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YMS-09D
Dom Tropical Test Type
Model number: YMS-09D Code name: Dom Tropical Test Type Unit type: prototype tropical climate mobile suit Manufacturer: Zimmad Company Operator: Principality of Zeon First deployment: UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 18.5 meters Weight: empty 65.1 metric tons; max gross weight unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown Fixed armaments: heat saber, battery powered, stored in recharge rack on back Optional hand armaments: 360mm giant bazooka, clip-fed, 10 rounds per clip
Following the successful testing of the YMS-09 Prototype Dom at Zeon's captured California Base during the One Year War, one of the prototypes was modified for use in desert and tropical climates. Designated the YMS-09D Dom Tropical Test Type, the modified prototype now mounted a coolant tank on its backpack and a short-range communications antenna on the head. Several standard MS-09 Doms would later be converted to the Tropical Test Type, with a dozen serving in units on the front lines in northern Africa, including the Karakal Team commanded by Major Roy Greenwood, whose personal Dom Tropical Test Type was nicknamed "Thunder Cat."
Pilot:
Roy Greenwood |
