Karaba (カラバ?) is the Earth-based form of resistance to the Titans.
History[]
Karaba was the Earth-based resistance movement against the Titans. Although they were not as well known as their AEUG space counterparts, whom they frequently assisted in joint operations, they were nonetheless extremely important in the fight against the Titans. Their most important members were the ace pilot Amuro Ray and Karaba's leader, Director Hayato Kobayashi; both fought together on the White Base during the One Year War. Karaba operated from the Audhumla, a giant Garuda-class cargo aircraft (larger than many battleships) stolen from the Federation during the AEUG attack to Jaburo, which became the resistance's mobile headquarters and flagship.
Since their main benefactors were in space, Karaba was initially even more ragtag and underequipped than the AEUG; besides the Audhumla, their main force consisted of ex-AEUG mobile suits left over from the Jaburo campaign, which included several Nemos and at least one Rick Dias. Later on when the Titans influence in space began to wane, Karaba managed to build up its forces to a formidable level, even gaining their own mobile suits, such as the MSK-008 Dijeh (which was made famous by being Amuro Ray's mobile suit of choice).
Karaba's most significant operations during the Gryps War were an all-out attack on the Titans headquarters in Kilimanjaro, and temporarily seizing control of the Federation Congress in Dakar to allow Char Aznable to make a globally televised speech. After the Titans were shunned by the Federation as a result of Char's speech, the battlefield almost entirely shifted to space, largely ending Karaba's role in the war.
In Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, the mission of Karaba shifted from fighting the Titans to fighting the Axis/Neo Zeon movement. By this point though, many of its leaders and pilots had gone to space in order to re-supplement the devastated AEUG, thus Karaba could do little to prevent Neo Zeon's warpath on Earth. The organization's last-known major operation was assisting in the evacuation of Dublin during Neo Zeon's Colony Drop, during which director Hayato was killed in action.
Following the defeat of Haman Karn and Neo Zeon's surrender, the surviving Karaba forces were re-integrated back into the Federation Forces, many of which would go on to join the newly established Londo Bell Task Force.
Members[]
- Amuro Ray
- Hayato Kobayashi
- Kai Shiden
- Beltorchika Irma
- Woomin Luio
- Stephanie Luio
- Tex West
- Dan Nimrod
- Vanessa Vermilion
- Gaius Zemela
- Filius Stream