Dolos-Class Heavy Carrier Ship

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Dolos-Class Heavy Carrier Ship

Fast Facts
Ship Type	Heavy Carrier Ship
Class:	Dolos
Launched:	Universal Century 0070
Class Fate:	Both known Dolos ships destroyed at A Baoa Qu
General Characteristics
Displacement:	144,000 tons
Length:	492 meters
Width:	351.5 meters
Height:	123.7 meters
Armament:	8x 2-barrel main gun, 2x 2-barrel machinegun
Mobile Suit Complement:	182
Ships of the Line:	Dolos, Dolowa

In the fictional Mobile Suit Gundam universe, the Dolos-Class Heavy Carrier Ship are the product of the Principality of Zeon Supreme Commander Gihren Zabi and are the biggest ship of the One Year War and also the largest mobile suit carrier.

Designed and built by Zeon to be the ultimate ace-in-the-hole space weapon, this ship has eight massive two-barrel mega particle cannon turrets, all of which are bigger than the ones mounted by the Gwazine class battleships. They also mount two double-barreled machine guns. However, its true purpose was to serve as a mobile launch pad for 182 mobile suits.

Some of the drawbacks of these vessels are that they so large and cumbersome to maneuver that they were often used as semi-movable defensive structures during the One Year War. In addition, while their mobile suit capacity was tremendous, with only 7 launch bays it was time-consuming to launch them all. At least two of these vessels were built and both saw action in defense of the Zeon's space fortress A Baoa Qu. One of these ships, the Dorowa, was the mothership of Zeon ace pilot, Anavel Gato, and served at both the Battle of Solomon and the Battle of A Baoa Qu, before it was destroyed. The Dolos-Class warships were both sunk during the Battle of A Baoa Qu. It has been often mentioned that a third Dolos-class ship was completed, however its fate remains a mystery.

In the strategy game series Gihren's Greed, the Dolos-Class ships are nigh indestructible vessels with the largest mobile suit capacity and powerful beam cannons that enable it to attack foes from huge distances. However, true to their origin they are incredibly slow and almost ridiculously expensive. The amount of resources needed to build one Dolos-Class could be used to build a small fleet.