Bask Om

Infobox animanga character
name = Bask Om
series = Mobile Suit Gundam


caption =
first = Episode 2, Departure
last = Episode 48, The Mirror of Rosamia
creator =
voiced by = Daisuke Gouri (Japanese)
Noah Umholtz (English)
alias =
age = 37 [ [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/uc/zeta/characters/chara_bask.html GundamOfficial :: Universal Century :: Zeta Gundam :: Characters :: Bask Om ] ]
born = U.C. 0050
death = U.C. 0088
nationality = Earth Federation
relatives =
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = Earth Federation [MSG-0083]
Titans [Zeta]
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 = Captain (Titans) [MSG-Z]
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = nihongo|Bask Om|バスク・オム|Basuku Omu is a fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and .

Background

Bask is the field commander of the Titans and oversees a lot of the dirty work in their overzealous quest to maintain control over all Spacenoids in light of the events that took place during the One-Year War and Operation Stardust. Throughout his tenure, Bask shamelessly orders his subordinates to commit mass murder by gassing entire colonies or firing the Titans' deadly superweapon, the Gryps 2 colony laser. He also used Kamille Bidan's parents as hostages in order to convince the AEUG to return the Gundam Mark II prototypes that they stole from the Titans' headquarters at Green Noa II. This particular deed resulted in the death of Kamille's mother, Hilda Bidan, at the hands of Jerid Messa. Disgusted by Bask's action, Titan pilot Emma Sheen helped Kamille and his father Franklin escape by giving them pilot suits so that the three of them could commandeer the Mark II prototypes and take them back to the AEUG.

Upon returning to the "Argama", Reccoa Londe told Emma all about the Colony 30 incident, where Bask killed off the entire population with G-3 poison gas in order to end an anti-Earth rally. Ironically, Bask sends Reccoa out to lead a mission to gas another colony later on in order to prove her loyalty to the Titans after defecting from the AEUG. Much to her dismay, the AEUG fail to show up in time in order to stop them and Reccoa reluctantly carries out Bask's orders.

After the death of Jamitov Hymem at the hands of Paptimus Scirocco, Bask stood as the only obstacle preventing the latter from acquiring complete control over the Titans. He ultimately met his end when Reccoa and several other minions of Scirocco attacked his ship, the Dogosse Giar, while they were executing a mission with Rosamia Badam piloting the MRX-010 Psyco Gundam Mk.II. Due to all the confusion, Bask and his men were easily overwhelmed and defeated when Reccoa destroyed the "Dogosse Giar" with a direct shot at the bridge, killing Bask.

In the movie trilogy, Bask was killed by Yazan Gable instead of Reccoa during the battle between AEUG, Titans and Axis.

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