Editing Robotech (section)

=Mechs=
As mentioned, Robotech is one of the oldest [[mecha]] series to make it to Western shores. If you swing over by the [[Battletech]] page, you'll discover that some of their earliest mechs were taken from Macross. See the "Unseen" for more on that. 

'''Veritechs:''' The most iconic human mecha, Veritechs are transforming mecha, able to switch from the form of a space-capable fighter jet to a humanoid fighting machine. They can also adopt an intermediate form, which basically adds the arms and legs to the jet, which is supposedly more maneuverable and quicker than the humanoid form, but has the advantage of letting the jet use arms, which is more useful than you might think. There are many different models and makes of Veritechs across the three Robotech Wars.

'''Destroids:''' A wide category of non-transforming humanoid mecha, mostly used as tank-equivalents, since they aren't as quick or mobile as Veritechs. They have a reputation as cannon fodder, since they featured most heavily in the First Robotech War, where land-based suits were hardly of much use in the vacuum of space.

'''Battloids:''' The Army of the Southern Cross prefers to use lighter non-transforming mecha to supplement their Veritech forces. Not as heavily armed or armored as the Destroids, but faster and more agile. 

'''Veritech Hover Tanks:''' A spin-off to the Veritech program, this time with a base form of an anti-gravity tank instead of a space jet.

'''Cyclone:''' Another Veritech spin-off, a motorcycle that can shift into a [[Power Armor|jet-propelled exoskeleton]] around its rider.

'''Battlepods:''' The Zentraedi's main mech is basically a glorified cockpit with armor and guns mounted on two spindly legs. They also wear a wide variety of [[Power Armor]], which practically counts as mechas since Zentraedi are about 20 feet tall.

'''Bioroids:''' Heavily armored flight-capable non-transforming humanoid mecha used by the Robotech Masters, whose partially psionic control-method makes them overlap with oversized [[Power Armor]].

'''Invid Mecha:''' The nameless array of flight-capable mecha used by the Invid in battle. Design aesthetics means these mechs have a strangely organic look, almost  like giant biomechanical insects or crabs rather than machines.