| Pegasus class mobile suit carrier |
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| Fast Facts |
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| Ship Type | mobile suit carrier |
| Class: | Pegasus
(White Base shown) |
| Launched: | Universal Century 0079 |
| Class Fate: | Discontinued in favor of Alexandria class |
| General Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | Varies based on ship |
| Length: | Varies based on ship
White Base: 250 meters |
| Beam: | Varies based on ship |
| Wingspan: | Varies based on ship |
| Draft: | Varies based on ship |
| Armament: | (Varies based on ship)
White Base:580mm main cannon x 2
Mega particle cannon x 2
Large missile launcher x 24
CIWS machine gun system |
| Mobile Suit Complement: | Varies based on ship |
In the fictional universe of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier was the first ship of the Earth Federation to be designed around mobile suit carrying. Unlike most ship classes, the Pegasus class is not so much a single class as a concept; as rapidly advancing technology swiftly changed both the internal arrangement and external appearance of the Pegasus-class ships. Only the first three units (Pegasus SCV-69, White Base SCV-70 and White Base Jr. SCV-71) were completed to the original plans; after White Base Jr. technology was advancing so quickly that each subsequent Pegasus class ship looked significantly different, though each had the same general arrangement of a central hull with two large aft thruster blocks, two wings and two forward mobile suit launching "legs." The overall design looked like a sphinx or a winged horse, giving the class its name.
After the One Year War, every ship was redesignated MSC (Mobile Suit Carrier) whether it had survived the war or not.
Ships of the Pegasus class
To a practiced eye, no two ships of the Pegasus class are alike; the advancing technology of the war resulted in drastic changes that severely affected the external appearance of the ships. However, four distinct flights appeared: Flight I (the base Pegasus design, repeated on White Base and White Base Jr.), Flight II (a modified Flight I design, seen on Thoroughbred and Blanc Rival, mostly similar but flatter in shape), Flight III (new external design, included two additional catapults, a new laser propulsion system and generally improved armament, not completed until postwar) and Flight IV (actually completed before Flight III, an improved Flight II design).
- SCV-69 (MSC-01) Pegasus
- SCV-70 (MSC-02) White Base
- SCV-71 (MSC-03) White Base Jr.
- SCV-72 (MSC-04) Thoroughbred
- SCV-73 (MSC-05) Blanc Rival
- SCV-74 (MSC-06) Troy Horse
- SCV-75 (MSC-07) Albion
- SCV-76 (MSC-08) Grey Phantom
- SCV-77 (MSC-09) Stallion
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