Leonidas

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The flagship Leonidas (796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE))
Affiliation:	Free Planets Alliance
Flag officer:	Vice Admiral Pastolle
Type:	Battleship
Purpose:	Flagship (4th Fleet)
Length:	1159 metres(FFC8)
Width:	72 metres(FFC8)
Height:	358 metres(FFC8)
Armament:	40 forward cannons 67 port cannons 67 starboard cannons
Crew:	1226(FFC8)
Status:	Destroyed in combat
Destroyed:	796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE)

The Leonidas (Japanese: レオニダス) was the Alliance flagship of the 4th Fleet under Vice Admiral Pastolle.

Contents [hide] 1 Service history 2 Design 3 Appendices 3.1 Appearances 3.2 Name variations 3.3 Background information 3.4 Apocrypha 3.4.1 OVA/ONW appearance differences 3.4.2 Fleet File Collection

Service history

The Leonidas was built on Heinessen in January of 786 UC (477 IC / 3586 CE). Originally assigned as the flagship of the frontier-bound 5th Fleet on 1 February, it served in that capacity until it transferred to the 4th Fleet as its flagship on 1 May 787 UC (478 IC / 3587 CE). (Data Book: Mechanic & Seiyū Encyclopaedia)

The Leonidas led the 4th Fleet against the Lohengramm Fleet at the Battle of Astarte in 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE). With the 4th Fleet completely unprepared for Lohengramm's attack, the Leonidas was struck by Imperial fire, blowing a hole in the hull over the ship's bridge. Vice Admiral Pastolle was sucked into the vacuum of space before the Leonidas exploded completely, on 11 February 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE). (Overture to a New War; Data Book: Mechanic & Seiyū Encyclopaedia)

Design

The Leonidas is very similar in design to the Leonidas II.

Appendices

Appearances

Name variations

• Leonidas (LD/DVD subtitles)
• レオニダス (LD/DVD subtitles — Japanese)

Background information

Leonidas was a king of Sparta, and the leader of the 300 Spartans at the famous Battle of Thermopylae.

Apocrypha

OVA/ONW appearance differences

The Leonidas appears slightly different in Overture to a New War in comparison to LOGH: 'In the Eternal Night'. Most prominently, the pennant numbers differ, as does the colour of the stripe on the ship's flanks. The shape of the dorsal hull leading towards the bow is also less aggressively canted, allowing for two additional port and starboard cannons. The OVA version of the Leonidas is identical in every way (except markings) to the Leonidas II. (Note that the Fleet File Collection Vol.8 covers the OVA Leonidas.)

Fleet File Collection

The Leonidas is included as a model in Fleet File Collection Vol.8.