Earth Federation Cosmo Navy

This article describes the space navy force of Earth and the solar system in Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and its sequels. For its counterpart in the original Space Battleship Yamato and its sequels, see Earth Defense Force (OS). For its counterpart in the live action film, see Earth Defense Force (live action film).

Emblem of the United Nations Cosmo Navy.

The UNCF Cosmo Navy, more commonly known as the United Nations Cosmo Navy (UNCN), is a division of the United Nations Cosmo Force, the space-based military of the Earth Federation. The Cosmo Navy has jurisdiction over all military spacecraft operations defending Earth and interests inside and outside Earth's solar system.

Organization

UNCN uniform patch.

The Cosmo Navy comprises part of the United Nations Cosmo Force (UNCF) along with the United Nations Cosmo Marines. Spaceship combat and transit across space fall within the purview of the UNCN. The separate nations of the Earth Federation maintain the space fleets that form the Cosmo Navy; Japan is a major contributor, with warships having been based at a spaceport near Mount Fuji. Prior to the start of the Garmillas-Earth War, the UNCF as a whole played a lesser role in the overall United Nations Joint Force. However, the ongoing siege of Earth obliterated the joint force's army, naval, and air capability. Combined with the interstellar nature of the enemy Great Garmillas Empire, the Cosmo Navy's role within the joint force structure rose to a position of highest importance ("Messenger of Iscandar", "A World I Once Saw", Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark).

History

UNCN ships participated in the Second Inner Planet War, one of the last space-based wars fought among humans. In 2191, the Lunar Inner Planet Fleet launched toward the outer solar system to intercept unidentified alien vessels that had been detected from Uranus. Under orders from Central Command on Earth, the Cosmo Navy ships opened fire on the Garmillas vessels without warning or provocation, triggering a long conflict that would drive humanity to the edge of extinction. Despite the technologically inferior Cosmo Navy's costly but successful efforts at the Second Battle of Mars, the enemy continued to bombard Earth, slowly destroying the planet's ecosystem and draining resources available for fighting ("Messenger of Iscandar", "A World I Once Saw").

Earth's last hope for survival came in the form of a larger and more powerful vessel than any ever launched by the UNCN, the space battleship Yamato. However, that hope would come only after one last catastrophic battle against the Garmillas. Intended to serve as a diversionary tactic, Operation M would result in the destruction of nearly the entire surviving UNCN fleet except for the flagship of the First Fleet, Kirishima. The flagship returned home and saw Yamato off on its long interstellar voyage of salvation ("Messenger of Iscandar", "Toward a Sea of Stars").

By 2202, the recovered Earth had already rebuilt and vastly improved upon its decimated space fleets. It first mass-produced and updated its older cruiser, destroyer, and battleship designs with wave motion engines, warp capability, and other modernized systems. A new generation of vessels equipped with wave motion guns quickly followed; these battleships, carriers, and dreadnoughts advanced many features that had been introduced on Yamato's voyage three years earlier ("The Year is 2202--Raise the Space Battleship Yamato", "Impact--Legacy of the Cosmo Reverser").

Personnel

See Category: UNCN Personnel for a more comprehensive list of United Nations Cosmo Navy members. The senior leadership of the UNCN includes:

• Admiral Juzo Okita, UNCN fleet commander; commanding officer of Yamato in 2199 (deceased)
• Admiral Ryu Hijikata, commander of Earth Homeland Defense Corps; UNCN fleet commander succeeding Okita.
• Far East District Chief Administrator Heikuro Todo, civilian project chief of the Yamato Plan

Vehicles

Battleships and Carriers

Ships of the UNCN First Fleet approach Pluto in 2199.

Andromeda-class ships over Jupiter in 2202.

• Yamato BBY-01
• Andromeda-class ship (battleship and carrier variants)
• Dreadnought-class battleship
• Kongo-class battleship

Cruisers

• Murasame-class cruiser

Destroyers

• Isokaze-class destroyer

Fighters

• Type-0 Model 52 Spaceship-based Fighter (Cosmo Zero)
• Type-99 Space Assault Combat Fighter (Cosmo Falcon/Hayabusa)
• Prototype Tactical Combat Assault Fighter Cosmo Tiger I
• Type 1 Space Attack Fighter Cosmo Tiger II

Non-Combat Vehicles

• SC97 Cosmo Seagull
• Type-100 Space Reconnaissance Plane
• Ki-8 Prototype Air Boat
• SSR-91 Cosmo Baron

Uniforms and Protective Gear

See Yamato (2199) for information on Yamato-specific uniforms and gear.

Lower-level officers, duty uniforms. While on shipboard duty, the executive officer continues to wear the uniform scarf. Note the ship's name (Yukikaze) on the caps. Rank is identified on shoulder boards.

Male and female officers. Women's uniforms are identical to those of men's, unlike other branches of the overall UN Cosmo Force.

Standard issue helmet.

With an airtight flight helmet, collar, and gloves and boots, the standard uniform can provide limited protection against environmental dangers.

Cosmo Navy fighter pilots with bomber jackets.

Bomber jacket worn as part of flight suit.

Command officer (left) and flag officer uniforms. The collars of command officer jackets vary in color; flag officer collars are always red. Like lower-level officers, ship assignment or general UNCN staff assignment is noted on a patch on the left uniform sleeve.

Combat and operations spacesuit.

Hazardous materials suit.

Extravehicular activity suit for maintenance.

Japanese language information

国連宇宙海軍 Kokuren uchū kaigun