CVN-99 Asuka II
From Macross Compendium
Asuka II (CVN)
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Program
- Government: U.N.
- Ship Type: Aircraft Carrier
Advanced small-scale stealth carrier developed by the United Nations government. It became the de facto mobile base of first VF-0 special duty combat test unit (Skull Team), deployed in 2008. In addition, engineers assigned to the VF-0 development and maintenance were transferred aboard this ship to maintain these difficult units. Two-bridge design.
Main Machinery
- Nuclear reactor
Electronics
- Aegis system
Armaments
- Guns
- Overtechnology beam gun mounted in starboard
- Phalanx CIWS mounted on forward port, forward starboard, aft port, aft starboard, and midship starboard
- Missiles
- VLS launcher mounted on midship starboard
- Variable Vehicles
- Destroids
- Destroid Cheyenne Anti-Air Interception Robot
Appendices
Appearances
- Debut: Macross Zero
Background
Designer: Junya Ishigaki, Kazutaka Miyatake
The name (sometimes written as ASCA) is a reference to Asuka, a common Japanese name for several ships, including an experimental ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force.
The ship's length was initially set at 250 meters, but Ishigaki said that they revised the size during production.
