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| Argama class cruiser |
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| Fast Facts |
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| Ship Type | Cruiser |
| Class: | Argama |
| Launched: | Universal Century 0087 |
| Class Fate: | Unknown |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 54,031 metric tons |
| Length: | 323 meters |
| Beam: | Unknown |
| Draft: | Unknown |
| Armament: | 2x twin beam gun, 5x single barrel beam turret, mega particle cannon, AA defense, hyper mega particle cannon |
| Mobile Suit Complement: | Eight |
| Ships of the Line | ''Argama, Pegasus III'' |
In the
Anime ''
Zeta Gundam '', the '' (first of the Argama class),
Captain Bright Noah's Flagship , is a successor to the original
Pegasus-class Mobile Suit Carrier . To that end, the ship is designed to be a
Mobile Suit carrier, and serves as the flagship for the
Anti-Earth Union Group (AEUG) , which fought the
Titans and later the
Neo-Zeon . ''Argama'' carries five main guns, a heavy Mega Beam Cannon and two twin beam guns, as well as six mobile suits which launched on two catapults. It was heavily damaged and finally taken out of service by the AEUG late in ''Zeta Gundam''
's sequel, ''
Gundam ZZ '', and was replaced by the ''
Nahel Argama ''.
The ''Argama'' class entered service in UC 0088, as the war between the
Titans and the
Anti Earth Union Group (AUEG) began to pick up. They were designed as succsessors to the
''Pegasus'' Class ships, incoporating firepower and
Mobile Suit capacity into one ship. Two ''Argama'' class vessles were built, the ''Argama'' and the ''Pegasus III'', named in tribute to the ''Pegasus'' class.
The most famous ship of this class was the ''Argama'', which became the
Flagship for
Bright Noa , and
Kamille Bidan 's Zeta Gundam. The ''Argama'' saw much action during the
Gryps Conflict , and survived into ZZ Gundam, where the mission for the AEUG shifted from fighting the Titans to fighting the Axis Zeon, now under the name Neo Zeon. During this new conflict, the ''Argama'' was upgraded with an extremely powerful hyper mega particle cannon, which was used in a failed attempt to destroy the asteroid base Axis.
