Technology & Combat Characteristics
Equipped with a booster pod similar to that used by other Titans Test Team machines. This booster pod contains the same supplemental generator installed in the Hazel’s movable booster pod, and it has a pair of weapon latches that can hold shield boosters, long-range cannons, or missile pods. The Galbaldy Beta was equipped with multiple hard points for mounting optional weapons and equipment.
One configuration of the Galbaldy Beta High Mobility Type equips it with the standard 120mm machine gun used by Zeon mobile suits, while a missile pod is mounted on the left side of its back and a HiZack Cannon is mounted on the right, the same cannon used on the RMS-106C HiZack Cannon. Another configuration equips the Galbaldy Beta with the beam rifle used by the RGM-79CR and the Gundam Hazel series, with a Smart Beam Gun and Disc Radome System mounted on the back.
History
The MS-17 Galbaldy, a mobile suit developed by the Principality of Zeon at the end of the One Year War, was captured by the Federation intact and used in testing following the war, it would be developed further in the form of the improved Galbaldy Beta. Its cockpit was converted to a linear seat and its operating system replaced with a newer version, and the mobile suit’s weight was substantially reduced by completely remodeling its exterior. Thanks to these modernizing improvements, it remains in use on the front lines as of U.C. 0086. Since these machines were produced at the Federation Forces’ Luna II base, most of them are assigned to the space forces centered around the Luna II garrison. The basic performance of the Galbaldy Beta is equivalent to that of the GM II and Hizack. One unit was assigned to the Titans Test Team under the command of Lieutenant Maxim Gunar intended for testing. However, the unit was stolen by Gunar, who grew disgusted by the Titans' acts and deserted the armed forces to join the Anti Earth Union Group.