MS-11 Act Zaku


General and Technical Data

Model number: MS-11
Code name: Act Zaku
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces (based on a design by Zeonic Company)
Operator(s): Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.7 meters; head height 18.2 meters
Weight: empty 59.1 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1440 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output 64800 kg
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 3600 meters; magnetic coated joints
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power by rechargeable energy cap; machine gun; bullpop gun; heat hawk


Technical and Historical Notes

During the last weeks of the One Year War, Principality of Zeon mobile suit engineers worked to develop advanced new mobile suit technologies for mass production units as part of Zeon's "Pezun Project." One special feature first introduced into the in-development MS-11 Act Zaku was "magnetic coated" joints. This process involved coating the mobile suit's joints with a special material that, when electrically charged like a magnetic field, would reduce joint friction to almost nothing - the end result being a much faster and more responsive mobile suit. The Act Zaku was also being designed to carry a beam rifle similar to the MS-14 Gelgoog and the Earth Federation Forces' RX-78-2 Gundam. The mobile suit design itself was completed, although the beam rifle was still in development, and the Act Zaku was slated to temporarily carry a machine gun. However, the war ended shortly thereafter, and the Act Zaku never made it to the Zeonic Company's production lines. The Earth Federation Forces captured the Act Zaku's plans and, inspired by its high performance design, put the Act Zaku into production for itself.

Miscellaneous Information

Appearances: MS-X; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Outer Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Lineart

Bullpop gun
Heat hawk