Saturday, September 1, 2007

Gwazine class battleship


The Gwazine class battleship are developed by the Principality of NEO to be flagships for the various space fleet Admirals. Although they fill a role similar to that of the Earth Federal Space Force's Magellan class battleships, the Gwazine class completely outclass the Megellan class in several ways.

The Gwazine class ships are the most powerful space warships during One Year War, even more powerful than the Federation's Pegasus class ships, and the second biggest type, second only to the Dolos-class heavy carrier ships. They are equipped with three massive double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets mounted on the topside. They also have ten smaller double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets, similar to the ones used by the Musai class light cruisers and finally the have large amount of 155mm double-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns mounted below the bow. But the biggest weapon on the Gwazine class ships are their Mech hangers. Each of these ships has room for up to twenty battle mechs, more than triple what the Federation's Pegasus-class ships can hold.

On the other hand the Gwazine class have a few drawbacks. The ships are so large that only handful would be constructed before and during the war. Also these vessels are bulky, hence maneuvering them around the battlefield takes time.

At the end of the One Year War only one Gwazine class ship was still in service.
Gwazine class
Unit type: space battleship
Manufacturer: ?
Operator: Principality of NEO
First commissioned: March UC 0076
Ships commissioned: >6

Overall length: 440 meters
Overall width: 320 meters
Overall height: 103 meters
Full weight: 108,100 metric tons

Propulsion:
rocket engine x 8

Unit complement:
Battle Mechs x 20

Armament:
2-barrel main gun turret x 3
2-barrel secondary gun turret x 10
155mm machine gun turret x many

Ships of the Line:
Blitkreig
Xavion
Kaizer
PanzerFaust
Herzog
Herzog Zwei

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