Dom

Technical Data and General Information

Model number: MS-09 Code name: Dom Unit type: mass production ground combat mobile suit Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.6 meters Weight: empty 62.6 metric tons; max gross 81.8 metric tons Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1269 kW Propulsion: "ground effect" hover jet thrusters: 58200 kg total Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 0.71 G; maximum ground running speed 90 km/h; maximum ground hovering speed 240 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5400 meters Fixed armaments: scattering beam gun, mounted in torso; heat saber, battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: 360 mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip; 120mm machinegun, drum fed

Technical and Historical Notes

Following the final testing and trials of the YMS-09 Prototype Dom, the standard production type MS-09 immediately began rolling off the Zeonic Corps' assembly lines. Supplanting the recently-produced MS-07B Gouf as the mainstay ground combat unit of Zeon's mobile suit forces, the Dom line's place was assured as a agile, heavy-type mobile suit for the next several years. The first three production Doms were given to Zeon's "Black Trinary" aces and stationed as the frontline defense for M'Quve's Odessa mining base during the One Year War. Though their amazing ground speed and agility gave the crew of the invading Federation carrier White Base a hard time, the Black Trinary was simply outmatched by the emerging Newtype abilities of RX-78-2 Gundam pilot Amuro Ray. Amuro was able to dodge the Black Trinary's infamous coordinated "jetstream" attack - destroying all three of the Doms in the process