Gwazine class battleship

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Gwazine class battleship

Fast Facts
Ship Type	Battleship
Class:	Gwazine
Launched:	Universal Century 0076
Class Fate:	At least 4 were destroyed during the One Year War, with at least two surviving the conflict
General Characteristics
Displacement:	Unknown
Length:	440 meters
Width:	320 meters
Height:	103 meters
Armament:	2-barrel main gun x 3 2-barrel secondary gun x 10 2-barrel 155 mm machine gun x many
Mobile Suit Complement:	20
Ships of the Line	Great Degwin, Gwamel, Gwazine, Gwaran, Gwarib, Gwaden, Asarum

In the fictional Gundam universe, the Gwazine class battleship were constructed by the Principality of Zeon to be flagships for the various space fleet Admirals. Although they filled a role similar to that of the Federation's Magellan class battleships, the Gwazine class completely outclassed the competition in several ways.

The Gwazine class ships were built to be the most powerful space warships during One Year War. They were also the second largest after the Dolos Class Heavy Carrier Ships. The Gwazine class was equipped with three massive double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets mounted on the topside and ten smaller double-barreled mega particle cannon turrets (on par with the main cannons on the Musai Class Light Cruisers). Anti-air defense was also top-notch with 155 mm double-barreled machine guns layered all over.

Yet the deadliest arsenal on the Gwazine class ships was the MS troop onboard -- each vessel could carry up to twenty mobile suits, more than triple of what the Federation's Pegasus class could hold.

In addition, the Gwazine class is one of the few vessels that could travel between the Earth Sphere and the Asteroid Belt without mid-way supplies. The thrust of its engine block was also ranked top among contemporaries, making it one of the faster vessels at the time.

However, the Gwazine class was so large and costly that less than ten would have been constructed before the One Year War concluded. Nonetheless, several Gwazine class vessels witnessed important events during the war. Degwin Sodo Zabi, sovereign of the Principality of Zeon, was onboard his Gwazine class, the Great Degwin, when assassinated by his eldest son using the giant laser, Solar Ray. The Gwaden, commanded by Admiral Aiguille Delaz's during the battle at A Baoa Qu, retreated to a junk colony in Side 5 along with several Musai class cruisers. The battalion would later be known as the Delaz Fleet which executed Operation Stardust as a primer of the second wave of Zeon resistance. During the final stages of Operation Stardust, however, Gwaden was sunk by traitor, Cima Garahau. As the curtain fell on the battle at A Baoa Qu, Char Aznable, led the retreat of the bulk of Zeon's remnant forces to the asteroid base, Axis, onboard the Asarum. Also onboard was the sole survivor of the Zabi family, Minerva Zabi.