Gaia Q5

**Gaia Q5**(ガイアQ5 *Gaia Q 5*) is a Mechanical Beast that appeared in Episode 4 of Mazinger Z.

## Appearance

Gaia Q5 has an entirely gray-colored body with pink eyes, a white eye mask, and black stripes on it’s chest and around its neck. It has two horn-like antennas on top of it’s head, which usually produce a red bolt in between and both of the antennas bended toward each other, and a spike on each shoulder. It also has a mechanical, cape-like shell on it’s back and has sharp teeth in it’s mouth.

## Biography

Dr. Hell plans to disorient Mazinger Z by using the ultra-magnetic of his latest Mechanical Beast, Gaia Q5. Baron Ashura boards Gaia Q5 in the Salude and heads toward the Photon Light Institute at the city. Once the Salude reaches the city, Baron Ashura spots Sayaka in her Aphrodite A, now equipped with missiles on the breasts for geological purposes, and decides to test out Gaia Q5’s power on her. So Baron Ashura docks the Salude and sends out Gaia Q5. Gaia Q5 uses it’s ultra-magnetic powers to pull Aphrodite A from all the way across the city towards it’s location. Once Aphrodite A arrives, Gaia Q5 starts clobbering Sayaka’s robot. Due to Gaia Q5’s ultra-magnetic waves, Sayaka is unable to control Aphrodite A. Kouji witnesses it when he arrives in his Pilder so he boards inside Mazinger Z and heads out to save Sayaka. Kouji arrives just as Aphrodite A is knocked down and then faces against Gaia Q5. Baron Ashura commands Gaia Q5 not to attack yet until Mazinger Z gets closer. The Mechanical Beast lures Mazinger Z toward the edge of the ocean where Kouji launches out Mazinger Z’s hands, but they have no effect. Baron Ashura then commands Gaia Q5 to now use it’s ultra-magnetic power, so the Mechanical Beast shoots a magnetic bolt from it’s antennas at Mazinger Z, immobilizing Kouji’s controls. With Kouji unable to control Mazinger Z, Gaia Q5 starts clobbering the super robot. However, Mazinger Z proves to be too strong to be destroyed by mere brute force, so Baron Ashura commands Gaia Q5 to use it’s ultra-magnetism to lure the super robot into the ocean. Fortunately, Kouji’s brother, Shiro, and his rival, Boss, arrive with Professor Yumi’s anti-magnetic gun and use it to shoot over Mazinger Z’s head, preventing Gaia Q5’s ultra-magnetism from affecting Mazinger Z. Upon seeing Gaia Q5’s magnetic powers no longer having any effect, Baron Ashura commands it to retreat back into the Salude. As Gaia Q5 makes it’s way back into the Salude, Kouji struggles to find a button in the Pilder to fire a missile. The moment Gaia Q5 is about to enter through the Salude’s door, Kouji manages to launch a missile from Mazinger Z’s abdomen and hits the Mechanical Beast before it could fully escape, blowing it up to bits. With Gaia Q5 blown up, Baron Ashura makes his/her escape within the Salude.

## Powers/Abilities

**Ultra-Magnetic Waves**: Gaia Q5 is able to emit strong magnetic waves from it’s horn-like antennas to pull anything mechanical towards it. It’s magnetism is strong enough to pull other giant mecha from a faraway distance. The magnetic waves also seem to make projectile attacks weaker unless it’s magnetism gets cut off.

**Ultra-Magnetic Bolts**: Gaia Q5 can shoot a magnetic bolt from between it’s two antennas to immobilize it’s mechanical opponent.