(CG Model by Mechmaster)
General and Technical Data
Class: N/A
Ships of the line: Aphrodite
Unit Type: Flagship/frontline mobile base
Manufacturer: Venus Military Force
Operator: Venus Military Force
First deployment: AC 217
Length: 7,000 meters
Height: 3,000 meters
Wingspan: 6,500 meters
Equipment and design features: Detachable bridge section, retractable repair drydocks for spaceships
Propulsion: Many x standard chemical engine
Fixed Armaments: 2 x Libra-class beam cannon; 40 x anti-MS missile launcher; 80 x beam cannon; Many x point-defense turret
Mobile Suits: Unknown
Launch catapaults: 20
Ships of the line: Aphrodite
Unit Type: Flagship/frontline mobile base
Manufacturer: Venus Military Force
Operator: Venus Military Force
First deployment: AC 217
Length: 7,000 meters
Height: 3,000 meters
Wingspan: 6,500 meters
Equipment and design features: Detachable bridge section, retractable repair drydocks for spaceships
Propulsion: Many x standard chemical engine
Fixed Armaments: 2 x Libra-class beam cannon; 40 x anti-MS missile launcher; 80 x beam cannon; Many x point-defense turret
Mobile Suits: Unknown
Launch catapaults: 20
Technical and Historical Notes
The symbol of the entire
Venusian Military Force, the enormous battleship Aphrodite was intended to serve as
the lynchpin of the invasion fleet, serving as a mobile frontline base
to support the fleet until additional supplies could be brought in from
Venus or captured from the Earth. While too massive to serve as a
regular warship, the Aphrodite
was well-equipped to serve its intended role as a mobile base. It's
armament consisted of countless point-defense weapons, many beam cannon
turrets all over its body, as well as not one, but two massive beam
cannons similar to the main cannon of Libra
from the Eve Wars. In addition, the ship carried a substantial force of
mobile suits, as well as rough but usable drydocks for repairing the
smaller ships of the invasion fleet built into the large tail fin of
the ship.
A unique feature of the ship is the fact the entire bridge section was capable of disconnecting entirely from the rest of the ship and manuvering as a normal warship, complete with mobile suit decks and weapons- an 800 meter long battleship in its own right. This ominous fortress would prove a most dangerous menace to both the Earth and Mars Spheres throughout the conflict.
A unique feature of the ship is the fact the entire bridge section was capable of disconnecting entirely from the rest of the ship and manuvering as a normal warship, complete with mobile suit decks and weapons- an 800 meter long battleship in its own right. This ominous fortress would prove a most dangerous menace to both the Earth and Mars Spheres throughout the conflict.