Barbarossa

{{infobox/vessel
| image-top        = Barbarossa-from-LOGH-Wiki.jpg
| caption-top      = The flagship '''Barbarossa''' ({{d|796|uc}})
| affiliation      = [[Galactic Empire]]
| flag-officer     = {{rank|imperial|High Admiral}} [[Kircheis]]
| class            = Battleship
| purpose          = Flagship ([[Kircheis Fleet]])
| length           = 986 metres{{ffc|10}}
| width            = 257 metres{{ffc|10}}
| height           = 231 metres{{ffc|10}}
| armament         = 6 forward cannons<br />21 port cannons<br />21 starboard cannons
| crew             = 945{{ffc|10}}
| status           = Decommissioned
| decommissioned   = {{d|797|uc}}
}}

The '''Barbarossa''' (Japanese: '''バルバロッサ''') was the [[Galactic Empire|Imperial]] flagship of [[Siegfried Kircheis]].

==Service history==
The Barbarossa first saw action in [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]]'s campaign to defeat the [[Free Planets Alliance|Alliance's]] invasion of Imperial space in {{d|796|uc}}, leading the [[Kircheis Fleet]] against the [[7th Fleet]] and subsequently the [[13th Fleet]] in the [[Dverger System]]. When the remnants of the Alliance fleet regrouped at [[Amritsar]], the Barbarossa attacked the fleet from their rear at the head of 30,000 ships (together with the [[Lutz Fleet]] and [[Wahlen Fleet]]), using its main guns to ignite the [[zephyr particles]] dispersed on {{rank|imperial|Vice Admiral}} Kircheis' orders, and clearing a path through the Alliance minefield. ({{logh|015}})

The Barbarossa's final campaign would be against the [[Lippstadt Alliance]] in the [[Imperial Civil War]] in {{d|797|uc}}, leading the campaign to pacify rebel star systems whilst [[Reinhard von Lohengramm]] personally attended to the conquest of [[Geiersberg Fortress]]. In the major battle of that campaign, the 40,000 ships of the [[Kircheis Fleet]], Lutz Fleet and Wahlen Fleet fought a fleet of 50,000 enemy ships under the command of Maquis [[Littenheim]] at the [[Kifeuser System]]. In the course of the battle, Kircheis took the Barbarossa at the head of a mere 800 ships and cut through the enemy formation, throwing the enemy fleet into confusion and causing Littenheim to retreat. ({{logh|022}})

==Decommissioning==
The Barbarossa was decommissioned after Kircheis's death. It was left permanently moored next to the [[Brünhild]] on [[Odin]]. ({{logh|030}})

==Appendices==

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===Name variations===
*'''Barbarossa''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr><span class="lr-1px">/</span><abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles)
*'''バルバロッサ''' (<abbr title="LaserDisc">LD</abbr><span class="lr-1px">/</span><abbr title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</abbr> subtitles — Japanese)

===Background information===
The name 'Barbarossa' means 'red beard' in Italian, and was the nickname of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor Frederick I], 12th-century Holy Roman Emperor.

[[Category:Imperial ships]]