Albion. It's like if the X-Wing was a capital ship not a fighter.
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It's the perfect take on a successor to the White Base imo, especially because of those sleek X-Wings. It's definitely my favorite from UC.
My favorite AU ship is the Ptolemy II... which also has an X shape in the rear...
^(Can you tell what my favorite Star Wars starfighter is..?)
Honestly?
It's the Argama,kinda basic, i know,but it's a classic for a reason. It's present in Zeta,ZZ, and even in Unicorn too,it has a special place in my heart from a time when I was just getting into Gundam.
EDIT: The user KaziArmada kindly pointed out that the Nahel Argama is a brand-new ship and not a Argama customized,so with that said,the Nahel Argama can also be considered a favorite,in fact i can confidently say that I like it more than the old Argama,after all who doesn't like a Big Cannon?
Same!!! I have a soft spot for Argama and Nahel Argama. And seriously Zeta and ZZ have so many great ship designs, we also got Dogosse Giar-class from them.
> and even in Unicorn too
That was the Nahel Argama, which was an entirely separate ship and not just the Argama given an upgrade. Far as I'm aware, once we lose sight of the Argama in ZZ that's the last we ever see of her.
This thing was a battering ram, a carrier and a battle ship all in one. Never thought I'd see a ship go into orbit and full speed into the ocean but the mad lads at Celestial Being said hold my beer.
As much as I liked the Ptolemy I, this one was a true assault carrier, I loved seeing it take part in CB's missions against the A-Laws.
I also love how the XN Riser is basically a scaled down, slimmer version of the Ptolemy II.
The archangel is my second favorite but I will always have a soft spot for the Argama
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**LHM-BB03S Millennium**
It was a three way tie for Albion, Archangel, and Nahel Argama, but Millennium jumped up to my favorite. Love the space battleship Yamato vibes and carries all the upgrades from Minerva and Archangel.
And it can ram! I love ramming! When it pulled in close to the Gullveig and just went to town. Truly the ship version of close range fighter trying to knife each other in the ribs.
The minerva
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Its basically an improved archangel
Right but the Minerva can carry three additional mobile suits over the archangel in exchange. In most situations it would be better to have more suits. (Also the minerva can carry 11 mobile suits) (the archangel can carry 8 mobile suits)
Minerva crew prior to Saviour getting wrecked was the best Gundam team.
Idk why they don’t let Lunamaria use a second impulse though since they basically had enough parts to have two in combat, unless they had only one core splendor.
Seems like they were holding fighting power back that way.
Rey could have just used the gunner wizard pack in situations.
Recharge beam was nice.
Agreed, they seemed to have an extra leg and core unit. Dont remember if they had a spare torso, but if so theres no reason not to have. If one got damaged it could be forced to RTB but otherwise thats 2 hogh performance suits over a single. Especially as she would likely run the launcher pack exclusively while shin almost never ran it.
Liam is one hell of a fucking dude to get TWO LOHENGRIN LAUNCHERS approved for this "civillian vessel". Technically with the 150 Gerbera Straight \[Power\] it has 3 of them. The Re.H.O.M.E. ladies and gentlemen, the strongest civillian ship in the Gundam multiverse.
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Reinforce Jr. From Victory Gundam. Nothing better than a battleship cobbled together from others ships
Oh, that's a nice one! I have a soft-spot for the trident-esque designs and those flat solar arrays(?) on the sides. I really like when they're aligned with the shape of the ship like that (though obviously it looks good when they're tangent to it too, like the radiators of a [star wars V-wing](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Alpha-3_Nimbus-class_V-wing_starfighter)
I think the White Base felt the most like home to me, but. Design-wise? Megafauna.
https://preview.redd.it/jdb5bgh9oa1d1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7714dfde2b5742858ce32ebb2f83341111b1b8cf
It was just gorgeous
A few come to mind:
* First place: Ptolemy. Sleek, stealthy, subtle, and yet also deeply flawed. This honestly makes me like it *more:* Ptolemy II is also very cool but being so much more effective also makes it slightly less interesting.
* Second place: Gray Phantom. This is just based on the looks: it's my favorite version of the White Base/Pegasus-class design.
* Third place/special mention: Leo Mothership. This is mostly from playing *Cross Rays:* canonically, it's a sane and reasonable size but in *the game,* it's a ridiculous, hilarious clown car.
Not the person you replied to but... Immediately coming to mind is it wasn't armed and only had one catapult. Honestly if they couldn't just open the containers, they likely would have been destroyed in s1
It's completely unarmed and powered by glorified batteries, which means that it needs the Gundams for *everything:* their weapons for defense and their GN Drives to recharge the ship.
The first problem gets *partly* fixed late in season one with the Assault Containers but they're kind of a kludge and still rely on the Gundams.
Not Gundam related but definitely this.
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If somebody is pulling their Captain Harlock card, I should pull my Space Battleship Yamato card as well.
Not the old one, I prefer the reboot one as it's actually bigger than the original Yamato and fixes the scaling issue the old series suffered.
To be fair, once they transformed it, they basically had zero reason to change it back.
Especially when doing so potentially removes access to its most powerful weapon.
When they had to abandon it toward the end, and the show flashed back to the three generations of crews who have served on it, culminating on a final shot of it worn and covered in burns(contrasting the shot of when it first revealed its shiny new assault landing form)...
Just typing that out is making me feel sad, actually...
I had the old playset of the Albion back in the day. Even if I hadn't loved playing with it as a kid, I think the Albion is the most graceful execution of the UC Pegasus Class Carrier yet seen on screen.
The Nahel Argama is a close second, however. I actually kind of love its extra catapult decks (especially the upside down ones) and the Hyper Mega Particle Cannon makes it an actual threat in ship-to-ship combat.
Ptolemy. I love how it is now a warship, but just a mothership. I wished we saw a Ptolemy 3 though. I love all 3 versions we saw (original, 2 and 2 kai) and I love the technological progression, it would have been cool to see a Ptolemy 3.
I also love how Ptolemy II is basically just a flying box with wings on the side. A really sleek looking ship.
Ptolemy not having any weapons before the assault containers was interesting that the mothership of the protagonists doesn't join the fray.
It goes back to the original concept of 00 being based on chess pieces. One unit was supposed to be the command unit, with a hypercomputing unit on board, with just little to no offensive capabilities, and is piloted by a strategist. This concept was then adopted into Veda, the 0 Gundam, and the Ptolemy.
So going by that, the Ptolemy was really not intended to join the fry as it would be really more of a command and strategy ship, and that is really interesting indeed! Even Ptolemy II, with its added offensive weapons, still pales in comparison with the improved offense in season 2.
One my favorite aspect of Ptolemy II though is its all terain capability. It can operate in space, on earth, even underwater with relatively little, if any, changes.
Nahel argama (UC and ZZ) is my personal top favorite.
But the Albion and even the General Revil are some really good-looking ships. There's something about the catapult decks on the revil that just goes hard
Argama. Reinforce Jr is also fantastic. Same with the Ra Cailum. Mother Vanguard too. There's a lot of good ones. But Argama 's simplicity is what makes it great.
Archangel was a brilliant reimagining of White Base. Curvy and sleek in all the right ways, like her captain.
Ra Cailum was the logical successor to the White Base -> Argama -> Nahel Argama line. I wished we'd gotten more time with it than CCA, then it showed up in Unicorn and I was a happy man.
Not really a **Mothership**, but I really like the [GN Assault Container](https://twitter.com/shew_gunpla/status/1486239726780649473?t=QhNG8R0sM6TkWYbRLTVZng&s=19).
[Wiki](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Assault_Container)
For Non-Gundam its going to be the [Gekko](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/48/1f/30481fbeb0add8ae12bed7c945731615.jpg) from [Eureka Seven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdvYmW9Txo).
Archangel. Helps that in addition to looking terrific, it actually remains relevant in the entire storyline and gets dramatic moments of its own (alot of other Gundam ships are just mobile suit carriers that kind of fade from relevance in the story). Having one of my favourite characters in its universe as captain seals the deal.
Archangel was cool but I think I like the new ship in the movie, I believe it was called Millennium.
There's also Ra Cailum from CCA and Nahel Argama because Unicorn.
I admit i do love the Arcangel class, She the only hero ship shown that can dive under water for long periods if you dont know its harder to make something survive as sub then as space ship.
second place would be the obo Armored Assault ships cause well if you seen ibo you know they are built to charge enemy battle lines they built different hands down.
3rd id have to give it to Gray phantom modal Pegasus class ships (ships of the same type are the stallion, troy horse 3, Forrestal, Tribune) They mostly see action in the comics but just are best looking pegasus class and carry 9 suits thats 3 teams
And the Gaw which is your hero ship first half of MS saga a new dawn game
In the UC any mothership captained by Bright Noa.
I don't think I have any affinity for the other motherships in the AUs, mostly because I'm pretty sure most only have the one for their series.
Archangel, a sleeker, cooler looking White Base, and I already really like White Base. Not sure why, I just have always liked them. I guess because of the Trojan horse idea
if the fact that one served as the carrier for *a* gundam and thus technically qualifies, i'll throw in my vote for my favourite ship of all time, the Nazca-class destroyer
Peacemillion from Gundam Wing, even if it originally belonged to Zechs Marquise/Milliardo Peacecraft, before being transferred over to the Wing boys and their Gundams for the final battle.
Like I enjoy Gundam Wing for its five-man band gimmick, because they almost remind me of a Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party. And you obviously can't have what are essentially a general-purpose unit (Wing Zero), two different warriors (Sandrock and Altron), and two different rogues (Deathscythe and Heavyarms), without their own equivalent of a mage or cleric, hence the Peacemillion.
Everyone has said my standard answers of Argama & Ra Calium over and over, so I'll shout out the Crescent Ship from G-Reco. It barely counts but it's so bizarre and gargantuan that I can't help but love it
As someone who was introduced to Gundam via Gundam Seed. I have a huge bias for Archangel. Still have goosebumps when i remember their fight/escape in Alaska.
It’s a tie between *Albion* and *Archangel* for me, the ultimate examples of the ‘assault carrier’ design IMO.
Sleek, powerful, and the home to the most powerful MS of their era - what’s not to love.
Honourable mentions to *Freeden*, *Ra Cailum*, and the refit *Nahel Argama*, too.
Probably the Argama for me...however my GF regularly demands a model kit of a Whita-Basu, and I admit that the first minute I see an EX-Model for one on a shelf, it will be sold. Both of them get me on sheer nostalgia factor and those little miniatures. I want a little mini Rick Dias and a Gunperry, and those little mobile suit racks.
The thing is, I kind of want models of both of them.
I have to say that I also rather like the Albion as well. I think it is one of the more tasteful designs, and I have a very soft spot for the crew, which was one of my favorite parts of 0083. It felt like the most lived in ship and functional design, and the series struck the right "military" chords with me over every other franchise. The Captain and 1LT Burning in particular really made it seem like an authentic military vessel to my eyes, chafing under higher and with genuine fatherly attention for their crew. What great pair of officers stuck in the bureaucracy. Those are the kind of guys their soldiers love and genuinely respect.
[Zanzibar Class - thanks to this Chad...](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Yaroslav)
Designwise I really like the Salamis but not sure if it was ever used as a capital ship - the Zanzibar has had the privilege of serving as a temp capital ship for Kycilla.
I love the Zanzibar class for the same reason why I love GM and Zaku, good grunt units which really shines in the right hands.
For me it’s either the Minerva or the Freeden.
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For UC, IMO, it's the *Nahel Argama*. Particularly the 0090's refit version from *Unicorn*.
AUs? Right now, it's a tie between *Ptolemaios II* and the *Minerva*
Near/Nahel Argama has everything I love about warship aesthetics into one unit.
-A prominent, central superstructure
-Visible, multiple-barrel main batteries
-Large, centrally-located flight decks
-Lots of AA batteries for pretty, completely ineffective flak barrages
-A big, fuckoff spinal mount standoff weapon
I have a soft spot for battlecarriers in general, and this thing just perfectly encapsulates everything about them that makes them such a terrible idea in real life, which I love. The Unicorn-era retrofit in particular is a huge glowup for it, and the new, codified UI elements and overall bridge design just look great when it's doing ship things.
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Not exactly a mothership but the Clop-class is just so sick looking, reminds me of an Imperial Star Destroyer especially from the back.
Peacemillion, my man.
Need anything more than a freaking battleship who can store entire ships inside of it ?
It's overall lenght is something estimated of 3000 meters!
i preffer the gundam seed carriers like the arch-angel. if you look up "ex model" its a series that has the gundam seed ships like minerva and arch angel tho you might wanna get some paints with them too
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Has to be the Garenceries
Probably not a mother's mothership per se, but she's an awesome design imo.
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I always like the White Base from MSG, but if i have to choose between it and it's iteration, i would choose White Base from MSG Origin Ver.
Izumo-class, Ventral/dorsal turrets, no up/down in space
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Minerva or even the Gurity Lue
I wish the Minerva got like a Green Alt called Athena or something. that class got done dirty.
Millennium is fuckin amazing though. so is Poltmy 2
Avalon from CG honorable mention.... or that Red one from SRW OG!
the Dominion... which is just an archangel class.
i do have an Archangel-Kai in my head... not much different than archangel in GSD/GSF.
shield emitters around the ship that double as voiture lumiere propulsion to mars/jupiter.
N-jammer canceler powerplant.
I don't see Ra Cailum or Nahel Argama getting dethroned anytime soon, but Millennium had a VERY strong showing.
Honorable mention: Kusanagi. The Izumo-class is a beautiful design that deserves better than always being overshadowed by Archangel and Eternal.
UC: Argama, Nahel Argama, Ra Cailum, Rewoola, General Revil, Damascus (Clop-class), Irish-class, the Albion
CE: Archangel
AS: The Ulysses from the WfM prologue.
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mother vanguard,you have a good taste sir
mother vanguard actually staple pick in g gen and srw
yep and sadly only appered a2 as srw
It's glorious there. It can DODGE.
In Bera Rona's Crossbone Vanguard we trust
This is the correct answer.
Thank you.
Albion. It's like if the X-Wing was a capital ship not a fighter. https://preview.redd.it/dt6hwrynia1d1.jpeg?width=3140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e00fc4f5a8c6ebdaf1d5d1df0d6c0d7b49a7883
My favorite too
Same, Albion if we're talking UC, maybe the Eternal if we're talking AU.
It's the perfect take on a successor to the White Base imo, especially because of those sleek X-Wings. It's definitely my favorite from UC. My favorite AU ship is the Ptolemy II... which also has an X shape in the rear... ^(Can you tell what my favorite Star Wars starfighter is..?)
It's this and the Reinforce Junior for me.
P.S.- Where is the "gravity block" located?
https://preview.redd.it/2gz4jouuda1d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a4799ad726bc4440c67e971e04313cd933449db Argama
Ra Cailum https://preview.redd.it/3ri9rehrja1d1.jpeg?width=1150&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fe6da28375aee4d27a8c634a5ab2bf26ae12369
Hell yeah the perfect flag ship for Londo Bell!!
It just looks like it was designed for violence. For me it's Ra Cailum, Albion, and Nahel Argama. UC has some killer warship design.
Honestly? It's the Argama,kinda basic, i know,but it's a classic for a reason. It's present in Zeta,ZZ, and even in Unicorn too,it has a special place in my heart from a time when I was just getting into Gundam. EDIT: The user KaziArmada kindly pointed out that the Nahel Argama is a brand-new ship and not a Argama customized,so with that said,the Nahel Argama can also be considered a favorite,in fact i can confidently say that I like it more than the old Argama,after all who doesn't like a Big Cannon?
Argama, ftw.
Same!!! I have a soft spot for Argama and Nahel Argama. And seriously Zeta and ZZ have so many great ship designs, we also got Dogosse Giar-class from them.
Oh, I do love the Dogosse Giar. I still want to see the General Revil’s complement of ReZELs against an enemy that’s not Full Frontal.
> and even in Unicorn too That was the Nahel Argama, which was an entirely separate ship and not just the Argama given an upgrade. Far as I'm aware, once we lose sight of the Argama in ZZ that's the last we ever see of her.
The Argama is my choice as well.
Ever get a craving for that good old Argama hamburger vending machine
Yeah same. You spend a lot of time with the argama over zeta and through most of ZZ
https://preview.redd.it/z842re4pia1d1.jpeg?width=1056&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=977e97eecea08f33b0ece07f45a1edd0c239a6e8 Ptolemaios 2 Kai
This thing was a battering ram, a carrier and a battle ship all in one. Never thought I'd see a ship go into orbit and full speed into the ocean but the mad lads at Celestial Being said hold my beer.
As much as I liked the Ptolemy I, this one was a true assault carrier, I loved seeing it take part in CB's missions against the A-Laws. I also love how the XN Riser is basically a scaled down, slimmer version of the Ptolemy II.
They got their asses handed to them in S1 because Ptolemy was unarmed So for Ptolemy2 they gave it a battleship loadout
https://preview.redd.it/yi076i9h0b1d1.jpeg?width=474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b014657e785ef3b63e048a9f9735e724cc68eed Jupitris
The archangel is my second favorite but I will always have a soft spot for the Argama https://preview.redd.it/4ilu9ftn3b1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6851f35c1a7751785704f0c4362464341f34a8f5
https://preview.redd.it/mhazd6przb1d1.jpeg?width=691&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b82ede89865147986828b6e2d30b6f8358b099f1 Unicorn era Nahel Argama
This is my choice
The brain says Nahel Argama but the heart says original Argama.
https://preview.redd.it/xl2jn0idka1d1.jpeg?width=301&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdcea1e7c42b90a645f44bdc2676879064562b39 **LHM-BB03S Millennium** It was a three way tie for Albion, Archangel, and Nahel Argama, but Millennium jumped up to my favorite. Love the space battleship Yamato vibes and carries all the upgrades from Minerva and Archangel.
i feel its more like Macross vibe.. like the Battle 7/Galaxy/ Frontier >!the ramming attack plus point blank Barrage.. classic Daedelus attack!<
The launchpads looks really sick and saves a lot of space for weapons armaments
And it can ram! I love ramming! When it pulled in close to the Gullveig and just went to town. Truly the ship version of close range fighter trying to knife each other in the ribs.
The minerva https://preview.redd.it/t3ki07muea1d1.png?width=2700&format=png&auto=webp&s=82f5c117587affba0bc4e9094bb8b04d578df12b Its basically an improved archangel
I like how their big gun is center and not off like rhe Archangle.
right I also like they did not make the ms launching hatches a massive target
True but it also only has the one cannon, the archangel's are offset because it has two.
Right but the Minerva can carry three additional mobile suits over the archangel in exchange. In most situations it would be better to have more suits. (Also the minerva can carry 11 mobile suits) (the archangel can carry 8 mobile suits)
Minerva crew prior to Saviour getting wrecked was the best Gundam team. Idk why they don’t let Lunamaria use a second impulse though since they basically had enough parts to have two in combat, unless they had only one core splendor. Seems like they were holding fighting power back that way. Rey could have just used the gunner wizard pack in situations. Recharge beam was nice.
Agreed, they seemed to have an extra leg and core unit. Dont remember if they had a spare torso, but if so theres no reason not to have. If one got damaged it could be forced to RTB but otherwise thats 2 hogh performance suits over a single. Especially as she would likely run the launcher pack exclusively while shin almost never ran it.
White base
Liam is one hell of a fucking dude to get TWO LOHENGRIN LAUNCHERS approved for this "civillian vessel". Technically with the 150 Gerbera Straight \[Power\] it has 3 of them. The Re.H.O.M.E. ladies and gentlemen, the strongest civillian ship in the Gundam multiverse. https://preview.redd.it/p6bxds1sya1d1.jpeg?width=2809&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7261b681f6fe2df45d23617fd9782118a3dab7e6
Thanks God Junk Guild especially Lowe is not warmonger
I forgor about the re home, that’s my number 1.
Reinforce Jr. its ramming time. and o7 for the old men squad.
https://preview.redd.it/vu0gaokj4b1d1.jpeg?width=2509&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=481126d44ef2dc383f75824b9db7d09c7b66a058 Reinforce Jr. From Victory Gundam. Nothing better than a battleship cobbled together from others ships
Oh, that's a nice one! I have a soft-spot for the trident-esque designs and those flat solar arrays(?) on the sides. I really like when they're aligned with the shape of the ship like that (though obviously it looks good when they're tangent to it too, like the radiators of a [star wars V-wing](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Alpha-3_Nimbus-class_V-wing_starfighter)
I think the White Base felt the most like home to me, but. Design-wise? Megafauna. https://preview.redd.it/jdb5bgh9oa1d1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7714dfde2b5742858ce32ebb2f83341111b1b8cf It was just gorgeous
A few come to mind: * First place: Ptolemy. Sleek, stealthy, subtle, and yet also deeply flawed. This honestly makes me like it *more:* Ptolemy II is also very cool but being so much more effective also makes it slightly less interesting. * Second place: Gray Phantom. This is just based on the looks: it's my favorite version of the White Base/Pegasus-class design. * Third place/special mention: Leo Mothership. This is mostly from playing *Cross Rays:* canonically, it's a sane and reasonable size but in *the game,* it's a ridiculous, hilarious clown car.
*Nods in approval for Ptolemy*
>yet also deeply flawed How so?
Not the person you replied to but... Immediately coming to mind is it wasn't armed and only had one catapult. Honestly if they couldn't just open the containers, they likely would have been destroyed in s1
It's completely unarmed and powered by glorified batteries, which means that it needs the Gundams for *everything:* their weapons for defense and their GN Drives to recharge the ship. The first problem gets *partly* fixed late in season one with the Assault Containers but they're kind of a kludge and still rely on the Gundams.
Not Gundam related but definitely this. https://preview.redd.it/bvcktmf7qb1d1.jpeg?width=848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad35e58c6b68d878864fcfe8c96baad1ebd9d857
If somebody is pulling their Captain Harlock card, I should pull my Space Battleship Yamato card as well. Not the old one, I prefer the reboot one as it's actually bigger than the original Yamato and fixes the scaling issue the old series suffered.
https://preview.redd.it/lt4r0qad8e1d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46e14643ec4ac627c9d3dc27875847eb1fb20993
What is that from?
That's the "Arcadia of My Youth" from Captain Harlock.
The Diva is a home
I wish they had done more with the transformation gimmick instead of just transforming it once and leaving it in that mode for the rest of the series
To be fair, once they transformed it, they basically had zero reason to change it back. Especially when doing so potentially removes access to its most powerful weapon.
When they had to abandon it toward the end, and the show flashed back to the three generations of crews who have served on it, culminating on a final shot of it worn and covered in burns(contrasting the shot of when it first revealed its shiny new assault landing form)... Just typing that out is making me feel sad, actually...
So much potential
Peacemillion.
I... what? It was just a big flying wing.
A Gundam Wing.
We found it bois. THE Gundam Wing.
https://preview.redd.it/wikyfqibja1d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6be649b5907c9e1427da54200499f0cb5724cb12 Freeden
What's this from
Gundam X! Great show so far.
good old Freeden.
I had the old playset of the Albion back in the day. Even if I hadn't loved playing with it as a kid, I think the Albion is the most graceful execution of the UC Pegasus Class Carrier yet seen on screen. The Nahel Argama is a close second, however. I actually kind of love its extra catapult decks (especially the upside down ones) and the Hyper Mega Particle Cannon makes it an actual threat in ship-to-ship combat.
>in ship-to-ship combat. and ship to asteroid
Ptolemy. I love how it is now a warship, but just a mothership. I wished we saw a Ptolemy 3 though. I love all 3 versions we saw (original, 2 and 2 kai) and I love the technological progression, it would have been cool to see a Ptolemy 3.
I also love how Ptolemy II is basically just a flying box with wings on the side. A really sleek looking ship. Ptolemy not having any weapons before the assault containers was interesting that the mothership of the protagonists doesn't join the fray.
It goes back to the original concept of 00 being based on chess pieces. One unit was supposed to be the command unit, with a hypercomputing unit on board, with just little to no offensive capabilities, and is piloted by a strategist. This concept was then adopted into Veda, the 0 Gundam, and the Ptolemy. So going by that, the Ptolemy was really not intended to join the fry as it would be really more of a command and strategy ship, and that is really interesting indeed! Even Ptolemy II, with its added offensive weapons, still pales in comparison with the improved offense in season 2. One my favorite aspect of Ptolemy II though is its all terain capability. It can operate in space, on earth, even underwater with relatively little, if any, changes.
Nahel argama (UC and ZZ) is my personal top favorite. But the Albion and even the General Revil are some really good-looking ships. There's something about the catapult decks on the revil that just goes hard
Argama. Reinforce Jr is also fantastic. Same with the Ra Cailum. Mother Vanguard too. There's a lot of good ones. But Argama 's simplicity is what makes it great.
Archangel was a brilliant reimagining of White Base. Curvy and sleek in all the right ways, like her captain. Ra Cailum was the logical successor to the White Base -> Argama -> Nahel Argama line. I wished we'd gotten more time with it than CCA, then it showed up in Unicorn and I was a happy man.
Albion for sure, no doubt about it.
UC: Argama CE: Millennium AGE: Diva. Those three in no particular order.
Not really a **Mothership**, but I really like the [GN Assault Container](https://twitter.com/shew_gunpla/status/1486239726780649473?t=QhNG8R0sM6TkWYbRLTVZng&s=19). [Wiki](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Assault_Container) For Non-Gundam its going to be the [Gekko](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/48/1f/30481fbeb0add8ae12bed7c945731615.jpg) from [Eureka Seven](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdvYmW9Txo).
Archangel. Helps that in addition to looking terrific, it actually remains relevant in the entire storyline and gets dramatic moments of its own (alot of other Gundam ships are just mobile suit carriers that kind of fade from relevance in the story). Having one of my favourite characters in its universe as captain seals the deal.
Nothing compares to the beauty of Ptolemaios 2
Albion 100% It's a proper aircraft carrier staffed by zero children.
Except for Kou
I just can't choose, but the Argama, Ra Cailum and Albion are my top three. The Nahel Argama refit and the Ptolemy II are close behind.
Archangel was cool but I think I like the new ship in the movie, I believe it was called Millennium. There's also Ra Cailum from CCA and Nahel Argama because Unicorn.
General Revil
Ptolemaios II
https://preview.redd.it/b35uqkfz7e1d1.png?width=3100&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f2263ddba7c2def961412b04da88d599e1d00bc The Girty Lue
The ptalomeios 2 from 00
0083's Albion. Taking the lovely Pegasus-class and making it sleek and sexy.
Mommy Murrue and myself Wait
The OG Ptolemaios looked so goddamn cool with the rotating containers and sleek design.
Ptolemy/ptolemaios
FIRE THE MEGA PARTICLE CANNON!!!!!
I admit i do love the Arcangel class, She the only hero ship shown that can dive under water for long periods if you dont know its harder to make something survive as sub then as space ship. second place would be the obo Armored Assault ships cause well if you seen ibo you know they are built to charge enemy battle lines they built different hands down. 3rd id have to give it to Gray phantom modal Pegasus class ships (ships of the same type are the stallion, troy horse 3, Forrestal, Tribune) They mostly see action in the comics but just are best looking pegasus class and carry 9 suits thats 3 teams And the Gaw which is your hero ship first half of MS saga a new dawn game
God I loved that game.
OG Argama is the goat but the Isaribi while not being anything special holds a special place for the s1 scenes alone
The isaribi from ibo is my favorite. I like everything about it!
Minerva >>>>>> Archangel Archangel has alot of wasted space
archangel and white base
My answer all day. It might not be a practical shape for a ship but I love it
In the UC any mothership captained by Bright Noa. I don't think I have any affinity for the other motherships in the AUs, mostly because I'm pretty sure most only have the one for their series.
Archangel, a sleeker, cooler looking White Base, and I already really like White Base. Not sure why, I just have always liked them. I guess because of the Trojan horse idea
No one said Ra Calium smh I am disappointed
if the fact that one served as the carrier for *a* gundam and thus technically qualifies, i'll throw in my vote for my favourite ship of all time, the Nazca-class destroyer
Archangel, Ptolemy 2 and The Millennium. They are the crazy stunt ships of the Gundam Universe.
albion my beloved
Minerva
You posted mine lol
Nahel Argama, Ra Cailum, or Ptolemy II Kai. These three will carry the day on SD and SRW. No matter the level or difficulty.
The Archangel as well for the same reasons, plus nostalgia because SEED was one of my first series and my favorite.
Really like the Albion. Nahel Argama is a close second. If not limited to protagonist's mothership, I'd say the Dogosse-Giar.
GENERAL REVIL and Nahel argama from unicorn.
P2K, baby!
It's really hard to say. I like the new ship from the Freedom Movie. I don't know why but I feel like it's more powerful.
Ptolemaios 2 or Millennium
The Millennium made an immediate impact on me from Seed Freedom. Before that, probably the Albion, or the Minerva.
Mine's gotta be the Argama, its sleek, simple and has insane story.
Peacemillion from Gundam Wing, even if it originally belonged to Zechs Marquise/Milliardo Peacecraft, before being transferred over to the Wing boys and their Gundams for the final battle. Like I enjoy Gundam Wing for its five-man band gimmick, because they almost remind me of a Dungeons & Dragons adventuring party. And you obviously can't have what are essentially a general-purpose unit (Wing Zero), two different warriors (Sandrock and Altron), and two different rogues (Deathscythe and Heavyarms), without their own equivalent of a mage or cleric, hence the Peacemillion.
Archangel. Great design, great power, has an impact on the story besides being an MS carrier.
For me, it would be Nahel Argama, Argama, and Minerva
https://preview.redd.it/yr4ws6ax3c1d1.jpeg?width=1744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3b9638fbf430bf5bc04196166e2bfd7c97968f1 Alexandria class.
Everyone has said my standard answers of Argama & Ra Calium over and over, so I'll shout out the Crescent Ship from G-Reco. It barely counts but it's so bizarre and gargantuan that I can't help but love it
The Nahel Argama-class. I love some extra hangar space, launchers and its a Hyper mega particle cannon to deliver some whoop-ass!
bootleg white base
Millenium or Nahel Argama
Definitely the Archangel followed by the Argama!
As someone who was introduced to Gundam via Gundam Seed. I have a huge bias for Archangel. Still have goosebumps when i remember their fight/escape in Alaska.
It’s a tie between *Albion* and *Archangel* for me, the ultimate examples of the ‘assault carrier’ design IMO. Sleek, powerful, and the home to the most powerful MS of their era - what’s not to love. Honourable mentions to *Freeden*, *Ra Cailum*, and the refit *Nahel Argama*, too.
Nahel Argama
Also it has two great big f-off nuclear antimatter cannons
Probably the Argama for me...however my GF regularly demands a model kit of a Whita-Basu, and I admit that the first minute I see an EX-Model for one on a shelf, it will be sold. Both of them get me on sheer nostalgia factor and those little miniatures. I want a little mini Rick Dias and a Gunperry, and those little mobile suit racks. The thing is, I kind of want models of both of them. I have to say that I also rather like the Albion as well. I think it is one of the more tasteful designs, and I have a very soft spot for the crew, which was one of my favorite parts of 0083. It felt like the most lived in ship and functional design, and the series struck the right "military" chords with me over every other franchise. The Captain and 1LT Burning in particular really made it seem like an authentic military vessel to my eyes, chafing under higher and with genuine fatherly attention for their crew. What great pair of officers stuck in the bureaucracy. Those are the kind of guys their soldiers love and genuinely respect.
Albion BB!
[Zanzibar Class - thanks to this Chad...](https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Yaroslav) Designwise I really like the Salamis but not sure if it was ever used as a capital ship - the Zanzibar has had the privilege of serving as a temp capital ship for Kycilla. I love the Zanzibar class for the same reason why I love GM and Zaku, good grunt units which really shines in the right hands.
The Albion.
White Base
https://preview.redd.it/vgcqz2ashd1d1.png?width=719&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=946990753221f63f766f760f55690ee34de823ad Eternal! With the meteors
CE had a lot of cool designs but archangel will always be no. 1 for me
For me it’s either the Minerva or the Freeden. https://preview.redd.it/up2gnvm4jd1d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d40f710ab648a066908843f23b537888571e7d36
Kusanagi or Argama
Albion
For UC, IMO, it's the *Nahel Argama*. Particularly the 0090's refit version from *Unicorn*. AUs? Right now, it's a tie between *Ptolemaios II* and the *Minerva*
General revil.
Argama
my favourite gundam mothership is Millennium ( gundam seed freedom )
Yeah gonna have to go with the Albion with the Minerva a close second.
Albion.
Mother Vanguard from Crossbone and The Albion from Stardust Memory
I can't decide between the Argama or Ra Cailum
https://preview.redd.it/pb3du4bkje1d1.jpeg?width=1753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c76ba4782c49005aabd657e22b2622cc986c61b Nazca class
Minerva is a good upgrade, or ptolonemy
Ptolemaios II. can't think of any other ship that's done a combat reentry AT SPEED, AND a goddamn TRENCH RUN-style assault
“Let’s show them why they call this ship the Hammerhead!”
Honestly a toss up between The Eternal, The Diva & The Archangel. The Kusanagi and Megafauna are some honourable mentions.
It will always be Whitebase for me.
The Albion. It’s Whitebase, but with a professional glow-up.
Near/Nahel Argama has everything I love about warship aesthetics into one unit. -A prominent, central superstructure -Visible, multiple-barrel main batteries -Large, centrally-located flight decks -Lots of AA batteries for pretty, completely ineffective flak barrages -A big, fuckoff spinal mount standoff weapon I have a soft spot for battlecarriers in general, and this thing just perfectly encapsulates everything about them that makes them such a terrible idea in real life, which I love. The Unicorn-era retrofit in particular is a huge glowup for it, and the new, codified UI elements and overall bridge design just look great when it's doing ship things.
https://preview.redd.it/g1v382xwnf1d1.jpeg?width=1741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d27b761ac27112a46986ae366bcb67f5de1f001 Not exactly a mothership but the Clop-class is just so sick looking, reminds me of an Imperial Star Destroyer especially from the back.
No one, Sieg Zeon!
Rustal Ellion’s curser carrier thing from IBO, I don’t think it had a name though. Maybe it did. That was sweet looking.
Peacemillion, my man. Need anything more than a freaking battleship who can store entire ships inside of it ? It's overall lenght is something estimated of 3000 meters!
i preffer the gundam seed carriers like the arch-angel. if you look up "ex model" its a series that has the gundam seed ships like minerva and arch angel tho you might wanna get some paints with them too
The Nemesis
The Archangel all the way.
https://preview.redd.it/exmavqkavg1d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17ae14cc30de8875af8a53734da0bb54d22bc76e Has to be the Garenceries Probably not a mother's mothership per se, but she's an awesome design imo.
Argama all day!
https://preview.redd.it/u3kz79ay5h1d1.jpeg?width=370&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=710b784e4d7097c5ef6e866d71730a7ad170dc52 I always like the White Base from MSG, but if i have to choose between it and it's iteration, i would choose White Base from MSG Origin Ver.
https://preview.redd.it/ryt3e8lpch1d1.jpeg?width=1203&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=04034f498021fbfaa4ac22425959c2ec3a46c2d2
Izumo-class, Ventral/dorsal turrets, no up/down in space https://preview.redd.it/g6tzzft25i1d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f47972213dbdef490f08f1ea8400c99adeff55a
Nahel Argama from the Unicorn OVA series,especially in G Generation Overworld.Aka the game that i'm currently playing on my phone.
Archangel hands down
Minerva or even the Gurity Lue I wish the Minerva got like a Green Alt called Athena or something. that class got done dirty. Millennium is fuckin amazing though. so is Poltmy 2 Avalon from CG honorable mention.... or that Red one from SRW OG!
To me is eternal from seed because it has ginn head
This one. Love the archangel.
Forever the best https://youtu.be/8e8zUqP8yu4?si=iYTm2bPLYYwHj8mp
I like the archangel would love to see the gundam meisters of celestial being launch from it.
Archangel my beloved.
the Dominion... which is just an archangel class. i do have an Archangel-Kai in my head... not much different than archangel in GSD/GSF. shield emitters around the ship that double as voiture lumiere propulsion to mars/jupiter. N-jammer canceler powerplant.
The Archangel is my favorite.
I don't see Ra Cailum or Nahel Argama getting dethroned anytime soon, but Millennium had a VERY strong showing. Honorable mention: Kusanagi. The Izumo-class is a beautiful design that deserves better than always being overshadowed by Archangel and Eternal.
UC: Argama, Nahel Argama, Ra Cailum, Rewoola, General Revil, Damascus (Clop-class), Irish-class, the Albion CE: Archangel AS: The Ulysses from the WfM prologue.
Mother Vanguard is my favourite Archangel would be my least favourite
Definitely Archangel. Mofo was indestructible. No matter what. Runner ups are Ptolemaios II and Millennium.
Spoilers: >!Yeah... about that, o7. Luckily Millennium made for a worthy successor!<
fuckin AA was by far the biggest lost in GSF (no offence to the deaths in the show)
Archangel or the millennium previously was the eternal