The Queen Emeraldas

Japanese name:

クイーン・エメラルダス

An enormous, zeppelin-shaped battleship of which Emeraldas is the captain and sole occupant. None of the animated stories discuss its origins, but according to the Ring of the Nibelungen manga, it was an ancient ship found drifting free in space which was subsequently repaired by Tochiro. The red Jolly Roger she flies is alleged to be the white dress of the slain Maya, dyed with her blood. Let's face it; that's kind of creepy.

The original Queen Emeraldas design lacked the galleon-esque gondola and was black with white ribbing. (In the first Queen Emeraldas OVA, the ship briefly mimics this older design as it de-cloaks.) Also, where the older shows had the Queen Emeraldas only ever firing from the galleon section, the newer OVA series shows half the blimpish part opening up to display enough weapons to fill a tremendously oversized whale monster. The vessel is described as being 338 meters in length, another bit the animators gleefully ignored every time it shared screen space with the Arcadia.

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