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| ''White Base'' (SCV-70) |
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| Ship Type | Mobile Suit Carrier |
| Class: | Pegasus |
| Launched: | Universal Century 0079 |
| Ship Fate: | Sunk at A Baoa Qu |
| Ship Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | Standard: 32,000 tons
Fully Loaded: 68,000 tons |
| Length: | 262 meters |
| Beam: | 202.5 meters |
| Draft: | 93 meters |
| Wingspan: | Unknown |
| Armament: | Duel Barrel 880mm Gun x2
Duel Barrel Mega Particle Cannon x2
Front Missile Discharge Device x24
Rear Missile Discharge Device x6
( CIWS system)
Duel Barrel Anti-Aircraft Gun x35 |
| Mobile Suit Capacity | 6 |
| Mobile Suit Contigent: | RX-78-2 Gundam x1
RX-77-2_Guncannon x2
RX-75-4_Guntank x1 |
In the fictional
Gundam universe, the was a
Pegasus-class Mobile Suit Carrier deployed by the
Earth Federation . Through the first part of One Year War, the White Base's registration name was unknown to the Zeon forces, so they referred to her by the codename 'Trojan Horse' no doubt because of her unusual shape. After the war, she was re-designated MSC-02 even though she had been destroyed at A Baoa Qu.
At the outbreak of the
One Year War , the
Federation was caught completely by surprise when the
Principality Of Zeon launched mobile suits against their fleets. The Federation Admiralty quickly realized that they would need mobile suits if they were to have any chance of victory, and instituted
Project V in order to develop a mass-production mobile suit design. The Admiralty also realized that it would need ships that could carry mobile suits into battle as well, and so they began to construct a new class that would be designed exclusively for MS combat and support, resulting in the
''Pegasus'' Class .
The first ''Pegasus'' class ship to enter service was the ''White Base''; launched in September UC 0079, the ''White Base'' was immediately sent to retrieve the Federation's mobile suits on
Side 7 for field-testing. In the middle of this mission, the ship unexpectedly found herself in the middle of a battle with a Zeon special forces unit led by
Char Aznable , which resulted in heavy casualties among both the colony's civilian population and Federation personnel. In the middle of the battle, civilians and the surviving crew aboard ''White Base'' repulsed the Zeon attack, and managed to get the ''White Base'' underway.
She first landed at
Luna II , home of the remaining Earth Federal Space Force ships, where she was promptly seized by the base commander, who proceeded to interrogate the crew, militia, and civilian survivors on board. In the middle of this interrogation, Char attacked Luna II, searching for the ''White Base''. ''White Base'' managed to escape from Luna II, and sailed next for Earth. Upon making contact with the Federation's Earth Forces under the command of
General Revil , the ''White Base'' was drawn into a battle in the ruins of Seattle, in which they shot down a Gaw containing
Garma Zabi (who was maneuvered into attacking the ''White Base'' by Char).
The ''White Base'' then proceeded to meet up with Revil's forces that were assembling for Operation Odessa. Along the trek through Asia, the ''White Base'' was hunted down by a Zeon special forces unit under the command of Ramba Ral. Eventually meeting up with the Federation forces, the ''White Base'' participated in Operation Odessa, helping to break the back of the Zeon forces on Earth. ''White Base'' then restocked and refueled in Belfast before traveling across the
Atlantic Ocean to Jaburo.
''White Base'' arrived and docked at Jaburo, the Federation's main base and mobile suit manufacturing facility located underground in South America; Unfortunately, they ended up leading Char's Mad Angler unit to Jaburo, at which point he attempted an infiltration, which was repulsed. Following the failed Zeon raid on Jaburo the ''White Base'' was re-launched into space, re-designated the 13th Autonomous Mobile Squadron, and sent to
Side 6 in a diversionary move aimed at drawing off Zeon forces From
Solomon . After eliminating the Conscon Fleet, the ''White Base'' rendezvoused with the remaining ships in the Space force, and participated in the Battle of Solomon and in the Battle of A Baoa Qu.
During the battle at A Baoa Qu, the ''White Base'' became a rally point for the surviving ships in Admiral Revil's fleet after
Gihren Zabi unleashed the Solar Ray, a gigantic colony laser. Assisted by other ships, ''White Base'' spearheaded an assault against one of A Baoa Qu's Defensive lines. During the battle, ''White Base'' was rammed into the asteroid in an effort to force a way inside. Unfortunately, this grounded the ''White Base'', and she was set to self-destruct during the battle.
