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'''''Star Fleet''''' is an early '80s Japanese [[Sci Fi]] show with character and mecha designs from [[Go Nagai]]. Known in Japan as ''X-Bomber'', the show is notable for using miniatures and marionettes rather than cel animation, giving it a very unique look. Also diffused in France under the title ''Bomber X''.
The year is 2999, and Earth is at peace after a long stellar war. This peace is shattered by the arrival of Commander Makara and her giant Imperial Alliance battlecruiser. After making light work of the
In order to counter the attack the EDF launch the experimental X-Project, consisting of the prototype battlecruiser ''X-Bomber'' and three fighter craft that can [[Combining Mecha|combine]] to form the robot Dai-X.
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Very unusual in kids shows shown in the UK at the time, probably not so much of a big deal in its native Japan.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: By the end of the series:{{spoiler|The good guy wins, the Big Bad is defeated, but Lamia, one of the main characters, has to sacrifice her life in order to restore the peace in the universe.}}
* [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"|Brought to You by The Letter "X"]]: The X-Project builds the X-Bomber, which deploys Dai-X, which shoots X-Tracers from the giant X on its face...
* [[Bug War]]{{context}}
* [[Combining Mecha]]
* [[Cool Starship]]
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* [[Parental Bonus]]
* [[People in Rubber Suits]]: The giant robots and the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Recap Episode]]: Episode 18, "Bloody Mary's Promotion". (The UK release actually left it out.)
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: An unusual version of this where {{spoiler|it's a villain trying to redeem themselves in the eyes of their superior}}.
* [[The Red Planet]]
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* [[Space Is an Ocean]]
* [[Space Sailing]]
* [[Stock Footage]]: Launching Imperial fighters, launching BrainCom, MainBody, and LegTrax...[[Averted Trope|Averted]] by the combination into Dai-X, though -- the background is clearly drawn from the local environment where the combination happens.
* [[Story Arc]]: Almost every episode contributes to the arc.
* [[Supermarionation]]: Called "Supermariorama" in Japan.
* [[The Symbiote]]: Commander Makara and her unnamed eyepatch... thing.
* [[Title Theme Tune]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiScuDJPR2g French version].
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: The combination of BrainCom, MainBody, and LegTrax into Dai-X. [[Once an Episode]].
* [[Two of Your Earth Minutes]]
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The second recap episode has the crew remember things differently from how they happened.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The Dai-X's "X-Tracer", which fires X-shaped blasts from the X on its forehead.
* [[We Only Have One Chance]]
* [[When the Planets Align]]: Happens at the climax of the final episode.
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