Mecha and Monsters from Mars Daybreak

The following is a list of the various mecha and monsters that appeared in the 2004 anime series *Mars Daybreak*.

## Shield Ships

Shield Ships were the various submarines used in the vast ocean of Mars, primarily by the Earth Forces and various pirates.

* **308 The Ship of The Aurora**: A Shield Ship that was 400 meters in length with a hammerhead shark-like design that served as the main base for the protagonists of the series. It was armed with four torpedo launchers on the bridge, four torpedo launchers on the underside, a remote controlled torpedo hatch, twin missile launchers on the stern, scent torpedoes to trick odometers, camouflage mines, and illumination missiles.
	+ **Maintenance Minisub**: First appears in episode 3. It was used by the Balls for external repairs and was armed with twin claws and a control cable for Round Bucklers in the underside.
	+ **Transport Minisub**: First appears in episode 7. It was a box-like gray Shield Ship with four turbines that could store up up to six people in it.
* **Supply Ship**: Appears in episode 2. It was briefly used by swindlers for black market trading.
* **Standard Pirate Ships**: Appear in episode 4.
	+ **Yellow**: A whale shark-like Shield Ship armed with four torpedo launchers in the bow and eight torpedo launchers on the deck.
	+ **Gray**: Armed with four torpedo launchers in the bow and eight torpedo launchers on the deck.
	+ **Red**: Armed with six torpedo launchers in the stern.
* **Kidnapper Ship**: First appears in episode 4. It was a small pink Shield Ship used by kidnappers that used Enora Taft as a hostage.
* **Earth Forces**:
	+ **Flagship**: First appear in episode 5. They were green double hulled Shield Ships that led the battleships and were armed with a 12-tube liquid nitrogen launcher each side of the hull and could release liquid nitrogen mines.
	+ **Battleship**: First appear in episode 11. They were blue Shield Ships with a forked stern and their weaponry was not seen on screen.
	+ **Assault Boarding Tubes**: First appear in episode 24. hey were green or white small Shield Ships used by Earth Force to execute boarding raids on submarines.
* **Anna's Minisub**: Appears in episode 7. It was a ray-like black Shield Ship used by Ambassador Anna Grace.
* **004 Kubernas**: First appears in episode 7. It was used by a pirate captain of the same name, noted for being krill-like and had android servants as the crew. It was armed with an underside drill for pinning and boarding submarines, six torpedo tubes in the bow, and decoy torpedoes from the base of each fin.
* **Ghost Ship**: Appears in episode 12. It was an ethereal Shield Ship used by the ghosts of pirates. Powers include teleportation, torpedoes, crew members capable of summoning cold wind and telekinesis, and electrical and communication interference.

**\*Dawn Pirates**: Appear in episode 15. All three were armed with four depth charge launchers in their underside.

* + **Golden Dawn**: A yellow Shield Ship used by Crowley.
	+ **Silver Dawn**: A blue Shield Ship used by Mathers.
	+ **Bronze Dawn**: A red Shield Ship used by Redardie.
* **Later Generation Shield Ship**: Appears in episode 20. It was a derelict old pirate ship stuck in the drift ice graveyard that resembled a basking shark.
* **Nile Poe's Cruiser**: Appears in episode 23. It was a green Shield Ship used to transport Niles Poe and his hover car to the God Stone colony under Olympus Mons. Notably it had a hanger makes up over half the submarine's structure. A second one colored white of the same model was seen with it in the final episode.
* **Ship of Hope**: Appears in episode 26. It was a blue Shield Ship purchased by Gram in the epilogue.

## Round Bucklers

Round Bucklers, often abbreviated to RB, were humanoid combat mechs used by the Earth Forces and various pirates for underwater combat on Mars. While only the Vector of Hope and Spirit of Wings have an official height of 9.1 meters most Round Bucklers remain under 10 meters in length with the sole exception of Mermaid which has an estimates length of 20 meters.

### Corded

* **Seahorse**: A type of gray Shield Ship designed to transport and tether two corded Round Bucklers. While unarmed they were equipped with an acoustic torpedo to trick sonars.
* **F Frame Round Buckler**: The light Round Bucklers of the Earth Forces that first appear in episode 1. They were armed with a heat blade on each hand and twin torpedo launchers each wrist. When heavily damaged they have air bags in the arms that allows the frames to float to the surface for retrieval.
* **Spirit of Valor** and **Spirit of Ogre**: A pair of orange corded Round Bucklers used by The Ship of Aurora crew that first appear in episode 1. They were armed with a blazing cutter for the right arm, twin searchlights on the back, and an underwater gun for the right palm.
* **H Frame Round Buckler**: The heavy Round Bucklers of the Earth Forces that first appear in episode 11. They were armed dual claw hands each armed with a underwater gun and a torpedo launcher in each arm.

### Cordless

* **Vector of Hope** and **Spirit of Wings**: A pair of Round Bucklers that are very similar aside from head design and color schemes that were each capable of swimming up to 80 kilometers per hour, a torpedo gun blade, twin machine guns in the head, a pair of booster skis for arctic terrain, and a torpedo cannon on the left arm.
* **Mermaid**: A heavily customized Round Buckler that first appears in episode 8. Powers include iceberg disguise, a purple extendable whip in each eye and tongue, spike torpedoes from each arm, mines with a searchlight on each ear, and torpedo launcher hidden in each pectoral.
* **Squirt**: A transformable Round Buckler that first appears in episode 18. Powers include transforming between submarine and kiack modes, swimming fast enough to form whirlpools, a machine gun in each hand, torpedo launcher on each side of the lower half, and a heat blade on the right wrist.
* **Vector of Affection**: A Round Buckler constructed from a simulation machine and spare RB parts that first appears in episode 21. It was armed with a torpedo cannon for the left arm.

## Miscellaneous

* **Balls Robots**: Ball-like robots that do menial tasks throughout the series such as operating vehicle and navigating for cordless Round Bucklers. Notable equipment include a blow torch and a searchlight in each eye.
* **Legged Crane**: Appears in episode 1. It is an otherwise standard operating crane with four legs that turn into wheels.
* **Poipoider**: A beluga whale with human intelligence that served as a crew member of the Ship of Aurora. His power suit was armed with a rocket launcher in the right arm, high jumping, 14-tube micro missile pod in the left wrist, and three torpedo launchers in the back.
* **Surveillance Satellites**: First appear in episode 2. They were designed to store automated glider bombers to track down pirates.
	+ **Automated Glider Bombers**: First appear in episode 2. They were armed with two bombs under each wing and could also release mines from the wings.
* **Police Cruisers**: Appear in episode 4. Standard cars used by law enforcement onboard city ships.
* **Hover Jeep**: Appear in episode 4. They were used by Earth Forces soldiers to intercept pirates onboard city ships.
* **Guwal Number 1**: First appears in episode 6. It was an abandoned remote controlled robot made by college students that took over a city ship and claimed autonomy. It was armed with a wheel on each foot and a red laser gun on the left hip. Notably its control room doubled as an emergency evacuation elevator for the controller.
* **Olympus**: Appears in episode 8. It was a luxury liner from Earth designed to hold large balls for elites.
	+ **Olympus Patrol Boats**: Appear in episode 8. They were rescue boats colored white with a red underside.
* **Martian Stingrays**: Appear in episode 9. Powers include swimming, mouth feelers designed for energy draining, and a whip-like tail. Notably their voices were akin to baleen whales.
* **Aborigines Power Suits**: Appear in episode 10. They were green power suits with four legs and each arm having three fingers. They were used by Doze's underlings to retrieve the Box of Guidance and failed.
* **Citadel of Wisdom**: Appears in episode 16. It was ancient martian city ship that moved along the ocean floor, storing relics and archives such as an ancient martian treasure map. It was armed with internal double barreled machine gun turret Balls for security.
* **Automated Laser Turrets**: Appear in episode 19. They were used to guard sea gates by firing red lasers, usually stationed on arctic terrain.
* **Earth Forces Transport Helicopters**: First appear in episode 23. They were colored gray and had a red propeller in the mid section.
* **God Stones**: First appear in episode 24. They were microscopic organisms that turned into orange minerals when out of water akin to crystals, one large colony was found underneath Olympus Mons via the Box of Guidance.