DrStrangelove

Working my way through UC Gundam, I am up to Zeta now

Shhhh. You'll give them ideas

I'm still trying to figure out why all chicks in 2044AD are at least 36DD

So Pretty. Might have to hunt one down just for the pictures, since I cant read a lick of Japanese

In the 80's It was still Japanimation

Given how Khamjin's gun destroyer was nearly covered in growth in a span of less than 18 months the jungle seen was likely part of the earth reclamation cloning project mentioned in the macross chronology which included plants.

As I understand trademarks, yes they would, at least anywhere HG has the various Macross terms trademarked

Yeah I would consider that the most likely explanation, I was just providing a possible rationalization.

J58s crank out more power than an F100 at any altitude. Most its superiority at high altitude is derived from its quasi-ramjet like properties This generally only applies to high-bypass ratio turbofans like on airliners/cargo planes, in which the fan stage grossly outsizes the actual combustion stages. This doesnt really apply so much to low bypass engines used by most high perfomance combat aircraft The same sort of thing applies to turbojets, all combustion engines power output falls off at high altitude as atmospheric pressure drops As it would for a turbojet, they also possess all the fans and whatnot slowing down the rarefied air

Meh, I bet HG, Yun and Co., will eventually blame their lack of progress on Macek's untimely death.

As for the velocity differential the S can be faster if it has a lower drag coefficient, an SR-71 has a lower thrust ratio than an F-15 or F-22, but it is a much cleaner aircraft. This wouldn't explain the higher climb rate however, unless it's supposed to be for initial climb rate as opposed to sustained climb, in which case the lower powered S would initially climb faster due to higher initial kinetic energy. If this is so the S might make it to say 10km quicker but the F would pass it up and make orbit first. Or it could just be another goof(retcon?, like the size of the factory satellite).

40000CE or right around the time Shadow Rising is released

I always thought the Wing Commander movie was underrated.

Because he occasionally makes decent movies

Yeah I think he spends too much time with pictures of Supreme commander Leon