Zaku II Prototype

Technical Data and General Information

Model number: MS-06RD-4 Code name: Zaku II Prototype Unit type: prototype space combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Principality of Zeon Granada Base Mobile Suit Factory Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 17.5 meters Weight: empty 60.3 metric tons; max gross 77.5 metric tons Construction: super-high tensile steel on monocoque frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 986 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 53000 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.68 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3200 meters Fixed armaments: none Optional hand armaments: 120 mm machinegun, drum-fed, 100 rounds per drum; heat hawk, battery powered, can be carried on waist armor storage racks

Technical and Historical Notes

Requiring test data for its in-development space combat MS-09R Rick Dom, Zimmad Company modified a standard MS-06F Zaku II with a pair of larger, thruster-laden legs to increase its performance and simulate the characteristics of the Rick Dom. This unit was piloted by Aina Sahalin, but was destroyed during a test flight near Earth while fighting - much to everyone's surprise - by a RB-79K Ball on 6 October UC 0079. Fortunately for Zimmad, Aina managed to escape from the destroyed mobile suit with her test flight data intact.