Merville

Dual Laser Cannons

**Merville**(マービル *Mābiru*) is a Battle Machine that appeared in Episodes 24 and 25 of Armored Fleet Dairugger XV.

## Appearance

Merville has a red body with a saucer-shaped upper body that holds two mechanical tentacles and has a long spike nose up front. It also has four, scrawny legs underneath with a rocker thruster underneath it’s lower half.

## Biography

### The Riot On Galveston

Once Commander Luciano sends the Gramon Fleet to attack Earth, he goes to see the progress between two Battle Machines fighting each other within the Frontline Base. One of them, named Merville, is clashing against Geba I with it’s tentacles until it’s opponent starts shooting a laser beam at it. Merville was able to block the attack and manages to overwhelm Geba I with it’s own laser beams.

### The Bitter Struggle On The Planet Of Light

Due to the long distance to reach earth, the Gramon Fleet decide to rest at a light planet. Afterwards, the Aki Team come across the light planet and are ordered by Captain Ise to explore it. However, they plunge into a magnetic field that’s consuming the energy from their vehicles, stranding them on the planet. Upon seeing the predicament the Aki Team are in, Captain Gramon takes the opportunity to attack. Despite their vehicles losing their energy, the Aki Team try to fight back before they run out. During their battle, Captain Gramon sends out Merville to attack the Aki Team while they’re running low of energy. The Aki Team try to fight back but due to their energy running low, their attacks show no effect on the Battle Machine. Fortunately, the Walter Team and Keets Team arrive as Air Rugger and Land Rugger and fire at Merville to let the Aki Team replenish their energy at the Rugger Guard. While the Rugger Guard is replenishing the Aki Team’s energy, Air Rugger and Land Rugger hold Merville off to keep it away but the Battle Machine manages to shoot them down and joins the Gramon Fleet in attacking the Rugger Guard. Air Rugger and Land Rugger manage to catch up but Merville attacks them again. Fortunately, the Rugger Guard manages to replenish all of the Aki Team’s energy and they join up with the Air Rugger and Land Rugger to form into Dairugger XV. However, as they combine their vehicles, Merville shoots down Haruka’s Rugger 7, causing her to crash down onto the ground and get knocked out. Without Rugger 7 forming the right thigh, Rugger 9 and Rugger 14 can’t combine as well, so Dairugger XV has to fight Merville without a right leg. As Dairugger XV fights against Merville in the air, Izu and Izumo manage to wake up Haruka and they combine with Dairugger XV when the fight is lead onto the ground. Merville shoots out it’s Pectoral Missiles, but Dairugger XV uses Dairugger Kilder to destroy each of the missiles and forms the Dairugger Sword. Dairugger XV then flies toward Merville and uses the Dairugger Sword to slice the upper body half, resulting in the Battle Machine blowing up.

## Powers/Abilities

**Tentacles Arms**: Merville is equipped with two, extendable, tentacle arms that hold three, smaller, tentacle-like fingers. It can use it’s tentacles to block it’s opponent’s attacks and to grapple it’s smaller opponents.

**Laser Spike**: Merville can shoot a red laser beam from the tip of it’s spike nose.

**Dual Laser Antennas**: Merville is equipped with two antennas that can shoot red laser beams from the tips.

**Flight**: Merville is able to fly through the sky with a rocket engine underneath it’s body.

**Dual Pectoral Missiles**: Merville can launch out two missiles from out of it’s pecs.

**Dual Laser Cannons**: Merville is equipped with twin cannons on top of it’s body that can fire red-orange laser beams.