Appearances*
Television
- SEED: #15 - Episode #21
- GSD: First Seen in Episode #18
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Lesseps-class is a large land battleship deployed by ZAFT on Earth. Travelling through the desert sands using its scale system, the ship is armed with three 40 cm dual cannons, and can unleash a large number of missiles and underground torpedoes from its 32 vertical missile launchers and 10 torpedo launchers respectively. It is also equipped with 34 dispensers for launching chaff, flare, or smoke rounds. Optionally, the Lesseps-class can be equipped with side turrets. Despite its heavy firepower, the primary purpose of the Lesseps-class is as a mobule suit carrier. The Lesseps lacks any linear catapults for launching its mobile suits, instead it has multiple gates, one at the front and several at the sides, for deploying its mobile suits.
Armaments
- 40 cm Dual Cannon
- Vertical Missile Launcher
- Torpedo Launcher
- Chaff/Flare/Smoke Dispenser
Special Equipment & Features
- Scale System
- A method of propulsion developed by ZAFT for use in land battleships. This system uses the vibrations of thousands of tiny mechanical scales to move over loose soil or sand, and can also function in water.
- Manipulator Arm
- When the Lesseps fell into the hands of the Junk Guild, its three 40cm Dual Cannons were replaced with three large manipulator arms for handling cargo.
History
First Alliance-PLANT War
The lead ship of the class, the Lesseps, was assigned to ace pilot and ZAFT commander Andrew Waltfeld, the renowned "Desert Tiger", and served as the flagship of his North African occupation force, headquartered in the city of Banadiya.[1] As Waltfeld frequently piloted a TMF/A-802 BuCUE and later a TMF/A-803 LaGOWE in battle, operational control of the Lesseps often fell to his subordinate Martin DaCosta. The Lesseps was abandoned after suffering severe damage at the hands of the Earth Alliance ship Archangel during the Battle of Talbadiya.[2] It was then salvaged by the Junk Guild group around Lowe Guele, who laid claim to the ship, and after encounters with Blue Cosmos and ZAFT, used it to travel to the Orb Union.
Second Alliance-PLANT War
In C.E. 73, another Lesseps-class vessel, the Desmond, assisted the battleship Minerva in the Battle of Gulnahan. This ship was under the command of Joachim Ruddle.[3]
Gallery
Anime
Gundam SEED
.png "Lesseps-Class Front 01 (SEED HD Ep17).png (3.65 MB)")
.png "Lesseps-Class Front 02 (SEED HD Ep21).png (4.74 MB)")
.png "Lesseps-Class Daul Cannons Firing 01 (SEED HD Ep21).png (3.61 MB)")
.png "Lesseps Front View 01 (Seed HD Ep21).png (2.94 MB)")
.png "Lesseps Defending 01 (Seed HD Ep21).png (3.91 MB)")
Gundam SEED Destiny
.png "Lesseps Bridge Exterior 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep18).png (3.59 MB)")
.png "Lesseps Bridge Interior 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep18).png (3.09 MB)")
.png "Lesseps MS Hatch 02 (Seed Destiny HD Ep18).png (2.95 MB)")
.png "Lesseps Charging Forward 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep18).png (3.87 MB)")
Games
Notes & Trivia
- The Lesseps is named after Ferdinand de Lesseps, a 19th-century French diplomat.
- The Desmond may be named after the 20th century religious figure and philosopher Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Appearances
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-15, The Respective Solitudes
- First Appearance
- PHASE-16, Burning Sandstorm
- PHASE-17, Cagalli Returns
- PHASE-19, Fangs of the Enemy
- PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-21, Beyond the Clouds of Sand
- PHASE-15, The Respective Solitudes
- Novels
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV: Battlefield Record
- Chapter 1, Field 01: El Alamein
- Mentioned only
- Chapter 1, Field 01: El Alamein
References
.jpg "Nazca-Class and Laurasia-Class File 02 (Official Gundam Fact File).jpg (2.39 MB)")
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-19, Fangs of the Enemy
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-21, Beyond the Clouds of Sand
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-18, Payback
External links