Vayeate

Pilot:  Trowa Barton

Registry Number:  OZ-13MSX1

Height:  16.3 m

Weight:  7.3 tons

Material:  Gundanium

The Vayeate is one of two experimental mobile suits created for OZ by the five scientists who developed the Gundams. Forced by their captors to create a weapon that can defeat a Gundam, the scientists devise a pair of mobile suits - one offensive, one defensive - that can fight as an unbeatable team. The Vayeate, the offensive part of this equation, is test-piloted by undercover Gundam pilot Trowa Barton. Months later, the rebel army White Fang uses Trowa's recorded pilot data to create an unmanned mobile doll version of the Vayeate.

Designed strictly for maximum firepower, the Vayeate is armed only with a powerful beam cannon, based on the Wing Gundam's buster rifle. This beam cannon is connected directly to a generator on the mobile suit's back, so it doesn't have the energy limitations of the Wing Gundam's weapon. Note that both the Mercurius and Vayeate have a visor that protects the mobile suit's vulnerable camera eye.