Destroid Cheyenne

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Destroid Cheyenne Anti-Air Interception Robot

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Program

  • EQUIPMENT TYPE: ADRs
  • GOVERNMENT: UNITED NATIONS
  • Status: In production for UN

Development

Variants include an anti-air missile Destroid type with two large missile pods similar to the SDR-04-Mk XII Destroid Phalanx.

Description

The Destroid Cheyenne is a carrier-borne robot for anti-air interception. Mass produced and deployed aboard the CVN-99 Asuka II in 2008. Wheels on each leg's knee and ankle for high-speed maneuvering. Radar dome on right shoulder section. Head unit pops up for rotating. Cupola with hatch and heat sink in rear main body.

Armament

  • (anti-personnel) MG
  • (grappling) 2 x hand (identical to VF-0's)
  • (main) 2 x large 6-barreled anti-air gatling gun with drum magazine

or

  • (rocket) 2 x 6-tube rocket launcher, capable of launching conventional rockets, signal and light flares

Appearances

  • Debut: Macross Zero Vol. 2

Background

  • Designer: Junya Ishigaki
  • Name inspiration: Cheyenne North American native tribe

The Destroid Cheyenne is the first Destroid not originally designed by Studio Nue to be in an anime project created by Studio Nue.

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