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Varauta Standard Battleline Battleship
Varauta Battleline Battleship (Gigile Fleet)
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Varauta Standard Battleline Battleship
Ship Type: battleship
Government: Varauta
Manufacturer: unknown
Dimensions: length 600 meters
Mass: operational mass 180,000 metric tons; empty mass 150,000 metric tons
Structure: open-style hanger gate (located in aft section); slot-based dorsal variable fighter launching catapults
Power Plant: OverTechnology Reactor
Primary Systems: macro nozzle cluster (main thrusters); vernier nozzle cluster; gravity control system; fold system cluster
Max instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.55 G+
Countermeasures: shipborne pin-point barrier system; shipborne total barrier system
Combat Data Systems: Aegis sensor
Armament:
2 x supersize-bore anti-ship high-angle beam guns
8 x large-bore anti-ship high-angle beam guns
12 x small-bore anti-ship high-angle beam guns
many x anti-ship large reaction warhead missile launchers
many x close-in defense anti-ship missile launchers
Variable Mecha: 30-40 variable fighters (Fz-109A and Fz-109F Elgerzorene)
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The Battleline Battleship is the standard primary space warship of the Varauta forces. The Battleline Battleship features heavy weapons and armor for intense ship-to-ship combat as well as docking facilities for numerous variable fighters. The forward half of the Battleline Battleship is constructed of many slot-based sections (both dorsal and ventral) that can extend and retract. The dorsal slot sections are equipped with catapults, each capable of launching four stowed variable fighters on it's upper deck. The ventral slot sections feature anti-ship missile launchers. Production costs of the Battleline class are kept low via mass production and operational performance is equivalent to that of the average UNG warship of the period. The Varauta lack dedicated aerospace craft carriers and thus the Battleline class is built with the capability to operate a maximum of around 40 Variable Fighters. When 2-3 of these battleships operate together they can achieve an aerospace craft deployment capability that is proportionate to a regular carrier. Varauta spaceships are characterized by hull designs that use "planks" of Energy Conversion Armor (ECA). Gigile's personal battleship features double the normal amount of ECA (Macross Chronicle 2E M7 Mechanic Sheet 04B "Varauta Fleet").
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Debut: Macross 7, Episode 3 (Gigile Colors, Episode 12)
Crew: no notables
Other Appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake
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Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Additional Information Courtesy of the Wikipedia Japan: https://ja.wikipedia.org/
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