Operating MS

Operating MS (aka Mining Colony Mobile Suit) is a non-combative mobile suit from the Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Series.

Technology & Characteristics
The Operating MS bears a similar leg structure to the Tallgeese and a peculiar open-cockpit form, with extendable arms and legs able to bend 90 degrees. It is used by industrial and mining colonies such as those owned by Winner Corporation. The Operating MS apparently uses spare parts from OZ MSs.

History
When man took his first steps into space and started building new structures in the heavens, it was clear that new tools would be needed to perform the construction. Mobile Suits evolved from the early motorized spacesuits with spacecraft manipulator arms and open cockpits. The closest to these early suit designs still in use are the mobile suits used on the resource satellites for mining and other labor-intensive work, such as the Operating MS. The term MOBILE in Mobile Suit is actually an acronym for "Manipulative Order Build and Industrial Labor Extended." Whether humanoid or pod-shaped, early mobile suits were any mechanized craft or suit that had the ability to perform complex manipulations.

Currently, the Mining Colony Mobile Suit is a non-combative work MS found in all the colony clusters from L1 to L5.