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Destroid Defender EX

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Model number: N/A
Code name: Destroid Defender EX
Unit type: mass production anti-aircraft destroid
Manufacturer: unknown
Operator: U.N. Spacy
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: unknown
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: large sensor, mounted on top of main body, range unknown; rollers, mounted on feet
Fixed armaments: 2 x 2-barrel railgun, mounted as arms; 2 x 3-tube rocket launcher, mounted on left side of torso; 2-barrel cannon, mounted on right side of torso
Optional hand armaments: none

The Destroid Defender EX was a successor to the ADR-04-Mk.X Destroid Defender used by U.N. Spacy during Space War I. Compared to the original, the Defender EX featured roller wheels in its feet for improved mobility. A sensor radome was mounted above its cockpit. The Defender EX’s armaments included a pair of 2-barrel railguns mounted as arms, as well a 2-barrel cannon and 3-tube rocket launcher mounted on its torso. The Defender EX was deployed on Earth to defend U.N. Spacy headquarters during the Mardook War in 2092.

First appearance: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers Again
Original mechanical designer: Hitoshi Fukuchi

defenderex-rear

Rear view

Macross II Info

Director(s):
Kenichi Yatagai
Ken’ichi Yatsuya

Writer(s):
Sukehiro Tomita
Manabu Nakamura
Eitakeshi Arii

Mechanical Designer(s):
Koichi Ohata
Hitoshi Fukuchi
Kazumi Fujita
Junichi Akutsu
Atsushi Okuda

Character Designer:
Haruhiko Mikimoto

Musical Composer:
Shiro Sagisu

Format:
6 episodes

Video Release:
Japan 05.21.1992 – 11.21.1992
U.S. 10.28.1992 – 02.10.1993

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