White Base

White Base
First appearanceMobile Suit Gundam Ep. #01, "Gundam Rising"
Information
AffiliationEarth Federation
LaunchedUC 0079
Combat vehiclesRX-78-2 Gundam, RX-77 Guncannon, RX-75 Guntank
FF-X7 Core Fighter × 6, FF-X7-Bst Core Booster × 2
Auxiliary vehiclesGunperry transport plane × 1, launch shuttle × 2
General characteristics
ClassPegasus Assault carrier
RegistrySCV-70
Armaments580mm dual main cannon
Dual-barrel mega-particle cannon × 2
Bow missile launcher × 24
Stern missile launcher × 6
DefensesAnti-aircraft machine gun × 36
Maximum speedMach 12 (atmospheric flight)
PropulsionThermonuclear rocket engine x 8, Minovsky Craft System
Power404,525 kW / 550,000 hp
Mass68,000 tons
Length262 metres (860 ft)
Width202.5 metres (664 ft)
Height93 metres (305 ft)

The SCV-70 White Base (ホワイトベース Howaito Bēsu), also nicknamed Trojan Horse (木馬 Mokuba), is a fictional spaceship from the Japanese science fiction anime series Mobile Suit Gundam. It serves as the mothership of the protagonist Earth Federation crew members and the famous RX-78-2 Gundam mobile suit. Various spin-offs are designed after it, including a whole class of ships called the Pegasus-class assault carrier, and it has inspired ships in the sequels like the Argama-class in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Archangel-class in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Other non-Gundam spaceships, such as the transformed mode of Fortress Maximus from the Transformers series, are possibly also inspired by White Base's design.