Artistic Forces/Matsuno Battleship

"Matsuno Battleship has arrived!"

- Matsuno Battleship

The Matsuno Battleship is a super-heavy naval ship of the Josei Guntai, and the crown jewel of their naval branch known as the Josei Kugun. She is set to be voiced by Natalie Van Sistine.

Background
Named after the deceased Japanese idol and decorated with factional motifs, the Matsuno-class battleships are the flagships of the Josei Kugun, the naval branch of the Josei Guntai, and the most potential warships ever to steadily set sail to the seas everywhere. Fully armed with four-barreled cruise missiles, torpedo launchers, GPS directed/guided 18,1 inch naval cannons, and four single-barreled anti-aircraft guns, she is heavily capable of annihilating enemies from great distances with salvo attacks.

Appearance
The Matsuno Battleship is entirely based on the JMSDF incarnation of the Japanese battleship Musashi, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, and her hull is based off the experimental ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Strategy
TBA

Trained

 * "Matsuno Battleship has arrived!"
 * "Matsuno Battleship, ready for naval combat!"
 * "Behold! The Matsuno Battleship!"

Selected

 * "Matsuno Battleship standing by."
 * "Battleship ready."
 * "Reporting in."
 * "Awaiting instructions."
 * 「何だよ？」
 * "Matsuno Battleship reporting."
 * "Your command, senpai?"
 * "Preparation is important."
 * "Matsuno Battleship."
 * "Waiting for orders."
 * "Our destiny awaits."
 * "Matsuno Battleship here."

Moving

 * "Agreed."
 * 「確かに. 」
 * "Underwater props engaged."
 * "Setting a wise course."
 * "Main engines engaged."
 * "Maneuvering, senpai."
 * "As we have planned."
 * "On to the seas!"
 * "Setting forth!"
 * "Proceeding to a new area."
 * "Commencing."
 * 「認められた. 」

Attacking

 * "Engaging the enemy!"
 * "Naval weapons ready."
 * "Target acquired."
 * "Readying weapons!"
 * "Fire at will!"
 * 「撃てー！」
 * "Commence fire!"
 * "Open fire!"
 * "They shall be perished!"
 * "There is no escape!"
 * 「そこちゃ！今だよ！」
 * "Time for the attack!"
 * 「攻撃だよ！」
 * "Onward to victory!"

Move to attack

 * "Getting the weapons ready!"
 * "It is time!"
 * "Prepare for the attack!"
 * "Get the naval assault ready!"
 * "Move in and open fire!"
 * "Maneuver and attack!"
 * 「行きます…」
 * "Just getting close enough."
 * "Moving away!"
 * "Going straightforward to commence fire."

Retreating

 * "Let's head back to the base immediately!"
 * "Let's bring her out from here!"
 * "急げ！ Get to the repair station!"
 * "Let's leave them!"
 * "This is very judicious!"
 * "We must fallback to the safety seas!"

Unit under attack

 * "We are in peril!"
 * "We have met the enemy!"
 * "We are about to be sunk!"

In combat

 * "Hitting the target!"
 * "Fear not! Keep fighting!"
 * "Destroying the enemy!"
 * "This will be your last moments!"
 * "Victory is in our hands!"
 * "Avenge the death of Matsuno-sama!"
 * "We will not give up in this fight!"
 * "Victory will be ours!"

Under fire

 * "This is getting distracted!"
 * "They are distracting us!"
 * "She's about to be sunk down!"
 * "This fight won't be last forever!"
 * "Don't give up with enemy attacks!"
 * "She's being hit!"
 * "Leave her alone!"

Kill

 * "Target down!"
 * "The enemy has been destroyed!"
 * "How is this?"
 * 「捕まえた！」
 * "Enemy taken down!"
 * "There you go!"
 * "Enemy eliminated!"

Repaired

 * 「ありがとう…」
 * "Done and done."
 * "Guess we go back."

Using Bombardment

 * "Commencing naval bombardment!"
 * "Bombarding target acquired!"
 * "Bombardment confirmed!"

Repeatedly selected

 * "Matsuno-sama be praised!"
 * "Our fleet will avenge Matsuno-sama!"
 * "This warship strikes as Yamato!"
 * "My patience is limitless...(quietly) release the cruise missiles!"

Trivia

 * The Matsuno Battleship is named in memoriam to Rina Matsuno, a Japanese singer, model, actress and talent who was a member of the girl idol group called Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku. Sadly though, she was suffered from "lethal arrhythmia", reported by Sankei Sports on 10 February 2017, as the cause of her death according to her agency known as Stardust Promotion, and died on 8 February 2017 at the age of 18.
 * The Matsuno Battleship is one of the few units that are named after deceased celebrities, the other ones are the Toon Federation's Gottfried Battleship (named after Gilbert Gottfried) and West Aircraft Carrier (named after Adam West), the FAF's Ermey Battle Tank (named after R. Lee Ermey), and the GIA's Kametz Assault Walker (named after Billy Kametz) and Nimoy Science Vessel (named after Leonard Nimoy).
 * 2017 was the same year where both Rina Matsuno and later Adam West have died due to their lethal illnesses (arrhythmia and leukemia, respectively).