RMS-099 Rick Dias

RMS-099 Rick Dias
RMS-099 Rick Dias (RMS-099, MSA-099, リック・ディアス)
Unit Type
Mass Production Attack-Use Mobile Suit
Profile
Developed from	RX-098 Prototype Rick Dias MS-09SS Dowas Custom
Developed Into	MAN-104 (MSae-39) Nahatgall MSA-099-2 Rick Dias II MSK-008 Dijeh MSK-008R Rick Dijeh MSN-001 Delta Gundam MSZ-000 Zero Shiki MSZ-006-X Prototype Ζ Gundam RMS-099BC Build Γ Gundam RMS-099BD Break Dias
Variants	MSA-099 Rick Dias ［Stutzer］ RMS-099 Rick Dias ［Delphi Squad］ RMS-099B Schuzrum Dias RMS-099NT Röten Dias RMS-099S Rick Dias S
First Seen	0086 U.C.
Manufacturer	Anaheim Electronics
Operator	7th Panzer Division Anti-Earth Union Group Karaba
Known Pilots	Quattro Bajeena Apolly Bay Roberto Emma Sheen Amuro Ray Kamille Bidan Franklin Bidan Asuna Elmarit Jack Bayard Botty Batch Tripper Hodge Souichi Obino
General Characteristics
Overall Height	21.6 meters70.866 ft <br />850.394 in <br />
Head Height	18.0 meters59.055 ft <br />708.661 in <br />
Max Weight	54.7 metric tons
Empty Weight	32.2 metric tons
Power-plant	Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor
Power Output	1833 kW2,458.093 hp <br />
Sensor Range	11500 meters37,729.659 ft <br />
Pilot Accommodations	Pilot only (in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in head)
Armor	Gundarium γ Alloy
Movement
Max Acceleration	1.37 G
Mass Ratio	1.43
Rocket Thrusters	2 x 37400 kg82,452.863 lb <br />41.226 tons <br />
Vernier Thrusters	7
Equipment
Standard	2 x Booster Binder Sealant Launchers
Optional	Ballute System
Standard Armaments
Fixed	55mm Vulcan Phalanx Beam Saber
Handheld	2 x BP-L-86 Beam Pistol AE/ZIM.C-BAZ-531 300mm Clay Bazooka
Optional Armaments
Handheld	Beam Rifle
Real World
Mechanical Designer	Mamoru Nagano
Appearances*
Television	MSZG: #1 - Episode #50 GBF GBFT-IW
OVA	GBD Prologue GBDR: First Seen in Episode #8
Manga	MSG École AoZ: FoT 0094: AtS
Game	Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 Dynasty Warriors Gundam Reborn

The RMS-099 Rick Dias (RMS-099 リック・ディアス, Rikku Diasu^?) is a second-generation mass-production attack-use mobile suit introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

Developed by Anaheim Electronics, the RMS-099 (MSA-099, MSA-009) Rick Dias became one of the first mass-produced mobile suits of the AEUG's Zeta Project for their fight against the corrupt Titans. Because many engineers who worked on the Rick Dias were former Principality of Zeon members, the Rick Dias featured many similarities to Zeon mobile suits such as a mono-eye sensor. Originally, the Rick Dias ("Dias" is derived from Bartolomeu Dias, the Portuguese explorer who first rounded the Cape of Good Hope) was supposed to be called γ Gundam (Gamma Gundam) as it is built out of the new Gundarium γ. This material was developed by Axis and has strength similar to standard Gundarium yet weighs less, making the suit lighter and thus allowing it to accommodate a greater fuel capacity.

The Rick Dias is one of the earlier mobile suits to use the 360-degree panoramic cockpit, and the first original design to be constructed by the AEUG. One notable feature is that unlike other mobile suits at the time, the cockpit of the Rick Dias is built into its head and not the chest. Built into its hands are specialized launchers that can be used to launch fire-suppressing gas or a binding adhesive. For combat, the Rick Dias can be equipped with a variety of weapons, making it a versatile mobile suit. Among its built-in weapons include 55mm vulcan phalanx in its head and a beam saber stored on the underside of a backpack-mounted rack. For ranged combat, the Rick Dias is equipped with a pair of beam pistols stored in the backpack-mounted rack. It can also be optionally equipped with a clay bazooka and a beam rifle.

Armaments

• 55mm Vulcan Phalanx

Mounted in the top of the Rick Dias' head, and covered by a hinged hood when not in use, this double-barreled gun is equivalent to the vulcan guns commonly used by other mobile suits. This shell firing weapon has a high-rate of fire, but little power and are mainly used for intercepting enemy missiles/units, as warning shots, and to destroy lightly armored targets.

• AE/ZIM.C-BAZ-531 300mm Clay Bazooka

An innovative projectile-firing weapon, the Clay Bazooka was originally designed to fire adhesive rounds which immobilize enemy machines rather than destroying them outright. However, it could also be loaded with other types of ammunition, including conventional explosive round as well as pellet shot round. The Clay Bazooka has 1 round in its chamber with 7 more rounds in a reloadable magazine. A retractable hook is present on top of the bazooka's barrel for mounting onto Rick Dias's backpack when not in use.

• BP-L-86 Beam Pistol

A pair of Beam Pistols designed specifically for the Rick Dias. Despite its compact size, it is powerful enough to destroy an enemy mobile suit with a single shot. The Beam Pistols are stored on the backpack-mounted ride laser rack when not in use, and while stowed, they could fire directly with a limited firing arc.

• Beam Rifle

A standard hand carried ranged beam weapon is the beam rifle. Capable of firing concentrated mega particles, attacks from a beam rifle can damage any ordinary armor that has not been specially treated to resist it. It is the same one used by the RMS-117 Galbaldy β.

• Beam Saber

The beam saber is a small device held in the mobile suit's hands when operated and is powered by a rechargeable energy capacitor. It emits a blade of plasma contained by an I-Field and can cut through any armor not treated with anti-beam coating. The Rick Dias stores a single beam saber on the underside of the backpack-mounted ride laser rack. Power rated at 0.4 MW, the model of beam saber used by Rick Dias is also used by other mobile suits such as Hyaku Shiki and Nemo.

Special Equipment & Features

• Booster Binder

Mounted on the Rick Dias' backpack, the pair of Booster Binders are a combination of vernier thrusters with propellant tanks and are capable of Active Mass Balance Auto-Control (AMBAC) like the suit's limbs. Thanks to these binders, the suit has excellent mobility. They could be ejected when not required.

• Sealant Launchers

This device sprays a sticky sealant, similar to the wall film used to mend breaches in warship hulls. This substance can be used to seal ruptures in spacecraft and space colony exteriors. By the time of the Gryps Conflict, most mobile suits have sealant launchers built into the fingers, as well as utility devices like signal flares, dummy dispensers, and fire extinguishers.

• Ballute System

An atmospheric entry device designed to be used by a multitude of different mobile suit models. As the mobile suit enters the atmosphere, a bowl-shaped ballute (balloon parachute) deploys to protect it from the friction heat of atmospheric entry. The balloon then detaches, leaving the mobile suit with chest and leg hover units which ease its descent to the ground. If the mobile suit reaches the ground without expending all the fuel in the leg units, these devices can also be used for hovering and high-speed strike missions.

History

The Rick Dias was AEUG's first original and most powerful mass-production mobile suit, making its first known major use during the mission to infiltrate Gryps and steal the new RX-178 Gundam Mk-II. Three Rick Dias were used to infiltrate the colony, led by AEUG ace pilot Quattro Bajeena in his custom painted red Rick Dias. The mission was successful and proved the value of the Rick Dias.

For all following missions, Rick Dias were assigned to the AEUG's top pilots who did not possess their own custom unit such as the Gundam Mk-II or the MSN-00100 Hyaku Shiki. Initially, the standard color scheme for the Rick Dias was black and dark gray. However at some point, while the AEUG was on Earth, the standard color scheme was switched over to the same red coloring scheme used on Quattro Bajeena's unit and later piloted by Emma Sheen.

Despite being technologically advanced and state of the art at the start of the Gryps Conflict (to the point that the Titans tried to steal some of the Argama's compliment), the Rick Dias was soon overshadowed by the increasingly more advanced designs in the AEUG and the Titans. By the start of the First Neo Zeon War, there were only a few operational units left, but they would see little use, as what remained of the AEUG and Karaba would use the newer RGM-86R GM III.

Variants

• RMS-099BD Break Dias
• RMS-099B Schuzrum Dias
• RMS-99K Kanone Dias
• RMS-099NT Röten Dias
• RMS-099RS Sturm Dias
• RMS-099S Rick Dias S
• MSA-099 Rick Dias [Delphi Squad]
• MSA-099 Rick Dias [Stutzer]
• MSA-099-2 Rick Dias II

Gallery

Lineart

Lineart for animation

Front color lineart

Gundam Evolve Version in Quattro Bajeena colors / New Standard colors

Cockpit and head unit

Sealant Launcher

55mm Vulcan Phalanx

Beam Saber

Beam Pistol

AE/ZIM.C-BAZ-531 Clay Bazooka

Beam Rifle

Anime

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Front (Original Black Colors)

Front

Head Close-Up

Head's cockpit hatch

Rear

55mm Vulcan Phalanx

Firing Vulcan Phalanx

Firing Beam Pistol

Beam Pistols Stored

Stored Beam Pistols Firing

Armed with Clay Bazooka

Firing Clay Bazooka

Slicing off NRX-044 Asshimar's hand

Stabbing Asshimar

With MSA-003 Nemo

Apolly Bay's Rick Dias Destroyed

Gundam Build Series

Custom Rick Dias Gunpla as seen on Gundam Build Fighters

Custom Rick Dias Gunpla as seen on Gundam Build Fighters Try

Custom Rick Dias Gunpla in Gundam Build Divers Prologue

Wreckage of a Rick Dias Gunpla of the 7th Panzer Division (Gundam Build Divers episode 9)

Illustrations

"Gundam-jack inside Green Noah" (Gundam Perfect Files)

With Gundam Mk-II (Gundam Perfect Files)

Art from Gundam Perfect File

In Mobile Suit Bible

Early design by Mamoru Nagano

Early design

Alternate design as 'MS-24' illustrated by Mamoru Nagano

Games

Rick Dias in Gundam Battle Operation 2.

Gunpla

Original 1/144 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Quattro Bajeena Colors/New Standard Colors] (1985): box art

HGUC 1/144 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Early Standard Colors] (2000): box art

HGUC 1/144 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Quattro Bajeena Colors/New Standard Colors] (2002): box art

Rick Dias (Quattro Bajeena Color) as part of HGUC 1/144 "Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Metallic Version Set " quadruple pack (Chara Hobby 2004 exclusive; 2004): box art

HGUC 1/144 RMS-099 Rick Dias (Quattro Bajeena Custom) (P-Bandai exclusive; 2020): box art

HGUC 1/144 RMS-099 Rick Dias (P-Bandai exclusive; 2021): box art

Original 1/100 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Quattro Bajeena Colors/New Standard Colors] (1985): box art

MG 1/100 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Early Standard Colors] (2004): box art

MG 1/100 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Quattro Bajeena Colors/New Standard Colors] (2004): box art

Line art for 1/100 Master Grade model

Original 1/220 RMS-099 Rick Dias [Quattro Bajeena Colors/New Standard Colors] (1985): box art

Rick Dias "Infiltration of Side 7": top - diorama illustration by Mamoru Nagano; bottom: diorama reproduction with Original 1/100 Rick Dias models

Unknown scale modelling of RMS-099 Rick Dias (Amuro Ray Use)

Action Figures

Mobile Suit in Action (MSiA / MIA) "RMS-099 Rick Dias (Quattro Bajeena / Late Standard Color)" (2003): package front view.

MSiA / MIA "RMS-099 Rick Dias (Early Standard Color)" (2004): package front view.

Robot Damashii "RMS-099 Rick Dias (Quattro Bajeena's Unit)" (2015): package front view.

Robot Damashii "RMS-099 Rick Dias (Early Production Type)" (Tamashii Web exclusive; 2016): package front view.

Gashapon

Real Type color

Notes and Trivia

• In the Zeta Gundam novelization, the Rick Dias is named after Bartolomeu Dias, a Portuguese explorer who lived in 1450-1500 and discovered the Cape of Good Hope.
• The Vulcan Phalanx borrows its name from the close-in weapons systems used by modern-day naval vessels, which are in turn named after the massed phalanx formations of ancient Greek infantry soldiers.
• The design of the Rick Dias' beam pistols resembles the Borchardt C-93 semi-automatic pistol.
• In the U.C Arms Gallery Volume 3, the Rick Dias' BP-L-86 Beam Pistol and Hyaku Shiki's BR-M-87 Beam Rifle have interchangeable parts. It is unknown if this is true in-universe, or just done for the gallery.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Episode 12, The Winds of Jaburo
  • Episode 1, The Black Gundam
    • First Appearance
  • Episode 2, Departure
  • Episode 3, Inside the Capsule
  • Episode 4, Emma's Decision
  • Episode 5, Father and Son
  • Episode 6, To Earth
  • Episode 8, The Dark Side of the Moon
  • Episode 9, A New Bond
  • Episode 11, Entering the Atmosphere
  • Episode 13, Shuttle Launch
  • Episode 43, Haman's Victory
  • Episode 45, Coming From the Heavens

Movies

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Heirs to the Stars
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers
• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love Is the Pulse of the Stars
• Reconguista in G the Movie I Go! Core Fighter

References

Parts and specifications (from Bandai's Enterainment Bible)

Gundam Zeta Define version's profile