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ZGMF-X999A ZAKU Mass Production Trial Type
Model number: ZGMF-X999A Code name: ZAKU Mass Production Trial Type Unit type: pre-production general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Integrated Design Bureau Operator: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) First deployment: December C.E. 71 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: unknown Weight: unknown Armor materials: unknown Powerplant: ultracompact nuclear fission reactor, power output rating unknown Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Phase Shift (PS) armor; Neutron Jammer Canceler Fixed armaments: 2 x large caliber railgun, mounted on hips; 2 x DFX25 high frequency blade tomahawk, stored on backpack, hand-carried in use; shoulder shield, connected to left arm Optional hand armaments: none
Soon after the end of the First Earth/ZAFT War, ZAFT begins developing its next generation of mass production mobile suits. The ZGMF-X999A ZAKU Mass Production Trial Type is an early design in the "New Millennium" series. The trial ZAKU is equipped with an N-Jammer Canceler, which was first used during the war by the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam and the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. In addition, the trial ZAKU is equipped with Phase Shift armor. Its armaments include a pair of hip-mounted railguns and a pair of high frequency blade tomahawks. In December C.E. 71, a trial ZAKU undergoing testing in South America by civilian test pilot Courtney Hieronymus is attacked by the Earth Alliance's new GAT-02L2 Dagger L mobile suits. Courtney also encounters an MWF-JG71 Raysta piloted by war veteran Barry Ho. In C.E. 72, ZAFT and the Alliance sign the Junius Treaty, which formally ends the war and prohibits the use of N-Jammer Cancelers and Mirage Colloid. To comply with the treaty, the trial ZAKU is redesigned to exclude the N-Jammer Canceler. The Phase Shift armor is also dropped, and the new treaty-compliant design is mass produced as the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior and ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom.
Pilot: Courtney Hieronymus Appearances: DESTINY-MSV (Gundam SEED DESTINY Mobile Suit Variations; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY ASTRAY Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
DFX25 high frequency blade tomahawk Large caliber railgun Shield |
