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Bask Om (バスク・オム Basuku Omu?) is a character introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. He was also featured in the anime OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
Personality & Character[]
Bask is a brutal and despicable man who despises the Spacenoids, massacres civilians and attacks the enemy without regard for friendly forces in the line of fire. He is extremely arrogant, and will physically abuse anybody who questions his orders without shame. He also has the habit of beating anyone under his command who questioned his orders, including those of the non-Titan Federation army, bolstering his command through intimidation and fear.
Skills & Abilities[]
Bask Om's large and intimidating figure allows him to exert control and initimdation over those under his command through threats both verbal and physical, most often by literally beating them into following orders. His tactics can best be described as barbaric and completely devoid of human decency due to his lack of respect for human life. His brutal and inhumane strategies lead to the Titans becoming widely feared throughout the Earth sphere.
History[]
Operation Stardust[]
A member of the Earth Federation Forces during the latter stages of Operation Stardust, Bask was placed in charge of the newly constructed Solar System II superweapon and tasked with destroying the Delaz Fleet's colony drop. Unnerved by the enemy's aggressive tactics, Bask ordered the superweapon to be fired upon the advancing colony before it had finished charging entirely, but Anavel Gato destroyed the weapon's control ship, further weakening its effectiveness and preventing the colony's destruction. Enraged by his failure, Bask prepared another bombardment of the Solar System II, this time directed at the Delaz Fleet itself. Although his subordinates pled with him to delay the attack as fellow Federation soldiers would be caught in the blast, Bask ignored them and fired the superweapon, grinning all the while. The blast ripped through every mobile suit both friend and foe alike, including Kou Uraki's RX-78GP03 Gundam "Dendrobium", but again failed to destroy the colony.
After the colony drop, Bask gave a speech where he argued the actions of the Delaz Fleet showcased the Earth's vulnerability to outside threats and announced the formation of an elite counter-insurgency force: the Titans.[1]
Gryps War[]
By U.C. 0087, Bask was the field commander of the Titans. As commander, he oversaw a lot of the dirty work in their quest to maintain control over all Spacenoids in light of the events that took place during the One Year War and Operation Stardust. Throughout his tenure, Bask shamelessly ordered his subordinates to commit mass murder by gassing entire colonies. At the start of the Gryps war, he used Kamille Bidan's parents as hostages in order to convince the Anti Earth Union Group to return the Gundam Mk-II prototypes that they stole from the Titans' headquarters at Green Noa II. This particular deed resulted in the death of Kamille's mother, Hilda Bidan, at the hands of Jerid Messa. Disgusted by Bask's action, Titan pilot Emma Sheen helped Kamille and his father Franklin escape by giving them pilot suits so that the three of them could commandeer the Mk-II prototypes and take them back to the AEUG. Upon returning to the Argama, Reccoa Londe told Emma all about the Colony 30 incident, where Bask killed off the entire population with G-3 poison gas in order to end an anti-Earth rally. During the latter parts of the war, Bask, Ironically, sent the later-defected Reccoa out to lead a mission to gas another colony later on in order to prove her loyalty to the Titans. Much to her dismay, the AEUG fails to show up in time in order to stop them and Reccoa reluctantly carries out Bask's orders.
In December of U.C. 0087, Bask took command of the Titan flagship, the Dogosse Giar, and began using the deadly super-weapon, the Gryps 2 colony laser, to attack the space colonies. After the death of Jamitov Hymen at the hands of Paptimus Scirocco, Bask stood as the only obstacle preventing the latter from acquiring complete control over the Titans. He ultimately met his end when Reccoa and several other minions of Scirocco attacked his ship, the Dogosse Giar, while they were executing a mission with Rosamia Badam piloting the MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II. Due to all the confusion, Bask and his men were easily overwhelmed and defeated when Reccoa destroyed the Dogosse Giar with a direct shot at the bridge, killing Bask.
Other Media[]
In the movie trilogy, Bask was killed by Yazan Gable instead of Reccoa during the battle between AEUG, Titans, and Axis.
Relationships[]
Jamitov Hymen[]
Jamitov, being the supreme leader of the Titans, is the only man whom Bask holds any manner of respect towards, due to their shared feelings of Earthnoid supremacy and totalitarian mentalities. While the two are rarely seen interacting throughout the Gryps Conflict, Jamitov appears to hold Bask in similarly high esteem, having appointed him as both the Titan's Commander in-chief and the public face of their entire military structure.
Paptimus Scirocco[]
Despite being a fellow Titan and a proven capable soldier, Bask holds Scirocco in very low regard due to his Spacenoid origins, and openly distrusts him despite multiple pledges of loyalty towards Jamitov. Regardless, he is content to let Scirocco do as he pleases provided he does not act against the Titans, an attitude which would ultimately lead to the death of Jamitov and Scirocco's own uprising.
Jamaican Daninghan[]
Like Jamitov, Bask and Jamaican are shown to share their leader's sense of Earthnoid Supremacy. However, Jamaican disagrees with Bask's opinion that the Titans should be staffed soley by Earthnoids, feeling that Spacenoids would be a helpful asset towards maintaining their organization's grip on the Earth Sphere. While Bask disagrees with Jamaican's opinions, his genuine dedication towards keeping the Titans in control and his lack of respect for those working under him ironically prevent him from experiencing the same brutality as others who question Bask's command.
Reccoa Londe[]
Bask openly distrusts ex-AUEG sabateur Reccoa Londe, especially since she was inducted into their ranks by Scirocco. Convinced she is acting as a spy for the AEUG, Bask commands Reccoa to conduct an act of loyalty to the Titans by gassing a space colony, and proceeds to pummel her for questioning said orders. Despite Reccoa's change of sides being genuine, she refuses to let Bask's actions go, and is ultimately the one to kill him on Scirocco's behalf during the climax of the Gryps Conflct.
Bright Noa[]
Despite the former White Base captain being a legendary war hero, Bask holds little respect for Bright Noa, whom strongly disagrees with his brutal tactics and elitist opinions. After brutally pummeling Bright off his feet, Bask refused to even acknowledge him as other Titan soldiers mocked and abused him. Ironically, Bask's abuse would ultimately lead to Bright's defection to the AEUG, resulting in the Titans gaining one of their most dangerous enemies.
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Anime[]
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Arguably, Bask and Jamitov Hymen were the ones who most benefited from the Federation's defeat in Operation Stardust; their enemies in the Zeon remnants were dead and the tragedy gave Bask and Jamitov the political support to create the Titans.
- Bask is rarely seen without his trademark red goggles, although select moments without them in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam prove he does not require them to see.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Episode 2, Departure
- Episode 3, Inside the Capsule
- Episode 4, Emma's Decision
- Episode 5, Father and Son
- Episode 6, To Earth
- Episode 13, Shuttle Launch
- Episode 40, Activation of Gryps
- Episode 43, Haman's Victory
- Episode 45, Coming From the Heavens
- Episode 48, The Mirror of Rosamia
- Deceased
- Movies
References[]
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External links[]
Stardust Memory characters
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