Technology & Combat Characteristics
A large, heavily armored, transformable mobile suit developed by OZ for fortress defense, the OZ-16MSX-D Scorpio has two modes: Mobile Armor (MA) mode and Mobile Suit (MS) mode. The MA mode has high offensive power and powerful propulsion units that grant it high thrust, while the MS mode is better suited for close range combat. Since the change from MA mode to MS mode requires the Scorpio to shed some of its armor and weaponry, the transformation seems to be irreversible during combat.
The Scorpio usually operates as an unmanned Mobile Doll, but through the use of the code "56WI", its Mobile Doll system can be deactivated, changing it to a manned machine. Its armaments include Beam Bayonets with both beam rifle and beam saber functions, an A.S Planet Defensor for defense, Micro-missiles stored in the chest and shoulders, and a Heat Rod that is only available in MA mode. As the Scorpio is 1.5 times bigger than regular mobile suit, it is not mass produced.
History
The largest mobile suit in the After Colony Era, OZ deployed the Scorpio as a guard unit for the Mobile Doll factory of Vulkanus. In AC 196 (after the Eve War and before the Mariemaia Rebellion), several groups began searching for Vulkanus, which had drifted out of its stable orbit. The Scorpio attacked those who found the site, until Perfect Peace People leader Victor Gaintz used a code to disable its Mobile Doll system and become its pilot. Through the combined efforts of the five Gundam pilots, Victor Gaintz's plan was thwarted, and he was killed when the Scorpio was destroyed by Heero Yuy's XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero.