The Kamidake
The Kamidake refers to two spaceships commanded by Seina Yamada in Tenchi Muyo! GXP. This article for the first to go by the name.
- See Here for the longer serving ship that goes by the name: Kamidake II
Service
The original Kamidake was built by the Galaxy Police as a prototype battleship and presumably the first ship of GP's new decoy fleet. It was meant to take advantage of Seina's bad luck, which constantly led him to encounter pirates. Seina's crew consisted of Amane Kaunaq and Kiriko Masaki as his first officers, as well as Alan, Barry, and Cohen.
The ship was designed by Tenchi Masaki's sister Tennyo, and its main computer was designed to mimic that of a Royal Tree. Being the prototype premiere battleship of the Juraian fleet, it took longer then expected to complete. Airi, Erma, and Tennyo, completed the final tests to make sure it was ready for Seina. It possessed time acceleration technology, allowing people to experience days or weeks of time with only hours or days passing in the rest of the ship. Although it could be run by a handful of people, it had a capacity of 50.
Upon it's deployment, the Kamidake proved to be extremely effective at luring in and capturing pirates, but when Seina and his crew were tasked with delivery a black box to Lady Seto on the planet Jurai, they came under constant attacks by pirates and were hampered when the ship was covered in a special chemical paint that rendered hyperspace traveling inoperable. By the time the Kamidake reached Jurai, it had become severely damaged to the point of having to be decommissioned. Seina takes a moment to personally thank the ship for all the hard work it did, but he then meets Neju Na Melmas who claims that the ship had told him "you're welcome!" in return.