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| ''Agamemnon''-class carrier |
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| ''Agamemnon (CE 71)'' |
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| ''Modified Agamemnon (CE 73)'' |
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| Fast Facts |
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| Ship Type | Carrier |
| Class: | Agamemnon |
| Launched: | Unknown |
| Manufacturer: | Earth Alliance |
| Operator: | Earth Alliance |
| Ships of Class: | ''Agamemnon'', ''Menelaos'', ''Ortigia'', ''Doolittle'', ''Roosevelt'', ''Oda Nobunaga'' |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | Unknown |
| Length: | 300 meters |
| Beam: | Unknown |
| Wingspan: | Approx. 280 meters |
| Draft: | Unknown |
| Propulsion: | Thermonuclear thruster |
| Armor: | Unknown |
| Armament: | Dual high-energy beam cannon x2 |
| Mobile Suit Complement: |
(C.E. 71)
TS-MA2 Moebius or GAT-01 Strike Dagger x12
(C.E. 73 refit)
GAT-02L2 Dagger L or GAT-04 Windam x12
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| Linear Catapults: | 2
1 (C.E. 73 refit) |
In the
Fictional Universe of
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED , the ''Agamemnon''-class carrier is a large, wedge-shaped
Carrier that can carry up to twelve
Mobile Armor s or
Mobile Suits and deploy them rapidly using the
Linear Catapult s on either edge of the ship. The ''Agamemnon'' class is the largest warship in
Earth Alliance and
OMNI Enforcer until the development of the
''Archangel''-class Assault Ship .
The wedge-shaped ''Agamemnon'' class carrier originally designed as
Mobile Armor carrier for
Earth Alliance's space fleet, primarily to carry
TS-MA2 Moebius . Later, after development of
Mobile Suits by
Earth Alliance , she also carried
GAT-01 Strike Dagger .
For deploying
Mobile Armor , she is equipped with two linear catapults on either edge of the ship. These catapults also used by
GAT-01 Strike Dagger when they were available. She also has extensive bridge facilities for service as a
Flagship . However, she only fitted two large twin-barrel beam gun as offensive weapon.
In CE 73, the ''Agamemnon'' fleet has been heavily modified, with the formerly sleek wedge widened across the beam and split into a fork arrangement to accommodate the new thickened and lengthened superstructure amid ships for stand-up launch facilities for the
GAT-02L2 Dagger L and
GAT-04 Windam mobile suits.
With the new arrangement, the former deck-edge linear catapults have been eliminated and all mobile weapons launch from the centerline catapult instead. While this allows the Mobile Suits which launch from the carrier to equip Striker Packs, the downside of this design however is that the Agamemnon can only launch Mobile Suits one after the other, which cuts the deploying speed of this ship in half.
The ''Agamemnon'' class was the largest in
OMNI Enforcer until the development of the
''Archangel''-class Assault Ship . Although her two twin-barrell beam gun is relatively powerful, she has low armament.
She is operated in a
Carrier Battle Group as the
Flagship , usually escorted by
Nelson Class Battleship and
Drake Class Escort Ship .
The wedge-shaped ''Agamemnon'' class carrier usually served as
Flagship for the space fleets of
Earth Alliance's . ''Agamemnon'' class carrier was also used for deploying
nuclear-equipped
TS-MA2 Moebius in attacking
ZAFT .
The ''Menelaos'' is flagship of Earth Alliance's 8th Fleet under Rear Admiral Lewis Halberton. She was destroyed at
Battle Of Orbit along the fleet.
