Story of Johnny Ridden

richard512

Contrary to official records, Johnny Ridden did not join the military voluntarily. Instead, his father filled in the applications for him, believing that, being the direct descendants of the first immigrants to Side 3, it was their duty.
Despite being a peace-loving man who hated the military and the Zabi family, Johnny proved to be a surprisingly good pilot at the military academy. In his first actually combat sortie during the One Week Battle, he attempted to get out of the war by painting his Zaku red, thus making it stand out from the others and more likely to be shot down (but because of the lack of paint, only the backpack, shoulders, and torso were painted red).
During the battle, he tried to get himself shot down by charging straight into the Federation formation at full speed, but his plan failed when the Federation soldiers panicked upon seeing a mobile suit for the first time, causing them to be easily shot down. The same thing happened at the Battle of Loum, causing him to be promoted and earn an unwanted reputation as an ace pilot. After switching to the MS-06F, he kept the same crimson and black coloring, still hoping to be shot down.
After speaking out against the Zabi family at a public event, he was reassigned to intercept Federation supply routes to Luna II as punishment. At this point, he switched to his most famous machine, the MS-06R-2 Zaku. However, at this point, the Federation successfully developed the RGM-79 GM, a mobile suit capable of using beam weapons, rendering mobile suits that cannot use beam weapons, like the Zakus, obsolete.
During the Battle of A Baoa Qu, Johnny deployed in the Gelgoog High Mobility Type. According to official records, he never returned. In truth, however, after losing his Gelgoog to the FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam, he switched to the "Full Bullet Zaku", a mobile suit designed to combat the Gundam's Luna Titanium armor through sheer weight of firepower. After a fierce battle, Johnny was able to destroy the Full Armor Gundam by sacrificing his Zaku. Though he was able to survive, he was left helplessly drifting in space and was declared MIA.
In U.C. 0082, Johnny, now under the pseudonym of "Johnny Depp", retired to Australia and used a modified Zaku I called Land Zaku to help a village with farming. However, his peaceful life was interrupted by the visit of a disguised Shin Matsunaga, who wanted to enlist his help in fighting the "ghost of the Principality of Zeon" in space. Johnny refused, no longer wanting to fight. However, the village suddenly came under attack by Zeon remnants piloting three Dom type MS, who claimed that they are the "True Principality of Zeon Council" led by Dr. Q, and demanded the villagers hand over all supplies, giving them one day to prepare. On the next day, Johnny hastily painted his Land Zaku red by squeezing several barrels of red paint on top of it. After defeating the three Dom type MS singlehandedly, Johnny headed for space with Shin in order to defeat Dr. Q.
Johnny and Shin broke into Dr.Q's factory ship, which was on a course for the Republic of Zeon in Side 3. There, they encountered the Perfect Zaku piloted by Dr. Q, which easily overwhelmed the two and headed for Side 3 on its own. At Side 3, the Perfect Zaku wiped out the Federation garrison in an instant, including a FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam. However, Johnny and Shin were able to deduce the secret to its apparent invincibility: it was protected by both a beam dispersal field and Luna Titanium armor, rendering it invulnerable to both beam weapons and solid rounds. After Shin blew away the beam dispersal field with bazooka rounds, Johnny was able to shoot the Perfect Zaku with a modified beam rifle at point blank range, destroying it and killing Dr. Q.
At the request of Johnny, Shin "killed" Johnny Ridden by destroying his Zaku, finally allowing him to leave the battlefield for good. He then retired back to his home colony in Side 3, reuniting with his lover, Tiki Tournia.

richard512

The story seem not ended. Anyone have more story after that after?  This character is so interesting. He was Zeon soldier and heard he pilot Gundam after this.

Monfortino

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