundams and their Meisters led to the mission ending in failure with heavy loss of both machines and pilot lives.
The Tieren Space Types would not be seeing many more engagements with the Gundams as after a short time period they would be replaced by the UN Forces GN-X mobile suits in anti-Gundam operations.
After the establishment of the Earth Sphere Federation the Tieren Space Type would be completely phased out of military service in favor of newer mobile suits equipped with GN Tau Drives. However the Tieren Space Type would still be used by anti-government groups, most prominently Katharon, but they would prove to be inadequate when compared to the GN-XIII and later Ahead mobile suits.
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