Unit Details

A prototype mobile suit created by Zimmad, in hopes that it would be formally adopted as the mainline MS of the Principality of Zeon. It was originally developed as the EMS-04 Zudah, a high-performance machine with excellent mobility, which employed a Saturn engine that could run on extremely heavy propellants such as lead, zinc, and bismuth. Together with the AMBAC system, this high thrust and acceleration enabled it to make extremely rapid turns, which ironically exceeded the machine's limits and caused it to break up in mid-air during an official test flight. This disaster led to the EMS-04's official rejection. However, it underwent structural improvements and was resurrected as the supposedly all-new EMS-10 Zudah, a high-performance machine far surpassing the Zaku. Tragically, the defects of the original design could not be resolved, and it is not even certain whether the planned upgrade work was actually carried out. Four prototype units were stationed aboard the test support ship Jotunheim for assessment by the 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit. The ill-fated machine broke apart yet again, ending all chances of mass production for good.