| White Base (MSC-02) |
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| Fast Facts |
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| Ship Type | Mobile Suit Carrier |
| Class: | Pegasus |
| Launched: | Universal Century 0079 |
| Ship Fate: | Sunk at A Baa A Quo |
| Ship Characteristics |
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| Displacement: | 68,000 tons |
| Length: | 250 meters |
| Beam: | 110 meters |
| Draft: | 97 meters |
| Wingspan: | 180 meters |
| Armament: | Duel Barrel 588mm Beam Turrret x1
Duel Barrel Mega Particle Cannon x2
Duel Barrel Anti-Aircraft Gun x8
Missile Launcher x24
CIWS system |
| Mobile Suit Capacity | 6 |
| Mobile Suit Contigent: | RX-78-2 Gundam
RX-77-2 Guncannon x1
RX-75-4 Guntank x1 |
In the fictional Gundam universe, The SCV-70 (later MSC-02) White Base is a Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier deployed by the Earth Federation.
History
At the outbreak of the One Year War, the Federation was caught completely by surprise when the Principality of Zeon launched mobile suits against their fleets. The Federation Admiralty quickly realized that they would need mobile suits if they were to have any chance of victory, instituting the Vinson Plan in order to develop a mass-production mobile suit design. The Admiralty also realized that it would need ships that could carry mobile suits into battle as well, and so they began to construct a new class that would be designed exclusively for MS combat and support, resulting in the Pegasus class.
The first Pegasus class ship to enter service was the White Base, Launched in September UC 0079, the White Base was immediately sent to retrieve the Federation's mobile suits on Side 7 for field testing. In the middle of this mission, the ship unexpectedly found itself in the middle of a battle with a Zeon special forces unit led by Char Aznable, which resulted in heavy casualties among both the colony's civilian population and Federation personnel (including lead Federation MS designer Tem Ray, father of Amuro Ray.) In the middle of the battle, civilians and the surviving crew aboard White Base repulsed the Zeon attack, and managed to get the White Base underway.
She first landed at Luna II, home of the remaining Earth Federal Space Force ships, where she was promptly seized by the base commander, who proceeded to interrigate the crew, militia, and civilian survivors on board. In the middle of this intergation, Char attacked Luna II, searching for the White Base. White Base managed to escape from Luna II, and sailed next for Earth. Upon making contact with the Federation's Earth Forces under the command of General Revil, the White Base was drawn into a battle in the ruins of Seattle, in which they shot down a Gaw contaning Garma Zabi (who was manuvered into attacking the White Base by Char).
The White Base then proceeded to meet up with Revill's forces that were assembling for Operation Odessa. Along the trek through Asia, the White Base was hunted down by a Zeon special forces unit under the command of Ramba Ral. Eventually meeting up with the Federation forces, the White Base participated in Operation Odessa, helping to break the back of the Zeon forces on Earth. White Base then restocked and refueled in Belfast before traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to Jaburo.
White Base arrived and docked at Jaburo, the Federation's main base and mobile suit manufacuring facility located underground in South America; Unfortunately they ended up leading Char's Mad Angler unit to Jaburo, at which point he attempts an infiltration, which was repulsed. Eventually, the White Base was re-launched into space, redesignated the 13th Autonomous Mobile Squadron, and participated in the Battle of Solomon and in the Battle of A Baoa Qu.
During the battle at A Baoa Qu, the White Base became a rally point for the surviving ships in Admiral Revil's fleet after Gihren Zabi unleashed the Solar Ray, a giagantic colony laser. Assisted by other ships, White Base spearheaded an assualt against one of A Ba A Quu's Defensivlines. During the battle, Whit Base was ramed into the astriod in an effort to force a way inside. Unfortunately, this grounded the White Base, and she was set to self-destruct during the battle.
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