Laser Battle Machine

* First Laser Battle Machine
* Second Laser Battle Machineman

**Laser Battle Machine** is an unnamed Battle Machine that appeared in Episode 10 of Armored Fleet Dairugger XV.

## Appearance

The Laser Battle Machine has a purple body with a yellowish-orange eye on the chest and has black limbs. It stands on four long, slender legs, has black tubes connected to it’s shoulders, black spikes in it’s purple shoulder pads, a vent on the back, and has slender arms with four fingers on each hand. It also has 5-tubed laser cannons underneath it’s upper body on each side, two cannons each embed into a hole on each side of the eye, and has two arrow-shaped slits underneath it’s eye.

## Biography

### Sneak Attack On The Space Fortress

The Rugger Guard arrives at a planet with an abandoned ancient city. However, the Galveston Empire have already set their sights on the planet before the Rugger Guard arrived. Fearing that the Rugger Guard will see it as a suitable planet for humans and will call for a stronger reinforcement team from a nearby Space Fortress, the Galveston Empire launch an all-out attack on the Space Fortress with the Crawler Battle Machine. Once the Rugger Guard hear the news of the Reinforcement Fleet’s destruction, they are alerted of the Galveston Empire attacking them now. The Rugger Team head on out except for Chucker, who was suffering from a fever at the time from exploring the bat-filled caved on the planet. The Rugger Team manage to destroy the fighter jets but are then confront by another Combat Machine, the Laser Battle Machine. Unable to combine into Dairugger XV without Chucker, Aki orders the Rugger Team to lure the Laser Battle Machine to the planet and to fight it as their separate units. As soon as they land on the planet, the Rugger Team starts firing at the Laser Battle Machine, but it keeps on firing back non-stop, making it difficult for the Rugger Team. Fortunately, Chucker arrives in his Rugger 13 to help out his teammates, despite still not being in any condition to fight. With all vehicles together again, the Rugger Team combine into Dairugger XV and charge at the Laser Battle Machine. The Laser Battle Machine fires it’s Finger Lasers, but Dairugger XV manages to jump up to dodge them and performs Dairugger Kick to knock it down. Dairugger XV tries to kick it again, but the Laser Battle Machine catches the foot and knocks the super robot down. Once the Laser Battle Machine picks itself back up, it wraps it’s arm around the back of Dairugger XV’s head and discharges electricity to shock the Rugger Team. Fortunately, Aki manages to get Dairugger XV to break free from the Battle Machine’s hold and uses Wing Beam to destroy it’s Laser Cannons. Dairugger XV then uses Spin Cutter to destroy the Laser Battle Machine’s arms right at the moment it was about shoot plasma orbs from it’s palms. After Dairugger XV merges the Spin Cutters together into the Dairugger Sword, the Laser Battle Machine tries to escape by flying up into the sky, but Dairugger XV jumps up as well and slices the Battle Machine’s legs off. With the Laser Battle Machine defenseless, Dairugger XV slices it’s upper body while still in the sky, causing it to blow up with it’s fiery remains falling back down to the ground afterward.

### Storming The Space Fortress

As Captain Lafitte’s fleet make their way to the Earth Space Fortress, they build another Laser Battle Machine to destroy the fortress’ power generators. After the Lafitte Fleet get through the Earth Space Fortress’ Earth Vanguard Fleet, Captain Lafitte unleashes the Laser Battle Machine to help attack the fortress. The Laser Battle Machine shoots at the fortress’ fighters and heads straight to it. The Space Fortress’ guns shoot at the Battle Machine, but the Laser Battle Machine manages to dodge the laser beams by splitting itself at it’s mid-section. It’s halves start individually attacking the Space Fortress until it reconnects itself and then starts destroying the fortress’ guns, making it defenseless and allowing the Lafitte Fleet to advance. Upon hearing the situation the Earth Space Fortress is in, Captain Ise sends the Rugger Team out to help them. On their way to the Space Fortess, the Rugger Team form into Dairugger XV. Meanwhile, the Laser Battle Machine continues destroying the Earth Space Fortress until it manages to break through inside the transport ship doc and blasts the soldiers and the stationary fighters. The Laser Battle Machine continues infiltrating the Space Fortress, while still destroying everything in it’s path, and makes it’s way to the fortress’ power room. Despite the Space Fortress’ efforts to prevent the Battle Machine from reaching the power room, the Laser Battle Machine conifers to blasts its way through the fortress’ defenses. Once the Laser Battle Machine finally reaches the power room, the Space Fortress opens up the power room’s valves, unleashing the generator’s energy all over the Battle Machine and blasting it out of the room, blowing it up. Once the Laser Battle Machine is blown up, the Space Fortress focus all of their attacks on Lafitte’s flagship, blowing it up and finally killing Lafitte.

## Powers/Abilities

**Flight**: The Laser Battle Machine is able to fly through space with a jet engine on it’s back and from underneath it’s body.

**Frontal Lasers**: The Laser Battle Machine can fire two red lasers from the two tubes on each side of it’s main eye.

**Finger Lasers**: The Laser Battle Machine can shoot red laser beams from it’s finger tips that can merge together into a bigger beam.

**Laser Cannons**: The Laser Battle Machine is equipped with two 5-tubes cannons underneath it’s upper body on each side that fire red laser beams.

**Jet Engines**: Other than the jet engine on it’s back that it uses for flight, the Laser Battle Machine is equipped with other jet engines on the back of it’s shoulders and underneath it’s shoulder pads that allow it to charge forward or to pick itself up when knocked down.

**Electric Arm**: The Laser Battle Machine can wrap it’s left arm around it’s opponent and discharge electricity to shock them.

**Palm Plasma Orbs**: The Laser Battle Machine can shoot big red plasma orbs from it’s palms.

**Splitting Apart**: The second Laser Battle Machine is able to split itself by the mid-section. Once split-apart, each half can fly around and individually attack.

## Trivia

* The Laser Battle Machine is the first and only Battle Machine from *Armored Fleet Dairugger XV* to have a duplicate with the exact appearance.