(CG Model by Mechmaster)
General and Technical Data
Class: Terra
Ships of the line: n/a
Unit Type: Light cruiser
Manufacturer: Earth Defense Organization
Operator: Earth Defense Organization
First deployment: AC 217
Length: 173 meters
Height: 67 meters
Wingspan: 137 meters
Equipment and design features:
Propulsion: 4 x Standard chemical engine
Fixed Armaments: 15 x double-barrel beam cannon
Mobile Suits: 4
Launch catapaults: 1
Technical and Historical Notes
As part of the Earth
Sphere's rapid remilitarization, plans called for a very small, very
inexpensive warship, capable of carrying at least five mobile suits,
and being very simple to produce in large numbers. The closest that
engineers could get was a tiny, swift cruiser capable of carrying four
mobile suits in its internal hangar. The Terra design was put into
production, as the craft proved to be extremely nimble, capable of
quick hit and run strikes easily augumented with its paltry four mobile
suits. These ships would handle the bulk of the Earth Defense
Organization's patrols and scouting, as their small size made them
difficult to detect and hit, while their agility and speed allowed them
to outmanuver virtually every other military vessel in use at the time.
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