Model number:Â ZGMF-X101S
Code name:Â ZAKU Splendor
Unit type:Â experimental multi-mode 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 using Core Splendor
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
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; 2 x shoulder shield, connected to arms
Optional hand armaments:Â 2 x beam rifle, power rating unknown; sword
Following the Bloody Valentine War, ZAFT developed its Second Stage of Gundam model mobile suits. As part of that design process, the ZGMF-X101S ZAKU Splendor served as a testbed for the three-module combining system utilized in the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam. Based on a modified ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom, the ZAKU Splendor featured a detachable cockpit similar to the YFX-M56 Core Splendor. The ZAKU Splendor was armed with standard grenades and could also carry two beam rifles and a sword.
First appearance:Â Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY MSV
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
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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