The Ravagers were not expecting the EDF's additional pylons. Unlike regular Transports, invincible Large Transports are fairly common, usually used to deliver a set-piece wave after which they will exit the map, such as in the level Machine Squad where they deploy the initial group of Deroys and then simply leave. Like the regular Transport Ship, in their first appearance they are invincible and the player is not required to destroy one until Void Ship.
Large Transports become more common as the game progresses, but never totally replace the original type, with regular Transports seen as late as the online mission Troubled Valley (87 in 2025, 91 in 4.1). Rather than having a hatch like a normal Transport, the vehicle's hemispherical top and bottom "unscrew" themselves with a distinctive whirring sound and the entire fuselage splits in half and rotates around to reveal the central core structure. They are also the only Transport type seen to deploy Dragons, and can deploy Ravager aerial vehicles like Flying Drones and Flight Vehicles.
They are vast in size, bigger than even a Quadruped Fortress when opened up, and are heavily armored and capable of deploying large vehicles like Hectors and Deroys which are beyond the capacity of regular Transports (except when the game decides they are not). These sleek vessels are capable of teleporting into combat areas almost instantly, foreshadowed only by a wavy patch of light. It serves as an advanced version of the regular Transport Ship. The Large Transport Ship is a new model of Ravager vessel introduced about halfway through Earth Defense Force 2025 and Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair at the same time as the appearance of the Earth Eaters, during the mission Annihilation. "Hey puny earthlings, check out my weak point!"Ī Wing Diver wonders if she is encountering a new Ravager vehicle or a new Geist variant that is even harder to hold than usual.
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