Armor class

Armor
Affiliation	Robotech Defense Force
Type	Carrier
Dimensions
Length	430 meters
Beam	172 meters
Draft	48 meters
Specifications
Armaments	5 x main Particle Cannons 6 x triple-barreled Beam cannons 2 x Torpedo Launchers 6 x ten-tube Missile launchers 48 x single barrel beam cannons
Mecha	~270 QF-3000E Ghost drone fighters ~100 SF-2 Hunter/ SF-3 Lancer space fighters ~ 12 VF-1 Valkyrie fighters ~ 10 AEW aircraft, Space shuttles, and other small auxiliaries
Crew	1,500 crewmen, 600 pilots and air group personnel

The Armor class was a type of carrier fielded by the Robotech Defense Force and was one of the first human created Starships.

Operational History

The Armor class was developed after the Global War had ended, but before Robotechnology was fully understood by Humanity and lacked some of the advances made through the study of the SDF-1. The first, Armor-1, upon completion, was stolen by Anti-Unification League agents, though it was recovered soon. In total, ten Armor carriers were built by the time of the First Robotech War, but at least three were easily destroyed in the first battle against the Zentraedi, proving than they were no match for their space forces. There are no references of any Armor ship surviving the war.

Some accounts state that the SDF-2's "arms" were made up of two Armor carriers, which were destroyed along with the SDF-2 (Robotech: The Macross Saga Comic #36: To the Stars)

They were also part of the Earth defense fleet in another Protoverse. ("Robotech: Remix")

Armor Carriers

• Armor-1
• Armor-2
• Armor-3
• Armor-9
• Armor-10

Armor-2 being hit

Armor-1 being hit

Armor 01 close up

Armor-9 and its destruction

Appearances

• Robotech: The Macross Saga
  • "Boobytrap"
  • "Countdown"
  • "Space Fold"
  • "Force of Arms"
• Robotech (2017 comic series)
• Robotech: Remix

Secondary continuity

• Robotech: Battlecry
• Robotech: Return To Macross
  • Robotech: Return to Macross 13: High Strangeness
  • Robotech: Return to Macross 36: High Combat
  • Robotech: Return to Macross 37: Never Can Say Goodbye
• Robotech 3D 1: Booby Trap!
• Robotech: Booby Trap
• Robotech: The Macross Saga (comic series)
• Robotech: The Macross Saga: Battlecry
• Robotech: Wings of Gibraltar

Tertiary sources

•  Armor-class on the Infopedia on Robotech.com
•  Armor Class Carrier on the Roboverse Infopedia on Robotech.com
• Robotech Sourcebook
• Robotech Visual Archive: The Macross Saga
• Robotech: A Macross Saga Role Playing Game
• Robotech: The Macross Saga The Roleplaying Game

For the Macross equivalent, visit ARMD-class.