With the development of the
MS-14 Gelgoog
far behind schedule, the
Zeon
military decided to adapt the land warfare
mobile suitDom
for space combat. The result is the Rick Dom, in which the jet engines that give the Dom its hovering capabilities are replaced by rockets. Otherwise, it's basically the same as the land version - a fast, heavily-armored mobile suit armed with a devastating
bazooka.
By the end of the war, the Rick Dom has all but replaced the
Zaku II
in the ranks of Zeon's
space forces.