General and Technical Data Model number: N/ACode name: TransporterUnit type: maneuver slave transport truckManufacturer: Megazone 23 MilitaryOperator: Megazone 23 MilitaryFirst deployment: unknownAccommodation: driver only, in cab in forward sectionDimensions: unknownPropulsion: unknownEquipment and design features: unknownFixed armaments: none Technical and Historical Notes The Transporter was a compact truck used by Megazone 23’s military. Its main function was to transport the transformation parts that combined with a motorcycle to form the Hargan maneuver slave. Following the theft of the prototype maneuver slave Garland by Shogo Yahagi, the military attempted to recapture it by boxing him in on a highway. Multiple Transporters participated in the operation, but Yahagi managed to […]
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