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Zeonic

Zeonic was a civilian company that developed most of the mobile suits for the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War.
Jenxi Seow Published 25 Feb 2024
Zeonic

Zeonic was a civilian company that developed most of the mobile suits for the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War.

History

Zeonic was a civilian company that developed the first mobile suits and subsequently became the Principality of Zeon’s primary mobile suit supplier. The company was responsible for the development of the MS-05 Zaku I and MS-06 Zaku II, as well as later models like the MSM-04 Acguy and MS-14 Gelgoog. Its main competitor was Zimmad, another civilian company that supplied mobile suits to Zeon, including the MS-09B Dom and MSM-03 Gogg. Both companies attempted to outdo each other by introducing new variant types, new models, and special features that set their mobile suits apart.

After the One Year War, Zeonic merged with Anaheim Electronics, and its facilities at the lunar city of Granada became one of Anaheim’s primary mobile suit factories. Many of Zeonic’s engineers continued their work as Anaheim employees, though some reportedly fled to the asteroid base Axis along with the defeated forces of the Principality.

Known members

  • Elliot Rem – Born in UC 0039 at Side 1. He graduated from an Earth Federation comprehensive university and graduate school with degrees in space engineering, nuclear physics, and general astronautics, as well as a licence to operate small spacecraft. After moving to Side 3, he joined Zeonic and was placed in charge of designing worker machines.

  • May Kauwin – A child prodigy and talented Zeonic engineer who accompanied Lt. Ken Bederstadt’s Foreign Legion force. She worked for Anaheim Electronics after the One Year War.

  • Mario Antinescu – A former scientist working for Zeonic with contributions in the field of human engineering. He resigned from his posts after working at Granada. He was a member of the secret society “Valkyrie”, whose main objective was the assassination of Zeon leader Gihren Zabi. He was murdered in his home by an unknown assailant.

  • Hoth Fieseler – One of the founding members of Zeonic.

Subdivisions

  • Hoshioka – A subdivision of Zeonic.

Creations

Zeonic was responsible for developing numerous mobile suits and other military hardware for the Principality of Zeon, including:

Worker machines

  • ZI-XA2
  • ZI-XA3 Crabman
  • AMBAC Space Pod

Mobile suits

Zaku series

Gouf series

  • YMS-07A Prototype Gouf
  • MS-07A Gouf
  • MS-07B Gouf
  • MS-07B Gouf M’Quve Custom
  • MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom
  • MS-07B-3 Gouf Custom (RFV)
  • MS-07C Gouf
  • MS-07C-3 Gouf Heavy Arms Type
  • MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype
  • MS-07F Gouf Hunter
  • MS-07G-2 Gouf Tactical Assault Type
  • MS-07H Gouf Flight Test Type
  • MS-07H-4 Gouf Flight Test Type
  • MS-07H-6 Gouf Hover Type
  • MS-07H-8 Gouf Flight Type
  • MS-07W Gouf Combined Test Type

Gelgoog series

  • MS-14 Gelgoog [Stutzer]
  • MS-14A Gelgoog
  • MS-14B Gelgoog High Mobility Type
  • MS-14B Gelgoog Uma Lightning Custom
  • MS-14BR Gelgoog High Mobility R Type
  • MS-14C Gelgoog Cannon
  • MS-14C-1A Gelgoog Cannon
  • MS-14D Desert Gelgoog
  • MS-14F Gelgoog Marine
  • MS-14JG Gelgoog Jäger
  • MS-14L Gelgoog Lanzierer
  • MS-14Ls Gelgoog Lanzierer Schütz
  • MS-14S Gelgoog Commander Type

Other mobile suits

  • EMS-05 Agg
  • GM Camouf
  • MS-18E Kämpfer
  • MS-18NF Titania
  • MS-19 Dolmel
  • MS-19N Katarl
  • MSM-04 Acguy
  • MSM-04G Juaggu
  • MSM-04N Agguguy
  • YMS-15E Gyan Eos

Mobile armor

  • MA-05M Bigro Meir

Behind the scenes

Zeonic was first mentioned in the 1981 sourcebook Gundam Century. At the time, it was named “ZIONIC”. In the 1995 Master Grade MS-06F/J Zaku II instruction manual, the spelling was changed to “ZEONIC”. It was first mentioned in animated media in Episode 3 of Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War.

The Zeonic logo first appeared in the 2003 sourcebook Anaheim Journal, alongside many other logos of Universal Century corporations. These logos were designed by Masahito Hanzawa and Junya Saito, two designers from the Tokyo-based graphic design firm POWER GRAPHIXX.

See also