Varauta High-Speed Raiding Space Cruiser
From Macross Compendium
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