I would say very likely true to both of you, but I was always under the impression that the venerable Dom series was intended to be the multi-purpose one, before the Zieks got chased off Earth, leaving them with no use for anything more special then the Dom / Rick-Dom duo, which is why the Dom Fafni...

Speaking of the Torrington Base and Ground Deployment Colors, does anyone else remember the scene at the end of 0083 where the guy with the glasses comes walking by in a Gelgoog retooled with that gross off-white color? What were they thinking using a Gelgoog for ground tests?