| Model number: MS-11 Code name: Action Zaku Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces (based on a design by Zeonic Company) Operator(s): Earth Federal 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 rechargable energy cap; machinegun |
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| 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 Action 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 Action Zaku was also being designed to carry a beam rifle similar to the MS-14 Gelgoog and the Earth Federal Forces' RX-78-2 Gundam. The mobile suit design itself was completed, although the beam rifle was still in development, and the Action Zaku was slated to temporarily carry a machinegun. However, the war ended shortly thereafter, and the Action Zaku never made it to the Zeonic Company's production lines. The Earth Federal Forces captured the Action Zaku's plans and, inspired by its high performance design, put the Action Zaku into production for itself. |