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Encyclopedia > Battleships and Spacecraft of the Cosmic Era
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This article contains a list of fictional warships and spacecraft from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. This article contains a list of fictional warships and spacecraft from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... The Cosmic Era is the timeline of the anime television series Gundam Seed, and its sequels and spinoffs. ... A scene from Cowboy Bebop (1998) Anime (アニメ) is Japanese animation, sometimes billed in the west under the portmanteau Japanimation. ... Gundam is a popular Japanese anime involving giant robots. ...


Like any military organization, the factions in the Cosmic Era depend on multiple ships to fulfill a wide variety of tasks. Listed below are the ship classes, the known ships of that class, and a simple explanation of the role in the battlefield. Individual ships do not have pages; their information can be found on their classes respective pages.

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Earth Alliance/OMNI

  • Agamemnon-class carrier - Fleet flagships, carry at least 12 mobile weapons; Menelaos, Ortygia, Doolittle, Oda Nobunaga
  • Archangel-class assault ship - Advanced transatmospheric warships derived from Orb's Izumo-class battleships, very well-armed and have high mobile suit capacity; Archangel, Dominion
  • Arkansas-class cruiser - seaborne escort ship
  • Bonaparte - heavy land battleship
  • Des Moines-class cruiser - seaborne escort ship
  • Drake-class escort ship - 130 meter escort ship; Bernard, Law, Seleukos, Antigonos, Belgrano, Xerxes
  • Fraser-class destroyer - seaborne escort ship
  • FX-550 Skygrasper - Support fighter capable of carrying and using Strike's weapon packs. Skygrasper unit #2 was an unlucky craft; in its brief life it was shot down twice and repaired both times before finally being destroyed.
  • Girty Lue - Earth Alliance Special Forces ship, equipped with the Mirage Colloid, in violation of the Junius Treaty; only one ship, the Girty Lue, which answers to the leader of Blue Cosmos, Lord Djibril
  • Nelson-class battleship - 250 meter battleship; Montgomery, Cassandros, Paris, Ptolemaios
  • Tarawa-class carrier - seaborne flagship and mobile suit carrier; John Paul Jones, Powell

In the fictional universe of Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, the Agamemnon-class carrier is a large, wedge-shaped warship that can carry up to twelve mobile armors or mobile suits and deploy them rapidly using the linear catapults on either edge of the ship. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam SEED, the Archangel class mobile assault ship was developed to support the mobile suits developed under the G Project. ... In the anime series Gundam Seed, the Izumo-class battleships were powerful warships of the Orb Union. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Arkansas-class cruiser is an Earth Alliance naval warship. ... This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Des Moines-class cruiser is an Earth Alliance naval warship. ... During the Bloody Valentine War (in Gundam Seed), the Drake-class escort ship is a light space warship employed by the Earth Alliance primarily for combat against fighters and mobile suits. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Fraser-class cruiser is an Earth Alliance naval warship. ... Spoiler warning: In the anime series Gundam Seed, the FX-550 Skygrasper is an atmospheric support fighter designed for use in conjunction with the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. ... This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... This article or section should be merged with Cosmic Era glossary 青き清浄なる世界のために(Ao ki seijou naru sekai no tame ni!) (for a blue and pure world!) - Motto of Blue Cosmos In the anime Gundam Seed, Blue Cosmos is the most radical of the anti-Coordinator activist groups formed by resentful... In Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, the standard spacegoing warship of the Earth Alliances OMNI Enforcer is the Nelson-class battleship, a vessel of which OMNI has no shortage. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Tarawa-class mobile assault ship is the largest navel vessel used by the Earth Alliance. ...

ZAFT/PLANT

  • Compton class land battleship - Heavily armed ZAFT land battleship used during the Second Bloody Valentine War; Compton, Uhlenbeck
  • Eternal-class support ship - Freedom and Justice support ship; carries the two METEOR prototype units; only one ship, Eternal
  • Gondwana-class supercarrier - gigantic vessel with a huge mobile suit capacity; only one ship, the Gondwana
  • Laurasia class frigate - mobile suit carrying frigate (FFM); Gamow
  • Lesseps-class land battleship - a large mobile ground base, it moves quite fast using a snakelike "scale system"
  • Minerva-class battleship - Transatmospheric Mobile Suit Assault Ship (LHM), built to operate Second Stage MS Gundam units; derived from both Eternal and Archangel but of entirely new design; equipped with 2 standard linear catapults and a third dedicated catapult for the Impulse Gundam and its Silhouette packs; hangar capacity unspecified, but probably at least 10 mobile suits; LHM-BB01 Minerva
  • METEOR - Mobile suit weapons support system (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfOrceR), prototype; extends a Freedom/Justice-class mobile suit into a mobile armor, similar in concept to Gundam 0083's RX-78GP03D Gundam Dendrobium mobile armor
  • Nazca-class destroyer - high-speed mobile suit carrying destroyer (DDMH), commonly used as fleet flagship; at least one unit was modified to use an anti-nuclear weapon known as the Neutron Stampeder; Vesalius
  • Petrie-class land cruiser - Smaller land ships that serve primarily as escorts for *Lesseps-class vessels; Petrie, Henry Carter
  • Vosgulov-class submarine - Large mobile suit-carrying submarines; Tsuigara

This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... The second Bloody Valentine War is an fictional conflict that occurred within the Gundam anime universe. ... In the anime series Gundam Seed, Eternal is a space warship in the ZAFT forces designed specifically to support the advanced ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam and ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam mobile suits. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam SEED Destiny, the heavy carrier Gondwana is a massive space warship used by ZAFT. Dwarfing even the battleship Minerva, the 1200-meter-long Gondwana is the largest space vessel ever built. ... In Gundam Seed, the Laurasia-class mobile frigate (hull designation code FFM) is ZAFTs primary heavy fire support spaceship. ... This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... In the fictional Gundam universe (Cosmic Era) series Gundam SEED Destiny, the Minerva class battleships are naval space vessels used by ZAFT forces. ... This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era subuniverse of the Gundam fictional universe, as found in the books/anime/manga/etc of Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, Gundam Seed Astray, ... Spoiler warning: Human enchancements Coordinators Coordinators are genetically enhanced human beings, which can have a number of enhanced... The RX-78 mobile suit series is a series of fictional testbed mobile suits in the Gundam Universal Century developed by the Earth Federation. ... In the anime series Gundam Seed, the Nazca-class high speed mobile destroyer is a fast, well-armed space warship in the ZAFT forces. ... This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era subuniverse of the Gundam fictional universe, as found in the books/anime/manga/etc of Gundam Seed, Gundam Seed Destiny, Gundam Seed Astray, ... Neutron Stampeder An experimental defensive weapon designed by ZAFT to protect against nuclear attack. ... The Petrie-class land cruiser is a ZAFT vessel designed to support the Lesseps-class land battleships. ... This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... The fictional Vosgulov-class submarine is a ZAFT naval mobile suit carrier submarine, which gave the ZAFT forces based on Earth the complete control of the seas. ...

Orb Union

In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Aegis-class cruiser is an Orb Union trimaran naval warship that is 200 meters long and mounts a 250mm rapid-fire gun, along with multiple anti-air and anti-ship missiles. ... In the anime series Gundam Seed, the Orb Union uses a helicopter-like VTOL aircraft known as the Heli. ... In the anime series Gundam Seed, the Izumo-class battleships were powerful warships of the Orb Union. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed, the Kuraokami-class cruiser is an Orb Union monohull naval warship. ... In the fictional universe of Gundam Seed Destiny, the aircraft carrier Takemikazuchi is trimaran naval vessel that serves as the Orb Unions flagship. ... Spoiler warning: In the Cosmic Era alternate universe of Gundam, the Bloody Valentine War is a war between the Earth Alliance, an alliance of four major governments on Earth, ZAFT, a nation of space colonies located at L5, and the Three Ships Alliance, an alliance of Earth Alliance moderate factions...

Other

  • HOME (Junk Guild) - A modified cargo ship, used as a salvage vessel
  • Lesseps - Salvaged and refitted ZAFT warship
  • ReHOME (Junk Guild) - Also a modified cargo ship, replaces the HOME
  • Tsiolkovsky (Civilian) - Designed and piloted by George Glenn to explore deep space
Mobile Suit Gundam Cosmic Era timeline
Chronology

Cosmic Era - First Bloody Valentine War - Second Bloody Valentine War This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam metaseries. ... Cosmic Era technology ... This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... The ReHOME is a fictonal spaceship that is seen in various Gundam SEED Astray manga. ... Cosmic Era technology ... This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam metaseries. ... The space exploration ship Tsiolkovsky was designed by George Glenn, the first known Coordinator, for use in the manned exploration of Jupiter. ... The Cosmic Era is the timeline of the anime television series Gundam Seed, and its sequels and spinoffs. ... The Cosmic Era is the timeline of the anime television series Gundam Seed, and its sequels and spinoffs. ... Spoiler warning: In the Cosmic Era alternate universe of Gundam, the Bloody Valentine War is a war between the Earth Alliance, an alliance of four major governments on Earth, ZAFT, a nation of space colonies located at L5, and the Three Ships Alliance, an alliance of Earth Alliance moderate factions... The second Bloody Valentine War is an fictional conflict that occurred within the Gundam anime universe. ...

Topics

Nations and Factions - Locations - List of characters - Mobile Suits and Mobile Armor - Battleships and Spacecraft
Technology - Human enhancements - Mobile Suit Operation Systems This article is about fictional nations and factions from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... This article deals with characters from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... These are Mobile suits and Mobile Armors shown in the fictional Cosmic Era timeline of Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny. ... This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam fictional universe metaseries. ... This article deals with technology from the Cosmic Era timeline of the Gundam fictional universe metaseries. ... This article is about a fictional operation system (OS) from the Cosmic Era of the anime Gundam metaseries. ...

Series

Gundam SEED - Gundam SEED: Special Edition - Gundam SEED Destiny - Gundam SEED Astray
Comprehensive episode list Title of the series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (or Gundam Seed) is an anime television series from Japan. ... Gundam SEED: Special Edition follows the conclusion of Gundam SEED on TV. These episodes compile the story of the TV series in the same way as the movies for the original Gundam series and Turn A Gundam, only in episodic form rather than films. ... Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny is the second TV series set in the Cosmic Era universe of Gundam. ... Gundam SEED Astray is a collection of gaiden (side-stories) set in the Cosmic Era of Gundam SEED. Whereas the main story of Gundam SEED focuses on the struggles between the Earth Alliance, ZAFT, and Orb, the Astray series is focused on the three MBF-P0x mobile suit prototypes and... This article contains the episode lists for every Gundam series set in the Cosmic Era. ...

Other Gundam timelines
Universal Century - After War - After Colony - Future Century - CC (Seireki) - Super Deformed Gundam

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