MSC-07 Pegasus Class "Albion" Universal Mobile Suit Carrier General Data and Attributes

Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Weight: 48900 Metric Tons Armor Materials: Gundarium Alloy Crew Compliment: 70 Crewmen Dimensions   • Length 305 meters   • Width 210 meters   • Height 82 meters Attributes   • Class: Universal   • Speed: Very Poor Space / Good + Earth   • Maneuverability: Very Poor Space / Very Poor Earth   • Armor: Average +

Design Features   • Prototype   • Gundarium Armor   • M Particle Emitters   • 1x Dedicated Hangar   • 4x MS Catapults   • Minovsky Craft (O)   • Airborne Movement   • In atmosphere all Albion armaments are reduced by 1 range category (Very Long becomes Long etc.) Hangar Capacity   • 2x Cargo   • 3x Infantry   • 2x Spacecraft   • 8x Mobile Suits   • 1x Mobile Armor

Armaments

Anti Vehicle/MS   • 18x AA Laser Turret

Anti Ship   • 2x Starboard 2-barrel Mega Particle Cannon Turret   • 2x Port 2-barrel Mega Particle Cannon Turret   • 4x Rocket Launcher (A)

Technical and Historical Data During the disastrous Lourm Campaign, Federation fleet commanders begrudging learned (sometimes moments before their flagships exploded from under them) that, despite the EF Space Force's overwhelming battleship superiority compared to the Zeon Duchy's would not be enough to win the war. Federation engineers threw existing designs out the window and set out to create an entirely new class of ship designed to carry mobile suits. The Pegasus-class was the final culmination of those efforts. Federal engineers created two catamaran-style hulls and attached them together with a central fuselage containing the reactor, command deck, and Minovski-craft system (more on this later). Each of the outboard hulls contained its own mobile suit hangar, each with its own launch catapult and space for four mobile suits. A central corridor connects the two, and also stores a mobile suit of its own, for a total of nine. Due to its ablative hull plating (painted in red), it can re-enter Earth's atmosphere by itself, and also acheive escape velocity on its own power (again with the Minovski-craft system). The Pegasus is armed with two large mega particle cannons, mounted behind the large yellow firing domes on either side of the ship's hull. The domes slide open and the cannons extend from within when preparing to fire. Two large missile launchers are also mounted on each side with a third rear-facing pair mounted further back on the hull for the purpose of discouraging close pursuit. Twelve antiaircraft turrets are mounted in concealed firing ports that also slide open when preparing to fire. The Pegasus' most radically inventive feature is its Minovski-craft system. Essentially the Federation's version of Zeon's Minovski-craft compressor in play on some of their mobile armors, it allows the Pegasus to fly in atmosphere for virtually unlimited amounts of time. After the end of the war, Anaheim Electronics purchased the blueprints for the original Pegasus class ships, and worked on a Gundarium armored version of their own to accompany the units made in the Gundam Project. The Albion was created, a model that incorporated all of the best features of the Pegasus line. The large hangar capacity of the Grey Phantom, quad turrets of the Blanc Rival, speed of the Thoroughbred and durability of the original White Base could all be found here. Modular, semi-mobile hangars also allowed the Albion to carry four MS catapults, letting it launch all of its deadly Gundams extremely quickly. Image Gallery Bridge