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Christina Mackenzie (クリスチーナ・マッケンジー Kurisuchīna Makkenjī?) is one of the main characters from Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket and is also the deuteragonist of the manga prequel.

Personality & Character[]

She is a mild-mannered beauty whose appearance and personality are exactly what you would expect from the "girl next door". She is strong-minded and has a strong sense of responsibility, she's also very kind-hearted and caring towards those close to her. While she has a harmonious relationship with her family, she felt that her upbringing hinted that her parents were leaning more towards having a son and was raised to at least be able to stand up to the boys in her group. This consequently led to her having a more tomboyish personality and would eventually start her attraction to the military.

Skills & Abilities[]

After graduating from high school, she entered the Federation Space Force Academy in September of 0076, and graduated first in her class in 0078. While still in school, she aspired to become a fighter pilot and wanted to be assigned to the War Technology Research Group, an elite unit, but the One Year War broke out almost as soon as she was assigned. Chris states that she was a baseball player in when she was much younger and had kept her bat even after joining the military. She joins a test squadron under the command of the Space Force Integrated Technology Research Headquarters, where her piloting skills are impressive for a rookie. After that, the test unit was reorganized and became the G-4 unit, and she was selected to be Alex's full-time pilot. However, she was not a genuine test pilot, but a computer engineer by trade. As a "shoe-fitter," she is in charge of adjusting the Gundam NT-1's educational computer.

History[]

Testing the G-IV[]

Christina Mackenzie was the test pilot, or "shoe-fitter", selected to evaluate the RX-78NT-1 Gundam NT-1 due to her exceptional piloting ability despite being a new graduate from the academy. After analyzing the unit's special learning computer, she was transferred from Jaburo to the Federation's Montana Base to meet members of the G-IV's testing unit in order to find an appropriate pilot for the unit before she is sent back to space with the Alex. While finishing the maintenance of the G-IV for test of Chuck, she is put off by his impulsiveness and pushiness when attempting to become the G-IV's pilot and promptly puts him into an arm lock as a stern reminder of his own weaknesses before beginning his test.

Her fears for Chuck's competence comes true as he is unable to control the G-IV's thrust power and accidentally crashes through the hangar's roof before crashing into the nearby forest. Initially, she and Yuki Nishioka, another member of the testing unit, are tasked with chasing and retrieving the G-IV, but Chris is horrified to learn that Chuck, despite the training mission being called off by his accident, had still chosen to engage Argon unit that was supposed to help with the training. Realizing that Chuck had accidentally and instinctively tuned into the G-IV's learning computer, which was identical to the Alex's and could not distinguish actual combat from simple exercise, a fight could now lead to potential casualties. Once she and Yuki arrive, Chris immediately jumps into the Chuck's line of fire as he is about to attack the test unit's MS-09 Dom and finally calms him down and disarms the unit.

Following Chuck's failure, the G-IV is given over to Margaret instead, and Chris quickly befriends the designated pilot before the G-IV is to run its final test before being shipped to the Arctic Base. During the actual exercise, however, Margaret never returns and coms for the G-IV have been shut down completely as the G-IV's backpack was abandoned at a nearby lake. While the base is in uproar, the Alex becomes inoperable due to an uploaded virus, and Chuck reports that he had last seen Margaret opening the unit's cockpit though Yuki believes this to be a system malfunction. Caring little for the state of the Alex and as the other soldiers in the base were awaiting orders for the official search once the weather calmed, Chris would enter a refurbished MS-06 Zaku II to personally search for Margaret alongside Yuki, who would follow her via jeep.

As she would continue her search, Chris is surprised by the sudden dispersion of Minovsky particles and realizes that some of Zeon's forces were lurking nearby and impeding her search. Forced to take cover beneath the terrain with only a heat hawk as three enemy Zakus were firing at her from above with Fat Uncles, she would finally get a chance to engage when Chuck successfully shoots down the enemy flyers with his RX-75 Guntank and would deal with the remaining three Zakus.

Upon meeting Margaret, Chris is shocked to learn that Chuck was right about Margaret being a Zeon spy. After a brief exchange of words, Chris would reluctantly be forced to engage Margaret. After a brief deadlock, Chris is knocked unconscious when Margaret swipes at the Zaku's cockpit, but as Margaret hesitates to deal a final blow and opens her cockpit to examine Chris's Zaku, Yuki takes the opportunity to snipe Margaret from a distance.

Despite being wounded in the encounter, Chris volunteers to take over Margaret's role as the test pilot but is initially rebuffed by the base commanders, who have little regard for the shoe fitters. To her surprise, Argon unit, who had refused to aid her search, endorsed Chris and eventually pressured the commanders to allow her to become the test pilot of the G-IV with Yuki as her assistant. Now the test pilot, Chris is assigned to the North Pole, where she and Yuki were to join the transport to Side 6.

Return to Side 6[]

Chris would continue to run the Alex through simulations, although both she and the Alex's engineers mention that the suit was far too sensitive to be used by her effectively as she was not a Newtype. Her hometown is Side 6's Ribo colony, the site of a secret Federation mobile suit R&D facility.

Chris & bernie

Chris (right) and Bernie (left) first meet

Chris is the neighbor and friend of Alfred Izuruha whom she also used to babysit, being the closest thing to a big sister for Al. At the beginning of War in the Pocket, Chris just returns from Earth, and is assigned to collect field data for the new NT-1 unit, which is "designed for a pilot from White Base". She meets Al just as he's arriving him who doesn't recognize her at first. Soon it starts to rain, and he helps bring her spilled possessions into her house. Chris then dries him off and gives Al a new shirt to wear while his dries. The two of them have tea together.

One night, she sees a young man sneaking around Al's house, and thinking he's a burglar, she knocks him out from behind with a baseball bat. The man turns out to be Bernard Wiseman, who Al claims is his "older brother". Despite the rocky start, Chris and Bernie get along well, and if the reaction of Chris' parents is any indication, their attraction to each other is fairly obvious.

Chris would lie of her true status as a test pilot, instead claiming she only worked on data gathering for the military.

Chris Alex cockpit

Christina piloting the Gundam Alex

In a tragic twist of fate, Bernie is actually a Zeon soldier and a junior member of the Cyclops Team sent to the colony to destroy the Gundam Alex. The team, including Bernie, would sneak into the facility, but its security would catch them in the act when Bernie flubs his answers leading to fight inside the base.

As Mikhail Kaminsky's MS-18E Kämpfer was running amok and had destroyed several GMs, Christina was called to take the Gundam Alex to defeat the unit. Despite the attempts of the Cyclops team, the Gundam Alex is untouched, and Chris boards the mobile suit to face Kaminsky after he had already used up most of his weapons.

While the Alex's Chobam Armor would be destroyed by a chain mine that Kaminsky had grabbed, Christina would be able to put the unit down by firing the Gundam Alex's gatling guns through the Kämpfer's thin armor. Despite her success, she is still scolded by her superiors for fighting at an urban area despite Christina arguing that more casualties would've occurred if she didn't fight.

Bernie, the sole survivor of his team in the battle, later launches a surprise attack on the Gundam in a lone Zaku. Chris also launches to fight and decides to forego her advantage in fighting the Zaku in a flat and open terrain to avoid civilians. She is drawn into a forest, where Bernie had laid several large Christmas balloons and smoke bombs to distract Chris and allow him to enter close range. Chris manages to graze Bernie's cockpit, but the Zaku's heat axe cuts through one of the Gundam Alex's arms and damages the Gundam Alex's cockpit as well. Bernie would tackle the Gundam Alex down the forest's hill before they charge each other for a final attack. Chris impales the Zaku's cockpit with her beam saber and unknowingly kills Bernie. The resulting explosion also incapacitates the Gundam Alex, which had also lost its main camera to the heat hawk. Al, who comes in a rush to stop the fight, only arrives to witness the result of their battle.

After a brief recovery, she leaves the colony to head back to Earth. While bidding farewell to Al, she asks Al to say goodbye to Bernie for her. Al keeps the fact that Bernie was killed to himself.

Almost three months after leaving the colony, Chris would write back to Al, asking if Bernie is doing well and talking about his odd first impression after accidentally being hit with a bat though she is still apologetic for the incident. Because peace was now returning, she was unsure when she'd be able to quit the military, but she expresses her wish to be able to meet Al and Bernie again and to travel to new places.

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Notes & Trivia[]

0083 Chris

Possible cameo in Gundam 0083

In Other Media[]

  • In the Mobile Suit Gundam 0080―Dissappeared Gundam NT game book, she is able to meet Sleggar Law and Tem Ray and, depending on the deployment, face off against Char Aznable, Johnny Ridden etc.
  • She is among the Earth Federation characters that appear in the SD Gundam G Generation series of strategy games, and— depending on which title it is in the series— may kill Bernie as in the OVA, convince him to switch sides, or even not meet him on the battlefield at all.
  • In the Gihren's Greed series of games, Chris appears on the Federation side. In the OVA, Chris was implied to be an exceptional pilot, and that is reflected in her statistics; her shooting stat, for example, is well above average. She appears once research on the Alex is complete, but may be temporarily unavailable due to injury (as depicted in Gundam 0080). On the Zeon side, it is possible for Bernie to successfully capture both the Alex and Chris. What becomes of Chris should this occur is unknown, but it is reasonable to assume she is held prisoner for the remainder of the war. In the Playstation Portable release of the game, Chris could potentially join the Titans if the player's alignment reaches Law.
  • In the final stage of Mobile Suit Gundam Climax U.C., where the player must battle the main Gundams of the U.C. Gundam series, Chris is notable as being the only female Gundam pilot.
  • Chris, Al and Bernie cameo in Gundam Build Fighters's, 23rd episode.

References[]

  1. Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Episode 1, How Many Miles to the Battlefield?
  2. 『データガンダム キャラクター列伝[宇宙世紀編I]』角川書店、2010年4月、175頁。(ISBN 978-4047154452)
Earth Federation Christina Mackenzie | Stuart | Richard Lumunba
Principality of Zeon Killing | Von Helsing | Charlie | Rugens | Carioca
Cyclops Team Bernard Wiseman | Hardie Steiner | Gabriel Ramirez Garcia | Mikhail Kaminsky | Andy Strauss
Civilians Alfred Izuruha | Chay | Telcott | Dolores Hayes | Mrs. Mackenzie | Mr. Mackenzie | Michiko Izuruha | Ems Izuruha
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