Rabid Southern Cross Fan wrote:Actually, we see in Prelude that the Inorganics are still in use. There is no reason to believe the 'REF Destroids' were not procured and used during the war to find Tirol. [...]
'cept that all references to non-
MOSPEADA designs have been edited out of the
Sentinels-connected material, so it's at least rather unlikely that they exist in Harmony Gold's rebooted and very copyright-conscious
Robotech universe.
All told, it's practically a given that the "REF Destroids" and other
Macross-derived mecha from
Sentinels won't be returning in the rebooted
Robotech. They're too obviously derivative of
Macross designs to be safely used, same as the
Sentinels character (re)designs. Harmony Gold seems to be pretty keen to avoid doing anything that could end with them on the receiving end of a copyright infringement lawsuit. Seems like a safe bet that they're pilfering designs from
MOSPEADA's mecha concept art to retcon out the legally problematic REF destroid and battlepod designs via the UEEF Marines sourcebooks. Tatsunoko has full ownership of the unused armo-soldiers from
MOSPEADA, so they're a worry free alternative.