Sincline Ships (also known as Sincline Mech in its combined robot form) are three spacecraft Lotor had constructed in secret using ore from the second Trans-reality Comet after the events of Hole in the Sky which has ability to combine into a giant robot.
History
After stealing Trans-reality Comet from Voltron team, Lotor and his generals used the comet to create the Sincline Ships. By the time Lotor was declared an enemy to the Galra, two of the ships, one which form Sincline's legs and another that form the head, shoulders, and arms, were finished, leaving the third (which form the torso) yet to be built. Despite this, Lotor finally finished the final ship after becoming the emperor and travelled to Oriande with help of Allura who mastered ancient alchemic abilities from the mystical realm.
When Honerva sent Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid to retrieve Lotor, they ended up siding with him once more, which resulted in the uniting of all 3 Sincline ships. When the generals realized Lotor was going to betray them, they attempted to abandon him once more; however, he was able to override the other two ships and eject his generals into space. Lotor continued to reveal that the three ships actually combine into a Voltron-esque Sincline Mech that is piloted solely by Lotor.
Lotor used the Sincline Mech for a final battle against Voltron, demonstrating the Sincline Mech's ability to enter the quintessence field at will. Voltron was able to replicate this technique for a final showdown within the quintessence field. By absorbing the field's energy, Voltron channeled all of its energy into one huge blast that seemingly destroyed Lotor once and for all. It is unknown whether Lotor and the Sincline Mech survived, yet they were left in the rift.
Components of Sincline Mech
Sincline Mech are comprised of 3 ships, Sincline's Arms, Sincline's Torso, and Sincline Legs. All of them are armed with energy blasters and ion cannon which firepower comparable to same weapon on Galra Cruisers. Sincline Mech's main weapon is a pair of energy scimitars stored in its thighs when not used and prehensile tail that ends with energy blades. It also possesses special ability to warp into Quintessence field at will as well.
In spite of constructed from same ore with Voltron's and even stronger and faster than the latter, Sincline Ships lack sapience and have fewer weapons in its disposal. The latter was because alchemy knowledge utilized in their construction more limited and their arsenals were created along with ships themselves. Also, unlike Voltron and Zarkon's Mechsuit Armor, Sincline Mech lacked Bayard system which enable it to manifest stronger weapons. Despite this, the robot's superior speed, bladed tail, energy scimitars, and ability to warp back and forth to Quintessence field makes up for this shortcomings.
Another difference with Voltron in addition of lack of sapience and number of ships Sincline Mech composed of is its control systems. Whereas Voltron requires 5 pilots to fully operate the mech, Sincline Mech can be piloted by a single pilot thanks to program that Lotor secretly installed on Sincline's Torso. The same program allow him to override the control of Sincline's Arms and Sincline's Legs as well as ejecting their pilots from the ships as well, which Lotor designed in case of his generals turned against him.
Sincline's Arms
Pilot: Acxa (formerly), Narti (formerly), Ezor (formerly), Zethrid (formerly).
Component of Sincline Mech: Shoulders, head, and arms.
Sincline's Torso
Pilot: Lotor, Allura (formerly), Acxa (formerly).
Component of Sincline Mech: Torso, tail.
Sincline's Legs
Pilot: Lotor (formerly), Zethrid (formerly), Ezor (formerly).
Component of Sincline Mech: Torso, tail.
Notes
- The name of these ships is an homage to Lotor's original name in Golion.
- They are also a probable homage to Lotor's mecha (unofficially dubbed Lotron) from Fleet of Doom, both in their being a form-together and in the energy scimitar being Lotor's weapon of choice for them.
