Varauta Fleet Flagship Space Carrier

From Macross Compendium

Fleet Flagship Space Carrier

Program

  • Government: Varauta
  • Ship Type: Carriers

This ship operates as a supersize mobile fortress and the Geperuniti fleet flagship.

Design & Structure

Giant docks capable of accomodating numerous large warships simultaneously, shipborne craft hangers, and linear catapults for launching shipborne craft in the port and starboard halves of the ship.

  • Catapults: Linear

Armament

  • Missiles: Anti-ship large reaction warhead missile launchers, close-in defense high maneuverability missile launchers
  • Guns: Numerous large-output anti-ship beam guns, numerous weapons of every type
  • Countermeasures: Shipborne pin-point & total barrier system

Ships and Vehicles

Ships

  • 20-30 direct defense frigates loaded on board. Capable of accomodating on the order of 6-8 large warships inside the docks

Vehicles

  • On the order of 400-500 fighters, reconnaissance craft, bombers, and other craft


Dimensions

  • Dimensions, metres: 4230

Mass & Loadings

  • Displacement, tons: 320,000,000 operational; 210,000,000 empty

Performance

Maximum instantaneous acceleration during combat: 1.65 G+

Background

  • Debut: Macross 7
  • Designer: Kazutaka Miyatake