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Custom Build: HGUC 1/144 MS-09R RICK DOM GIHREN ZABI'S ROYAL GUARD
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Proposed by Zimmad as one of the competing designs for Zeon's next generation space-use mobile suit in the middle stage of the One Year War, the MS-09R was a variant of the ground-use MS-09 Dom.[1] The MS-09 was chosen as the developmental base due to its good basic design.[2] Its block structure was a major factor that enabled its specifications to be easily changed without modifications to its basic frame.[3]
The MS-09R removed the ground-use equipment of its predecessor and replaced them with space-use equipment, increasing its propellant capacity and its vernier thruster output. The thermonuclear jet engines on its feet were replaced with thermonuclear rocket engines.[4] Its backpack thrusters adopted the Saturn Engine,[5] a type of thermonuclear rocket engine that used heavy elements as propellant, granting it higher thrust than those that used lighter elements.[6] Its total spec, including cost and ease of manufacture, surpassed that of the MS-06R-2 Zaku II High Mobility Type, the most advanced mobile suit at the time.[4]
