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The lightest ship in the Robotech defense force, the AMES were the escorts
for the fleet, providing both missile and particle cannon fire to cover the larger ships and
the massed fighter attacks. The Europa Destroyer, as it was later known, is actually an
effective ship given its early technology base. However like the rest of the RDF fleet the
AMES was completely outnumbered and outgunned. Even its Zentraedi equivelant, the Tou Redir
Frigate, outmassed and outgunned the Europa considerably. What ships there were in orbit during
the initial Zentraedi assault were decimated. Several more survived long enough to be destroyed
during the massive attack by Supreme Commander Dolza's fleet. Several of the destroyers led
the counter-attack that avenged the loss of the SDF-2 in Earth orbit. After providing continual
defense over both Earth and Luna, the class was decomissioned along with the ARMD in 2023, each
of which was being replaced by the new ships of the ASC naval arm.
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