Gwazine-Class Battleship

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The Gwazine-class battleship was developed by the Principality of Zeon to be the flagship and heavy battleship for the various space fleets of the Principality. Although they fill a role similar to that of the Earth Federal Space Force's Magellan-class battleships, the Gwazine-class completely surpasses the Megellan-class in several ways.

The Gwazine-class ships are the most powerful space warships fielded during the One Year War, even more powerful than the Federation's Pegasus-class ships, and the second largest to be fielded, second only to the Dolos-class heavy carrier ships. They are equipped with three massive double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets mounted on their topside. They also have ten smaller double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets, similar to the ones used by the Musaiclass light cruisers, and finally they have a high number of 155mm double-barreled anti-aircraft machine guns. It has been stated (in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait Of Young Comet) that the Gwazine-class is capable of traveling the distances between the Earth and the asteroid belt.

But the most powerful feature of the Gwazine-class ships were not their guns, but their large mobile suit carrying capacity. Each of these ships possess hangers large enough to hold up to twenty mobile suits, more than triple what the Federation's Pegasus-class ships can hold.

On the other hand, the Gwazine-class have a few drawbacks. The ships are so large and resource-consuming that only a handful would be constructed before and during the war. Also, due to their large, maneuvering them around the battlefield takes time.

The power source of the Gwazine-class is most probably a Minovsky-Ionesco Fusion Reactor, the standard shipboard nuclear fusion reactor employed before, during, and after the One Year War. The fusion reactor of the Gwazine-class would have to be particularly large in order to generate the mega-particles needed to use the cannons in a timely manner.

**Purchase TN:** 305 (To Build) 203 (New) 135 (Used)

**Restriction:** Mil (+3)

• • Capitalships require the Pilot Starship Skill to be operated.

• • Many capitalship have vehicle mounted weapons, these vehicle weapons require the Vehicle Weapon Proficiency feat.

• • A capitalship can forgo all standard attacks (not including automated weapons witch function normally) to provide heavy covering fire. In a radius around the capitalship equal in size to its own fighting space, this area is counted as rough terrain to enemy vehicles costing double movement to move. This area also grants a +2 bonus to defense to all friendly vehicles. (Vehicle Trait)

• • Carriers always have 2 command stations one for the carrier itself, and the other for its carried support craft. This provides all of its carried craft a +2 moral bonus to all Will saves. (Vehicle Trait)

***Accommodations***

• • 6 Luxury Accommodations **• •** 128 Dorm Accommodations

***Facilities***

• • Arcade (PL 5) **• •** Brig (PL 5) **• •** Diplomatic Facilities (PL3) **• •** Dojo / Training Area / Gym (PL3) **• •** Sick Bay (PL 6) **• •** Library, Large (PL2) **• •** Maintenance Bay (PL 4) **• •** Command Salon (PL 6)

***Structure Traits***

• • 2x Hanger Bays (PL 4) • • 2x Launch Catapult (PL 5) • • 6x Docking Clamps (PL 4)

***Power System***

• • Fusion Generator (PL 6)

***Vehicle Systems***

• • Maneuvering Thrusters (PL 5) **• •** 2x Rocket-Jet Space Engines(800 meters) (PL 5) **• •** 4x Rocket-Jet Space Engines(100 meters) (PL 5) **• •** 40 Unit Fuel Tank (PL 5) **• •** Internal Comm System (PL 5) **• •** Life Support System (PL 5) **• •** Radio Transceiver (PL 5) **• •** Utility Flare System (PL 5) **• •** Class II Sensor Array (PL 6) **• •** Laser Transceiver (PL 6) **• •** SatCom (Satellite Communications) (PL 6) **• •** Minovsky Particle Interference Wave Searcher (MPIWS) (PL 6) **• •** Collision Detection Sensors (PL 6) **• •** Autopilot System (PL 5) **• •** Damage Control System (PL 5) **• •** Anti-Accident System (PL 6) **• •** Chaff Launcher (PL 6) **• •** Radiation Shielding (PL 6) **• •** Point-Defense System (PL 6) **• •** Missile Lock Alert (PL 6) **• •** 3x Missile/Torpedo Launcher, Heavy (PL 5) **• •** Targeting System (+41) (PL 6) **• •** Battleship Weapons Coordination Computer (B.W.C.C.) (PL 6) **• •** Pin-Point Targeting Compensater Computer (PL 6) **• •** Flake Guns (PL6) **• •** 10x Laser Cannon, Heavy (PL 6) **• •** 3x Super Heavy Laser Cannon (PL 6)