The Laurasia-class is a frigate in the Cosmic Era timeline.
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Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Laurasia-class is designated as a mobile suit carrying frigate (FFM), and was the first class of space warships created by ZAFT. Like all other ZAFT warships, it was designed to carry mobile suits and has a hanger in the egg-shaped pod on the underside that can hold up to six mobile suits. These suits are launched using a retractable catapult at the front of the pod. The pod also has the ability to detach from the ship and function as a reentry-use descent capsule.
Weapons wise, the Laurasia-class features a large complement of weapons. Its most powerful weapon are two 937mm dual high-energy beam cannons, mounted on top of the ship. It also has a single 450mm dual railgun, two 450mm railguns, two 125mm cannons and four 450mm multipurpose Vertical Launch Systems for additional firepower. Lastly, the ship has six 58mm CIWS guns, four on top and two below, for close-range defensive fire.
Armaments
- 937mm Dual High-Energy Cannon
- 450mm Dual Railgun
- 450mm Railgun
- 125mm Cannon
- 58mm CIWS
- 450mm Multipurpose Vertical Launch System
Special Equipment & Features
- Descent Capsule
History
During the initial period of the First Alliance-PLANT War, the Laurasia-class frigates made up nearly the whole ZAFT space fleet. At the beginning of CE 71, ZAFT started to field the newer Nazca-class destroyer, which slowly began to replace the Laurasia-class.
One Laurasia-class frigate, the Gamow, was assigned to the Le Creuset team and escorted the team's Nazca-class flagship, the Vesalius.[1] When the Vesalius returned home to PLANT to report to the Supreme Council, the Gamow became the mothership for Yzak Jule, Dearka Elsman and Nicol Amalfi and their Gundams.[2] The ship and its suits then attacked the Archangel, during the Battle of Artemis and the Skirmish towards Earth, until it was driven away by the arrival of the Earth Alliance's 8th Fleet.[3][4] The Gamow, together with the Vesalius and another Laurasia-class frigate attacked the 8th Fleet during the Battle of Orbit. There, the critically damaged Gamow managed to destroy the 8th Fleet's flagship Menelaos in a suicide ramming attack.[5] The Laurasia-class vessels were also seen in other battles throughout the war.
After the war, the replacing of the Laurasia-class by the Nazca-class continued. Nevertheless, during the time of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, many ships of this older class were still in service.[6][7] Some of these vessels eventually switched side in that war and joined the Three Ships Alliance, together with several Nazca-class vessels and ships of the Earth Alliance.[8]
At least one Laurasia-class frigate is known to be used by the Serpent Tail mercenary group. The group used the ship, among other missions, to attack a ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type and eventually capture the suit.[9]
Gallery
Anime
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.png "Laurasia Catapult 01 (Seed HD Ep5).png (2.9 MB)")
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.png "Laurasia-Class 450mm Beam Cannon Firing 01 (Seed HD Ep13).png (2.63 MB)")
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.png "Laurasia-Class in Hangar 01 (SEED Destiny HD Ep2).png (4.22 MB)")
.png "Laurasia in Orbit 01 (Seed HD Ep23).png (3.63 MB)")
.png "Nazca & Laurasia Defectors 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep47).png (2.99 MB)")
Fan Art
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Games
Notes & Trivia
- The Laurasia-class is named for one of the two supercontinents which was formed after the breakup of Pangaea.
- The Gamow is named for George Gamow, an astrophysicist and early advocate of the Big Bang theory.
- The Ziegler is named for Karl Ziegler, a German chemist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Giulio Natta of Italy for developing catalysts that aid in the manufacture of plastics with greater uniformity, hardness, strength, and resistance to heat that leads to modern plastics.
- The Galvani is named for Luigi Galvani, an Italian physician and physicist who first discovered biological electricity.
- In animation, the 450mm Dual Railgun is wrongly depicted as a beam weapon firing green beams.
Appearances
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- Episode 1 (HD Remastered Episode 1), False Peace - (First Appearance)
- Episode 3 (HD Remastered Episode 3), Collapsing Land
- Episode 4 (HD Remastered Episode 4), Silent Run
- Episode 5 (HD Remastered Episode 5), Phase Shift Down
- Episode 6 (HD Remastered Episode 6), The Vanishing Gundam
- Episode 11 (HD Remastered Episode 11), The Awakening Sword
- Episode 13 (HD Remastered Episode 13), Stars Falling in Space
- Episode 23 (HD Remastered Episode 22), Fateful Encounter
- Episode 34 (HD Remastered Episode 32), Seen and Unseen
- Episode 37 (HD Remastered Episode 35), Divine Thunder
- Episode 47 (HD Remastered Episode 45), The Nightmare Reborn
- Episode 48 (HD Remastered Episode 46), Day of Wrath
- Episode 49 (HD Remastered Episode 47), The Final Light
- Episode 50 (HD Remastered Episode 48), To a Future that Never Ends
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Episode 2 (HD Remastered Episode 2), Those Who Call For War
- Episode 9 (HD Remastered Episode 9), Bared Fangs
- Episode 11 (HD Remastered Episode 11), The Chosen Path
- Episode 45 (HD Remastered Episode 44), Prelude to Revolution
- Episode 48 (HD Remastered Episode 47), To a New World
- Episode 49 (HD Remastered Episode 48), Rey
- Episode 50 (HD Remastered Episode 49 & 50), The Final Power
- OVAs
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Astray
- Episode 2
References
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-01, False Peace
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-11, The Awakening Sword
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-13, Stars Falling in Space
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-02, Those Who Call For War
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-48, To a New World
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-49, Rey
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV ASTRAY
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