Model number: MSN-00100
Code name: Hyaku Shiki
Unit type: prototype attack use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group)
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 21.4 meters; antenna height 19.2 meters; head height 18.5 meters
Weight: empty 31.5 metric tons; max gross 54.5 metric tons; mass ratio 1.44
Armor materials: gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1850 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4 x 18600 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.37 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 11200 meters; anti-beam reflective coating on amror
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.4 MW, stored in recharge racks in rear waist armor, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 2.8 MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap; AE/ZIM.C-BAZ-531 clay bazooka, clip-fed, 7 rounds per clip plus 1 round in chamber; mega bazooka launcher

Technical and Historical Notes

As Anaheim Electronics developed next-generation mobile suits under the Anti-Earth Union Group's "Z Project" flag during the Gryps Conflict, several design proposals were considered for the in-development MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam. One of these proposals would go on to become the MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki, as its design proved too difficult to incorporate the transformation systems needed for the Zeta Gundam. The design was revised and then constructed as the Hyaku Shiki, although it did retain some features that would later be incorporated in the Zeta Gundam, such as the experimental "wing binders" mounted on its backpack, which packed extra thrusters and aided in maneuverability. Based on combat data and weapons designs from the RMS-099 Rick Dias and MSA-003 Nemo, plus incorporating data and the revolutionary new "movable frame" concept employed in the RX-178 Gundam Mark II, the Hyaku Shiki ("hyaku shiki" is Japanese for "type 100") proved to be a light, fast and highly agile unit.

The Hyaku Shiki was assigned to AEUG ace pilot Quattro Bajeena (the incognito Char Aznable - Zeon's "Red Comet" ace from the One Year War). The Hyaku Shiki was painted in a bright, highly distinctive gold paint scheme - ostensibly as a taunt to the Titans to prove that the AEUG could build mobile suits right under their noses - and had a reflective, anti-beam coating. Char would use the Hyaku Shiki as his personal mobile suit until the end of the Gryps Conflict, when it was heavily damaged in a battle against Axis leader Haman Karn's AMX-004 Qubeley in February UC 0088. A second Hyaku Shiki unit was later assigned to the troupe of young new pilots stationed aboard the AEUG's assault carrier Argama during the Neo Zeon War that would immediately follow.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot(s): Char Aznable (aka Quattro Bajeena), Beecha Oleg, Mondo Agake, Judau Ashta
Appearances: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: AEUG VS Titans; Gundam Evolve
Original mechanical designer: Mamoru Nagano (principal design), Kazumi Fujita (cleanup)

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