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For the character, see Lord British (character).

Lord British (ロードブリティッシュ, Rōdo Buritisshu^?) is a recurring spacecraft 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 in 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 Vic Viper at that time and with the weapon set being used by it in later games).

In Gradius Gaiden, where 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. Its main disadvantage is it's low rapid rating, as enemies may 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 the Salamander anime, whereas many other background settings in the original video game got slightly changed in the anime trilogy.
Lord British and the other Gradius Gaiden's ships have a kind of hyper-driver system than allows them to travel faster than light to escape the black hole in Stage 7.
A sentient version of 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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+{{Infobox Fighter
-[[File:LB_SolarAssault.png|frame|As seen in the Solar Assault flyer]]{{Infobox_Character|Character Name = Lord British|Species = Starfighter|Appears = [[Salamander]], [[Gradius II]], [[Gradius III]], [[Gradius Gaiden]], [[Gradius IV]], [[Gradius Galaxies]], [[Gradius V]]}}[[File:LordBritishLogo.png|thumb|left|Lord British logo, from Solar Assault]]
+|name           = [[File:LordBritishLogo.png|35px]] Lord British [[File:LordBritishLogo.png|35px]]
-Lord British made his debut in [[Salamander]]. He is controlled by Player 2. It is the second ship in the [[Gradius Series|Gradius series]] which is controlled by the Player. British has other names which are Lord. B or Road British, the latter as a result of romanization. He has red streaks intead of blue steaks and has a different shape than [[Vic Viper]]. He is in the shape of a Jet.
+|image          = LordBritishCard.png
+|caption        = Lord British's artwork from Yu-Gi-Oh!
+|full_name      =
+|japanese_name  = ロードブリティッシュ<br />''Rōdo Buritisshu''
+|alternate_name = Lord. B, Road British
+|affiliation    = [[Latis]]
+|pilot          =
+|appearances    =
+''[[Salamander]]''<br />
+''[[Gradius Gaiden]]''<br />
+''[[Solar Assault]]''<br />
+''[[Gradius: The Slot]]''
+}}
+{{For|the character|Lord British (character)}}
+{{Nihongo|'''Lord British'''|ロードブリティッシュ|Rōdo Buritisshu}} is a recurring [[:category:Fighters|spacecraft]] 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==
+Since Lord British debuted in ''[[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 [[Vic Viper]] at that time and with the weapon set being used by it in later games).
+[[File:Lord_british_ripple.gif|thumb|left|<p style="text-align: center;">Ripple Laser</p>]]
-== 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, his 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 fire rate, enemies might be able to sneak up on British when he has finished firing the Disruptor.
+In ''[[Gradius Gaiden]]'', where 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. Its main disadvantage is it's low rapid rating, as enemies may be able to sneak up on Lord British when it has finished firing the Disruptor.
+{{clr}}
+==Weapon sets==
+===''[[Salamander]]''===
+*[[Speed Up|S]] = Speed Up
+*[[Missile|M]] = Missile
+*[[Double|D]] = Ripple Laser
+*[[Laser|L]] = Laser
+*[[Option|O]] = Multiple
+*[[Shield|?]] = Force Field
+===''[[Life Force]]''===
-[[File:LordBritishCard.png|thumb|147px|Artwork from Yu-Gi-Oh card.]]
+*[[Speed Up|S]] = Hyper Speed
+*[[Missile|M]] = Destruct Missile
+*[[Double|D]] = Pulse Laser
+*[[Laser|L]] = Laser
+*[[Option|O]] = Multiple
+*[[Shield|?]] = Shield
+===''[[Gradius Gaiden]]''===
-== Weapon Sets ==
+*[[Speed Up|S]] = Speed Up
-=== Salamander ===
+*[[Missile|M]] = 2-Way Missile
+*[[Double|D]] = Ripple Laser
+*[[Laser|L]] = Disruptor
+*[[Option|O]] = Option
+*[[Shield|?]] = Force Field
+==Gallery==
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Speed-Up
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
+LordBritishLifeForce.jpg|Lord British in ''[[Life Force]]''
-[[Missile Types|M]] = Missile
+LB_SolarAssault.png|As seen in the ''[[Solar Assault]]'' flyer
+LordBritishCard.png|Lord British's artwork from its ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' [[w:c:yugioh:Lord British Space Fighter|card]]
-[[Double Types|D]] = Ripple Laser
+</gallery>
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Laser
-[[Option Types|O]] = Multiple
-[[Shield Types|?]] = Force Field
-=== Life Force ===
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Hyper Speed
-[[Missile Types|M]] = Destruct Missile
-[[Double Types|D]] = Pulse Laser
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Laser
-[[Option Types|O]] = Multiple
-[[Shield Types|?]] = Shield
-=== Gradius III ===
-S = Speed-Up
-M = 2-Way Missile
-D = Tailgun
-L = Ripple Laser
-O = Option
-=== Gradius Gaiden ===
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Speed-Up
-[[Missile Types|M]] = 2-Way Missile
-[[Double Types|D]] = Ripple Laser
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Disruptor
-[[Option Types|O]] = Option
-=== Gokujo Parodius ===
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Speed Up
-[[Missile Types|M]] = Missile
-[[Double Types|D]] = Double
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Laser
-[[Option Types|O]] = Option
-[[Shield Types|?]] = Shield
-=== Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius ===
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Speed Up
-[[Missile Types|M]] = Twin Hawk Wind
-[[Double Types|D]] = Ripple Laser
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Laser
-[[Option Types|O]] = Option
-[[Shield Types|?]] = Multi Shield
-=== Sexy Parodius ===
-[[Speed Types|S]] = Speed Up
-[[Missile Types|M]] = Missile
-[[Double Types|D]] = Double
-[[Laser Types|L]] = Laser
-[[Option Types|O]] = Option
-[[Shield Types|?]] = Shield
 ==Trivia==
-*[[File:Lord_British_Baby.png|thumb|144px|Super deformed chubby version from Gokujo Parodius]]When Disruptor is leveled up, it resembles Death MK II's Laser, but smaller, thinner and reddish.
+*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 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 ship is named after the brave [[Lord British (character)|prince of Latis]], who piloted the ship by himself and defeated the [[Salamander Force|Salamander Army]] along with Vic Viper from planet [[Gradius (planet)|Gradius]]. This wasn't changed in the ''[[Salamander (OVA)|Salamander]]'' anime, whereas many other 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 [[Gradius Gaiden Stage 7|Stage 7]].
+*Lord British and the other ''[[Gradius Gaiden]]'''s ships have a kind of hyper-driver system than allows them to travel faster than light to escape the black hole in [[On the Event Horizon|Stage 7]].
-*A sentient version of the Lord British joined [[Takosuke]]'s star team in [[Gokujō Parodius!]].
+*A sentient version of Lord British joined [[Takosuke]]'s star team in ''[[Gokujō Parodius! ~Kako no Eikō o Motomete~|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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