EMS-08 Diona

The Diona is a mobile suit which appears in the manga series Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam.

Combat Abilities
Since it was designed mainly for demonstrations, the Diona was only armed with a single beam rifle. Despite this limited armament, the suit was performance-wise on par with the commander-type mobile suit EMS-07 Erebado.

History
The Diona was a mobile suits of the Jupiter Empire which, like several other models, was a variation of the EMS-06 Batara. Their outward appearance however was that of a human female, including a woman-like face. At least one aquad of these suits was piloted by young females, who were all considered to be Newtypes, although this fact has never been proven to be true. This squad was sent out as a royal guard for Tetenith Dogatie, who was forced to fight against her friends of the Crossbone Vanguard in the mobile armor EMA-06 Elegolea during their battle at Earth. On their way into battle they were attacked by Tobia Arronax in his newly aqquired XM-X3 Crossbone Gundam X-3, who was able to destroy most of the suits with ease. The remaining Dionas escaped when the Elegolea, which was in fact controlled by Tetenith's father Crux Dogatie, attacked Tobia.

Following the end of the first Jupiter conflict, Europa Dogatie, the second wife of Crux Dogatie, left the Empire together with several of her followers. When they reached Earth however, only Europa was able to escape in a Diona, only to be pursuit by several Jupiter Empire mobile suits, who quickly destroyed her suit, which she fortunatelly escaped.