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ZM-S14S
Contio
Model number: ZM-S14S Code name: Contio Unit type: assault mobile suit Manufacturer: BESPA (Zanscare Empire) Operator: BESPA (Zanscare Empire) First deployment: UC 0153 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 16.1 meters Weight: empty 10.9 metric tons; max gross 21.8 metric tons Armor materials: high-titanium alloy/neo-ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5960 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 21410 kg, 2 x 16960 kg, 2 x 8500 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 38 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 4.30 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: beam shield, mounted in left forearm; 3 x beam gun, fire-linked, mounted in torso; 2 x shot claw, large claw grappling weapon, wire-guided, with built-in beam gun/beam saber, mounted on shoulders Optional fixed armaments: beam shield, mounted on either forearm Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
A new space combat-use mobile suit developed early in the Zanscare War, BESPA's ZM-S14S Contio was considered very powerful for a production model unit. Its armament consisted of a beam shield, a trio of linked beam guns mounted in its chest, and a pair of wire-guided "shot claws" carried on the shoulders. The shot claws were multi-purpose weapons, capable of conducting ramming, punching, and grappling melee attacks, and each carrying a dual-use beam gun/beam saber. Due to the fact that the shot claws were controlled via cable, the Contio required a highly skilled pilot to effectively handle these weapons. The Contio was also unusual in that its cockpit hatch was located on its back, behind the head, rather than in the traditional front of the torso. Also of note, the Contio's beam shield was originally located behind the left arm's wrist in early production models, but this left the left manipulator hand exposed, and the beam shield was moved to the side of the left forearm in later units.
Pilot:
Cronicle Asher
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