Pantagruel

The Pantagruel (パンタグリュエル) was the flagship of the Noble Alliance during the October War in S.1204.
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=== Background ===
The Pantagruel first appeared publicly immediately after the assassination of Chancellor Giliath Osborne on 30 October S.1204. The Pantagruel descended from cloud cover on the Imperial capital of Heimdallr, right above Vainqueur Street, and started deplying the new Panzer Soldats from the enormous airship's three belly-mounted cargo bays into battle. With the surprise element and the Pantagruel maintaining air superiority through its presence, the Noble Faction quickly captured the Erebonian capital and took the royal family hostage on the first day of the civil war.
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=== Background ===
The Pantagruel is henceforth used as the mobile base of operations for the Noble Alliance, and where the leaders of the alliance, supreme commander Duke Croire de Cayenne and chief of staff Rufus Albarea meet with Ouroboros behind the scenes.
After Rean Schwarzer reunites Class VII in Ymir, the Pantagruel descends on the town to make him a personal offer. Despite refusing at first, Rean and Valimar are again defeated by Crow and Ordine, while Class VII is defeated singlehandedly by Rufus. Rean decides to accept coming onboard the Pantagruel in exchange for the Noble Alliance to leave Ymir.
Rean is offered to join the Alliance to put a quick end to the war, being held as a "guest" until he makes a choice. After speaking with Crow, the surviving members of the Imperial Liberation Front, the members of Ouroboros and Zephyr and Altina Orion, he finds Princess Alfin is also being held there. After a conversation, Rean resolves to escape the Pantagruel with Alfin, evading Alliance soldiers and other members until he's forced to fight Crow one-on-one on the outside deck. Despite gaining the upper hand with his power, he ends up surrounded by the Enforcers and Zephyr.
The Courageous arrives at that point with Olivert Reise Arnor and Victor S. Arseid onboard to save Rean. With Class VII and their allies landing on the deck to even the odds, Grianos appears with Vita's image to propose a truce and avoid a battle on the ship. Rean, Valimar and Princess Alfin were allowed to leave with the Courageous afterwards.
During the final stages of the war, the Pantagruel would remain above Heimdallr to provide aerial defense against the Imperial forces' offensive. After the appearance of the Infernal Castle, the airship would drive the Courageous away after dropping off Class VII, until Duke Cayenne was finally arrested.
=== Maps ===
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=== Enemies ===
*Tri-Attacker R2
*Tri-Attacker HG
*Doven Gaiser
*Provincial Army Soldier
*Phalanx J9
*Duvalie: Story
*Bleublanc: Story
*Crow: Story
=== Treasure Chests ===
Location 	Key	Contents
Passageway	1 	Celestial Balm
Passageway	2 	Orange Cape
Passageway	3 	Tearal Balm
=== Quests ===
*The Pantagruel: Rean is taken aboard the Pantagruel after his defeat at Ymir.
*The Escape: Rean escapes with Princess Alfin.
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=== Background ===
Following the failure of the Noble Alliance's coup, the Pantagruel was seized by Imperial forces and turned into the Arnor family's personal ship, taking Alfin and several Erebonian delegates to the annexed province of Crossbell. The ship continues to float above the city and serves as both a sight of awe and intimidation for various citizens.
When the Gral of Erebos appeared, the Weissland Army, led by Aurelia Le Guin and Wallace Bardias seize the Pantagruel from Imperial forces, moving several Panzer Soldats on board. This was a part of their leader's plan to oppose Osborne.
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=== Background ===
The Pantagruel now serves as the headquarters of the Weissland Army, mainly comprised of the remnants of the Noble Alliance and those loyal to its leader, Mildine. For a while, Ash Carbide is kept onboard but he manages to escape in his Hector unit. Vita Clotilde's powerful magic is used to cloak the ship from detection, which is very useful when it is used to rescue Class VII, Aurelia and Musse from Cedric Reise Arnor, Thors Military Academy and the Red Constellation near Osgiliath Basin.
The ship later serves as the meeting point for several nations involved in Operation Mille Mirage. They meet in neutral airspace between Erebonia, Calvard and Liberl and delegates from those and more countries attend. After a meeting and dinner which outlines the plan to oppose Operation Jormungandr and the Empire, the ship comes under attack from the only ship larger than itself, the Ouroboros battleship Glorious. Several Aions are deployed and soon Musse considers ramming the ship into the Glorious to score some mutual damage. The situation becomes a lot more favourable however when the Courageous II arrives to turn the tide of the battle.
The Pantagruel temporarily lands in the waters of Mishelam on the night before the war, protected by a forcefield. On the day of the Great War, the Pantagruel joins the front at the Nord Highlands alongside Wallace.
== Structure ==
The Pantagruel is a colossal aerial battleship measuring 250 Arge from stem to stern. Painted in silver with gold highlights and bearing the crest of the Noble Alliance on its hull, the ship's appearance is as striking as it is menacing, casting extensive shadows over the ground. The ship has significant cargo capacity, storing multiple Panzer Soldats despite their own bulk, having multiple docking bays for smaller airships and a network of passages and rooms.
The ship also carries significant armaments, primarily numerous vertical launch tubes that run the central length of the ship. It also bears two quadruple turrets mounted in casemates on either side of the ship's deck. After the Imperial Civil War began, two triple turrets were mounted on the underside, presumably to provide fire support for ground forces.
As befitting the flagship of the Noble Faction, the interior of the ship is lavishly adorned with fur carpets, wood panelled walls, and even a grand piano on its residential deck. It's forecastle boasts an expansive room as well, featuring luxurious furnishing, and a glass floor revealing a giant armillary sphere.
==Gallery==
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Courageous versus Pantagruel - Concept Art (Sen II).jpg|Concept art - The Pantagruel versus the Courageous
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Pantagruel Early Design - Concept Art (Sen).jpg|Early design
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Pantagruel Early Designs 3 - Concept Art (Sen).jpg|Early design
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Pantagruel (Sen III).jpg|Weissland Army takes the Pantagruel back.
Courageous II & Pantagruel (Sen IV).jpg|The Pantagruel alongside with Courageous II.
Pantagruel Landing Craft Concept Art (Sen III).png|Landing Craft concept art
===Trivia===
*Marquis Ballad remarks that he would very much like to purchase a ship such as the Pantagruel, seeing it 'worthy of his stature'. He is disappointed to learn he had only received a version of the Bobcat however.
Category:Aircrafts