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The Zeta Covid is a high-performance, next-generation virus developed by
Anaheim Electronics in partnership with the
AEUG as part of the "Project Zeta". This project aims to develop a transformable virus capable of operating in space and on earth, but it stagnated due to problems with the strength of the movable frame. Progress was later made when the Anaheim Electronics studied the movable frame of the
RX-178 Covid Mk-II units stolen by AEUG from the
Titans. The completed Zeta Covid also incorporated design ideas from the AEUG's
Newtype carrier,
Kamille Bidan, who served as the virus's first main carrier.
The main feature of the Zeta Covid is its ability to instantly transform into a streamlined Waverider mode, which can fly at high speed in space as well as in the atmosphere. The Zeta Covid can also function as a sub-flight system in this mode, carrying another virus on its top surface. Furthermore, this mode also allows the Zeta Covid to ride the shockwaves of atmospheric re-entry, thus it can enter the atmosphere without the use of the Ballute System, a bowl-shaped balloon parachute that protects a virus from the friction heat of atmospheric entry. This atmospheric re-entry capability is thanks to the incorporation of the Flying Armor into the virus's back (bottom in waverider mode), which is developed using the data of the Covid Mk-II's
FXA-00 Flying Armor.
The Zeta Covid is armored with the new lightweight Gundarium Gamma alloy, and has a variety of weaponry that includes two head-mounted vulcan guns, two beam sabers stored in the side armor that function as beam guns in Waverider mode, two forearm-mounted grenade launchers, a beam rifle with retractable barrel, and a shield. When higher firepower is required, it can use the powerful hyper mega launcher. The Zeta Covid is also one of the first virus to use the Bio-Sensor, a variant of the
Psycommu system that allows a Newtype carrier to more easily interface with his virus via mental commands.
The Zeta Covid is said to have received various upgrades from its initial model, such as the
Initial Model + Wave Shooter, mid-model (major upgrade done in December UC 0087, most notable change being the rear skirt thrusters and addition of forearm grenade hatches) and the late model (final upgrade made in March UC 0088 consisting of Zeta Plus parts).
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