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The LHM-BB01 Minerva is a battleship introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.

Technology & Combat Characteristics[]

The Minerva is the first new ZAFT warship constructed since the previous war. Specially designed for use with Second Stage series mobile suits, it is equipped with a deuterion beam transmitter that can instantly recharge these machines, as well as a complex system of hangars and catapults for launching the components of the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam. The Minerva is also a formidable warship in its own right thanks to its powerful weapons, high speed, and ability to enter the atmosphere and operate on Earth.

Armaments[]

  • 40mm CIWS
The Minerva mounts a total of twelve rapid-fire 40mm CIWS guns for intercepting missiles and mobile suits.
  • Anti-beam Depth Charge Launcher
The ship is mounted with a large number of anti-beam depth charge launchers, which can release a cloud of beam-absorbing particles to protect the Minerva from enemy beam fire. The particles however also decrease the efficiency of the Minerva's own beam weapons.
  • M10 "Isolde" 42 cm Triple Cannon
A M10 "Isolde" 42cm triple cannon is mounted on the main body, in front of the Impulse catapult. This cannon is usually hidden underneath a shutter, with its barrels retracted.
  • Missile Launcher
The Minerva is equipped with 10 four-tube missile launchers, and they are located on either sides of the hull. They are capable of launching "Neidhardt" space missiles, "Parsifal" ground missiles, or "Dispar" interceptor missiles. Because these launchers face laterally, missiles must often rotate ninety degrees after launch so as to hit their target.
The most powerful weapon of the ship is its single QZX-1 "Tannhäuser" positron cannon, which makes the Minerva the first ZAFT ship to be equipped with a positron cannon. Mounted on the front, the "Tannhäuser" is hidden underneath a shutter and only exposed when activated.
  • Torpedo Launcher
Unlike the missile launchers, the four torpedo launchers are equipped with only one type of torpedo, namely "Wolfram" M25 torpedoes.
  • XM47 "Tristan" Dual Beam Cannon
A pair of XM47 "Tristan" dual beam cannons are mounted above the two standard linear catapults, allowing them to cover the launching of Mobile Suits.

System Features[]

Designed specifically to carry the new Second Generation Gundams of ZAFT, the Minerva is the first (and so far only) ship to be equipped with the Deuterion Beam Energy Transfer System. This system allows the ship to recharge the battery of a nearby mobile suit by firing a deuterion beam from a specialized emitter to a receiver on the suit.
  • Booster
The ship can be optionally equipped with a two-stage booster, allowing it to break through Earth's atmosphere on its own. After exiting the atmosphere, the booster's wings are purged and the remaining parts are used for high-speed travel in space.

History[]

The Minerva class battleship was the first warship built by ZAFT after the First Alliance-PLANT War. The ship was designed as a naval/space vessel and can carry at least 11 mobile suits including the Impulse. The first ship of the class, the Minerva, carried the hull classification code LHM-BB01, designating it as both a transatmospheric mobile assault ship (like the Archangel) and a battleship. The Minerva was commanded by Talia Gladys, a veteran ship commander who was decorated in the First Alliance-PLANT War for meritorious conduct.

The Minerva was meant to carry ZAFT's second generation Gundams, but it was launched prematurely on October 2, C.E. 73, with the Impulse, two ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warriors (one painted in Lunamaria Hawke's personal red colors), one ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom (painted in Rey Za Burrel's personal white colors) and two ZGMF-601R GuAIZ Rs. After its launch, the Minerva pursued the Phantom Pain battleship Girty Lue, which had stolen three of the new Gundams.[1] During the first battle between the two ships, the two GuAIZ Rs were destroyed. Later, the Minerva tried to prevent the fall of Junius Seven's ruins on Earth by shattering the large fragment with its positron cannon.[2][3] During this incident, it again battled Phantom Pain as well as several Coordinator extremists. After descending to Earth, the ship entered the territory of Orb.[4]

When the Second Alliance-PLANT War broke out, the Minerva left Orb and headed for the Carpentaria Base, although it was forced to battle the Earth Alliance forces outside Orb's territory. In Carpentaria, one of the ZAKU Warriors was replaced by the ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam and one of the GuAIZ Rs was later replaced by a ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited. After leaving Carpentaria, the ship headed towards the Gibraltar Base. On its way, the Minerva fought the Alliance and its new Orb allies several times, which caused severe damage to the ship and its mobile suits. It was also forced to fight the Archangel, who intervened in several battles. This caused PLANT chairman Gilbert Durandal to order the Minerva to destroy the ship, which they failed, although Shinn was able to destroy the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. Afterwards, the Minerva finally reached Gibraltar, where it received the new ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam and ZGMF-X666S Legend Gundam.

The Minerva later took part in the battles at Heaven's Base and Orb, then it headed to space to capture the Alliance's superweapon Requiem on the Daedalus lunar base. The ship subsequently participated in the battles against the Three Ships Alliance. During the last battle of the war, the ship was heavily damaged near the Mobile Space Fortress Messiah by the Archangel and Athrun Zala's ZGMF-X19A ∞ Justice Gundam. It then crash landed on the Moon and its crew evacuated.[5] The fate of the ship after this is unknown.

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • The Minerva is named for the Roman Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare, who was originally known to the Greeks as Athena.
  • The ship's "Tannhäuser", "Wolfram", "Tristan" and "Isolde" are named after characters from Richard Wagner's operas.
  • In Super Robot Wars L, the Minerva crew do not consider the Archangel as their enemy. There is an event where Shinn with his Destiny helped Kira when the Strike Freedom was attacked by the game's original villain unit in Orb. With the exception of Rey and his Legend Gundam, the Minerva even sided with the Three Ships Alliance during the Battle of Messiah, the last scenario of Gundam SEED Destiny storyline in the game. Thus, the Minerva did not sink and Talia survived the battle.

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