Technology & Combat Characteristics
The AMX-014 Döven Wolf is a highly advanced mass production mobile suit built by Neo Zeon and primarily assigned to elite pilots. It incorporated technologies obtained from Earth Federation Forces mobile suits that ended up in the hands of Neo Zeon, namely the ORX-013 Gundam Mk-V and the wreckage of the MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II. Its most notable feature is the Quasi-Psycommu system, which enables ordinary pilots to operate remote-controlled weaponry and launch all-range attacks just like the Newtypes or enhanced humans. This system is also equipped by other mobile suits including the Gundam Mk-V as well as Neo Zeon's AMX-103 Hamma Hamma.
The Döven Wolf has four wire-guided remote weapons that utilized the Quasi-Psycommu, the two INCOMS on its backpack that is armed with a beam gun each, and a pair of beam hands, wire-guided arms with built-in beam guns. The beam hands can also grab and electrocute the enemy machine. The commander version of Döven Wolf, which is visually identical to the normal version, is equipped with wireless beam hands and has a pair of hidden arms that are revealed after these beam hands are launched.
Another notable feature of the Döven Wolf is its powerful reactor, which has a power output of 5250kW, the highest seen in a mass-produced mobile suit during the First Neo Zeon War. This allowed the Döven Wolf to be equipped with several powerful beam weapons, including two mega particle cannons located in its abdomen, a pair of backpack-mounted beam cannons, and a powerful beam rifle that can combine with the abdominal mega particle cannons to form a mega launcher. The mobile suit is also armed with a pair of beam sabers, two backpack-mounted missile launchers, a pair of torso-mounted grenade launchers, a pair of 30mm vulcan guns, plus an optional pair of back-mounted anti-ship missiles.
Apart from its vast weaponry, the Döven Wolf maintains high maneuvering capabilities and decent speed for a mobile suit of its size thanks to multiple verniers and a pair of backpack booster binders which hold additional thrusters and provides extra control for the AMBAC system. After Neo Zeon was defeated, surviving Döven Wolfs continued to be operated by remnant groups, most notably the Sleeves, whose machines bear the group's distinctive markings.
History
The AMX-014 Döven Wolf is a mass-produced mobile suit introduced by Neo Zeon to serve as their mainstay mobile suit, beating out the competing AMX-011 Zaku III. While the Döven Wolf used some design concepts from the salvaged MRX-010 Psycho Gundam Mk-II, it is more influenced by the ORX-013 Gundam Mk-V, when a researcher defected from the Murasame Research Institute and took one of the three Mk-V units.
During the Neo Zeon civil war between Haman Karn's faction and Glemy Toto's faction that occurred during the First Neo Zeon War, many pilots of the Döven Wolf joined the latter and fought against Haman's loyalist forces. This badly decimated both sides, causing the Neo Zeon to be defeated by the Earth Federation Forces.
After the war, the asteroid base Axis was placed under the control of the Earth Federation government. At this point, several Döven Wolfs which remained there as reserve fighting strength were captured. These units were transferred to Anaheim Electronics' Granada factory and modified into the ARX-014 Silver Bullets, which were used for technical research into the quasi-psycommu system.
Several Döven Wolfs operated by Neo Zeon remnants (equipped with disk-shaped sub-flight systems due to the high gravity of the Jupiter sphere) were also seen chasing an AMX-004 Qubeley Mk-II (presumably piloted by a surviving Ple clone) near the Jupitris II. These mobile suits were destroyed by Judau Ashta and his MSZ-010S ZZ-GR.
In U.C. 0096, a number of surviving Döven Wolfs were used by the Sleeves during the Laplace Incident. These mobile suits were repainted in a blue color scheme and given the distinctive markings featured on many of the mobile suits used by the Sleeves.