continuation of Anaheim Electronics' "Z Project", the MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam (read as "Double Zeta"), was a truly powerful mobile suit that was sorely needed by the battered AEUG forces when the First Neo Zeon War broke out in early UC 0088. The assault carrier Argama, single-handedly fighting against Haman Karn's forces, was finding its few remaining mobile suits becoming more and more outclassed by the wave of new mobile suit models being developed at Axis. Although the young new AEUG pilot Judau Ashta was holding his own with the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam, the AEUG was in desparate need of flexible new units that could be operated by its troupe of new young recruits (and potential pilots).Anaheim went back to the drawing board, developing the ZZ Gundam based on the advanced technologies introduced in the Zeta Gundam (including its mysterious "bio-sensor" system), but also returning to the Core Block System concept used in the original RX-78-2 Gundam. Centered around the new FXA-07GB Neo Core Fighter, the ZZ was a fully-transformable mobile suit, capable of changing into a fighter-bomber "G-Fortress" mode for additional speed and atmospheric flight. The G-Fortress could also separate into two separate flight-capable components, called "Core Top" and "Core Base." The Core Base was operated by the ZZ's Neo Core Fighter, while the Core Top could be operated from an extra cockpit located in the mounted double beam rifle, or by another docked Neo Core Fighter.
The ZZ also sported an impressive array of high-powered beam weaponry, as well as an extremely high-output reactor to power them. In addition to its high-powered "hyper beam sabers" and its large two-barreled double beam rifle, the ZZ mounted a devastating "high mega cannon" in its head - one of the single most powerful beam weapons mounted on a mobile suit of its size at the time, and capable of wiping out several enemies in a single shot. Its power requirements, however, were only barely able to be supplied by the suit's generator, and the ZZ would often find itself almost completely drained of power after using this weapon. Thus, despite its reactor output, the ZZ was limited in its operational time in the battlefield simply due to the power requirements of its weaponry.
Nonetheless, the appearance of the ZZ Gundam came as quite a shock to the Neo Zeon forces, and its performance spurred Neo Zeon to develop even more powerful mobile weapons. AEUG pilot Judau Ashta would become the ZZ's main pilot, operating this impressive mobile suit through to the end of the war. In the war's last days, the ZZ was slightly modified into the MSZ-010S Enhanced ZZ Gundam (and its hulking upgrade, the FA-010S Full Armor ZZ Gundam).
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