The Agamemnon-class is a carrier spaceship introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
Often utilized as the flagships of the OMNI Enforcer's space fleets, the Agamemnon-class is the largest warship in the faction before the development of the Archangel-class. The Agamemnon-class is armed with a pair of dual high-energy beam cannons, eight large missile launchers, and an unknown number of anti-air guns for defense. For added protection, most ships of this class are accompanied by smaller warships, such as the Drake-class.
Thanks to its large hangar, the ship can carry a sizable number of mobile suits or mobile armors, which can also serve as its defense units. Initially, it was designed to carry only mobile armors, which are deployed rapidly using the linear catapults on its left and right sides. During the later stages of the First Alliance-PLANT War, the Agamemnon-class was modified to carry mobile suits. After the war, further modifications resulted in the Agamemnon-class' dual linear catapults being replaced with a single linear catapult located at the front of the ship.
Armaments[]
- "Gottfried Mk.71" 225cm Dual High-energy Beam Cannon
- Large Missile Launcher
- Anti-Air Gun
History[]
First Alliance-PLANT War[]
On February 14, C.E. 70, the Roosevelt was the ship from which nuclear missiles were fired to destroy the PLANT colony Junius Seven. On February 11, C.E. 71, the Agamemnon-class ship, the Menelaos, under the command of Rear Admiral Lewis Halberton who commanded the 8th fleet, met with the Archangel, which it would protect. However, the fleet was attacked by ZAFT during the Battle of Orbit and the Menelaos itself was sunk together with many other vessels of the fleet.[1]
On September 26, C.E. 71, four Agamemnon-class ships, among them the Washington, Doolittle and Oda Nobunga, carried several nuclear missiles and TS-MA2 Moebius mobile armors for attacking the PLANT homeland. The Oda Nobunaga was later destroyed by Mikhail Coast and his men.[2] The Doolittle, which was commanded by Blue Cosmos member Captain William Sutherland, was eventually sunk on the last day of the First Alliance-PLANT War by Yzak Jule in his GAT-X102 Duel Gundam.[3] Several other Agamemnon-class ships also took part in the Second Battle of Jachin Due, with many of them being destroyed.[3]
One Agamemnon-class ship, the Ortygia was commanded by Captain Meriol Pistis, a member of the Eurasian Federation's "Task Force X" and usually stationed at the Artemis space fortress. This ship served as the base of operations of Canard Pars during his time as a pilot for the Eurasian Federation. From this ship, Canard conducted several missions, until Garcia ordered his arrest. The crew of the ship however remained loyal to Canard and defected. Afterwards, the crew become a mercenary group known as "Mercenary Unit X" and the Ortygia served as their base. Sometime after the war ended, the Ortygia was modified with a Positron Reflector, taken from a refitted Drake-class cruiser, on its bow.
Second Alliance-PLANT War[]
When the Second Alliance-PLANT War started, a Agamemnon-Class, the Netanyahu, was loaded with nuclear weapons and the Earth Alliance's newest mass production mobile suit, the GAT-04 Windam. One Agamemnon-class ship commanded the fleet attacking Aprilius One with nuclear weapons. The entire fleet was destroyed when ZAFT's Neutron Stampeder weapon detonated the nukes still in its hold. Several other ships of this class also took part in other space battles of this war.[4] Near the end of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, several Agamemnon-class ships were part of the Earth Alliance forces that allied with the Three Ship Alliance and participated in final battles of the war.[5][6]
Gallery[]
Anime[]
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Agamemnon-class (Original))[]
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Agamemnon-class (Refit))[]
Manga[]
Games[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Here are the references for the names of the ships of the Agamemnon battleship line:
- The Agamemnon and Menelaos are named for the Greek mythological heroes.
- The Ortygia is an islet in the gulf of Siracusa, Sicily.
- The Doolittle was named for General Jimmy Doolittle.
- The Roosevelt was named for United States Presidents Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- The Oda Nobunaga was named for the famed 16th-century Japanese warlord.
- The Magsaysay was named for the Philippines' seventh President, Ramon Magsaysay.
- The Netanyahu was named for Israel's seventeenth and twentieth Prime Minister, Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu.
- In Phase-48, Day of Wrath, the announcement to all Earth Forces ships:
“ | The Magsaysay will take command of the 48th and 211th space divisions from this point on. The 15th carrier group are to gather at the signal coordinates of the Heinlein. | ” |
- is a meta-reference to Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers where the smallest ships are named after foot sloggers. Upon reading some of their names, Filipino protagonist Johnnie Rico remarks "There ought to be one named Magsaysay" [7].
- The class name of Agamemnon may be an indirect reference to the American science fiction series Babylon 5, in which one of the principle starships was named EAS Agamemnon, and was also affiliated to an Earth based government called the Earth Alliance.
- In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Episode 6, The Vanishing Gundam, a version of the Agamemnon-class in a brown color scheme and lacking the Dual High-energy Beam Cannons is visible inside the hangar of the space fortress Artemis.[8]
- The bridge of Agamemnon-class is similar to that of Ra Cailum-class from the Universal Century.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- First Appearance
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- PHASE-11, The Awakening Sword
- PHASE-12, Flay's Decision
- PHASE-13, Stars Falling in Space
- PHASE-41, Trembling World
- PHASE-42, Lacus Strikes
- PHASE-43, What Stands in the Way
- PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn
- PHASE-48, Day of Wrath
- PHASE-49, The Final Light
- PHASE-50, To a Future that Never Ends
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-09, Bared Fangs
- PHASE-10, A Father's Spell
- PHASE-22, Sword of the Blue Skies
- PHASE-20, Past
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- OVAs and ONAs
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED After-Phase Between the Stars
- In Image(s): Appears in a News Broadcast
- Manga
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
- Chapter 2, Parts 2: Showdown! Astray vs Astray
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV: The Blooming of Housenka on the Battlefield
- Wreckage Only
- Games
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-13, Stars Falling in Space
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Field 06: Jachin Due [Part 2] September 26 C.E. 71
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-49, The Final Light
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-09, Bared Fangs
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-49, Rey
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-50, The Final Power
- ↑ Heinlein, Robert A. [1959-11-05] (2005-03-13). Starship Troopers. Hodder & Stoughton, p. 218. ISBN 9780340837931.
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam