MS-09B Dom

MS-09 Dom is a mobile suit from the Universal Century timeline, which first appears in the series Mobile Suit Gundam.

Armaments

 * Scattering Beam Gun


 * Heat Saber Type2


 * H&L-GB03K/360mm Giant Bazooka


 * ZMP-50D/120mm Machine Gun


 * VAL-RB-T27/880mm Rocket Bazooka


 * MMP-80/90mm Ver.8 Machine Gun

Variants

 * YMS-09 Prototype Dom
 * YMS-09D Dom Tropical Test Type
 * MS-09K-2 (MS-09KM) Dom Cannon
 * YMS-09J Dom High Speed Experimental Type
 * MS-09 Dom Cold Climate Type
 * MS-09F Dom Funf
 * MS-09F/Bn Dom Bein Nichts
 * MS-09F/Gb Dom Gross Beil
 * MS-09F/trop Dom Tropen
 * MS-09G Dowadge
 * MS-09H Dowadge Reinforcement Type
 * MS-09R Rick Dom
 * MS-09RII Rick Dom II
 * MS-09R Rick Dom "Stutzer"
 * MS-09RS Rick Dom Char Aznable Custom
 * MS-09R4 (MS-09RN) MS-09S Psycommu Rick Dom "Schnee Weiss"
 * MS-10 Pezun Dowadge
 * Jupiter Ghost

History
A few months into the One Year War, the Zeon realized that their revolutionary MS-06 Zaku II mobile suits, which had proved a formidable force in space, were severely handicapped under the full gravity conditions on Earth. Mobile suits were just too large and slow moving under Earth's gravity, which made the massive machines into easy targets. To remedy this situation Zeon's Zimmad Company began to produce a new model mobile suit that had a higher ground speed. Using the data from the MS-07C-5 Gouf Test Prototype the Zimmad Company engineers created the MS-09 Dom.

The MS-09 Dom was the successor to MS-06F Zaku II and MS-07B Gouf mobile suits, and far surpassed both in terms of performance. Developed as a heavy-type, high performance mobile suit, the Dom could outperform the Federation's new mass production mobile suit, the RGM-79 GM. While the Dom can use many of the Zaku II and Gouf standard armaments, it was also equipped with a new 360mm Giant Bazooka, which could easily blow apart a mobile suit. Later, a new 880mm Raketen Bazooka was also developed that could destroy almost anything with one hit. The Dom also had a new Heat Saber, shaped very much like a beam saber. Lastly, the Dom featured a scattering beam gun, too weak to damage mobile suits, but powerful enough to blind a pilot for a few seconds.

The Doms main advantages were its speed, agility, and maneuverability. The Dom had massive legs and a "skirt," under which were several high-powered thermonuclear jet engines that made the Dom hover over the ground. These gave it a 240 kilometer per hour hovering speed, which far surpassed the Gouf's running speed of only 99 kilometers per hour. The Dom's superiority was blatantly evident to the Zeon forces and the Dom went quickly into mass production.

The first three Dom units shipped out were assigned to the Black Tri-Stars, who had been sent to aid Captain M'Quve's Odessa mining base. However, all three units were destroyed by RX-78-2 Gundam's pilot Amuro Ray after only two battles.

Trivia

 * The ZGMF-XX09T DOM Trooper from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is based upon the Dom.