ARMD
A fictional [[spacecraft]] from the [[MACROSS]] science fiction series.

The [b]ARMD Class Space Carrier[/b] (ARMD being an acronym for [b]A[/b]rmaments [b]R[/b]igged-up [b]M[/b]oving [b]D[/b]eck) is a human built warship designed as [[space]] carrier for [[variable fighter]]s and other [[U.N. Spacy]] [[mecha]].

Built by OTEC Company, the ARMD carriers featured OverTechnology with gravity control systems, a reaction heat pile system and even a fold drive (though this hyperspace navigation system was never implemented in actual combat). At 0.4 km in length, the ARMD carriers were much smaller than the large [[SDF-1]] "Macross" and both ARMD-01 and ARMD-02 were originally meant to dock with the larger craft when the ship achieved orbit during its maiden voyage.

As a carrier vessel, the ARMDs held numerous ships and mecha. ARMD-01 held 78 SF-A3 Lancer II space fighters and 270 [[QF-3000E]] [[Ghost drone]] fighters (as well as an unknown number of [[VF-1]] variable fighters) just prior to [[Choujikuu Yousai Macross|Space War I]] (the events of [i]Super Dimension Fortress Macross[/i]). 

In addition to several hundred fighters, the ARMD carrier was armed with many weapons including beam cannons, small anti-aircraft cannons and [[missile]] launchers as well as several anti-ship medium sized and large missiles with multiple [[nuclear weapon|reaction warheads]]. 

The ARMD possessed many large [[vernier thrusters]] nozzles positioned all over the craft. These powerful [[thrusters]] granted the ARMD excellent maneuverability in space and also proved very useful for combat engagement and evasion.

In [[real life]] this ship was designed by [[Miyatake Kazutaka]] in the early [[1980s_(style)|80s]] for the first Macross TV series. The ship was renamed the [b]Armor Class Space Carrier[/b] in the [[Robotech]] adaptation from 1985.

h4. See also

* [[Guantanamo Class Stealth Carrier]]
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