Gaia commands the Black Tri-Stars, the Principality of Zeon's three-man mobile suit team in Mobile Suit Gundam, debuting in the twenty-fourth episode, "Black Tri-Star", in U.C. 0079. MegaHouse has him as G.M.G. Collection 13 — a 1/18 scale, fully articulated figure of about 10 cm.
What it does in the story
He is the senior man of the three, a Mobile Training Battalion graduate from the 2nd Squadron's D Squad, which flew Zaku I machines in dark sea blue before the team existed. He was a second lieutenant by Loum, where the Tri-Stars put five Federation battleships on their record; a black, purple and grey repaint followed once the team was upgraded.
What makes it different
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The team's set piece is a three-suit trap.
The Jet Stream Attack closes on a line so that the approach reads as a single machine; a defender who dodges the lead attacker has already committed to a direction, and the two behind are waiting on it. On the Dom his opening shot is the scattering beam cannon, blinding the target before the other two move in.
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His suit changes at every stage of the war.
He starts on a Zaku I, takes the Zaku II early type for Loum, the commander type after the honours, then the high mobility type, and finally a Dom from Colonel M'Quve for the October campaign on Earth.
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Frequently asked questions
1. Who else is in the Black Tri-Stars?
Ortega and Mash. All three are in the line-up from Loum onwards and the unit is still together when the fighting moves to Earth, with Gaia leading the formation.
2. What does the G.M.G. figure include?
Collection 13 is 1/18 scale at about 10 cm with full articulation, and it ships with a helmet whose visor opens or closes plus an alternate face part.
Background sources: Gaia — Gundam Wiki · Black Tri-Stars — Gundam Wiki · 黒い三連星（日本語版 Wikipedia）
