Model number: YFX-200
Code name: CGUE DEEP Arms
Unit
type: experimental mobile
suit Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) Operator: ZAFT First deployment: C.E. 71 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 21.55 meters Weight: max gross weight 81.83 metric tons Armor materials: unknown Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x JDP8-MSY0270 directed thermal energy cannon, mounted on shoulders; NOL-Y941 heavy laser sword, stored on left hip, hand-carried in use
Technical and Historical Notes
Although ZAFT is the first organization to create military use mobile suits, it is the Earth Alliance that invents beam weaponry. On January 25, C.E. 71, a ZAFT force under the command of Rau Le Creuset conducts a raid on the Orb Union's Heliopolis colony, where Orb is secretly constructing mobile suits for the Alliance. After stealing four prototype Gundam mobile suits, ZAFT reverse engineers them and begins to incorporate beam weaponry into their own mobile suits. One such design is the experimental YFX-200 CGUE DEEP (Directional Energy Emission exPerimental) Arms, modified from the standard ZGMF-515 CGUE. The DEEP Arms has been equipped with an upgraded battery to power its shoulder-mounted thermal energy cannons. Because the thermal cannons are experimental, the create a high level of heat loss each time they are fired. The DEEP Arms is also armed with a heavy laser sword.