Mike Howard (マイク·ハワード Mike Howard?) better known as Howard (ハワード Hawādo?) is one of the original engineers who designed the Tallgeese, along with the men who would become the Gundam engineers. Unlike them, however, he chose to live a relatively calm life, operating a salvage boat on Earth as part of the Sweeper Group. His Hawaiian shirts and wraparound shades make him the most colorfully dressed character in the series.