RMS-154 Refined Barzam

The Refined Barzam is a mobile suit that appeared in the photonovel Gundam Sentinel.

Combat Abilities
The armament of the Refined Barzam was largly the same as the one of the original RMS-154 Barzam. The only fixed armaments were a pair of beam sabers, although their position was changed to mountings on the backpack on the Refined Barzam as opposed to mounting them in the forearms. The Refined Barzam also had its own beam rifle with an attached grenade launcher, and could still be equipped with the head vulcan pods originally designed for the RX-178 Gundam Mk-II as well as any other weapons the Gundam Mk-II could wield.

History
Although the original RMS-154 Barzam was deemed too conventional, the Earth Federation Space Forces stationed at the Pezun asteroid base had a next-generation Barzam model in their ranks. The RMS-154 Refined Barzam was a far step up from the original Barzam design, and outwardly the unit had much more in common with the Gundam Mk-II than its predecessor. The Refined Barzam proved to be an excellent mobile suit for its time, but they were still produced only in small quantities. In the final weeks of the Gryps Conflict, in UC 0088, a pro-Titans military offshoot called the New Desides staged a revolt at the Pezun asteroid to depose the AEUG-sympathetic leadership of the base. The Refined Barzams were the Federation Forces's first line of defense at Pezun, but they were all over-whelmed and destroyed by the New Desides's superior RMS-141 Xeku Eins mobile suits and Pezun quickly fell to the New Desides.