ZM-S09G Tomliat

Model number: ZM-S09G
Code name: Tomliat
Unit type: mass production general purpose transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
Operator: BESPA (Zanscare Empire)
First deployment: UC 0153
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard/canopy-style cockpit in torso
Dimensions: mobile suit mode: head height 15.0 meters
Weight: empty 8.6 metric tons; max gross 20.7 metric tons
Armor materials: titanium alloy neo ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5,440 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 36,940 kg total (2 x 10,630 kg, 2 x 7,840 kg); beam rotor/shield, provides helicopter-style atmospheric flight and hovering ability, operable in mobile suit and helicopter modes (see also description under “Fixed Armaments”); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 29
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 3 x hardpoint, used to mount beam rotor or beam rifle, 1 located on each forearm, 1 located on backpack
Fixed armaments: beam rotor/shield, mounted on either forearm hardpoint in mobile suit mode and on backpack hardpoint in helicopter mode; 2 x 4-tube multi-pod, mounted on legs in mobile suit mode and on main body in helicopter mode; 2 x 2-tube multi-pod, mounted on wings/binders, operable in helicopter mode only; 2 x beam saber/tomahawk, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use; vulcan gun, mounted in nose of helicopter mode, operable only in helicopter mode
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by replaceable e-pac; beam bazooka, powered by rechargeable energy cap; multi-bazooka, clip-fed; Gatling gun

A ground combat mobile suit capable of atmospheric flight, the ZM-S09G Tomliat was designed to address the problems found its predecessor, the ZM-S08G Zolo. Rather than using the costly and complicated separation/docking component system, BESPA instead opted for a single, fast transforming body for the Tomliat. With the generator and other parts incorporated from the Zolo, the Tomliat was relatively low cost unit in terms of production. The Tomliat, in its attack helicopter mode, was capable of reentering Earth’s atmosphere on its own, and many Tomliats were deployed to Earth in exactly this fashion, rather than be shipped down on shuttles or other transports. Zanscare also produced a reconnaissance variant, the ZM-S09GE Tomliat Recon Type.

Pilot(s): Arbeo Pippiniden, Lupe Cineau, Cronicle Asher, Kisarolia, Kira
First appearance: Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

Beam rifle

Beam tomahawk

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Rear view (Helicopter mode)