NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Drake class escort ship

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. The escort ships themselves have no mobile suit/mobile armour carrying capacity, instead concentrating on weapons that can fight against mobile weapons. Late in the war, the Drake-class ships are used to deliver nuclear arms and GAT-01 Strike Dagger mobile suits, the latter going into combat lashed to the ships' hulls. Spoiler warning: In the Cosmic Era alternate universe of the Gundam anime metaseries, 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... Title of the series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (or Gundam Seed) is an anime television series from Japan. ... In the Cosmic Era of Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny, the nation-states of modern Earth are replaced with a number of national superblocs. ... This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... Mobile Suits are humanoid weapon systems in the Gundam anime series. ...

Two years after the first war the Drake-class ships are still in service, but like the other Alliance ships they undergo some modifications. Two linear catapults have been added between the missile pods, allowing them to carry and launch mobile suits into battle. Unlike the Nelson-class battleships, where the mobile suits simply float into the catapult for launch, the Drake class have an arm that places the suit on the catapult for launch. Unfortunately, due to the restricted space the suits cannot be equipped with any mission packs. In CE 74, some Drake-class vessels were further upgraded with a large positron reflector shield, which was mounted on a spar attached to the bow. Image File history File links Permission given in [Mecha Anime HQ]s faq Q: May I use any of your images? A: You may not use the images we made ourselves, such as buttons and logos. ... A mass driver for lunar launch (artists conception) A mass driver or electromagnetic catapult is a method of spacecraft propulsion that would use a linear motor to accelerate payloads up to high speeds. ... 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. ...

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