Varauta High-Speed Raiding Space Cruiser

High-Speed Raiding Space Cruiser

Program

• Government: Varauta
• Ship Type: Cruisers

This ship features upgraded conventional engine thrust, higher fold engine power, improved maneuverability, increased armor in the fore, and greater firepower in the fore for raids, disturbances, and armed assault missions.

Armament

• Missiles: 18 anti-ship missile launchers, close-in defense high maneuverability missile launchers
• Guns: Anti-ship high-angle beam guns (2 supersize-bore, 2 large-bore, 2 small-bore), 6 converging beam guns (fixed in ship fore).
• Countermeasures: Shipborne pin-point & total barrier system

Vehicles

• On the order of 12-16 variable fighters

Dimensions

• Dimensions, metres: 366

Mass & Loadings

• Displacement, tons: 32,500 operational; 28,000 empty

Performance

• Maximum instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.75 G+

Background

• Debut: Macross 7
• Designer: Kazutaka Miyatake