Model
number: ZMT-S34S Code name: Rig Contio Unit type: assault use 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 16.3 meters Weight: empty 10.7 metric tons; max gross 21.4 metric tons Armor materials: high-titanium alloy/neo-ceramic composite
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 6500 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 3 x 32330 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee
motors: 24 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 4.53 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks
in hips, hand-carried in use; 2 x beam shield, mounted on hands;
3 x beam gun, fire-linked, mounted in torso; shot claw, large
claw grappling weapon, wire-guided, with built-in beam gun/beam
saber, mounted on left shoulder; variable beam launcher, selectable
mega particle acceleration speed for damage or penetration application,
mounted on right shoulder Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable
energy cap
Technical
and Historical Notes
An experimental
mobile suit intended to serve as the next generation replacement
for the already well-proven ZM-S14S Contio,
the ZMT-S34S Rig Contio boasted a tremendous increase in generator
output, thruster power, and overall performance over its predecessor.
While similarly armed to the standard Contio,
the Rig Contio had its right shoulder shot claw replaced with
a variable beam launcher. This weapon, operating in a principle
similar to a VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle), was powerful
enough to take down an enemy battleship with a single shot.
Only one Rig Contio prototype is known to have existed, piloted
by BESPA ace pilot Cronicle Asher in the last days of the Zanscare
War.