Changes: Lord British

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For the character, see Lord British (character).

Lord British is a recurring ship from the Gradius series. It made its debut in Salamander, where it is controlled by Player 2. Lord British has had other names such as Lord. B or Road British, the latter as a result of romanization. It has red streaks instead of blue ones as those from Vic Viper, and it's in the shape of a jet.

Arsenal

Since Lord British debuted on Salamander, all of the new weapons (including the Tailgun, despite not being in Salamander) in that game were instantly attributed to it (despite also being available to the Vic Viper at that time and with the weapon set being used by it in later games).

In Gradius Gaiden, where the Vic Viper was limited to the Standard Type 1 weapon set, it gained the Disruptor, its exclusive replacement for Vic Viper's Laser (the Ripple Laser is now the Double). The Disruptor is a unique red-orange laser in that it shoots out in a pulse-like manner and that each beam reaches the length of the screen, it's disadvantage is it's low rapid rating, enemies might be able to sneak up on Lord British when it has finished firing the Disruptor.

Weapon sets

Salamander

S = Speed Up

M = Missile

D = Ripple Laser

L = Laser

O = Multiple

? = Force Field

Life Force

S = Hyper Speed

M = Destruct Missile

D = Pulse Laser

L = Laser

O = Multiple

? = Shield

Gradius Gaiden

S = Speed Up

M = 2-Way Missile

D = Ripple Laser

L = Disruptor

O = Option

? = Force Field

Gallery

Trivia

When Disruptor is leveled up, it resembles Death MK II's Laser, but smaller, thinner and reddish.
The ship is named after the brave prince of Latis, who piloted the ship by himself and defeated the Salamander Army along with Vic Viper from planet Gradius. This wasn't changed in Salamander anime, while many background settings in the original video game got slightly changed in the anime trilogy.
The Lord British, and the other Gradius Gaiden ships have a kind of hyper-driver system than allows them to travel faster than light for escape of the Black Hole in the Stage 7.
A sentient version of the Lord British joined Takosuke's star team in Gokujō Parodius!.
The ship's name is a reference to the character Lord British from the Ultima series of western role playing games, who in turn is a reference to Richard Garriott, an influential programmer and designer for said series.

Salamander
Characters and ships	Vic Viper • Lord British (Lord British)• Saber Tiger and Thrasher (Iggy Rock and Zowie Scott) • Van Landroth Frehley • Lars XVIII • Super Cobra • Galaxy • Purple Emperor • Red Devil
Salamander stages	Bionic Germ • Meteorite Space • Burning Chaos • Volcano Area • Salamander Planetoid
Salamander (MSX) stages	Top Flight Speed to Latis • Conduct to Space Station Zot • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Eioneus • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Lavinia • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Kierke • Wrath of Venom • Crush Salamander
Life Force-only stages	Organic Speed Zone • Temple Zone
Salamander 2 stages	Sub-life Space • Prominence Fortress • Bio Hazard • Huge Battleship • Asteroid • Doom Fortress
Salamander bosses	Golem • Tetran • Intruder • Fortress Valis • Death • Big Core X3 • Jumping Moai • Zelos Force
Port exclusive bosses	Zylom • Gaw • Giga • Tutankhamon • Dead End • Enigma • True Venom • Metal Slave • Zelos Barrier
Salamander 2 bosses	Biter • Hydra • Abadon • Tenny Rop • Plate Core • Cerberus • Doom

Gradius Gaiden
Ships	Vic Viper • Lord British • Jade Knight • Falchion β
Stages	Beyond the White Storm • Requiem for Revengers • Into the Crystal Cage • Ruins of Silence • Organic Fortress • Green Inferno • On the Event Horizon • Formidable Guardians • Fate...
Bosses	Blizzard Crawler • Grave • Nobil • Shining Core • Moai Dimension • Mad Skin • Stinger Kid • Hunter Fang • Giga's Rose • Kraken • Laser Tetran • DeathDouble • Parasite Core • Triple Core • Deltatry • Juggler Core • Neo Big Core • Heaven's Gate • Boost Core • Gunner Wall • Heavy Ducker • Sol • O.V.U.M.

Solar Assault
Ships	Vic Viper • Lord British • Alpinia
Stages	The River Styx • Fierce Blaze • Curse • Abyssal Forest • Speed Demon • Solar Assault
Bosses	Big Core MK I • Intruder • Tutankhamon • Dinosaur • Big Core MK II • Crab

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-|affiliation=Latis
+|affiliation=[[Latis]]
+|games=
-|games=[[Salamander]]<br/>[[Gradius Gaiden]]<br/>[[Solar Assault]]
+''[[Salamander]]''<br />
+''[[Gradius Gaiden]]''<br />
+''[[Solar Assault]]''
 }}
+{{For|the character|Lord British (character)}}
+'''Lord British''' is a recurring ship from the ''[[Gradius (series)|Gradius]]'' series. It made its debut in ''[[Salamander]]'', where it is controlled by Player 2. Lord British has had other names such as '''Lord. B''' or '''Road British''', the latter as a result of romanization. It has red streaks instead of blue ones as those from [[Vic Viper]], and it's in the shape of a jet.
+==Arsenal==
-'''Lord British''' is a recurring ship from the [[Gradius (series)|Gradius series]]. It made it's debut in [[Salamander]], where it is controlled by Player 2. Lord British has had other names such as Lord. B or Road British, the latter as a result of romanization. It has red streaks intead of blue steaks and has a different shape than [[Vic Viper]]. It is in the shape of a Jet.
-== Arsenal ==
 [[File:Lord_british_ripple.gif|thumb|Ripple Laser]]Since Lord British debuted on ''Salamander'', all of the new weapons (including the Tailgun, despite not being in Salamander) in that game were instantly attributed to it (despite also being available to the Vic Viper at that time and with the weapon set being used by it in later games).
-In [[Gradius Gaiden]], where the Vic Viper was limited to the Standard Type 1 weapon set, it gained the Disruptor, its exclusive replacement for Vic Viper's Laser (the Ripple Laser is now the Double). The Disruptor is a unique red-orange laser in that it shoots out in a pulse-like manner and that each beam reaches the length of the screen, it's disadvantage is it's low rapid rating, enemies might be able to sneak up on Lord British when it has finished firing the Disruptor.
+In ''[[Gradius Gaiden]]'', where the Vic Viper was limited to the Standard Type 1 weapon set, it gained the Disruptor, its exclusive replacement for Vic Viper's Laser (the Ripple Laser is now the Double). The Disruptor is a unique red-orange laser in that it shoots out in a pulse-like manner and that each beam reaches the length of the screen, it's disadvantage is it's low rapid rating, enemies might be able to sneak up on Lord British when it has finished firing the Disruptor.
-== Weapon Sets ==
-=== Salamander ===
+==Weapon sets==
+===''[[Salamander]]''===
 [[Speed Types|S]] = Speed Up
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 [[Shield Types|?]] = Force Field
-=== Life Force ===
+===''[[Life Force]]''===
 [[Speed Types|S]] = Hyper Speed
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 [[Shield Types|?]] = Shield
-=== Gradius Gaiden ===
+===''[[Gradius Gaiden]]''===
 [[Speed Types|S]] = Speed Up
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 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 LordBritishLifeForce.jpg|Lord British in life Force
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 ==Trivia==
 *When Disruptor is leveled up, it resembles Death MK II's Laser, but smaller, thinner and reddish.
 *The ship is named after the brave [[Lord British (character)|prince of Latis]], who piloted the ship by himself and defeated the Salamander Army along with Vic Viper from planet Gradius. This wasn't changed in Salamander anime, while many background settings in the original video game got slightly changed in the anime trilogy.
 *The Lord British, and the other [[Gradius Gaiden]] ships have a kind of hyper-driver system than allows them to travel faster than light for escape of the Black Hole in the [[On the Event Horizon|Stage 7]].
 *A sentient version of the Lord British joined [[Takosuke]]'s star team in [[Gokujō Parodius!]].
-*The ship's name is a reference to the character Lord British, from the Ultima series of Western RPGs.
+*The ship's name is a reference to the character [[w:c:ultima:Lord British|Lord British]] from the ''[[w:c:ultima|Ultima]]'' series of western role playing games, who in turn is a reference to [[w:c:ultima:Richard Garriott|Richard Garriott]], an influential programmer and designer for said series.
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