UWMF/S-1 GINN WASP Type

The GINN WASP Type (Custom) is a Mobile Suit in the Cosmic Era timeline.

Combat Abilities
Since it is designed mainly for underwater combat, the GINN WASP Type doesn't feature any beam weaponry and instead is equipped among others with a phonon maser cannon, used in many other underwater mobile suits. Further armament includes a rocket dart launcher and an MMI-TT04 405mm Mk-II multipurpose torpedo launcher. This armament stays the same for both the original WASP and the improved Custom type.

System Features
Because the outward appearance between a standard ZGMF-1017 GINN and a GINN WASP Type is nearly the same, converting a GINN into a WASP Type is an easy task. The WASP differs from the standard unit in the fact, that it can operate in depths up to 100 meters. The biggest difference between the two designs however lies in its sensor capabilities. The WASP Type features three additional sensor units, which include an active/passive sonar array, granting it advanced sensor capabilities underwater, and electric field sensors, also known as Lorenzini sensors. Optionally the WASP Type can mount a towed sonar array canister and ultra-long-wave data communication system, which is also used in the Earth Alliance's GAT-X255 Forbidden Blue and GAT-706S Deep Forbidden.

The upgraded GINN WASP Type Custom features an improved set of Lorenzini sensors.

History
During the Bloody Valentine War, ZAFT created several variants of its standard GINN mobile suit, among them variants for use in different terrains on Earth. One such variant is the GINN WASP Type (Water Adapted Search & Patrol), which was designed for underwater use, although most times it operates in shallow waters. Although it isn't as efficient in underwater battle as the amphibious UMF-4A GOOhN or UMF-5 ZnO, is is still a formidable enemy and used to attack bases and units near the shoreline.

After the first war ends, an improved version of the WASP Type is fielded, the GINN WASP Type Custom, which features improved sensors but is otherwise identically to the old unit. This Custom Type is used during the Second Bloody Valentine War in the attack on the Logos-controlled Heaven's Base.