Musai Final Space Use Light Cruiser General Data and Attributes

Manufacturer: Zeonic Corporation Weight: 26200 Metric Tons Armor Materials: Steel Alloy Crew Compliment: 66 Crewmen Dimensions   • Length 234 meters   • Width 98.4 meters   • Height 79.4 meters Attributes   • Class: Space   • Speed: Terrible +   • Maneuverability: Terrible +   • Armor: Average

Design Features   • M Particle Emitters   • 1x Dedicated Hangar   • 2x MS Catapults   • Carries 1x Komusai II Hangar Capacity   • 1x Cargo   • 2x Infantry   • 4x Mobile Suits   • 2x Mobile Suits in Komusai

Armaments

Anti Vehicle/MS   • 10x 105mm Machinegun Turret   • 2x 60mm Machinegun in Komusai   • 10x Anti MS Missile Launcher

Anti Ship   • 3x Fore 2-barrel Mega Particle Cannon Turrets   • 1x 2-barrel Mega Particle Cannon Turrets   • 1x Aft 2-barrel Mega Particle Cannon Turret   • 2x Rocket Launcher (A)

Technical and Historical Data The Musai-class light cruiser is the standard ship of Zeon's Space Assault Force, and a key unit of the Mobile Assault Force as well. The Musai is a small and fast ship, capable of quickly entering and retreating from a combat zone. Though it is not nearly as heavily armed as the Federation's Salamis-class, its guns are placed more effectively to direct fire at a single target. The standard Musai class is armed with three double-barreled Mega Particle Cannons, and various light and heavy missile launchers. It is intended more for ranged combat in support of its five mobile suits, rather than close-range interdiction of enemy units. It is equipped with a small Komusai shuttle that attached to its underbelly. The Komusai is used to transfer mobile suits and personnell from the ship to Earth or a space colony where the Musai itself cannot reach. It can also carry two mobile suits and serves as a secondary hangar, and as an escape mechanism for the crew incase of the Musai taking catastrophic damage in battle. It must be re-launched from a spaceport to get into orbit again, however. Initially developed to ferry mobile suits into combat and provide long-range fire support, early Musai class ships entirely lacked close-in weapon systems. Newer models recently produced have corrected this potential flaw. The new production model Musai is armed with five turrets as opposed to the original three, an expanded hangar, and close-in weapons for defense against enemy mobile suits. It also has an improved Komusai II shuttle, which is capable of both atmospheric escape and re-entry unassisted. Later in the war, Zeon economists realized that the new, so called "Final Type" Musai was much too costly for complete refitting, and would remain so until Duchy technology improved. The MAF and SAF each came up with their own stopgap method, in order to correct some of the Musais flaws without causing too much of a drain in the Duchys already dwindling resources. Image Gallery

Komusai Docked Komusai Launching

MS Hangar Bridge