Model number: MSN-02
Code name: Zeong
Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit
Manufacturer: A Bao A Qu Mobile Suit Factory
Operator: Principality of Zeon
First deployment: 31 December UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in head
Dimensions: head height 17.3 meters
Weight: empty 151.2 metric tons; max gross 231.9 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 9400 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 187000 kg total
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.81 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 81000 meters; psycommu system; detachable head, can be operated without main body
Fixed armaments: 2 x wire-guided 5-barrel mega particle gun, barrels mounted in manipulator fingers, all barrels in each hand are fire-linked; 2 x mega particle gun, mounted in torso; mega particle gun, mounted in head

Technical and Historical Notes

Unlike previous mobile armors such as the MAN-08 Elmeth, the MSN-02 Zeong was a true mobile suit, built especially for use by Newtype pilots. Developed late in the One Year War, the first Zeong prototype unit was still under construction at the Principality of Zeon's A Bao A Qu asteroid base when Kycilia Zabi ordered pilot Char Aznable to sortie with it in a last-ditch effort to stop the invading Earth Federation Forces. Although only "eighty percent complete," the Zeong was actually at one hundred percent combat capacity, not needing its cosmetic "legs" for a space battle.

The Zeong was quite unique in many respects. It was the only mobile suit at the time to have a psycommu system, allowing its Newtype pilot to effectively use its remote-controlled, wire-connected arms, each of which mounted five beam guns in the hands' fingers. Additional beam guns were mounted in the torso, and a powerful beam gun was also mounted in the head. Another unusual aspect of the Zeong was its cockpit, which was placed in the head instead of the traditional torso location (a fact that RX-78-2 Gundam pilot Amuro Ray found out the hard way). In the event of major damage to the body, the Zeong's head could also be separated from the body to continue operating and fighting independently.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Char Aznable
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079; Gundam: The Battle Master/Gundam Battle Assault; Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu; Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation VS Zeon DX; Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space; Gundam Battle Assault 2; Mobile Suit Gundam Ex Revue; Gundam Evolve; Mobile Suit Gundam: Pilot's Locus
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara

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