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Saratoga II CV-565
Saratoga II CV-565 (VF-X2 Version - Alternate)
Saratoga II CV-565 as seen in VF-X2 (screen shot)
Saratoga II (Kazutaka Miyatake color art)
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Uraga Class Escort Battle Carrier - Saratoga II (CV-565)
Ship Type: escort space battle carrier
Government: U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: unknown
Ship Class: Uraga
Ship Name: Saratoga II (CV-565); Uraga (CV-404), Macross 7 Fleet, docked with Riviera; Branpton [Brampton] (CV-406), Macross 7 Fleet, docked with Hollywood; Aberdeen (CV-412), Macross 7 Fleet, docked with Beginhill; Keflavik (CV-417), Macross 7 Fleet, docked with Einstein; Fahrion CVS-720, Macross Frontier Fleet; Velagulf CVS-707, Macross Frontier Fleet; Rakayou CVS-670, Macross Frontier Fleet; Magellan, Macross Frontier Fleet; Keiga, Macross Frontier Fleet; Vandeglift CVS-761, Macross Frontier Fleet; Shanghai III serving as an orbital base for VF-25 first protoype testing 2057
Commission Date: unknown
Number of Class Commissioned: exact number unknown (lesser numbers)
Complement: unknown
Dimensions: approximate length unknown (Uraga Class is 550 meters long)
Mass: standard operational displacement unknown
Structure: stealth composition; forward bridge is a composite search cluster; bridge-mounted rotating radar antenna; semi-trimaran hull; upper hangar (aft portion of top hull); gate (center aft below hangar); angled deck, the aft end of the hangar is offset with respect to the ships centerline; 4 x aft engine nozzles; folding vertical fin (mounted ventral hull); space fold system in vertical fin on the bottom of the ship; exclusive VB-6 Koing Monster elevator in top center of deck; 2 x bow sensor clusters (port/starboard forward edge of top deck)
Power Plant: OverTechnology heat pile system cluster
Main Machinery: OverTechnology main engine thruster (aft); OverTechnology vernier thrusters, OverTechnology gravity control system; OverTechnology fold system
Max instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.75 G+
Armament:
many x anti-ship/anti-fighter weapons
Space planes: unknown
Variable Mecha: 1 x VB-6 Koing Monster; approx. 65-75 aerospace craft, typically VF-11C Super Thunderbolts (Macross Chronicle 2E Macross 7 Mechanic Sheet UNS 11A)
Non-Variable Mecha: unknown
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The Saratoga II CV-565 is a Uraga Class type vessel which served as the mobile space fleet carrier for the 727th Independent Special Command VF-X Ravens. Though the Saratoga II CV-565 shares much the same structure as the Uraga Class, it is notably different in several ways. The Saratoga II semi-trimaran hull differs from the catamaran-style hull of the standard Uraga Class and the foward deck dominates most of the ship with only 1/3rd of the rear dedicated to the upper hangar. This deck configuration of the Saratoga II contrasts with most Uraga Class vessels where the upper deck is roughly 2/3rds the length of those typical ships. The ship carried Captain Aegis Focker and his squadron as they fought against the newly formed terrorist group known as the Vindirance in 2050.
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Debut: Macross Digital Mission VF-X 2 (Video Game, 1999)
Crew: Captain Aegis Focker, Suzie Newtlet, Syun Tohma, Gilliam
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
Images From - Macross Perfect Memory and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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