Paptimus Scirocco

Paptimus Scirocco
Paptimus Scirocco
Profile
Aliases	The Man from Jupiter
Species	Human
Classification	Newtype
Height	180 cm5.906 ft <br />70.866 in <br />
Hair Color	Purple
Eye Color	Purple
Age	26
Birth Date	0062 (U.C.)
Gender	Male
Nationality	Jupiter
Affiliation	Titans
Occupation	Captain of the Jupitris Jupiter Energy Fleet representative Leader of the Titans Mobile Suit Pilot Mobile Suit Designer
Rank	Lieutenant
Status	Killed in Action
Mecha & Vehicles
Captain Dogosse Giar-class Jupitris-class Pilot PMX-003 The-O PMX-000 Messala ABFS-RR-01S Messala Dinofaust Jupiter PMX-001 Palace Athene Crew Alexandria-class Dogosse Giar-class
Real World
Japanese Voices	Bin Shimada
English Voices	Jonathan Love
Appearances
Television	MSZG: #10 - Episode #50
Manga	MSZG Define
Novel	Tyrant Sword of Neofalia

Paptimus Scirocco (パプテマス・シロッコ, Paputemasu Shirokko^?) is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Background

He is a sinister genius who joins forces with the Titans. Known as "The Man from Jupiter," Scirocco is a member of the Federation's Jupiter Fleet, whose huge transport ships collect helium fuel from the outer planets. Not only is he a gifted mobile suit designer, skilled pilot, and powerful Newtype, but Scirocco's keen intellect and overwhelming charisma enable him to easily manipulate those around him - particularly women. Though his goals and ideology are utterly alien to those of the Titans, their leaders recruit Scirocco to bolster their fighting power, foolishly thinking that his oath of loyalty will protect them from this dangerous renegade.

Personality & Character

Paptimus Scirocco is a man with a great intellect and has the charisma to persuade people around him, mostly women, to join his side.

History

Gryps Conflict

Scirocco, also known as "The Man from Jupiter", is a very powerful Newtype summoned by the Titans for his excellent piloting and mechanical skills. He also exhibits great charisma, which allows him to easily manipulate women such as Reccoa Londe and Sarah Zabiarov. Reccoa would eventually betray the AEUG due to his influence and Sarah would later sacrifice herself by taking a blow that was meant for him.

Scirocco first appeared while pursuing Bright Noa and several civilians in his Messala. He withdraws after Kamille Bidan and Char Aznable intervene, but he exhibits great piloting skills that are virtually on par with Char's. Later he attempts to destroy the AEUG's main force as they prepare to attack Jaburo and destroys one of their ships with a single blow from his mobile suit. He withdraws again to avoid being pulled into Earth's gravity after Emma Sheen engages him in battle followed by Kamille and Char.

It is later revealed by Jamitov Hymen that Scirocco signed a contract pledging his loyalty to the Titans with his own blood. His quick ascension up the ranks earned him the wrath of several other Titan officers such as Bask Om, Jerid Messa, and Jamaican Daninghan. Even Jamitov has grave reservations about where Scirocco's loyalty lies, but he still keeps him on as an officer.

Throughout the course of the series, Scirocco along with his minions executed all kinds of underhanded plots to help him assume control over the Titans and eventually the Earth Sphere. When Jamaican attempts to drop a colony on the lunar city Granada, he sends Sarah to the Argama and alerts the AEUG so that they can successfully thwart Jamaican's plan. He inexplicably allows Reccoa to leave his ship, The Jupitris after sensing that she was a spy, an act that continues to dog Reccoa until she finally defects from the AEUG and joins him. He also successfully forges a brief alliance with Axis Zeon, but Haman Karn later disables the Gryps 2 Colony Laser and sends the Axis asteroid flying into the Titans' stronghold at the Gate of Zedan.

Eventually, Scirocco pulls off a coup d'état by assassinating Jamitov and blaming Haman for it. While engaged in a battle with Haman, Katz Kobayashi tries to kill him out of hope that it would free Sarah from his influence, but she takes the shot that is meant for him and dies. Although Scirocco mostly saw Sarah as a means to an end, he forgets all about Haman and targets Katz, but Reccoa gets in his way, puzzling him. However, Kamille, Char, and Fa Yuiry intervene, forcing him and Reccoa to retreat.

He later sends Reccoa out on a mission to destroy the Dogosse Giar, which by this time was commanded by Bask. By removing Bask, Scirocco finally assumed complete control over the Titans, which brought him one huge step closer towards realizing his goal of world domination.

Final Battle at Operation Maelstrom

In his final appearance, Scirocco fights a four-way battle with Kamille, Char, and Haman that ultimately breaks off with him fighting Kamille. Towards the end of this fight, Kamille calls upon the spirits of several other characters, AEUG and Titan alike, to lend him their strength in order to defeat Scirocco. The power exhibited by Kamille's Zeta Gundam causes Scirocco's mobile suit The O to stall. Kamille quickly transforms the Zeta into its Waverider form and rams it into The O, impaling Scirocco on the top.

However, there are two versions of the events that occur in the next few minutes. In the TV version, Scirocco vows he won't die alone and uses his last ounce of strength to deliver a crippling blow that leaves Kamille insane. However, the movie version scraps this entire sequence.

In Other Media

Scirocco has shown up in many other games, including the Super Robot Wars franchise, the SD Gundam G Generation franchise, and Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2. Many of his game appearances go about the same way it's happened in the original series, with Scirocco attempting to take down Kamille's mind before he dies. However, ever since Super Robot Wars 3, players have always been given the option to prevent that from happening by having Four Murasame kept alive, thus allowing Kamille to stay grounded as Scirocco dies.

Scirroco also was part of one of the few recurring storylines in the Classic SRW games, having been a part of the Divine Crusaders in SRW 2 and eventually expelled after he attempted to seize control of their organization, and this was retained and referenced in SRW 3, where he seeks to strike back at them and obtain the Valsion Custom, an original series unit he would be able to pilot, being one of the few non-original, licensed characters to do so, even serving as the final boss in some routes.

The Alpha series was also altered due to his being aligned with the Jupiter Empire in that series instead of taking over the Titans, whom he simply leaves (having served there to spy on them) later on in the game, which allows the Titans to exist into Alpha Gaiden past his death.

In Gihren's Ambition: The Menace of Axis V during the Titans' scenario if the player fulfilled the conditions and alignment remains Law. Scirocco will continue to support Jamitov until the end of game and will not betray him.

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Trivia

• "Scirocco" is an alternate spelling of sirocco, a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara and reaches hurricane speeds in North Africa and Southern Europe.
• Scirocco is the first villain to not wear a normal suit in his final battle.
• He is also the only Newtype antagonist to not use any form of wired or wireless weaponry in his mobile suit, and one of the very few in the entire franchise to not do so.
• Even though Commander Ted Ayachi technically outranks Scirocco, he is shown behaving as a subordinate to him.