Yukikaze (BW)

This article is about the starship from Beast Wars II. For the Autobot Trainbot from The Headmasters, see Yukikaze (G1).

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

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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.

The Yukikaze is equipped with two tenders to transport the Maximals from and to the ship. It is also equipped with a medical room (メディカルルーム) and an operational cloaking mechanism that projects a hologram around the perimeter of the ship, making it appear to be an unassuming rock formation.

Fiction

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Some time after Convoy went missing, Maximal HQ sent the Convoy Unit stationed at the Maximal Space Station to Gaia to investigate an energy anomaly. They made the journey to the planet by means of the Yukikaze, but on approach the Predacons already active on Gaia fired at them. The Yukikaze could not withstand the barrage and to save themselves the five Maximals entered the lifeboats. They each reached the planet safely The New Forces Arrive! and Lio Convoy, who'd earlier gotten stranded on Gaia himself, found the Yukikaze near a waterfall in the North Continent. Although it was no longer flight capable after crashing, it was still whole and NAVI and all of its other functions remained in working condition. Lio Convoy tracked down the rest of his team and brought them back to the Yukikaze, which they turned into their base of operations for the time being. White Lion, Run!

With the Yukikaze's tech, the Maximals kept track of the Predacons, but on occasion the system faltered and they had to go on reconnaissance missions. Bighorn's Rage One such mission saw Tasmania Kid get cocky and attempt improvisational sabotage on a Predacon base. To his colleagues at the Yukikaze, he only reported he was working on a surprise and cut the transmission before they could talk him out of it. The Lake Trap Frustrated with the Maximals' interference in their theft of Angolmois Energy, the Predacons decided to strike at multiple places at once. The Maximals couldn't keep up and had to return to the Yukikaze to heal and refuel. They were soon ready to head out for Round 2, which they won. Galvatron Revived

After the Maximal victories in the North Continent, the Predacons moved to the South Continent by means of the Galvaburg II. Because the Yukikaze itself had been rendered immobile, the Lio Convoy Unit instead relied on the two tenders stored within the Yukikaze to get them to the other continent, where they stayed for a long time. In fact, they'd only just returned to enjoy the comforts of the Yukikaze and the surrounding landscape when the crash-landing of another spaceship necessitated them to man the tenders once more and head to the East Continent. The Combined Giant, Tripledacus

Notes

• The name "Yukikaze" (written in kanji as 雪風) literally translates to "snowy wind" in Japanese. It's commonly used in anime for everything from jets to spaceships to snow-cone makers.
• The Yukikaze is designed after the Anomalocaris and in its stationary mode with top of the bow drawn back it's supposed to resemble an ammonite as per the model sheets.