MS-08TX Efreet

The MS-08TX Efreet is a Principality of Zeon mobile suit from the Gundam anime series.

MS-08TX Efreet
The basic Efreet model mobile suit appeared in the Gundam video game Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079. Much like the Gouf, the Efreet was a high-performance close combat ground mobile suit. However, the Efreet had an incredibly short production run. In the end only eight Efreets would be built during the One Year War before production would be halted in favor of newer and more revolutionary designs like the Dom.

The Efreet was equipped with a powerful 42 mm shotgun for mid-range and close-range combat and a heat saber to be used in melee combat. This weapons loadout made the Efreet well suited for close combat. The Efreet also had four smoke dischargers on its frame, which could cover an area in a thick cloud of smoke. This allows the Efreet to move in swiftly, destroy its intended targets, and move out before the smoke clears.

One of the few Efreet mobile suits produced was piloted by Henry Boone, leader of the Zeon's Wolf Gar Team, who lead Operation Desert Dragon to overtake the Albatross Transport Base in the Gobi Desert. Another Efreet was highly customized by Zeon ace pilot Major Nimbus Schterzen into the MS-08TX(EXAM) Efreet Custom seen in Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny.

MS-08TX[EXAM] Efreet Custom
The MS-08TX[EXAM] Efreet Custom (in the Blue Destiny manga it is called "Iflyte") was the first EXAM unit developed at the Flanagan Institute by Professor Chlust Morses. Morses hatred for Newtypes would be cultivated into the EXAM system, a system that gave normal pilots the ability to mimic the power of Newtypes. However, it was infused with the soul of Newtype Marion Welch.

The Efreet Custom is a heavily armed MS-08TX Efreet type mobile suit. It was built based on the later experimental suit MS-18E Kämpfer. The Efreet Custom was armed with two forearm missiles, six leg mounted missiles, and two heat sabers for close combat. The Efreet could use its missiles to bombard an enemy, dash in with its swords and leave the area quickly.

The Efreet Custom first appeared when a Medea carrying Alph Kamra and the RX-79BD-1[EXAM] GM Blue Destiny Unit 1, Efreet's sister unit, crashed with the help of six heavily-armed Zakus. In order to keep the Efreet Custom and EXAM a secret, Nimbus destroyed his own allies. The Efreet first entered combat against the pilotless Blue Destiny Unit 1, but retreated due to an incoming Federation force.

Later, during the attack on California Base, the Efreet and Blue Destiny would meet for the final time. The Blue Destiny had a new pilot however, Nimbus' rival Yuu Kajima. As the two fought, the truth about the EXAM was revealed. Both Blue Destiny Unit 1 and Efeet Custom were destroyed, but their pilot survive.

MS-08TX Efreet
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon Operator: Principality of Zeon Unit type: mobile suit Dimensions: Overall height 18.1 meters; Head height 17.2 meters Weight: base weight 59.4 tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating 1072 kW Armament: 42 mm shotgun x 1, long heat saber x 1, smoke discharger x 4 Pilot: Henry Boone

MS-08TX[EXAM] Efreet Custom
Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon Operator: Principality of Zeon Unit type: prototype EXAM mobile suit Dimensions: head height 17.2 meters Weight: empty 59.4 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Special Equipment: EXAM system Armament: 2 x grenade launcher, mounted on arms, 1 per arm; 2 x leg missile pod, 6 missiles per pod; homing missile; 2 x heat saber Pilot: Major Nimbus Schterzen