MMS-01 (OZ-17MS) Serpent
Code Name: Serpent
Unit Type: mobile suit
Suit Organizational Type: Federation Type
Manufacturer: Barton Foundation (based on a design by OZ)
Operators: Nocturne Alliance, Earth Federation, Order of the Light, Russian Federation, Intercolonial Unified Coalition
First Deployment: December AC 196
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.6 meters
Weight: empty 8.6 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Construction: neo-titanium alloy
Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2998 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 72030 kg total
Performance:
Equipment and Design Features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed Armaments: 2 x 8-tube missile launcher, mounted in shoulders
Optional Fixed Armaments:
Optional Hand Armaments: double Gatling gun, can be stored on backpack storage racks; bazooka, can be stored on backpack storage racks; beam cannon
Technical and Historical Notes: Originally developed in AC 195 as a replacement for the aging OZ-06MS Leo, the OZ-17MS Serpent's production lines at the X-18999 space colony were seized by the Barton Foundation following that year's military and political strife. The Barton Foundation then began production of 500 Serpent units (now re-designated MMS-01) for its puppet military force, the Mariemaia Army. Intent on using the Mariemaia Army's force against the now de-militarized Earth Sphere United Nation, the Barton Foundation intended to follow through with its original plans to seize control of the Earth Sphere. The MMS-01 Serpent, like its Leo predecessor, was a versatile mobile suit capable of being equipped for both space and land combat. Built of the new-and-improved neo-titanium alloy, the Serpent was physically almost as tough as the gundanium-armored Gundams, but much less expensive to produce. Armed with shoulder missile launchers, the Serpent could also carry a variety of hand-carried weapons, such as a bazooka, a large beam cannon or a double-barreled Gatling gun similar to that carried by the XXXG-01H2 Modified Gundam Heavyarms. Since the Earth Sphere United Nation had scrapped all of its military weapons - including mobile suits - the Serpent was not armed with any hand-to-hand combat weapons.