Special Operation Captain Monique Cadillac (モニク・キャディラック?) is a character from the OVA Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO.
Background[]
The Hidden One Year War[]
"The Serpent That Vanished at Loum"[]
An officer from the office of the Supreme Commander, Monique Cadillac was assigned to the Jotunheim as the 603 Technical Evaluation Unit's political officer. She immediately showed disdain towards the ship, mockingly calling it a "pencil case". She is also short-tempered and easily offended. Being a member of the office of the Supreme Commander, she was the only member of the ship who knew about Operation British beforehand, justifying it by saying that surprise attacks are a tried-and-true strategy.
"The Howl that Dyed the Setting Sun"[]
Monique expressed strong disdain towards Demeziere Sonnen, whom she knew during his days as a tank instructor, disappointed at his self-degradation after he failed to become a mobile suit pilot.
During the drop to the 67th Supply Depot in Arizona, Monique Cadillac pilots a Komusai with Oliver May transporting the YMT-05 Hildolfr along with Sonnen. The Komusai was attacked by captured Zakus being used by Federation forces. In order to keep the Komusai from crashing, Sonnen gets Oliver May to airdrop the Hildolfr onto the enemy so that he may engage them.
After Sonnen was killed in battle, Monique, despite her harsh words toward Sonnen earlier, still expressed sadness at his death.
"The Illusion That Lingers above the Orbit"[]
The Jotunheim responds to the distress call of orbit-drowning Zeon forces retreating from Odessa, Monique sorties in a EMS-10 Zudah to engage the incoming Federation forces along with Jean Luc Duvall and Hideto Washiya. Duvall and Washiya take on the RB-79 Balls while Monique helps a ground Zaku reach safety. At the same time a squad of RGM-79 GMs open fire on the Jotunheim. Duvall then flies around them and leads them away from the HLVs. Oliver tells Monique to bring back Duvall and keep an eye on her engine, but she tells him she doesn't have time for that. Duvall pushes his engine to the limit, forcing the GMs to push themselves to the limit to keep up. One of the GMs falls back due to engine problems, but Monique destroys it. Monique reaches her engine limit and shuts it down. The three remaining GMs overload and explode. Soon after, Duvall's Zudah breaks apart and explodes in the atmosphere.
Apocalypse 0079[]
"Go Beyond the Peak of the Beams of Light"[]
Upon arriving at A Baoa Qu, the Jotunheim is visited by Col. Herbert von Kuspen who immediately tries to assume command of the ship but meets resistance from both Monique Cadillac and Prochnow. The ship is then reinforced with some of the "Principality's elite soldiers" — which turns out to be a group of young cadets. To Monique's shock, her own younger brother, Erwin Cadillac, was part of the group. At Granada airspace they run into a small Federation force, and Erwin leads a squad of three MP-02A Oggos to engage in combat. After fierce fighting, it all ends up with only Erwin and a Ball pilot remaining, both have their weapons malfunctioned. Though he manages to convinces the Federation pilot to surrender, an errant shot from a Salamis-class kills them both. Monique breaks down at her brother's death.
"Spirits Returning to Thunder"[]
When the Jotunheim encounters a vanguard detachment of the Federation fleet Monique, piloting a Zudah, and Kuspen, in his custom Gelgoog, assist Oliver, who is piloting the MA-05Ad Big Rang. They inflict heavy casualties on the Federation forces. Although the Big-Rang pushes back the first wave of the attack, vengeful Federation soldiers eventually overwhelm and destroy the mobile armor and kill Kuspen. As the retreating Jotunheim mourns the loss of their friends, a small group of survivor mobile suits approaches, among them an alive Oliver held by Monique's heavily damaged Zudah.
Operation Stardust[]
After the war, Monique Cadillac, along with Hideto Washiya and Oliver May, escaped to the asteroid base Axis. She continued her job as an engineer, helping to transport the AMX-002 Neue Ziel from Axis. She explained that because Axis had a treaty of neutrality with the federation, the asteroid and Neo Zeon would be unable to help the Delaz Fleet - despite the fact that "a great many" endorsed the fleet's actions. She claimed that she still supported the cause of spacenoids.[1]
Monique Cadillac, upon hearing that Nina Purpleton was onboard, was intrigued by an Anaheim engineer and sought her out. [2] Nina and Poral Guilish had ended up on an Axis Zeon cruiser while seeking out Anavel Gato, and Cadillac mistakenly believed that they had joined to collaborate with Neo Zeon. Discussions with Nina Purpleton on the Neue Ziel indicated that the mobile armor couldn't contain its reactor output, but that it could be repaired at an Anaheim Electronics facility.[3] This turned out to be La Vie en Rose. Cadillac and Purpleton boarded La Vie En Rose and convinced the staff to allow them to use the facility as a manner of "humanitarian aid to improve the Neue Ziel. This was done in secrecy as at the same time, the Federation arrived to take control of RX-78GP03S Gundam "Stamen".
In the aftermath, Nina requested Monique take her to Gato. Monique refused, citing that Nina was a civilian.
La Vie En Rose came under attack by Delaz Fleet forces , and Gato retrieved the Neue Ziel. Monique ordered the rest of her team to collect as much data as possible about from the Neue Ziel's combat and return it to Axis, in order to better develop weapons for Neo Zeon. May, Cadillac, and Washiya stayed with Delaz after the delivery and first sorties in order to continue gathering data on the Ziel.[4] Cima Garou's seizure of the Gwaden complicated their mission, as the three weapons-testers were part of Axis and forbidden from intervening, but Oliver May recommended that they stay on to continue gathering data.[5]
Monique felt great discomfort seeing a colony drop, even though she agreed with the ideals of Neo Zeon. Monique felt extremely troubled; she felt that the longer she worked as a soldier, the more desensitized to death she became. It scared her, and made her think about losing her brother.[6]
After witnessing the destruction of the Neue Ziel and the colony drop, Monique, Washiya, and May returned to Axis with the data, seeking to develop ever-larger mobile armors for Neo Zeon. Cadillac, however, had fostered a growing relationship with Kurena Hacksell during her visit to La Vie en Rose, and was eager to have Anaheim Electronics's collaboration going forward. Cadillac would propose a joint mobile suit development project with Anaheim Electronics, one which would eventually yield impressive results for Neo Zeon.[7]
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Notes and Trivia[]
- According to the novelization, Monique Cadillac's personality was modeled after the dog of MS Igloo director Takashi Imanishi. Her last name was derived from the American automobile brand.
- Despite being a military officer, Monique's uniform closely assembles to that of Cecilia Irene, the personal secretary of Gihren Zabi, Zeon's wartime Supreme Commander. This may explain Monique's origin as a high ranking official from Zeon's Supreme Commander Palace.