Galan Mossa

Galan Mossa is a mercenery that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blood Orphans.

His name is a pseudonom, as his identity had been erased with the help of Rustal Elion.

Personality & Character
A mercenary, highly skilled tactician, and personnal friend of Rustal Elion, he gave up his family, true name, and original affiliations to become the latter's underground associate.

Skills & Abilities
Galan is a skilled tactician, as he managed to drag out the war for weeks by withdrawing the forces under his command whenever the advantage swung to their side. In addition, he is skilled at reading his associates' psychology, skilled enough at acting to feign concern to gain their trust. He privately dismisses Tekkadan's members as animals, but bemusingly noted that they could be tamed with food and pats on the back of the head.

In combat, he pilots a customized Geirail Mobile Suit.

History
He is secretly hired by Rustal to cause a war between Arbrau and the SAU by taking Makanai Togonosuke and Chad, Tekkadan's leader on Earth, out of action and causing panic at the Arbrau Defense Force's inauguration. It is hoped that by showing McGillis' inability to end the war between Arbrau and the SAU quickly, his credentials would be severely diminished.

After the bombing, Galan is placed in charge of Arbrau and Tekkadan's forces with his own force of Mobile Suits. With the help of Radice, he manipulated the war into forcing Tekkadan's Earth Branch into non-stop skirmishing, dulling their senses and forcing them to rely on him for strategy.

After Mikazuki and the others from Mars intervene, he and his mercenaries withdraw from the battlefield and try to reach the African Union. Unfortunately, they are sold out by Radice and was defeated, with Galan defeated by an enraged Akihiro. On the verge of being crushed inside the cockpit, he activates his unit's self destruct before silently apologizing to Rustal. Unfortunately for Tekkadan, since Galan conduct his business through his Geirail's computer, there are no evidence that links him to Rustal.

Relationships

 * Rustal Elion: Rustal is a long-time friend of Galan from their military training days, and he himself went underground in order to be able to support Rustal's scheming outside of normal channels.