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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, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 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 is modified for use in desert and tropical climates. Designated the YMS-09D Dom Tropical Test Type, the modified prototype now mounts a coolant tank on its backpack and a short-range communications antenna on the head. Several standard MS-09 Doms are later converted to the Tropical Test Type, with a dozen serving in units on the frontlines in Northern Africa, including the Karakal Team commanded by Greenwood, whose personal Dom Tropical Test Type was nicknamed "Thunder Cat." The Tropical Test Type serves as the basis for the later model MS-09F/trop Dom Tropen, which sees action during and after the One Year War.
Pilot: Roy Greenwood
Appearances: MSV (Mobile Suit Variations)
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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