Model number:Â ZGMF-1000/AAL
Code name:Â Noctiluca ZAKU Warrior
Unit type:Â Amphibious Assault Landing mobile suit
Manufacturer:Â Integrated Design Bureau
Operator:Â ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
First deployment:Â unknown
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; hardpoints for mounting Wizard packs; EX-AAL Noctiluca Wizard, features ducted fans and skid plates
Fixed armaments:Â 4 x hand grenade (ZR30F fragmentation grenade, ZR20E high explosive grenade, ZR271 thermite incendiary grenade, ZR11Q flash grenade, ZR13Q smoke grenade), stored on hip armor; 4 x Mark 13 homing torpedo, stored on skid plates; 8 x M25 anti-submarine depth charge, stored on skid plates
Optional hand armaments:Â MMI-M633 beam assault rifle, power rating unknown
When ZAFT introduced the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior as part of its New Millennium series mobile suits, it created various Wizard packs to adapt the suit to various environments and combat situations. Once such pack was the EX-AAL Noctiluca Wizard used by the ZGMF-1000/AAL Noctiluca ZAKU Warrior. The Noctiluca Wizard included two ducted fans and two skid plates for propulsion over the water’s surface at a speed exceeding 50 knots. The skid plates housed torpedoes, depth charges and sonar receivers. Also, the shoulder sockets and head fin were replaced. In addition to the armaments stored on the skid plates, the ZAKU also carried standard hand grenades and a beam assault rifle.
Pilot:Â Kaite Madigan
First appearance:Â Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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