MS-06RP Zaku II High Mobility Test Type

Model number: MS-06RP
Code name: Zaku II High Mobility Test Type
Unit type: high mobility test type mobile suit
Manufacturer: Zeonic Company
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.5 meters
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: none

The Zeon military has already begun to develop improvements for its aging space combat-use MS-06F Zaku II during the One Year War. The first of these improved models is the MS-06RP Zaku II High Mobility Test Type, which features additional thrusters on the legs, overall greater acceleration and maneuverability and increased propellant storage capacity. Two units are produced, both operated by test pilot Elliot Rem - a former member of Zeonic Company's development team and author of the pilot's manual for the original MS-05B Zaku I. Upon Rem's approval of the design, the RP undergoes a few last-minute minor modifications and the revised MS-06R-1 Zaku II High Mobility Type begins trial production.

Pilot: Elliot Rem
Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara