Gato made his name as an ace pilot during the One Year War, where Federation soldiers knew him as the "Nightmare of Solomon." He was good enough that when the war's final battle went south, Delaz managed to convince him to retreat rather than die heroically—a practical choice that let him live to fight another day. These days, he's devoted entirely to reviving Zeon, and he's got nothing but contempt for how incompetent Federation pilots are. When Kou obsesses over getting revenge for Gato stealing the Gundam GP02A, the rivalry is basically one-sided. Gato barely registers the rookie as worth his attention, let alone as a real adversary. He shows almost no emotion except that disdain—this is a guy who lives and breathes the Zeon cause, nothing else.
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