Thread:CaptainMcToasty/@comment-24828824-20140908203055

Well, I've provided the pictures, now I believe a detailed explination of the craft is in order. For now i excluded any positron blasters or other super weapons but if it should get one it will be deployed from the nose. Beyond that i've kept Gundam wing and early Gundam Seed tech in mind when designing the loadout:

The Trident Class is a multi-purpose carrier of the Unified World Government Airfleet.

Although the Trident had been well into production before the introduction of Mobile suits it was quickly modified to accommodate the new machines in its arsenal and has since proven to be a versatile warship.

Being designed as a flexible frontline warship, capable of serving as a frontline base. It is equipped with a wide array of weapons and capable of fielding several Mobile Suits and fighter/attacker aircraft to claim a foothold in enemy territory as the vanguard of an invasion or as a focal point of resistance to insurrections.

The forward section of the Trident contains mostly the eight turrets for broadside bombardment and the secondary hangar and deployment bays. Mobile suits are stored lying down and can be lowered down through the bay doors for deployment close to the ground or for an unassisted launch (dropped from the bay) or they can be moved through the central hall to the primary hangar to allow access to the launch bays.

Protected between the shields is the main section of the ship containing the bridge tower, crew quarters, the reactor, the launch bays and the primary hangar. two of the launch bays are located in the port and starboard ‘wings’ right next to the shields and allow for safe launching with a magnetic catapult and short runway. The dorsal launch bay is located below the bridge tower and is smaller and intended for mobile-armors or fighters (a remnant of the pre-mobile suit design that could not be altered) the dorsal bay has a longer runway with integrated extra elevators to quickly deploy or retrieve aircraft. Returning units generally land on the dorsal strip but a mobile suit can easily land vertically on the short runways of the two primary launch decks. Under the port and starboard launch bays are the drone rails which deploy the light observation drones which supply additional targeting data to the broadside cannons and Mobile weapons.

The ship is armed with three heavy dual linear cannons (mounted on the sides and the bottom of the forward section) eight broadside dual linear gun turrets installed along the sides of the forward section in the distinct gun grooves above the forward hangar, fourteen CIWS pods mounted on multiple points of the hull and shields and missile banks, three capable of launching six medium anti-ship missiles each located on both of the ship’s shields and one behind the bridge tower and one missile bank armed with twelve interceptor missiles also located on the stern. A recent addition to the arsenal are the experimental heavy energy cannons, installed above the port and starboard launch bays. Normally hidden in the structure of the launch bay these turrets can deploy and be raised above the cover of the port and starboard shields to bombard enemy strongholds or ships with powerful energy blasts. The linear cannons and missile launchers can use a variety of munitions ranging from high explosives to thermo-baric fuel-air weapons.

The frontal design of the Trident is said to be inspired by iconic shape of war zeppelins to inspire fear when it would enter the battlefield. The philosophy of exessive firepower behind the Trident and its history in quelling rebellions has made it the prime example for those opposed to the UWG's course of militarization the past few years.

(as a side note i have thought of the name General Norema for the ship, but if you have better ideas for the name of the ship let me know.)  