Apsalus Project - Apsalus III

After the Apsalus II was lost Ginias began work on the final version of the Apsalus Project, the Apsalus III. However, not long after the Zeon lost Operation Odessa the Apsalus Project was ordered to be halted. Ginias Sahalin, driven by a mad determination to see his project completed, demanded the work on the Apsalus to continue despite the orders that Zeon prepare moving all of their available resources and supplies to space, and he went so far as to murder anyone whom he felt stood in his way.

The Apsalus III would be the culmination of all of the test data of the previous two Apsalus units and it was over twice the size of the original two units. To compensate for balance problems in flight the Apsalus III mounted two Minovsky Craft Systems, one on each side of its body located on spider-like legs that could be lowered away from the main body to anchor the unit in place when firing close to the ground. Also, to overcome the problem of insufficient energy the Apsalus III mounted three Rick Dom II generators instead of one.

The improvements extended to the main armament as well, increasing the size and destructive capability of its mega particle cannon. The multi-target capability is used to incredible effect to destroy several federal forces units in a single firing cycle. This final version of the weapon could deliver extremely precise particle beams against several targets simultaneously that could instantly pierce a mobile suits reactor or cut it in half.

However the Apsalus III was never able to carry out its intended purpose. The massive mobile armor was destroyed in the skies over the Zeonic mountain base (after being heavily damaged by GM Snipers and getting its cockpit smashed by Shiro Amada's Ez8) where it was designed and built when the base was discovered and sieged by the Earth Federation Forces.