The MA-06 Val Walo (or Val Varo)(MA-06 ヴァル・ヴァロ) is a mobile armor from the anime OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory and Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. ENGAGE.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
The Val Walo was a mobile armor developed by the Principality of Zeon military near the end of the One Year War. Its development history was largely unknown. It was believed to be a successor or improved variant of the MA-05 Bigro, but its form and structure also had similarities with the MAM-07 Grublo. The Val Walo was equipped with a variety of weapons, including a pair of flexible claw arms, a large mega particle cannon, a pair of anti-air beam guns, four 110mm vulcan guns, and two missile pods. Its most unique weapon was the Plasma Leader, an improved variant of the Adzam Leader used by the MAX-03 Adzam, which could disable enemies caught within its power electromagnetic field.[1]
In U.C. 0083, former Zeon pilot Kelley Layzner secretly restored a Val Walo in his junkyard in Von Braun. Having lost his left arm during the war, he modified his unit to be controllable using only one hand. Since this unit was the only known unit to see combat, it was unclear how much it differed from the original Val Walo.[1]
Armaments[]
- Large Mega Particle Cannon
- A powerful beam weapon mounted on the underside of the Val Walo. Even a glancing blast was capable of melting the Zephyranthes' shield.
- 2-tube Missile Pod
- Anti-Aircraft Beam Gun
- A pair of retractable beam guns mounted in the forward "wings" of the Val Walo.
- 110mm Vulcan Gun
- Plasma Leader
- Projectile weapons fired in groups of three. When deployed, the Plasma Leaders lodge in the ground in a triangle formation around an enemy mobile suit, whereupon they project an energy field that immobilizes the enemy.
- Large Pincer
- A pair of pincer claws mounted on the underside of the Val Walo which it uses to seize and crush enemy mobile suits.
History During 0083[]
In the last few weeks of the One Year War, a variant of the MA-05 Bigro was produced, the MA-06 Val Walo. However due to the late time of the war, only three units were built at Granada during the war, and only saw combat at A Baoa Qu. One known unit survived the war and was repaired by crippled Zeon pilot Kelley Layzner in his junkyard in the depths of the Lunar city Von Braun.
In UC 0083, Kelley joined forces with his old wingmate Anavel Gato to help him in the Delaz Fleet Operation Stardust. Kelley modified the Val Walo so that could pilot it in his one-armed state and attacked the Albion (MSC-07) while it was docked at Von Braun. The battle however ended with the death of Kelley and the destruction of the Val Walo at the hands of the RX-78GP01-Fb Gundam "Zephyranthes" Full Burnern.
Mobile Suit Gundam UC Engage[]
Within the history laid out within Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. ENGAGE, the history of the Val Walo becomes a point of contention as well as a means for MIP engineer and technical officer Ashley Horn to train Pesche Montagne. In a cut scene in which Ashley talks to Simus Al Bakharov, Ashley notes that the Val Walo will ultimately be the successor of the MA-05 Bigro after a presentation given by MIP to backers and sponsors by its apparent head engineer and developer, Tokwan. It is later revealed that Ashley and his teammate, technical engineer Ogan Montagne, developed the machinery and technology that would ultimately create the Val Walo. Ashley is seen as the pilot of a blue prototype Val Walo, though it is unclear as to when Kelly Layzner began training with the MA or if he took Ashley's place.
With the notion placed that Ashley co-created the Val Walo, it can be surmised that within the UCE timeline, that the Val Walo was already in production far ahead of or after the MA-05M Bigro Meir. UCE's Japanese version suggests that it began development at the end of the One Year War, coinciding with the 0083 timeline. Whether or not this is in reference to mass produced Val Walo units or test units is unclear, though Ashley Horn's Val Walo is piloted at the insistence of Simus Al Bakharov to not only train Peche, but as a means to further Ogan's legacy.
Variants[]
- MA-06 Val Walo Full Mission Mode
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Notes and Trivia[]
- The Val Walo is one of the two known Zeon mobile weapons which had its cockpit modified for pilots with one arm, the other being the MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom.
- The Val Walo's model number is the same as the MA-06 Grandeene from After War Gundam X.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 High Grade Mechanics 1/550 MA-06 Val-Walo (2002) Instruction Manual
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