This article is about the Kukulcan-class Assault Destroyer from Star Blazers: Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and its sequels. For its counterpart in Space Battleship Yamato 2 and Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato, see Destroyer (Comet Empire).
The Kukulcan-class Assault Destroyer, also known as Kukulcan Class Space Destroyer,[6] was a warship model in service of the Gatlantis Empire. It was a small and very common warship most often used in frontline battle.
Armament and Technical Specifications[]
The Kukulcan was a small destroyer which focused on high mobility. It was armed with an arsenal of 5 main Rapid-fire Turrets, 3 secondary turrets and at least 10 anti-air guns, its weapons had vastly improved accuracy due to scattering the energy during firing and are capable of dishing a immense amount of damage in a short time due to this.[7][8]
The Kukulcan-class destroyers were some of the fastest ships used by the Gatlantis Empire. They were typically used for hit and run attacks, and rarely went head-to-head with enemy warships due to being very fragile. This led them to being produced in countless numbers, serving in almost every battle and confrontation the Gatlantis Empire took part in as they made excellent escort vessels for larger ships in their navy.[9][10][11][12]
The Kukulcan class had a curved hull shape, very similar to the Lascaux class. Its long and slender upper hull is seated on a flat lower hull, and both are equipped with a propulsion engine with a different nozzle shape. In an emergency, the upper and lower hulls can be separated.[13] The bridge is also located at the rear of the upper hull.[14]
History[]

A Kukulcan during the Battle of the Small Magellanic Cloud Outskirts

A Kukulcan during the Battle of Kappadokia
In early 2199, the Garmillas General Elk Domel squared off against a gatlantean fleet that included various Kukulcan-classes during the Battle of the Small Magellanic Cloud Outskirts.[15] Months later, at least twenty Kukulcan-class Destroyers were part of the Gutaba Expedition Group escorting Goran "Thunder" Dagam's flagship the Megaruda, during the Hunt for the World of World of Tranquillity. At the Battle of Kappadokia, several of these Kukulcan-class Assault Destroyers tried to attack the Earthling battleship Yamato, but three of them were easily destroyed while the remaining destroyers were attacked by an autochthonous jellyfish-like species, which had reawakened from their dormant state and had begun attacking both sides. The remaining Kukulcan-class Assault Destroyers, along with the rest of the Gutaba Expedition Group, were later destroyed by the combined forces of the Yamato and a Gamilias fleet during a decisive battle at Shambleau.[16]
Many Kukulcan-class Assault Destroyers participated in the Gatlantis Campaign fought by Gatlantis against the forces of both the UN Cosmo Navy and the Garmillas Empire. They were all presumably destroyed when Emperor Zworder activated Golem and killed all Gatlanteans during the Golem Assault Battle.[17][18][19][20]
Trivia[]
- The Kukulcan class shares its name with the feathered serpent deity of Mayan mythology, the Kukulkan, the cultural ancestor to the much more well-known Aztec deity Quetzalcōātl.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 yamato 2202 mecha data
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Odyssey of the Celestial ark mecha data
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark"
- ↑ "Farewell, Space Battleship Yamato"
- ↑ The Era of Space Battleship Yamato: Choice of 2202
- ↑ Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love ship size comparison chart
- ↑ Odyssey of the Celestial ark mecha data
- ↑ Yamato 2202 Mecha data
- ↑ Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
- ↑ A World I Once Saw
- ↑ Battle to the Death – The 11th Planet Rescue Operation
- ↑ Escape from the Nightmare!
- ↑ "Battle to the Death – The 11th Planet Rescue Operation"
- ↑ Gatlantis Mecha from Hachette Collections Japan magazine
- ↑ A World I Once Saw
- ↑ Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
- ↑ AD 2202 - Revive, Space Battleship Yamato
- ↑ Battle to the Death – The 11th Planet Rescue Operation
- ↑ Escape from the Nightmare!
- ↑ Yamato, Attack the Comet Empire!