The YMF-01B Proto GINN (aka GINN, GINN Trainer) is a prototype mobile suit first featured in the original design series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
Based on the mobile suit prototype unit 1, the Proto GINN was the first practical mobile suit[1] and the first mobile suit designed for combat.[2] It was based on the exoskeleton/power-assisted space suits (commonly referred to as "mobile suits") found on the Tsiolkovsky, George Glenn's Jupiter exploration ship.[2] Since it was based on space suits, the Proto GINN's structure was similar to the human body: with arm-mounted manipulators that have five fingers, legs with knee joints, and a head with a monoeye camera. It did not feature any fixed weapons, but was expected to be able to use weapons such as rifle and sword using its manipulators.[2]
History
In C.E. 65, PLANT secretly rolled out the first prototype mobile suit, supposedly called "Zaft". Within the same year, the Zodiac Alliance, a political group in PLANT that had been demanding autonomy and independence from Earth, renamed itself the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty.[1][3] Development of mobile suit continued, and two years later, the Proto GINN (then known only as GINN), the first combat capable mobile suit, was rolled out. Secretly, a section of Martius City was modified to produce more mobile suits.[1]
In C.E. 68, ZAFT was reformed into a military organization following the Mandelbrot incident, in which a food convoy heading for PLANT was destroyed for violating the ban on food importation, killing hundreds of Coordinators.[1] Since PLANT had a far smaller population than Earth, ZAFT had to prioritize the survivability of its soldiers above all else. The mobile suit was selected as its weapon, since each mobile suit could be controlled by a single pilot.[2]
One year later, in C.E. 69, the PLANT sponsor nations discovered that PLANT had violated their ban on food production. In response, they deployed their space forces and threatened to remove the food-producing colonies. However, ZAFT deployed the Proto GINNs, which sucessfully expelled the sponsor nation forces from PLANT despite being heavily outnumbered. It was at this point that the existence of the Proto GINN and ZAFT's nature as a military organization became public.[1]
As tension between PLANT and Earth escalated, mobile suit development accelerated.[4] Within the same year, the Proto GINN's sucessor, the ZGMF-1017 GINN, was rolled out. As a result, the Proto GINN was retired from the frontline and relegated to trainer duty, with some units being sold to civilians or third party nations as worker units due to their ease of piloting.[2]
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Anime
Notes & Trivia
- The Proto GINN resembles the Universal Century's MS-05 Zaku I. Like wise the Proto-GINN's successor unit, the ZGMF-1017 GINN resembles the MS-06 Zaku II. The GINN and Zaku series performed similar roles in their respective timelines, as the events of the Cosmic Era were largely derived from those of the early Universal Century.
Appearances
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- Episode 41 (HD Remastered Episode 39), Trembling World
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Episode 24 (HD Remastered Episode 24), Differing Views
- Episode 31 (HD Remastered Episode 31), The Endless Night
- Manga
- Games
- Books
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV - (First Appearance)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 SEED Model Vol. 3 - SEED MSV Edition (2004), p.10-11, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED official timeline
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - MS Encyclopedia (2008), p.8-9
- ↑ Master Grade Freedom Gundam (2004) instruction manual
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam Seed - MS Encyclopedia (2008), p.10
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