Yukikaze (BW)

This article is about the starship from Beast Wars II. For the Autobot Trainbot from The Headmasters, see Yukikaze (Headmasters).

The Yukikaze is a Maximal starship from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Maximal design aesthetics are weird.

The Yukikaze (ユキカゼ) is the Maximal starship commanded by the Supreme Commander Lio Convoy. The Yukikaze's onboard computer is the sweet-natured NAVI. It is stranded on Gaea and is stationed at the fortified Niagara Base.

Although it cannot fly, the Yukikaze is equipped with several smaller, terrestrial shuttles to transport the Maximals across the planets. It is also equipped with an operational cloaking mechanism that projects a hologram around the perimeter of the ship, making it appear to be an unassuming rock formation.

Fiction

Beast Wars II cartoon

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Lio Convoy and his crew of Maximals used the Yukikaze to chase Galvatron and his Predacons on board the Galvaburg II across transwarp space to Gaea. However, shortly after reaching Gaea, the Yukikaze was damaged and rendered unable to achieve space flight. The Maximals made the stranded Yukikaze their base of operations on Gaea.

Notes

• The name "Yukikaze" literally translates to "snowy wind" in Japanese. It's commonly used in anime for everything from jets to spaceships to snow-cone makers.