NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Musai Class

In the Gundam (Universal Century) fictional universe, the Principality of Zeon Musai-Class Light Cruiser was the first warship designed to carry mobile suits. It carried a "Komusai" landing capsule that could (and often did) carry additional mobile suits. There were several models of the Musai produced during the war: Gundam (ã‚¬ãƒ³ãƒ€ãƒ ) is one of the longest running series of anime featuring giant robots. ... Universal Century (or UC for short) is one of the timelines of the Gundam anime metaseries. ... A fictional universe is a cohesive imaginary world that serves as the setting or backdrop for one or (more commonly) multiple works of fiction. ... Zeon Emblem In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Zeon can refer to either: Republic of Zeon, Principality of Zeon or Neo-Zeon. ... Mobile Suit (MS in short): Space Utility Instrumental Tactical Mobile Suits are humanoid weapon systems in the Gundam anime series. ...

Original Musai-Class Light Cruiser

The original Musai-Class Light Cruiser variant carried five MS-05 Zaku Is or MS-06 Zaku IIs mobile suits and supported them with a battery of three mega particle cannon turrets. This is the version seen most frequently during the One Year War. Earth Federation soldiers referred to this style of carrying as "three in the back and two under the hood." Using the Komusai pod bays to carry operational mobile suits (rather than for their initial purpose of carrying the mobile suits to the surface of the Earth) brought the mobile suit carrying capacity of the Musai up almost to the same standard as the much larger EFSF Pegasus-Class Assault Carrier. The standard Musai had three mobile suit catapults mounted on the upper port, upper starboard and lower faces of its hexagonal mobile suit hangar. Char Aznable commanded a modified Musai I with a helmet-shaped command bridge (the Falmel). Unfortunately, the original Musai-class ships had one major flaw: they lacked any type of Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Mobile Suit defense systems. This flaw would return to haunt the Zeon in the latter half of the One Year War, when the Federal Forces deployed their own Mobile Suites. This article or section should be merged with Zaku In the anime and manga Gundam universe, the MS-05 Zaku IA was the first successful mobile suit design to be developed by Zeonic Company in the Duchys quest to develop a combat-capable mobile suit. ... The MS-06 Zaku II is a mobile suit from the sci-fi anime Mobile Suit Gundam. ... The One Year War is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... The flag of the Earth Federation Government. ... In the fictional universe of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier was the first ship of the Earth Federation to be designed around mobile suit carrying. ... Musai class cruiser Falmel. ... The One Year War is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ...

Towards the end of the One Year War, however, the Musai had to be reorganized, and the Zeon enginers remodeled the three-turret based cruisers into a two-turret model. This was due to the fact that the Zeon forces were mostly now using the far more efficient MS-09R Rick Dom mobile suit. This caused a problem though for the standard Musai model: The Rick Dom were far bulkier, making it impossible to fit three of the units inside the already cramped hangar. By remodeling the hangar and removing one of the mega beam cannon turrets, the hangar could hold two of the new "heavy" type Dom mobile suit units, while the Komusai could hold one of the "heavy" type mobile suits. However, the two turret models could also now hold four "standard" type Zaku IIs. Despite not being able to carry the Rick Dom mobile suits, this didn't cancel the three-turret variant as they still continued service until the end of the war at A Baoa Qu. This article is about a fictional machine from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... A Baoa Qu In the sci-fi mecha anime Mobile Suit Gundam, the space fortress A Baoa Qu was Zeons last defense line in the One Year War of the Universal Century for the Principality of Zeon. ...

By U.C. 0087, most of the surviving original Musai-Class Light Cruisers had been upgraded into the Musai Kai-Class Light Cruisers, by the Zeon forces at the mobile asteroid Axis. However, little is known of this upgraded Musai type. It uses the three turret design of the orignial Musai and the original Komusai shuttle. However, it now mounted two adittional single turrets for additional firepower and had better engines. It is unknown how many MS they could carry, but it can easily be said that they were capable of carrying at least five of the new Gaza-C Mobile suits: three in the hangar and two on its Komusai shuttle.

Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Late Production Type

The Musai-Class Light Cruiser Late Production Type was a considerable upgrade that combined the original's firepower with refit's mobile suit complement and acceleration - and as an additional bonus, the Late Production Musai's drastically widened hull and improved launch facilities could handle four of the much larger Rick Doms or MS-14 Gelgoogs, as compared to the refitted oringial Musai and the Final Production Type's carrying capacity of just two. The Late Production Types were also the first in the Musai line to feature anti-air and anti-mobile suit machine gun turret defenses. However, only a few Musai Late Production Types were built, at least twenty-eight, before operational setbacks forced the Zeon naval forces to switch to the less capable but less expensive and easier to construct refit of the first Musai-Class design. Most of the Late-Type ships fled with the Delaz Fleet at the end of the One Year War and returned (and eventually sunk) during Operation Stardust. Image File history File links Musai_0083. ... Image File history File links Musai_0083. ... The MS-09 Dom The infamous MS-09 Dom, of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam, was the successor to the Principality of Zeons MS-06F Zaku II and MS-07B Gouf mobile suits. ... The MS-14A Gelgoog is the final and most powerful mass production type mobile suit produced by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. ... Gundam 0083 is a 13-episode anime OVA series set in the Gundam universe. ... The One Year War is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... Operation Stardust is the name of a fictional conflict, set in the Universal Century from the anime Gundam metaseries. ...

Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Final Production Type

The Musai-Class Final Production Type had an improved hull design and upgraded engines. This rare version was a subtype ship design of the original Musai Light Cruiser that was in production during November and December, as resource restrictions forced the Principality of Zeon to eliminate its ambitious plan of replacing all the original, refitted originals, and the only slightly improved Final Production Type Musai designs with the drastically upgraded Late Production ships. The Final Production Musai was cheap to mass produce and yet effective in task of making both sides naval forces more even in numbers. It had two catapults in its mobile suit hangars. While some of the ships carried groups of four MS-06F Zaku IIs, other ships carried two of the heavier MS-09R Rick Doms or MS-14 Gelgoogs mobile suits. Like its One Year War cousin, this Musai type does not have any anti-aircraft/anti-mobile suite defense. Image File history File links Musai. ... Image File history File links Musai. ... Zeon Emblem In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Zeon can refer to either: Republic of Zeon, Principality of Zeon or Neo-Zeon. ... The MS-06 Zaku II is a mobile suit from the sci-fi anime Mobile Suit Gundam. ... This article is about a fictional machine from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... The MS-14A Gelgoog is the final and most powerful mass production type mobile suit produced by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War of the Mobile Suit Gundam anime. ... The One Year War is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ...

Fate of the Musai

The Musais of all variants acquitted themselves well in the One Year War and afterwards during Operation Stardust. Examples of the Musai continued to fly in the postwar Republic of Zeon fleet until Zeon rejoined the Earth Federation in U.C. 0099. Afterwards, all remaining ships were mothballed in U.C. 0100 and were sold and scrapped after that, with the last ship leaving for the breakers by U.C. 0120. The One Year War is a fictional conflict from the Universal Century timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries. ... Operation Stardust is the name of a fictional conflict, set in the Universal Century from the anime Gundam metaseries. ... Zeon Emblem In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Zeon can refer to either: Republic of Zeon, Principality of Zeon or Neo-Zeon. ...

See also

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Original Musai-Class Light Cruiser

Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Late Production Type

Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Final Production Type

Fate of the Musai

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Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Late Production Type

Musai-Class Light Cruiser - Final Production Type

Fate of the Musai

See also

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