SDF-7 Tokagawa Class Super-Dimensional Carrier/Landing Ship The Tokugawa class ships are amongst the most powerful ships of the REF fleet. The Tokagawa-class were some of the earliest ships created by the RDF, originally for the purpose of escorting the SDF-2 on the expaditonary mission to Tirol. With the destruction of the SDF-2, the Tokagawas were used for patrols throughout the solar system, and hunting down remaining Zentraedi ships still lurking within the solar system. With the completion of the SDF-3, the Tokagawa class ships were assigned to the REF mission. The Tokagawa's primary asset is the huge amounts of mecha and crew it can carry. Three of the four ships were converted over to landing ships to carry the REF's ground forces into battle. The other ship of the class, the Hannibal was used as a carrier for the REF's fighters. Despite the large amounts of mecha and fighters it could carry, the Tokagawa class ships were relatively weak in ship-to-ship combat compared to ther, similar sized vessels. Most notably, the Tokagawa lacked a heavy cannon armament like the SDF-3 or SDF-8. This was one of the main reasons why thery were eventaully replaced with the Ikazuchi and Izumo class ships. A total of four Tokagawas were built, the Tokugawa, Hannibal, Marcus Antonius and Archangel. The REF sent the Hannibal back to Earth under the command of Major John Carpenter to rejoin the Southern Cross and aid them against the Robotech Masters. However, it was destroyed in a failed attack on the Master's fleet. A relief fleet lead by the Marcus Antonius was sent back to Earth by the REF under the command of Colonel Jonathan Wolff, arriving late in the Second Robotech War. It was later hijacked by the 15th ATAC, and sent back to Tirol loaded with refugees from the Master's motherships. However, due to faulty fold drives, it had suffered severe stresses and was decommissioned. The Archangel became the flagship of the Sentinels after the destruction of the Farrago. It was later refitted with a Shadow Device and updated fold drives, and served in the Saturn Division. Later, the Archangel was used by Scott Bernard, Vince and Jean Grant in their quest to find the Missing SDF-3. Finally, the Tokugawa was used by the REF loyalists during the REF Civil war as a fleet flagship. It was destroyed when it was rammed by Edward's flagship, the Xerxes, an Ikzauchi-class command carrier.
RPG Stats and Background by: Rick R. Mortis.
Technical Info from the Robotech Technical Files, by Peter Walker and Pieter Thomassen
BACKGROUND
RPG STATS
Government: United Earth Govornment (Earth)
Ship Type: Super-Dimensional Landing Ship (SDLS)/Super Dimentional Carrier (SDCV)
Manufacturer: Robotech Factory Sattelite
Crew:
MDC BY LOCATION:
Laser Turrets (12) 150 each Particle Beam Turrets (2) 200 each Particle Beam Gun (1) 200 Hanger Doors (12) 500 each Airlocks/Access Hatches (many) 100 each Outer Hull (per 12 meter area) 100 Interior walls (per 6 meter area) 20 (1) Command Tower 6000 Forward Section (1/3) 25,000 Midsection (1/3) 25,000 (2) Rear Section (1/3) 30,000 (3) Main Thrusters (8, Rear) 6000 each Secondary Thrusters (4, rear) 2500 each (4) Pinpoint barrier force field (4) 4000 each
NOTES:
The four barriers are controlled by operators in the command tower of the Battleship. These operators are instructed to defend (1) the command tower, bridge, and sensor array, (2) main engines, (3) hangar bays, and (4) weapon systems, in that order. The operators primarily concentrate on defending the ship against larger spacecraft and leave defense against mecha attacking the ship to the VT pilots.
Japanese Name: Unknown Super Dimensional Cavalry: Southern Cross
Episodes Seen in: #47, #60
Conversion NotesThe info on the Tokagawa is limiteds only to examining the footage of it in action in episode #47, and its breif appearance in epsiode #60. The decision to have this ship pre-date the REF's departure is based on Carpenter's statement in episode #47 that the Hannibal had been his home for 15 years.
The designation "SDF-7" comes from the Sentinels novels, where the designation was used for several ships, most notably the Hannibal, Marcus Antonius and Archangel. The Sentinels refrence materials refer to the Horizont as being designated SDF-7; i have chosen to ignore this.
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