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Voltron: Vehicle Force is the second interation or second part out of Voltron: Defender of the Universe by World Event Productions. Featuring a whole new cast and robot deviating from the previous Lion Force, this incarnation of Voltron is composed of 3 teams of 5 all-terrain vehicles. Piloted by a multispecies team of space explorers, the Voltron Vehicle Force defends the Galaxy Garrison exploration fleet tasked with searching for new habitable planets to support an overpopulated Earth. The Drule Empire, on a similar mission, confronts the fleet at every opportunity. Can the Drules be convinced that cooperation is the best hope for both sides?

This part of the series was adapted from the Japanese television show Armored Fleet DaiRugger-XV. Voltron: Vehicle Force originally aired on syndication after the first one, as it was initially a 65 episode package to be aired weekly, but as it was considered less successful, new episodes of the Lion Force story were commissioned to Toei by WEP. (citation needed)

As Voltron was always marketed and sold as a single series, "Vehicle Force" is not a canonical name, but is widely-used in the fandom to distinguish this incarnation from the others. Another common nickname is "Vehicle Voltron".

Characters[]

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The Voltron Force[1][]

Air Team[]

Land Team[]

Sea Team[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Team Dynamics[]

This Voltron team consisted of 15 members, who were divided into 3 teams of 5, known respectively as the Land, Sea, and Air Teams. Each team was specialized in gathering data or fighting in their area of expertise. Each team could also combine their vehicles into a super vehicle, with each combined formation differing amongst the three teams. These fighters were:

  • The Aqua Fighter (Sea Team)
  • The Turbo Terrain Fighter (Land Team)
  • The Strato Fighter (Air Team)

When necessary, all 3 teams form the mighty (Vehicle) Voltron.

Television[]


This incarnation first appeared in the original Voltron: Defender of the Universe animated television series. The Vehicle Force arc was aired following the conclusion of the Lion Force arc. It should be noted that in the opening narration to the TV series, there is no distinction given to this version of Voltron, and the narration is nearly identical, save for the line about the super force of Space Explorers being entrusted by the Alliance with the ancient secret of how to assemble Voltron.

In this iteration of Voltron, the Galaxy Alliance's home planets have become overcrowded, and a fleet of explorers has been sent to search for new planets to colonize and to reduce this overpopulation. Along the way, they attract the attention of the evil Drule Empire, long engaged in an ongoing war against the Alliance, and the Drules proceed to interfere in the mission of the explorers and the colonists with the intent to take any new planet for themselves. Voltron helps to defend the fleet from repeated Drule assaults and guarantee the successful population of each new world.

The animated series, had three crossovers with the Lion Force: at the end of the Lion Force run, in the Vehicle Voltron episode "Letters from Home," and in the "Fleet of Doom" special, which brought both Voltrons together, all 3 instances through Voltron-exclusive animation footage, and which depicted the two Voltron Forces as being longstanding friends,

Comic Books[]

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Unlike its predecessor the Voltron Vehicle Force cast and robot do not appear in the comic books by NOW Comics. However Devil's Due Publishing introduced the Vehicle Force in one of its story arcs, though the focus shifted back to the Lion Force after that arc's conclusion. The comics showed Keith and Jeff as having an antagonistic relationship with one another, particularly with regard to the Lion Voltron's supposed "sneak attack" on the Vehicle Voltron.

The Voltron comic book series by Dynamite shows, in issues #006, a flashback, where it is revealed that Vehicle Voltron was, actually, the fifth unit realised by planet Arus, in the so-called "near Universe", negating every contact between the two Units; writer Brandon Thomas, in an interview, though, advised readers that this series shouldn't consider as much as a continuation of the original series, but as a new world.

In the continuity of the comic by Image and Devil's Due Publishing, the Vehicle Voltron came about through the capture and study of the original Voltron on Arus by forces from Earth itself. The machine was referred to in one issue as V-15, and was attacked by the Lion Voltron in order to repair itself.

Trivia[]

  • Though less successful than the Lion Force incarnation, the story and team have been further developed into more original directions in the few further expressions of the property.
  • In early episodes, it was mentioned that the Vehicle Voltron, once assembled, had only five minutes of nuclear operational capability. This limitation did not persist in later episodes, no explanation was given.
  • In one episode in particular, this Voltron is seen to form without its head.

References[]

  1. The original TV series only provided first names; middle and surnames were first provided in the Devil's Due comics series
VE Voltron Television Series
Television Series
Original Japanese Series Mirai Robo Daltanious (1979)Beast King GoLion (1981) (episodes) • Armored Fleet DaiRugger XV (1982) (episodes) • Lightspeed Electroid Albegas (1983)
Voltron Series Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984) (episodes) • Fleet of Doom (1986)Voltron: The Third Dimension (1998) (episodes) • Voltron Force (2011) (episodes) • Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016) (episodes)
Additional Voltron Content Voltron Pilot (1983)Voltron: Defender of the Unvierse (2007)Voltron 84 (2017)
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