#Windows print to mac printopia series

While carrier-type ships do have cannons for ship-to-ship combat, they are not primary fighting units and use cannons mostly in self-defense and to protect fighters docking for resupplying. There are, many, many examples in Gundam.Ship-to-ship combat is mostly handled by dedicated battleships, of which the command ships are the most powerful (including Yang Wen-li's Hyperion and Reinhard von Lohengramm's Brunhild). The Universal Century Mobile Suit Gundam and its White Base although Zeon had been mass producing warships with MS hangers well before The Federation made the White Base.Basically, any Cool Ship in the saga has to be a carrier to launch titular Humongous Mecha (and normal fighters) but, depending on the series, can have more or less firepower to make it a battleship. From the Musai-class light cruiser to the massive Gwazine-class. Initially the Federation followed the 'you can only have one or the other' mentality, with older ships even being forced to carry Humongous Mecha strapped to their hulls when the latter were introduced.

This was the primary reason they came so close to being trounced by Zeon early in the series.

#Windows print to mac printopia series

However during later series like the Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam the Alexandria-class cruisers and the Dogosse Giar-class battleships with Mobile Suit hangers have begun replacing older ships.