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 been back to enjoy the comforts of the Yukikaze and the surrounding landscape for a short time 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 It was again a while before they returned, but it seems their stay at the Yukikaze thereafter was a little longer than before. At least, Diver had the time to build or finish building traps and weaponry around and in the waterfall. By that time, Lio Convoy and Apache were inside the Yukikaze looking through worrying reports on Predacon activity until Tasmania Kid demanded attention for his newfound Copy Machine outside. He used it to copy Lio Convoy, but the resulting Copy Convoy attacked the Maximals. They had to retreat to the safety of the Yukikaze, where Lio Convoy had NAVI deploy a reconnaissance robot to find out what Copy Convoy was doing. Copy Convoy spotted the robot and, thinking quickly, used it to make it look like he was a Maximal at heart and that his earlier actions had been a mistake. It successfully lured the Maximals out of the Yukikaze and into the trap he'd laid. The Black Lio Convoy Not long after, the Maximals received a report that another unknown ship had entered Gaia's atmosphere and was set to land in the Sea Continent. As before, they took the tenders and flew out from the Yukikaze. The Space Pirate Seacons!

Some time after returning to the Yukikaze, the Lio Convoy Unit could welcome Lio Junior, Skywarp, and Santon to their ranks. The latter two gathered the Maximals in the Yukikaze's control to inform them of the steady approach of Nemesis. Megastorm Reborn

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. Even one of the Trainbots.
• 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.