Learn about the history of the rebooted Yamato!
This new series explains the mechanics of battleships and other things that appear in the rebooted series from Yamato 2199 to REBEL 3199. The second article is Space Battleship Yamato Part 2. How did Yamato change to compete against the different forces of Garmillas, Gatlantis, and Dezarium? We take a closer look at the remodeling points.
Commentary by Yuka Minagawa
Published by Hobby Japan Web, December 22. See the original article here.
Space Battleship Yamato, Third Remodeling
Yamato was modified at Icarus Observatory to serve as the core of the General’s special task force in “Operation DAD” to be used against Dezarium.
All-sky Radar Room
During the modifications at Icarus Observatory, a panoramic radar room equipped with a new type of electric probe was installed on the fifth and sixth decks under the second bridge.
When the ship departed from Icarus Observatory, the all-sky radar room was undergoing final adjustments to its equipment. En route to the center of the galaxy, Chief Information Officer Niimi and others prepare it for operation.
Wave-Motion Cartridge Bullet
The power of the Wave-Motion cartridge bullet was proven when it destroyed Goruba Enam in one hit. The condenser prototype round had an unresolved issue with energy charging, but the wave cartridge round solved this by adopting a microwave core.
The phase conversion armor of the automated planet Goruba, which was engaged in combat during the Iscandar Incident, neutralized even a direct hit from a Wave-Motion Gun. The Wave-Motion Gun is the core artillery weapon of Earth’s military power, and dealing with the phase conversion armor was an unavoidable problem.
After Deusula III penetrated Goruba immediately after firing the Dessler Cannon and broke through the armor, Chief Engineer Sanada believed that the upper limit of the energy waves that Goruba could cancel out was the level of the Wave-Motion Gun. Based on this theory, he developed the Wave-Motion Cartridge (official name: Type 7 Wave-Motion Resonance Shell).
The Wave-Motion Cartridge is a solid shell consisting of a projectile (quantum fusion explosive) and a cartridge (wave energy cartridge case). These two are stored separately in the ammunition magazine and are combined when used. The cartridge part has a firing tube (primer) in the tail, just like the Type 3 Fusion Bullet, and the projectile is fired by detonating the propellant inside.
In order to neutralize the Goruba-class phase conversion armor, it is necessary to generate energy waves around the projectile, even for a short time, that are comparable to those of a wave gun, so the wave cartridge is equipped with a wave resonance type quantum field compression microwave core. This is a technologically advanced version of the simplified wave core of the wave barrier bullet and wave excavation bullet. The microwave core is released from its safety inside the turret, and is pressed into the projectile from the tip of the cartridge.
When the projectile hits the target, it creates a counter-wave that cancels out the kinetic energy in the phase conversion armor. Next, the wave coil and synchronous antenna of the microwave core relays a special resonant wave from the original Iscandarian wave core installed in Yamato‘s Wave-Motion Engine. This generates Wave Energy by violently vibrating the membrane surface of six of the eleven extra dimensions around the projectile. The phase conversion armor creates an inverse wave to cancel out this energy wave, but this weapon causes the armor’s phase to reach a state of equilibrium, effectively nullifying the effect. At the same time, the projectile rotates, penetrates the armor, and detonates.
The warhead itself is a conventional Wave-Motion excavation warhead, miniaturized down to the size of the Type 3 Fusion Munition, and reflects the technology of the prototype condenser ammunition that was being researched and developed as of 2202.
Yamato‘s Second Hangar
The number of aircraft on board in a regular operation is 16 Cosmo Tiger IIs, but when Asuka takes independent action and returns to Earth, its Cosmo Pythons are transferred to Yamato. As a result, the number of aircraft, excluding the spares, is 8 Cosmo Tiger IIs and 6 Cosmo Pythons.
After the Icarus Observatory launch, the supply ship Asuka, which accompanied Yamato, transferred the H-201-class experimental dimensional submarine No. 1, the Cosmo Hound.
During the third remodeling, Yamato‘s second hangar underwent a large-scale renovation. This involved removing four of the eight aircraft pallets from the two cylinders, one at the front and one at the back, making it possible to carry a new 40m-class support ship. The number of aircraft on board was halved, but the third remodeling was based on the assumption that Yamato would be used in fleet operations, and that air power would be supplemented by accompanying aircraft carriers.
The Cosmo Hound was installed here as Yamato‘s support ship for this voyage. Launches are carried out from the launch and landing port on the port and starboard sides at the rear.