General Revil
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| General Revil | |
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 General Revil captured after the Battle of Loum |
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| Nationality: | Earth Federation |
| Allegiance: | Earth Federation |
| Rank: | Lt General of the E.F.A. Commander-in-Chief of The E.F.S.F. |
| Hair Color: | Gray |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Mobile Suit: | Magellan class Ananke Magellan class Phoebe |
In the original Mobile Suit Gundam, General Revil (Also referred to as Admiral Revil) was one of the leading Federation's Space Force commanders.
Before his appointment as head of the Earth Federal Space Force he was a Lieutenant General from the Earth Federation Army. Revil's biggest claim to fame was being captured by the Zeon's Black Tri-Stars after his flagship Ananke was sunk by Zeon's Mobile Suit Corps during the Battle of Loum. Shortly thereafter, while Federation was about to be shocked into surrender by Gihren Zabi's threat to drop Luna II onto Earth, Revil, aided by Federal agents and Zeon traitors, escaped to Side 6 and returned to the Federation. Broadcasting from Luna II, he made his famous speech "Zeon is Exhausted!" from what he saw in Zeon during his capture. This speech boosted the morale of the Federation Forces, caused the Federation to toughen their stance, and resulted in the rejection of the terms of their surrender (it was said that Kycilia Zabi smashed the table in rage after hearing the news). Although this, both sides agreed to a ban on nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons by signing the Antarctic Treaty.
Since then, Revil become a key icon inside the Federation military, being the most prominent figure to look up to for those kept on fighting. He was one of the few officials within Federation ranks who did not abandon the inexperienced crews of the warship White Base when the ship was struggling from Zeon pursue deep inside enemy territory. The Medea supply convoy led by Ensign Matilda Ajan (under Revil's direct order, with his personal blessing) was a god-send that gave the severely battered Pegasus carrier a much-needed hope of survival. The White Base would later become the most famous warship during the One Year War, as the 13th Autonomous Fleet repeatedly knocked out heavyweight Zeon aces, commanders and their forces, although merely serving as a decoy to draw Zeon's attention away from space mobilisation of the main Federation Forces.
Revil was also the main architect and chief commander behind Federation's first major counteroffensive, Operation Odessa, which spelt the beginning of Zeon's defeat. While the Zeon commander M'Quve threatened to bomb the oncoming Federal forces with nuclear weapon (in violation to the Antarctic Treaty), Revil simply ignored the threat and pressed on his attacks, at the same time ordering the crews of White Base to intercept the warhead. White Base successfully disarm the nuclear attack, and Operation Odessa ended in a total victory for the Federation.
Later, while preparing an assault on the Zeon space stronghold A Baoa Qu, General Revil's fleet met with Sovereign Degwin Sodo Zabi, who personally came in secret to negotiate the terms of a peaceful Zeon surrender. Unfortunately, while both were mediating a peace, Gihren Zabi's ambition got the best of him and he ordered Zeon's superweapon Solar Ray to fire at the rendezvous point, killing both General Revil and Degwin and eliminating most of the Federation's Revil fleet. With the loss of Revil and his command ship, the Phoebe, the remaining Federation ships in the Revil fleet regrouped around the White Base and/or the Luzar before desperately launching the last battle of the One Year War: the Battle for A Baoa Qu.
[edit] Trivia
He displayed some instances of Newtype abilities and this makes him one of the oldest person to be one.
