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Space Battleship EDF Andromeda

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My favourite space battleship design the EDF Andromeda from the anime Space Battleship Yamato.
Recreated this technical drawing using the few drawings available about the ship as well as many models both built or 3D and adding ideas on my own as well. Every information is on the text next to the ship.

Technical diagram can be found here:
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The Andromeda class was part of the first generation of post Yamato designs of space warships providing the necessary firepower to defend the solar system and Earth from any foreign enemy fleets. Compared to the Converted Yamato, Andromeda have thicker armour, stronger shields and heavier weaponry but due to the quick design work to create a new Cosmo Force, not all of the experiences of Yamato's journey to Iscandar were included. Meaning a lighter Anti Strikecraft defence and bottom blind spots for weapons. and such the ships had to rely on more on fighter crafts and specialised anti starfighter ships like frigates and corvettes.

Even with these shortcomings, the Andromeda class is vastly superior to the Yamato with her 20x 50,8cm and 8x 40,6cm Shock Cannons The barrel-less variants of these weapons provide somewhat less firepower and range due to the lack of amplifying EM conduits usually located in the long barrels.
The missile weaponry composes of anti ship torpedoes and multi warhead-missiles. These are while different weapons as the torpedoes designed for anti ship duty and the multi-warhead missiles against starfighters the size of these weapons are the same so it is possible to load them in the different launchers in the dock. The standard loadout is 10 torpedo launchers (4 in the nose 6 under 2nd centreline turret) and 12 missile launchers but this could be changed in the dock to 18-4, 16-6 or 22-0 setup depending on the mission and possible enemy forces composition.
The Wave Motion Cannons of Dispersion type works in two firing modes:
    - Firing a coherent beam of Wave Motion Energy able to devastate smaller fleets in one shoot or seriously damage if not destroy heavily armoured space stations
    - Firing a a single beam which separates into multiple smaller beams before reaching the target something like the AA shells of the WW2 Yamato's 46cm cannons with each smaller beam is as strong as a shot from a shock cannon. This firing mode ideal to damage or destroy large amounts of loosely positioned enemy ships.

To generate enough energy for the new weapons systems as well as for the twin Wave Motion Cannons and Wave Motion Engine, the ship's main power generator unit is a refined, improved and slightly larger variant used on the Yamato as well featuring and extra smaller one. Auxiliary energy is provided by the four Fusion Reactors each one mounted in the 4 secondary engine gondolas. The ship have 4 engines systems:
Main Wave Motion engine providing the primary source for sub light and warp speeds
4x Secondary engines in gondolas to provide extra boost or low speed travel
4 Auxiliary engines in the lower forward hull section just below and behind the wings.

Defence is provided by the thick 46cm Armour plates designed to withstand Shock Cannon energy shots, but the ship also provided with two Wave Motion shield generators similar to the prototype used on the Yamato.

The ship class carry a large component of starfighters ranging from Space Superiority Interceptors like the Cosmo Zero to standard multi role starfighters of the Cosmo Tiger type and heavier strike craft of the Cosmo Rhino type.
Apart from strike craft the ships could carry Shuttles for goods and personal transport, Reconnaissance and Exploration boats to conduct various missions from search and rescue, scouting, research and exploration.

Various fleet colour patters can be seen here:
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If somebody asks I can provide a blank lineart to colour it themselves.
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Hmmm...That blank lineart does sound like a nice idea.