Stratos 4 Mecha

Stratos 4 Mecha were the various mecha that appeared in the 2003 anime series *Stratos 4* and its 2005 sequel series *Stratos 4 Advance*. They were used by two distinct agencies consisting of the Meteor Sweepers and the Comet Blasters designed to destroy comets that contained alien lifeforms called Starseeds from colliding with Earth.

## Meteor Sweepers

The Meteor Sweepers was an organization that specifies in high altitude aviation missions for meteor destruction after the Comet Blasters destroy one or more comets, preventing collision to the Earth. All vehicles and weapons are stored on an airbase on Shimoji Island.

### Series

* **BAC TSR-2MS**: Eight very-high altitude interceptor used by Shimoji Island's main interceptor aircraft. They were based on the cancelled BAC TSR2.
* **Yakovlev Yak-28MST**: Four trainer aircraft based on the Yakovlev Yak-28. The Yak-28MST is not used for weapons training, but only for basic flight lessons, navigation training, and air show displays.
* **TELAR**: Eight mobile launch platform trucks for interceptor aircraft made for Zero-Length Launch takeoffs. They carried the interceptors from the hangars to the launch area.
* **Raytheon Hawker 800**: Shimoji Island's main transportation jet between the island and mainland Japan used for business trips.
* **CH-47 Chinook**: Shimoji Island's large transport helicopter used to airbase staff between Shimoji Island and vocational hot springs.
* **C-17 Globemaster III**: A four-engined jet transport that made an unannounced landing at Shimoji airbase, carrying armed government troops and CEMA agents.
* **SAC-0 Stratos 0/4**: A prototype interceptor spaceplane based on the unbuilt North American XF-108 Rapier Mach 3 interceptor and had the nose designed from the XB-70 Valkyrie.

### Advance

* **Mikoyan MiG-31MS**: Two very-high altitude interceptors used by Shimoji Island. They had increased payload and max speed over the TSR-2MS and launched from the same TELARs.
* **C-130 Hercules**: A four-engined turboprop transport that supplied support equipment, spare parts and simulators for the two MiG-31MSes, and used as Lud's transport.
* **Vickers-Supermarine Type-559MS**: An experimental interceptor aircraft air-dropped from the YB-60 at medium altitude. It was equipped with an ultra-long-range radar, a very advanced flight computer, and a simulation missile without warhead. It had two rocket engines at the cost of poor maneuverability.
* **Convair YB-60**: A carrier aircraft that was converted from a jet bomber. It carried the Type-559MS experimental aircraft on the starboard wing between the fuselage and inboard starboard engine pod.

## Comet Blasters

The Comet Blasters was organization that specifies in low orbital aviation missions to destroy comets. Seven orbital stations were used during the events of the series, but were hijacked by crew members that succumbed to the Starseeds. After the destruction of Orbital Station 7 in the 2004 OVA an eighth was quickly constructed during the events of Advance.

* **SAC-1B**: Three anti-comet space interceptors used by Orbital Station 7 during the events of the series. They carried a Trident Missile in the nose, which is launched along with the main body at an incoming comet. The ship's crew separates from the weapon module in an escape pod in the cockpit, which is used to fly back to the space station.
* **Ilyushin Il-SX1**: A pair of unmanned interceptor drone ships that replaced the SAC-1Bs in Advance. They were used to avoid risking human lives in comet interception missions.

## Trident Missiles

*Trident Missiles* were missiles designed to destroy comets and meteors.

* **Air Types**:
	+ **Trident Missile (Regular)**: The main missile used throughout the Stratos 4 franchise by the ground-based interceptors, TSR-2MS and MiG-31MS.
	+ **Trident Missile (Powerful)**: Two of these missiles were used to shoot down Orbital Station 7 in the 2004 OVA.
	+ **Trident Missile (Dummy)**: These missiles were used during practice missions against virtual meteors. They were also carried by the Type-559MS, which shot one against an actual meteor.
* **Space Types**:
	+ **Trident Missile (Regular)**: The main missile used by the space-based interceptors. Each of the three warheads produced three rings of plasma, which intersect and projects a powerful, hot beam at the target comet and pulverizes it into smaller pieces. As a result some of which are then picked up by the Meteor Sweepers if the pieces fall into the Earth's atmosphere.
	+ **Trident Missile (Special)**: The missile used by the SAC-0 Stratos 4 in 2004 OVA. It was buried in a protective sheath that was jettisoned at launch.