M'Quve is a Colonel in the Zeon military who acts as right-hand to Kycilia Zabi and a major antagonist in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam.
He was voiced by the late Shiozawa Kaneto and Masahiko Tanaka in the Japanese version, and by Michael Benyaer (who has also voiced Agni and Shumbha in Record of Ragnarok) and Ethan Cole in the English version, as well as Jojo in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
History[]
M'Quve is part of the Principality of Zeon's Assault Mobile Force, and answers to authority of Kycilia Zabi.
After Zeon's Earth Attack Forces, which are commanded by Garma Zabi, successfully take over the Odessa region, the area's authority is then transferred to Kycilia's Assault Mobile Force, with M'Quve assigned to control it. M'Quve would carry out various mining operations at Odessa to provide resources for Zeon forces, as well as secretly excavating valuables that he would pass to Kycilia and her loyalists.
When Ramba Ral's forces were engaged with the White Base, M'Quve was ordered by Dozle Zabi to send three Doms to Ramba Ral to support him. However, not wanting his mining base to be discovered - especially due to his loyalties being to Kycilia and not Dozle - M'Quve instead told Ramba Ral that the Dom's transport was destroyed during reentry.
After his mines were repeatedly attacked by the forces of the White Base, M'Quve attempted to lure the White Base into a trap by having his men repeatedly attack them. Through his ally Elran, a Federation General who had secretly turned traitor, M'Quve attempts to thwart the advance of the Federation's Operation Odessa. However, Elran was exposed as a traitor by Amuro Ray, causing M'Quve to lose his ace in the hole. His forces pushed back, M'Quve fires a nuclear missile to destroy the Federation forces, but the safely dealt with by Amuro and his Gundam manage to safely dispose of it. With that, M'Quve retreats.
As the Battle of Solomon swung in favor of the Federation, M'Quve, after being pressured by his subordinates, allows his men to bring in the base's escape capsules containing its women and children, including Zenna and Mineva Zabi.
At Texas Colony, M'Quve executes a plan to draw the Gundam to a location he had set up with explosives. However, the Gundam manages to hold, prompting M'Quve to enter into combat himself against Amuro. Despite his best efforts, Amuro gains the upper hand and kills M'Quve.
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- At one point, M'Quve brags that "Zeon can fight for another 10 years if necessary!" regarding all the precious materials his unit extracted. The gold he had mined is later used by Char Aznable to bribe Federation officials during the Second Neo Zeon War (which is 13 years later).