With all the Rick Dias stuff going around, I got to thinking ( never good) about the MS-09 and the RMS-099 similarities. Then I recalled something I read in the Wikipedia entry for the Rick Dias:
"A final advantage of the suit, at least in the early skirmishes between the Titans and AEUG, was unintended by its designers - its appearance. The Rick Dias fought like a Gundam, but looked comparatively innocuous to the Titans, most of whom were Federation combat vets that did not expect the Dias' combination of mobility, firepower, and armor from what appeared to be merely an upgraded Dom."
I started to wonder, what if some of the early Dias's or perhaps the final combat test version the deception was intended and slighly exploited.


Of course this is all total B.S. I just liked the look of the Dom head on the Dias, but at least there is a tiny thread to hang it of off.