During this time, a second Archangel-class ship was built: the Dominion, commanded by recently-promoted Lieutenant Commander Natarle Badgiruel. Stocked with three Strike Daggers, as well as the Calamity Gundam, Forbidden Gundam, and Raider Gundam, debuted in battle on July 12 at the Mendel colony, with the primary task of destroying its elder ship, the Archangel. Both ships fought against one another at the Battle of Mendel, with the outcome being a stalemate and the Dominion retreating to the lunar base. While the Archangel resupplied and prepared for the final battle, the Dominion led the Earth Alliance in a successful nuclear strike against ZAFT's base at Boaz. Both ships once battled again when the Dominion led a second nuclear attack on the PLANTs, which prompted the Archangel, along with the Kusanagi and Eternal, to intercept the fleet at the Second Battle of Jachin Due on September 26. During this climactic fight, not only did the Dominion lose the Calamity, Forbidden, and Raider, the Dominion herself was destroyed by the Archangel's Lohengrin.