The Musai-class is a class of light cruiser introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam. It was the first warship designed to carry mobile suits, and several different models were produced by the Principality of Zeon during the One Year War

The primary cruiser of the Zeon forces, the Musai was developed on the premise of deploying mobile suits. It was propelled by four thermonuclear rocket engines installed at the end of the two nacelle columns extending to the lower left and right of the bridge. Directly below the bridge is a MS deck that can carry four mobile suits, and it is possible to deliver goods directly by conveyor pipe from the Papua-class supply ship using three supply hatches on each side.

The lower part of the bow is equipped with an atmospheric entry capsule "Komusai", which is capable of storing supplies, additional personnel, or two mobile suits, adding some logistical flexibility to the ship. The capsule can be launched directly from the Musai and doesn’t require separation prior to ignition, unlike its Federation counterparts. It’s unknown if the Komusai is able to directly reconnect with its mothership upon return. However, any onboard mobile suits can be deployed only after the Komusai has separated, as the capsule's storage hatch is blocked when attached to the Musai. Ships of the class are also capable of launching HLV craft, carried behind the ship between the engines. The cruising range of these ships can be further improved with the optional addition of two large propellant tanks behind the ship.

In combat, after fielding its mobile suits, the Musai would engage enemy ships with powerful double-barreled mega particle cannons that could penetrate the armor of any Earth Federation's warships. Other weapons of the ship include a pair of large missile launchers and 10 small missile launchers. Unfortunately, most of the original Musai-class ships had one major flaw: they lacked any type of anti-aircraft/anti-MS defense weapons. While a seemingly unimportant and ignorable issue at first due to their intended role as long ranged combat vessels and mobile suit carriers, this flaw would return to haunt Zeon in the latter half of the One Year War, when the Federation Forces began to deploy their own mobile suit

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