Technology & Combat Characteristics
One of the "Gundam" frames that was produced and used in the Calamity War roughly 300 years ago, the Gundam Kimaris is able to achieve a high energy output because it possesses two Ahab Reactors. Only a total of 72 Gundam frames were ever produced because it is difficult to run two Ahab Reactors in parallel operation.
Due to the versatile "Gundam" frame, the Gundam Kimaris can be used in any environment, but it is particularly adept at space combat and has outstanding stability in low orbit combat despite the pull of gravity.
History
The ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris is the 66th of the 72 Gundam Frames created by Gjallarhorn near the end of the Calamity War to counter the threat of the powerful mobile armors such as Hashmal. It was piloted by Gargin Bauduin, the first head of Bauduin family, who played a key role in ending the war. Thus, the Kimaris was seen as a heroic mobile suit and Gargin's stellar achievement made the Bauduin family one of Gjallarhorn's renowned Seven Stars. After the war, the Gundam participated in various ceremonies as a Gjallarhorn symbol and became famous. However, it faded out of people's memory as three centuries passed. In PD 323, Gaelio Bauduin pulled the Kimaris out of the family's treasury to battle Tekkadan's ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos. This is also the first time that the Kimaris is deployed in combat since the end of the Calamity War.
Gaelio's first battle using the Gundam Kimaris occurred in the space region surrounding the Dort Colonies. With its hit-and-run tactics, it gave Mikazuki Augus and his Gundam Barbatos a hard time. However the battle between the two Gundams was interrupted when Akihiro Altland in the ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake arrived to support the Barbatos, and deflected Kimaris' Gungnir lance with its shield. Kimaris then fought both Gundams, but it was evidently at a disadvantage and was forced to retreat when the main Arianrhod Fleet arrived at the scene. Determined to defeat the Barbatos, Gaelio equipped the Kimaris with the Kimaris Booster, and engaged the Barbatos again when Tekkadan tried to enter Earth's atmosphere. However, the Kimaris' hit-and-run attacks with its Gungir lance were soon neutralized by the Barbatos' chest reactive armor, and the lance was thrown aside by Barbatos. Kimaris continued fighting using its combat knife, but was eventually blindsided by Barbatos' arm mortars. The vulnerable Kimaris was then attacked by Barbatos with the Gungnir lance, but Ein Dalton's EB-05s Schwalbe Graze took the hit instead. The Barbatos then left as Gjallarhorn's reinforcement arrived, and Gaelio moved the Kimaris closer to the Schwalbe Graze to care for the injured Ein.
With Tekkadan finally arriving on Earth, the Gundam Kimaris was retrofitted with an alternate set of armor for ground combat and became known as ASW-G-66 Gundam Kimaris Trooper.