Tentolancer

Tentolancer (テントランサー) is the sub-boss of the mid-stage (the airship with Kuwagust Anchus) of Mega Man Zero 2.

Tentolancer is a lady beetle-shaped transport and one of the primary weapons of Neo Arcadia, evidenced by the fact that these small bombers are mass-produced in the Shuttle Factory and several were used for the bombing assault against the Resistance Base. During the bombing assault mid-stage, green-colored Tentolancers serve as platforms for ZeroXorZ to jump on throughout the stage, but often have Pantheon troops on board. Later on, a red-colored Tentolancer serves as a sub-boss in the top of the large bombardment aircraft, shooting bullets and targeting missiles at Zero, and occasionally flying by to drop explosives. It is especially weak to ice-element attacks, and will go down rather quickly if attacked as such with the Ice Chip equipped.

Weaponry

 * They are equipped with plasma guns (bullets) and they also have the capability of using missiles, and several explosive charges.


 * At some point, they can be remote controlled or are capable of creating own objectives, since one of them attacks ZeroXorZ individually.


 * They are also capable of transporting troops, although this seems irregular, due to the fact that they travel at fast speeds and have flat tops.

Trivia

 * Tentolancer is a combination of the words tentōmushi (lady beetle in Japanese) and lancer.
 * A Tentolancer can be seen in Zero's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.