Technology & Combat Characteristics
The RGM-89R Jegan A-Type is a high mobility variant of the RGM-89J Jegan Normal Type for use within space colonies. It features improvement in communication systems, additional thrusters on various parts of its body, enlarged backpack and a generator with higher output. Among the Jegan series, the Jegan A-Type has the highest thruster output and generator output. Its armament is quite similar to the Jegan Normal Type, but replaces the hip-mounted grenade rack with a second beam saber rack, and has a new twin grenade launcher on its left forearm.
History
Introduced in the early UC 0090s, the RGM-89 Jegan was upgraded over the three decades of its service life. The RGM-89J Jegan Normal Type eventually took over as the Jegan series' basic model, and it had two variants: the RGM-89R Jegan A-Type and the RGM-89M Jegan B-Type.
The Jegan A-Type was horribly out-of-date by the time Crossbone Vanguard rolled out its miniaturized mobile suit. This was shown in U.C. 0122, when Wilder's Jegan A-Type fought a XM-01 Den'an Zon to buy time so Bergh and the F90 could launch into space. Despite his best effort, Wilder was outmaneuvered by the Den'an Zon and killed when his mobile suit cockpit was hit. The inability of the Jegan A-Type to keep up with the miniaturized mobile suits was shown again during the invasion of the Frontier Side by the Crossbone Vanguard in UC 0123.