Name: Kamille Bidan
Series: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Age: 17 (upon arrival; 19 now)
Job: Full-time pilot, part-time R&D
Housing Assignment: Independence 1, Block A, Room 206
Height: 5'6"
Weight: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Date of Birth: Unknown
Sign: Unknown
Race: Unknown
Background Personality: At the beginning of the series, Kamille is very troubled, and understandably so. He had to grow up with a father who had moved on to a mistress and a mother who was too absorbed in her work to care, as well as a name that people made fun of him for having. In fact, that last thing is a Berserk Button of sorts, though it only comes up once in series when, in the first episode, Jerid Messa makes the remark and ends up eating Kamille's fist for saying it.
Then, he moves into a wangsty phase thanks to the deaths of his parents. During this time, he's extremely childish and emotional, and often lashes out at anyone who tries to give him some advice. This leads to him getting hit a lot, mainly by Emma Sheen and even getting beaten into unconsciousness by one of the AEUG's sponsors, Wong Lee. Even though he matures, he never loses the urge to act out on his emotions and personal judgment, which tends to throw him into deep rivalries, as seen with Jerid and Scirocco.
As time passes, however, Kamille does mature. Likely due in part to the influence of people like Emma, Char, Bright, and Amuro, Kamille's sense of responsibility grows more and more as time passes, and by the time Kamille heads back into space, he has grown into a skilled soldier. He even becomes a voice of reason himself, when dealing with the less experienced pilots Fa Yuiry and Katz Kobayashi. Hell, he even lectures Char Aznable, Gurren Lagann style.
However, Kamille is and will always remain a peaceful person. Despite being efficient at it, Kamille hates war and killing. He tries to avoid killing whenever possible, unless he feels a character is too dangerous to be let live, such as Yazan or Scirocco. This can best be seen when he's formed a relation with an enemy, especially if they're either real Newtypes (Sarah Zabiarov) or Cyber-Newtypes (Four Murasame, Rosamia Badam).
As I stated in the background, Kamille threw himself into martial arts training and mobile suit design in an attempt to prove his masculinity, and is exceptionally skilled at both. In fact, Kamille himself designed the Zeta Gundam. His Newtype skills are also phenomenal, having the most raw potential of all the Newtypes in Universal Century Gundam series (as confirmed by Yoshiyuki Tomino himself).
Mecha Description:
Robot Name: MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam
Robot Description: Designed by Kamille Bidan himself and manufactured by Anaheim Electronics, the Zeta Gundam is arguably the most capable mobile suit produced during the Gryps Conflict. Kamille used his father's design of the Gundam Mk-II as a base, and as a result, it contains many of the same structural components. Like its predecessor, the Zeta Gundam uses the "movable frame" that Franklin Bidan had devised, only Kamille took it one step further -- he enhanced it so that the mobile suit could transform.
As a result, the Zeta Gundam possesses two forms -- the standard mobile suit mode, and the Waverider mode. In mobile suit form, the Zeta Gundam cannot fly in the atmosphere, but it is agile and excels at ground combat nonetheless. It also excels at space combat, and can operate moderately well underwater.
The Waverider mode is different. Not only can the Waverider fly in the atmosphere, it can also move at speeds that put its mobile suit form to shame. However, its attack power is reduced, so when fighting, it is normally left in mobile suit mode. Also worthy of note is that the Waverider is capable of unaided atmospheric entry.
The Zeta Gundam also has a biosensor, an experimental device installed by Anaheim in an attempt to create a smaller-scale psycommu system. Its purpose is to allow a Newtype pilot to interface with his mobile suit more directly. However, it also creates the side effect of amplifying the Zeta Gundam's strength, speed, and power when the pilot experiences an extreme emotion, particularly anger.
Weapons:
-2x head-mounted vulcan guns
-2x two-tube grenade launchers, mounted in wrists; each tube holds two grenades, though a cartridge can be attached to multiply the ammunition tenfold. These tubes can also be used to contain grappling cables.
-2x beam sabers, stored in the back; become fire-linked beam guns in Waverider mode
-Shield, mounted on left forearm; becomes nose of Waverider
-XBR-M87A2 beam rifle, mounted to back to use in Waverider mode. Can also double as a large beam saber.
-Hyper Mega Launcher, either carried out on sortie or launched from base/ship. Can also double as a large beam saber.
Demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJAGq1JBpsY Possessions:
Relationships:
Missions Participated In:
Mission 015: Advent of Diana Mission 021: False Peace
Mission 034: Attack Cornelia Mission 042: Deep Trap Mission 045: Winds of Jaburo Mission 060: Hong Kong City Mission 069: The Angel's Second Advent Mission 085: Cinderella Four