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4 x 40cm cannons is a lot of firepower in such a "small" package. Plus its other weapons. I wonder why they thought of that originally back before the First Space War.
The transformation conversion of the older mech makes sense when one considers that the original design functioned well for its purpose, but lacked mobility within a space bound fleet enviroment, or anywhere else were it would have to go very far away from its carrier vessel.
The carrier seems to be the main fleet ship type in Macross. Carriers of various sizes and styles seem to defend each larger habitat vessel in Macross 7. Only one of these vessels can transform that we know of, the New Macross-class. This would mean that the Macross is a final line of defense, or the fleet's only planet landing capable warship.
So what does the rest of the escorting warships do once a colony is founded? Set up a few orbital docking platforms and provide a mobile defense?
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