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The Rick Dias [Stutzer] is an enhanced form of the Rick Dias equipped with various enhancement parts. The concept of developing enhancement parts to improve the machine’s performance is similar to that of the G-Defenser developed for the Gundam Mark II, and this equipment gives the base Rick Dias increased mobility, defense, and offensive capabilities. This enhanced machine demonstrates its special characteristics not in small-scale combat against other mobile suits, but in large-scale battles spanning a wide combat area, such as fleet battles and fortress attacks. Equipped with countless missiles which can attack multiple targets simultaneously, it often serves as an attack vanguard, opening hostilities with a missile attack from the front lines. The installation of a long shield booster further enhances its performance.

Long Shield Booster

The long shield booster is an AEUG device whose development was inspired by the shield booster used by the Titans Test Team. Equipped with a mega particle cannon as well as thrusters for propulsion purposes, this is the ultimate all-purpose equipment, providing movement, offense, defense, and all the elements required for combat. The central section of the shield also contains a generator.

Technical Notes

The development of the Rick Dias [Stutzer] made extensive use of the knowhow obtained by Zola and his comrades from machines such as the Rick Dom [Stutzer], which they used during their time as Zeon remnants. The two binder units on its back are enlarged versions of the booster binder units used by the normal Rick Dias, and the addition of missile pods turns them into what could be called “armed AMBAC limbs.”

The base Rick Dias appears to be unmodified apart from the wire cutter on its head. Another wire cutter and a set of micromissile launchers are installed in the protective armor that covers its upper body, a stabilizer is attached to its back, and a winch unit is installed on its chest. This winch unit can be fitted with a beam rifle or a large wire-guided claw that opens to reveal a beam cannon.

With a long shield booster attached to its back, the Rick Dias [Stutzer] can assume a cruising form which resembles the “G-Flyer” form of the combined G-Defenser and Gundam Mark II. Although the Rick Dias itself cannot transform, this cruising form allows it to orient all its thrusters in the same direction, giving it the same high mobility as the mobile armor form of a transformable mobile suit.