Nelson class battleship (Gundam)
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Missing image 250-metre_class_warship_(gundam).jpg Nelson-class battleship, circa Cosmic Era 71 | |
| Type | battleship |
| Length | 250 meters |
| Armament |
twin beam gun turret x3 |
| Mobile weapons | TS-MA2 Moebius x4 GAT-02L2 Dagger L x4 (CE 73 refit) |
| Linear catapults | 2 (CE 73 refit) |
| Ships of the class | Nelson, Montgomery, Cassandros, Paris, Ptolemaois |
In Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, the standard spacegoing warship of the Earth Alliance's OMNI Enforcer is the Nelson-class battleship, a vessel of which OMNI has no shortage.
It is heavily armed with three twin and one single main beam gun turret, as well as eight twin secondary beam gun turrets. The ship's crew is housed in an armored centrifuge in the midships section, which is evacuated and shut down during combat operations. The Nelson-class battleship also carries a number of mobile armors, but predates linear catapults and so does not have a catapult to launch its mobile armours. Because of this, the standard operating procedure for Nelson-class ships is to launch mobile armours at the first sign of trouble and then to advance with them into battle.
Between Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, the Nelson class is upgraded with the addition of two linear catapults, making them effective (though small) mobile suit carriers. Because it was impractical to expand these ships' cramped hangar bays, facilities are included to handle and launch mobile suits from a prone position (much like the launchers used by the Principality of Zeon.)
The Nelson class is named for 18th century British naval hero Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson.