MSN-04 Sazabi

### Armaments/Parts

Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor, Gundarium Alloy, 2 x External Propellant Tank, Psycho-Frame Cockpit, Psycommu

### Weight

71.2 metric tons

The **MSN-04 Sazabi** is a mobile suit introduced in *Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack*. It is piloted by Char Aznable.

## Description

After Char Aznable returned as the leader of his own Neo Zeon faction in U.C. 0093, he ordered his engineers to create a new mobile suit which would fit his piloting skills and Newtype powers. The result was the MSN-04 Sazabi, which was later built by the Luna-based contractor Anaheim Electronics. With an overall height of 25.6 meters, the Sazabi is much bigger than most standard mobile suits, but thanks to the use of lightweight armor materials and a great number of thrusters  it is much faster and maneuverable than other suits. The suit is armed with an abdomen-mounted scattering mega particle cannon, a beam shot rifle, a pair of beam sabers stored in the arms and a shield with three missiles as well as a beam tomahawk.

Because Char is a Newtype, the Sazabi was also equipped with six funnels which the pilot could control through his psycowaves via a Psycommu system. The Sazabi was also the first MS to be equipped with the revolutionary new Psycho-Frame cockpit. This system featured microscopic psycommu receiver circuits installed throughout a mobile suit's internal frame and cockpit walls. These tiny circuits amplify and transmit a Newtype pilot's psycowaves, enabling the mobile suit to respond instantaneously to mental commands.

## Armaments

### Beam Saber

The Sazabi is equipped with a pair of beam sabers, one stored in each forearm for quick deployment in combat. The beam sabers serve as one of two close combat weaponry of the Sazabi and is a beam of plasma contained by an I-field that can cut through any metal alloy.
### Funnel

One of the Sazabi's powerful weapons is its Newtype-use remote weaponry - Funnels. The Sazabi stores six funnels in its backpack-mounted storage pods, each with a power rating of 10.6 MW. Although the Funnels themselves are the same as the ones used in MSN-03 Jagd Doga, Sazabi's Funnel Rack can recharge the Funnels, unlike the ones found on Jagd Doga, which are just regular racks. Char has shown that these funnels can attack at great distances and are ideal for dealing with nuclear missiles.
### Scattering Mega Particle Cannon

The Sazabi mounts a scattering mega particle cannon in its waist and it is connected directly to the generator. The mega particle cannon has a power rating of 8.8 MW, and the beam emitted is an unusually wide beam that can destroy multiple mobile suits in a single shot.
### Beam Shot Rifle

The beam shot rifle is a hand-carried ranged beam weapon that was designed to be used by the Sazabi. It is noticeably larger than most other beam rifles, is powered by a rechargeable energy cap, and has a power rating of 10.2 MW. A unique feature of this rifle is that it has two barrels, one for firing normal beam shots and another for firing a scattershot-like beam blasts. The latter is similar to what is fired by a shotgun, the wider beam spreads the damage over a greater area.
### Long Beam Rifle

An optional rifle used for long-range assault.
### Shield

The Sazabi is equipped with a shield on its left forearm. The shield mounts three small missiles that can heavily damage a mobile suit, but not a battleship. The shield also holds the storage rack for the Sazabi's beam tomahawk.
### Beam Tomahawk

Stored on the back of the shield, the beam tomahawk is the Sazabi's most powerful melee weapon and mounts two beam emitters. Taking advantage of the flexibility of the I-field and its ability to shape plasma, the beam tomahawk can either emit a pair of beam axe blades or combine its output to form a single large beam saber.
## Trivia

* During the planning stage of the movie, the Sazabi was originally named "Zanac" or "The Nac" (ザ・ナック in Japanese). Due to trademark issues, this name was never used and "Sazabi" was then chosen.
* The "Zanac" / "The Nac", alongside other mobile suits in the movie, was originally designed by mechanical designer Mamoru Nagano, who designed the Hyaku Shiki and worked on Heavy Metal L-Gaim and The Five Star Stories*.* However, he was taken off the job and eventually Yutaka Izubuchi took his place to finish the Sazabi and other mobile suits.
* It was Yoshiyuki Tomino's instruction to put the Sazabi's cockpit in the head. In order to match the size of its head, the Sazabi was set to be a large sized mobile suit. As a result, the ν Gundam was set to be another large mobile suit such that its size is on par with the Sazabi.
* The Sazabi in the *Mobile Suit Gundam Twilight Axis* ONA is based on the Hajime Katoki (Ver. Ka) redesign. The Ver. Ka is based on the 2012 Gundam Front Tokyo Dome-G design.
	+ The Dome-G version of Sazabi featured a new "S-01" marking. This is most likely the retroactive source of Full Frontal's unit number, "10S".