Developed after the establishment of the Earth Sphere Federation, this large transport boasts an exceedingly high mobile suit carrying capacity. Designed by ESF engineers (previously from the Union), it is the largest space mobile suit carrier ever built. The class was designed with strong aesthetics after the Virginia-class. Although similar in purpose and design, there are notable differences. The Virginia-class's components was a series of modules collected together to be a space-worthy vessel. ESF engineers used the same engineering methods to create the Ural-class. To save time and resources for mass-production, various systems and components for the Virginia-class was recycled onto the Ural-class, with new system configurations and enhancements.