OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III

The Tallgeese III is a mobile suit from the fictional anime/manga series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.

Information

The twin suit of Treize Khushrenada's OZ-00MS2 Tallgeese II OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III was built at the same time as the [OZ-00MS2 Tallgeese II], but its Mega Cannon and a heat rod derived from the Gundam Epyon wasn't finished in time for Treize to take it with him to space. After the Eve Wars' conclusion, the Tallgeese III was confiscated by the Earth Sphere United Nation's Preventer taskforce and kept in storage. In AC 196, when the Mariemeia Army declared war on the Earth Sphere Unified Nation, former OZ ace pilot Zechs Merquise returned from hiding to work for the Preventers. Zechs was assigned the code name Wind and given the Tallgeese III to fight against the Mariemeia Army.

The Tallgeese III's armament was expanded from the original Tallgeese. It sported a pair of head mounted vulcans, a pair of beam sabers, a retractable heat rod (similar to the one previously used on Zechs' OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon) and a mega beam cannon similar to the Wing ZERO's twin buster rifle. The mega beam cannon was powerful enough to destroy the asteroid base MO-III in one shot. Zechs would later use the Tallgeese III to attack the Mariemeia Army's MMS-01 Serpent mobile suits in Brussels without [...] any of the pilots.

It is worth noting that Endless Waltz ends with every major character in the series either losing their Gundam in battle or self-destructing it after the fighting- except for Zechs. Given what we learn of his character, and his attitudes on peace and war, in both the series and the movie, it is quite likely that Zechs chose not to self-destruct his suit when the fighting was done. Thus, in defiance of the Endless Waltz's final proclamation (that mobile suits were never seen again), Tallgeese III endures.

Specifications

OZ-00MS2B Tallgeese III

Manufacturer: Unknown (designed by Treize Kushrenada)
Operator: Preventers
Unit type: Mobile suit
Dimensions: Head height 17.4 meters
Weight: Empty 8.2 metric tons
Powerplant: Ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 3647 kW
Armament: 1 x mega cannon, mounted on right shoulder; 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in shield, hand-carried in use; shield, can be optionally mounted on left shoulder, mounts 1 x heat rod, retractable
Pilot: Zechs Merquise (aka Preventer "Wind")

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