Space Use Cruiser
General Data and Attributes
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Space Use Cruiser
General Data and Attributes |
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Manufacturer: Earth Federation
Weight: 12100 Metric Tons Armor Materials: Titanium Alloy Crew Compliment: 61 Crewmen Dimensions • Length 288 meters • Width 68.5 meters • Height 70.5 meters Attributes • Class: Space • Speed: Terrible • Maneuverability: Terrible • Armor: Average |
Design Features
• M Particle Emitters Hangar Capacity • 1x Cargo • 2x Infantry • 4x Ball • 4x Mobile Suit |
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Anti Vehicle/MS
• 7x 105mm Machinegun Turret • 12x Anti MS Missile Launcher |
Anti Ship
• 2x Starboard Mega Particle Cannon Turret • 2x Port Mega Particle Cannon Turret • 1x Aft Mega Particle Cannon Turret • 8x Rocket Launcher (A) |
For all intents and purposes, the Salamis is simply a scaled down Magellan. It arms six single-barreled mega particle cannons, three forward and three aft, as its main battery. Antiaircraft machineguns placed around the bridge provide cover from nosy enemy craft who may try and attack the warship's command deck. Eight large missile launchers are mounted in the forward hull for long-range attacks, and additional, smaller missile pods are also placed on rotatable servos behind the forward main guns. Propulsion is provided by a single, large rocket engine. As with most standard Federation ships, it vaguely resembles a naval warship in the general layout of its hull. A re-entry capsule is mounted on the bottom of its hull. Despite this relatively sturdy armament, the majority of the EF Space Force was caught by surprise at Lourm by the audacity and fierce fighting of Zeon's MS-06C Zaku II mobile suits. While technically superior to Zeon's Musai-class light cruisers, they are were simply not prepared to face an attack of that size and caliber with the outwardly-appearing inexperienced Zakus. Due to constraints on the Federation's limited amounts of Pegasus-class assault carriers, some Salamis-class ships are refitted to carry mobile suits. This is done via the removal of the top fore mega particle cannon and adding a magnetic landing rack, capable of seating four GM-type mobile suits or six Balls. Currently, this upgrade is only available on the older-model Salamis. Bridge  |