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Ramba Ral is a character from the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin manga and its OVA adapatation.
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0068[]
Ramba Ral was the son of Jimba Ral, longtime friend of Zeon Zum Deikun. He was the Captain of the Munzo Defense Force having served with individuals such as the Club Eden bartender Clamp, 2nd Lieutenant Tachi O'Hara, and 2nd Lieutenant Donovan Matgloss. After the assassination of Zeon Zum Deikun, Ramba was assigned by his father to escort Deikun's widow Astraia and her two children, Casval and Arteisa to their family estate. Unfortunately, their convoy was intercepted by a group of pro-Deikun supporters who came to gawk at Deikun's family, ignoring Ramba's threats to shoot if they didn't move. Thankfully, they were rescued by Kycilia Zabi, who drove the protestors off with her cavalry and allowed Ramba's party to go on their way.[1]
With tensions in Munzo running at an all time high, especially with the Zabis blaming Jimba for the car bombing that killed Sasro Zabi during Deikun's funeral, Ramba conspired with Crowley Hamon to smuggle his father and the Deikun children to Earth. As Crowley rather inconspicuously extracted Casval and Artesia with a Federation Guntank from Roselucia Deikun's tower, Ramba and his men did their best to impede the Federation forces attempting to intercept them before picking up the trio himself for personal escort to the cargo terminal. As Jimba and the Deikun children were concealed in a cargo container, Ramba and Crowley observed their inside man, Tachi O'Hara comically smuggle them through customs onto their transport. They were soon confronted by Kycilia, who remarked that her authority permitted her to ground and search all transports, but once again chose to let the Deikuns go. Ramba then remarked that he and Crowley would cooperate with her like the good citizens they are.[1]
UC 0071[]
He left the military after taking the fall for the incident that resulted in the escape of Casval and Artesia Deikun, he rejoins the military in 0071 as a Captain once again to help Colonel Dozle Zabi test pilot the initial mobile suit prototypes.
Battle of Mare Smythii (UC 0078)[]
Captain Ral of the Autonomous Republic of Zeon's Space Defense Force led the Black Tri-Stars and Char Aznable. Piloting the MS-04 Bugu in the first mobile suit battle ever, his team defeated all 12 Guncannons in the Federation's Iron Cavalry Squadron without a single loss.
One Year War (0079)[]
Promoted two ranks prior to the declaration of the One Year War, Commander Ramba Ral was serving as part of Admiral Dozle's Space Strike Fleet in the initial Zeon actions against Side 2. It should be noted that he was still piloting his MS-04 Bugu from the Mare Smythii battle. He was then called in by Admiral Dozle to be briefed on the true nature of Operation British, which Ramba Ral deduced as gassing all the citizens of Side 2's Island Iffish to drop the colony on Federation HQ in Jaburo.
Appalled by the nature of the proposal, Ramba Ral refused to take part in the Operation, despite Dozle's many appeals to change his mind. After the situation comes to a head and Dozel punches his console in anger, Ramba Ral says that this war of independence is pure insanity that Zeon Zum Deikun would have never supported, and that he wants nothing to do with it. Ral then storms out of the bridge with Dozle yelling back that this was a decision that he would soon regret. As punishment for his insubordination, Ramba Ral was demoted two-ranks from Commander to Lieutenant and is mustered out from the active Zeon military into the reserves.
Unlike the original 0079 Gundam lore which regarded Ramba Ral as a guerilla warfare expert dubbed the "Blue Giant" for battlefield heroics during the Battle of Loum, the Origin version of Ramba Ral did not participate in the Battle of Loum. Instead, he is portrayed as a disgraced former Commander who has found himself, as a result of adhering to his own personal code of honor and decency by refusing to participate in Operation British, demoted from active duty into a state of obscurity.
Earth[]
Unable to leave his subordinates behind, Ramba eventually returned to service and joined Zeon's invasion forces on Earth with close aides like Crowley and Cozun Graham accompanying him. Ral bases himself in the central American desert and is ordered to intercept the White Base and avenge Garma. Ral first orders the Zanzibar to emerge from behind the White Base and attack the ship with its mega particle cannon. When the White Base is forced to descend for cover, Ral sees the opportunity to sortie with his MS-07 Gouf with Acous and Cozun Graham supporting him in their Zakus.
Chasing the ship to a valley near the Falconia Gulf, Ral immediately engages with the RX-78-2 Gundam, quickly destroying the Gundam's beam rifle with the Gouf's heat rod. When the Gundam recklessly charges him, Ral easily parries its beam saber attack and forces it down with a quick punch to the chest and a kick to its head. With the rest of the White Base's mobile suits arriving to reinforce the Gundam, Ral decides to pull back, having properly assessed the White Base's units.
After this first encounter with the White Base, Ramba meets, M'Quve's second-in-command, Uragang to switch their Zanzibar for a Gallop as he continues shadowing the White Base. Now in central America, Ral is met by Crowley, and he reveals that successfully hunting the White Base would likely lead to a potential promotion back to his former rank. While Crowley assures him that he does not have to do so, Ral insists as a higher position would help both her and his subordinates.
Ral's squad is eventually able to catch up to the White Base en route to Jaburo and Ral chooses to again engage the Gundam with Cozun and Acous keeping the other units at bay. Initially, both units use their ranged weapons, but Ral makes use of the dust clouds made by the Gouf's machine gun to launch hit-and-run attacks on the Gundam, managing to destroy the Gundam's left leg with the heat rod. Drawing his heat sword, Ral locks in a melee with the grounded Gundam, but is forced to pull back when Acous' Zaku is destroyed by the White Base's RX-77-2 Guncannon. When Cozun attempts to bring the damaged Gundam back with them, he is instead captured by Kai Shiden's Guncannon, forcing Ral to return alone.
While resting for another attack on the White Base, Ral, Crowley, and their officers make a pit stop to a local tavern and notice Amuro Ray short of cash. Interested in the young man, Crowley offers him an extra order of water on her tab. Amuro politely declines the offer, stating that he has no reason to accept their generosity nor was he there for handouts, but this only impresses Ral who now insists with Crowley for Amuro to take the offer. The conversation is interrupted when Fraw Bow is caught peeking at their trucks in her Federation uniform. Noticing Amuro's reaction, Ral orders his men to release Fraw before peeking under Amuro's poncho to see a pistol ready to be drawn.
Ral compliments Amuro's resolve but warns him that he would not get away with such a move outside neutral territory. Once Amuro and Fraw depart from the tavern, Ral orders one of his men to chase after them as they'd likely return back to the White Base. As Ral predicted, Fraw returns and exposes the White Base's location, allowing his team to launch a raid while the captured Cozun detonates a wire bomb inside a fake tooth to cause chaos inside the ship. Cozun then radios Ral that the ship only had a combination of five mobile suits with the Gundam being missing.
Choosing to focus on the mobile suit teams, Ral has his squad focus on attacking the White Base. Thanks to a distraction with mortar fire, Ral closes the distance with the White Base's mobile suits and slices through N'Xau and Yang's RX-75 Guntank and fatally damaging Danny's Guncannon. The destruction of two allied units causes the mobile suit team to panic, and Ral easily subdues Kai Shiden's Guncannon with the heat rod whilst using it as a shield to attack Hayato Kobayashi and Ryu Jose's Guntank.
Just as victory is within his grasp, the Gundam emerges and shoots through the heat rod, releasing the Guncannon. Projecting its descent, Ral quickly turns around and attacks the descending Gundam, but the Gundam draws its beam saber for a melee. Ral strikes first, cutting the Gundam's shield, but this proves to be a feint as the Gundam cuts into the Gouf's shoulder and nearly reaching the cockpit before Ral's machine gun fire near the Gundam's cockpit forces it back. The two prepare for a final attack, but the Gundam is able to duck under Ral's attack, slicing off both arms of the Gouf. While both units were in close range together, Ral peered outside his cockpit and is surprised to see Amuro piloting the Gundam. Amuro soon stabbed the Gouf's backpack, forcing Ral to escape his unit by hurling a grappling hook at the Gundam's damaged chest and swinging under its crotch but not before chiding Amuro for only relying on the Gundam's strength rather than his own skill.
As Ral returned back to the Gallop, he is met by Uragang, who informs him that M'Quve cannot spare any of the MS-09 Doms due to the planned attack on Jaburo. While enraged, Ral orders Uragang to return back to M'Quve stating that he will continue his mission with his bare hands if need be. Taking advantage of the damage from the previous skirmish, Ral and his team enter the White Base through exposed holes in the ship's body and engage the crew in a firefight. Despite overrunning Bridge 2, the White Base manages to send out Amuro's Gundam to push back the Gallop and its Zaku escort while Ral pushes his way into the White Base's central control. Unexpectedly, Ral is confronted by Artesia and is shot by Ryu while his guard is down.
Ral responds by shooting Ryu in the abdomen and flees back to Bridge 2 to radio Crowley that Artesia was still alive, but that he was finished. Though he urges his men to escape, Amuro kills them by blowing a hole through Bridge 2. Rather than be captured, Ral chooses death and unpins a grenade before hurling himself out of the White Base, exploding in the hands of Amuro.
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- ā 1.0 1.1 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Episode 1, Blue-Eyed Casval