Technology & Combat Characteristics

This massive mobile armor is donated to the Delaz Fleet by the Axis Zeon remnants who have made their home at the asteroid base Axis, in the outer reaches of the solar system. Technologically far superior to the mobile armors of the One Year War, the Neue Ziel is fast, maneuverable, and is also protected by an I-Field. It features large thrusters throughout the body, giving it high mobility despite its large size. In addition to its arsenal of missiles and mega particle cannons, it also sports a pair of computer-controlled claw arms which allow even non-Newtypes like Anavel Gato to carry out the dreaded multi-directional "all-range attack".

History

Developed by Axis engineers under the direction of Haman Karn, the AMX-002 Neue Ziel was one of the most powerful mobile armors of its time. Design of the Neue Ziel first began during the One Year War, however, development was postponed due to lack of resources. Construction of the mobile armor was finally made possible thanks to advances in various technologies and the wealth of resources in the asteroid belt. It was shipped out with the Axis Advanced Fleet when it departed for the Earth Sphere in unofficial support of Admiral Aiguille Delaz and his fleet during Operation Stardust.

When Delaz's right-hand man and One Year War Zeon ace, Lieutenant Commander Anavel Gato, visited the Axis Advanced Fleet, the fleet's Admiral transferred it to him as a gesture of goodwill. The Neue Ziel enabled Gato to clear the path for Operation Stardust in the final stages of heated battle, and battled evenly against the Federation's RX-78GP03 Gundam "Dendrobium". However, the mobile armor sustained heavy damage from the Federation's Solar System II, which Gato had earlier crippled, and was finally destroyed when Gato crashed his Neue Ziel into one of the Federation's Salamis class cruisers.