OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon

OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon

History:

Late in the year AC 195 Treize Khushrenada was relieved of his duties as the Commander of OZ as was placed under house-arrest. Treize had been intrigued by the Gundams and their pilots and so designed a Gundam which he called Epyon. Treize had a highly developed sense of honor and so designed the suit to be a "dueling" mobile suit, equiping it with short range weaponry only: a beam saber and a tail-like heat rod. Treize was also able to equip the Epyon's cockpit with the Zero System.

Treize had hoped that a Gundam pilot would come forth to pilot the suit, particularly Heero Yuy. Thus, Treize presented the Epyon Gundam to the Gundam Pilot Heero Yuy when Heero had sought him out with the intention of assassinating him. Heero, however, did not kill Treize and accepted the Epyon.

After boarding the mobile suit, Treize warned Heero not to be a 'winner' when piloting it, meaning that achieving victory should not be on his mind, only the fighting itself. When the Romefeller Foundation launched an invasion of the Sanc Kingdom, Heero piloted the Epyon into battle. Having not yet mastered the Zero System however, Heero suffered a near-nervous breakdown and fled the battle. Relena's brother, Milliardo, arrived in the Wing Zero having heard of the invasion, but was too late. Milliardo and Heero dueled in the Wing Zero and Epyon respectively, and fought themselves to a stalemate. Unable to determine a victory using their Zero Systems, both combatants reached a stalemate and ceased. The two exchanged suits with Heero taking the Wing Zero and Milliardo taking the Epyon.

Soon after Milliardo began piloting Epyon the group known as the White Fang rose out of the ashes of the Treize Faction and claimed that they had been charged with defending the Colonies. The chief of the White Fang Quinze approached Milliardo and offered him the leadership of the White Fang. Milliardo accepted and continued to pilot the Epyon against the forces of the new Earth Sphere Unified Nation. Milliardo flew Epyon against the Gundam Pilots in the final battle of the war in December of AC 195. In this battle Milliardo, in Epyon, once again challenged Heero Yuy in the Wing Zero. The two fought on and around the gigantic space station Libra. They again reached a stalemate as their battle had reached the last surviving section of Libra, which was falling towards the Earth. Milliardo convinced Heero to leave and he used Epyon to destroy the reactor which powered that section of the station. Milliardo was presumed killed in the explosion and Epyon was never seen again.

General Characteristics

Overall Height: 17.4 m

Weight: 8.5 t

Accommodation: Pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso

Armor: Gundanium Alloy

Armaments:
Beam Saber
Heat Rod

Special Equipments and Features:
Zero System
Mobile Armor mode