RMS-119 EWAC Zack

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General and Technical Data

Model Number: RMS-119
Code Name: EWAC Zack
Unit Type: Mass Production Reconnaissance Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Neo Zeon
Capacity: Pilot only :: Panoramic Monitor/Linear Seat Cockpit in torso
First deployment: 0087 U.C.
Height: 18.5 meters
Weight: 41.6 metric tons
Construction:

Titanium Alloy
Ceramic Composite

Power Plant: Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor :: 1428 kW
Equipment and Design Features:

• Passive Radar Radome
  
• 4x Data Pod
  
• 2x External Propellant Tank
  
• Infra-Red Scopes
  
• Communications Sensors

Fixed Armaments:

• 1x Beam Saber, operates from MS Battery

Optional Fixed Armaments:

N/A

Optional Hand Armaments:

• 120mm Machine Gun
  • Drum-fed
  • Spare drums carried on waist armor racks
  
  
• (BOWA) BR-87A Beam Rifle

Technical and Historical Notes

A reconnaissance variant of the RMS-106 Hi-Zack used during the Gryps Conflict, the Earth Federation Forces' RMS-119 EWAC Zack could also be considered a distant relative of the old Principality of Zeon's MS-06E Zaku Reconnaissance Type. The most visible physical difference between the Hi-Zack and the "Eye-Zack" (as it was sometimes called) was the large radome mounted on its head. This radome was equipped with a passive radar system, allowing the EWAC Zack to monitor enemy forces without giving itself away with active radar signals. The EWAC Zack was also equipped with various additional infra-red, communications, and visual sensors, allowing it to monitor the enemy in a variety of methods. The radome also featured a second mono-eye that ran on a track along the perimeter of its lower side, allowing the pilot to keep a lookout on the ground while flying or jumping overhead.

Although the use of radar-jamming and radio-jamming Minovsky particles in battle situations renders such electronic forms of detection useless, the EWAC Zack was often used for pre- and post-combat actions, tasked with acquiring enemy strength, location, and disposition data. Thus, the EWAC Zack was also equipped with four data pods in its backpack, each of which carried recordings of the mobile suit's intelligence data and could be either jettisoned or launched back towards friendly forces. In the case of capture by the enemy, the data in the pods was also encrypted, thus assuring that valuable intelligence would not fall into the wrong hands. The EWAC Zack was also designed for long-range use, equipped with a pair of external fuel tanks for extended flight times. Although typically unarmed, the EWAC Zack could also be equipped with the weapons normally carried by a Hi-Zack, if necessary.