ADR-03-Mk III Destroid Cheyenne
From Macross Compendium
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. The Cheyenne was highly reliable and cheap to mass-produce with existing technology.
The design updated by 2059 was in service in Macross Frontier Colonization Fleet as the Cheyenne II.
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.
Engine
- Gas-Turbine engine
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.
