YFX-200 CGUE DEEP Arms

Model number: YFX-200
Code name: CGUE DEEP Arms
Unit type: experimental mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator: ZAFT
First deployment: C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 21.55 meters
Weight: max gross weight 81.83 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x JDP8-MSY0270 directed thermal energy cannon, mounted on shoulders
Optional hand armaments: NOL-Y941 heavy laser sword, stored on left hip

Although ZAFT was the first organization to create military use mobile suits, it was the Earth Alliance that invented beam weaponry. On January 25, C.E. 71, a ZAFT force under the command of Rau Le Creuset conducted a raid on the Orb Union’s Heliopolis colony, where Orb was secretly constructing mobile suits for the Alliance. After stealing four prototype Gundam mobile suits, ZAFT reverse engineered them and begins to incorporate beam weaponry into their own mobile suits. One such design was the experimental YFX-200 CGUE DEEP (Directional Energy Emission exPerimental) Arms, modified from the standard ZGMF-515 CGUE. The DEEP Arms was equipped with an upgraded battery to power its shoulder-mounted thermal energy cannons. Because the thermal cannons were experimental, they created a high level of heat loss each time they were fired. The DEEP Arms was also armed with a heavy laser sword. At some point in C.E. 71, a CGUE DEEP Arms piloted by Shiho Hahnenfuss engaged in combat with Junk Guild pilot Lowe Guele and his MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

Pilot: Shiho Hahnenfuss
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV
Original mechanical designer: BEE-CRAFT

NOL-Y941 heavy laser sword

Rear view