Darwin-class

Darwin-class
Darwin-class
Unit Type
Mass Production Space Battleship
Profile
Ships of the Line	Blitz, Haloes, Warden
First Seen	115 A.G.
Operator	Earth Federal Forces 8th Space Fleet
Known Captains	Stoller Guavaran Adams Tinel
Standard Armaments
Fixed	9 x 2-barrel Beam Cannon 32 x Missile Launcher
Mobile Weapons
RGE-B790 Genoace RGE-B890 Genoace II RGE-G1100 Adele RGE-C350 Shaldoll Custom
Real World
Appearances*
Television	AGE
Manga	AGE: MoS: First Seen in Chapter #1

The Darwin-Class is a class of space battleship introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam AGE.

Technology & Combat Characteristics

The Darwin-class appears to have been developed from the warships used by the Euba and Zalam forces during the Colony Nation War prior to the onset of the Advanced Generation calendar. This class sports a vertical dual-hull design with a single thruster engine mounted between the two hull sections and is armed with nine 2-barrel Beam Cannons and 32 missile launcher tubes.

Armament

• Beam Cannons

The Darwin's primary anti-ship weapons are large scale beam cannons, of which there are eighteen, mounted in nine 2-barrel turrets that are situated on the dorsal, ventral, port, and starboard sides of the hull. These turrets are capable of covering the ship from all approaches.

• Missile Launchers

The Darwin also mounts 32 missile launcher tubes on the sides of the hull that are capable of firing missiles on a forward arc only.

History

This class makes it's first visual appearance in Mobile Suit Gundam AGE when Strahler Guavaran uses a small fleet of three Darwin-class ships to prevent the Diva from escaping Minsry colony.

Shortly after intercepting the Diva, both Guavaran's fleet and the Diva come under attack from the UE, forcing them into a temporary uneasy truce in an effort to drive off the UE forces. After the battle, Guavaran decides to allow the Diva to proceed, citing that the ship had escaped during the confusion caused by the sudden UE attack.

Gallery

Darwin Cannon Barrage

Darwin-class battleship (Lineart done by ShadowCell from Mechatalk)

Trivia

• The Amanesel that appears in After War Gundam X bears a passing resemblance to the Darwin-class.