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  1. pengbuzz
    I need to do a sketch showing Skull-One yanking her out of it's own cockpit and drop-kicking her rather unceremoniously across the flight deck....
  2. pengbuzz
    Makes sense; especially when the Unity Government decentralized (Per Macross Delta), being able to reach all colonies, fleets and member planets without hindrance from fold limitations becomes a big priority. And seeing that Bilra invested so much big cash into it, him not wanting to lose that to the Government or NUNS becomes critical. It definitely was! Yeah, missile ordnance reeked heavily, but it had fast packs that attached to it: (About 1/3 down the page are the pics of the fast packs) I wonder if the fast packs would be compatible with the VF-171? It doesn't look like where they would mount has changed... Right? Silly thought: trying to defeat the SDF-1's main gun using thousands of ships/ mechs armed with reflector packs. :P Not so silly thought: UN Spacy developing that and arming the Grand Cannon with it, so instead of the Zentran Armada pulverizing Earth in Space War One, all they managed to do was power up the gun! o.o
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    I think I was a few years out of high school by then, to be honest. It was about 1998 or so (if my memory serves correctly but don't hold em to that!) that my GM came across the stats. It's that "uncomfortable direction" that I was getting at; borrowing from Star Trek Again for a moment, I think some of those "heroic companies'" research hit dead ends that could not be surmounted without extraordinary means (ala Dr. David Marcus' use of Protomatter in the Genesis Device). I loved the Nightmare: it had more beam weaponry than most other mechs (no need to worry about running out of ammo), could not have its' stealth depleted by MDC damage (unlike the other fighters that would lose it when 50 percent of their MDC was lost), and the bonus to spaceflight was a nice boost. Ah yes: the VF-2SS SAP. When we first began our Macross campaign, it was set in the Macross II modules; later we would work in the colony fleet from Macross 7 and "take the show on the road" (there was a conspiracy on Earth and after uncovering it, my character became unpopular there!). That railgun was certainly a show stopper, although half the time in a fight against the Gilgameshes, they would rip mine off the armor!!! Our GM had enemies for us that were smart and pretty cunning, to the point that if you did somethign really stupid in front of them, you were pretty much assured of needing to draw up a new character that session! Gotcha. Thinking about it: if UN Spacy could think of that, the enemies would definitely have it as well.
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    Yeah...seems like a thousand years ago that went up, doesn't it? lol Right? lol My, how time flies... I recall reading somewhere about them being used for "starship engines"; seeing as the Unity Government wouldn't openly do that, i suspect private ventures and "fringe-edgers" would consider it. Fold materials would certainly work into that equation. And yeah: pretty high-end for a bunch of poachers. Makes me wonder if they were "privateers" of some type who were contracted "under the table" by a planetary government or corporation in some manner. Yeah...the RPG I used to play in, my character flew a VF-17 and I used the Beam Adaptor. The specs were indeed a "one and done", at least according to the RPG stats, as it was a one-charge capacitor powering it. you essentially traded an entire magazine of ammo for the opportunity to get a "one shot kill" on something (stats indicated it could be used on small starships! lol ). We called it "The One-Shot Deal" in the game as a joke. I'd have to agree, given the raw power that one shot we saw delivered. Makes me wonder if they had a "siphon" that allowed beam weapon shots to the Valk to be absorbed and directed to internal capacitors in the module? At any rate, my vote is definitely valk-reactor basedtrickle charge. That, or a really long extention cord ("Hey Shinji! Plug me in!!")
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    I like the fact that Kawamori isn't concerned so much by "canon"; it makes for far more possibilities in Macross and allows things like Macross II to exist and impart their own take on the franchise. Although sometimes I'd like to know a little more on the histories of characters after their story arcs, I understand that unless a specific "chapter" (how I see each story fitting into Macross overall) has a purpose in coming around again later on (such as Max and Millia aboard the 7th fleet), then it's done and set.
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    I feel for ya bro: it reminds me of when I was doing the big refit's aztec decals: THOSE. WERE. A. PAIN. Starting to wonder if maybe on your nacelles, you should have molded them and resin cast them in clear blue! O.o
  7. pengbuzz
    Awesome, MT!! I'll have to give it a try, as Walmart is phasing out Krylon for some stupid reason. >:( Meantime, liking the progress you have here! Looking forward to seeing this part done!
  8. pengbuzz
    Right? With that in mind, that the whale poachers in Dynamite 7 actually managed to get their hands on one is a bit surprising. Any info on it I know is either from the RPG stats (admittedly arbitrary) posted online years ago at steelfalcon.com or the very concise work at macross2.net https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001022/http://www.steelfalcon.com/macrossmecha.html (had to go hunt for that one) on that note: I just realized that the pack Gamlin puts into his gunpod is the gun pod beam adaptor (the steel falcon specs called it a "Heavy Laser Module".) At any rate: the module the YF-19 had certainly seemed like overkill; I wonder what power source it had (like a pre-charged one time use capacitor that had to be recharged/ refurbished at base)?
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    Update: if anyone is still looking for this stuff, i found it on thw Wayback machine site: https://web.archive.org/web/20120705001022/http://www.steelfalcon.com/macrossmecha.html
  10. pengbuzz
    What, did they take notes from Star Trek: Picard?
  11. pengbuzz
    Ah... yeah, aside from it's brief cameo in M+ and what we know from M7, I haven't really run into much concerning the VF-17 info-wise.
  12. pengbuzz
    Interesting...last I checked, Rustoleum couldn't be used on plastic as it would craze and melt it. Now they have a version that can?
  13. pengbuzz
    They never seem to get past the beginning, and I'm not really interested in seeing the umpteenth beginning. That's one major reason I'm passing.
  14. pengbuzz
    I'm going to pass on all of this; didn't like much of anything after the 1989 movie, and I think each version is just trying to "reinvent the wheel" here. Kind of tired of origin story after origin story as well. I wish they would do a "Batman Casefile" series on TV or something, where they don't have to try to compress everything into 2 hours (or less).
  15. pengbuzz
    I used to be an RT fan back in the 80's, but it was only the first part (Macross) that had any attraction for me. The rest was way too depressing: how many times does earth get wasted and everything set back to "2 weeks after the stone age" (exaggeration)level? After getting a computer and going online, I discovered Macross and its' sequel series' (Macross Plus still holds a special place in my heart, as does Macross II, admittedly), and found that for one thing, it had a far brighter future for mankind than RT!!! Also, the Valkyrie designs made more sense (seriously, who in their right minds would ever want to fly the friggin' LOGAN?!!), and it was good to see that mankind actually took advantage of their second chance after nearly being extinguished by Bodolza's fleet. So, at this point RT is dead to me and while the opening theme song to it still elicits memories of Saturday mornings, I'll still take Diamond Calling over My Time To Be A Royal Pain in the A** Star anyday. Just my two cents worth.
  16. pengbuzz
    Predecessor of the Heavy Laser Module Gamlin uses in Macross 7, perhaps (the red pack he would put into his gunpod and wreck whatever mech that the Protodevil known as Gavil was using at that point.)?
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    Right? I happen to like some of the mecha and ships from Macross II, and I like how folks don't down that in any way.
  18. pengbuzz
    And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what is known as a museum quality display. Incredible work, Arbit!!!
  19. pengbuzz
    AKA Game of Phasers. Yeah...you have a point.
  20. pengbuzz
    His explanation comes under the heading of "stunningly and embarrassingly full of s***". Honestly, this series is so bleak and dystopian, I'm expecting the season finale to be all the main characters pulling out phasers/ disruptors/ swords/ knives/ shillelaghs/ etc. and committing suicide. Think The Happening meets Star Trek.
  21. pengbuzz
    It would probably be worth it to find a suitable large-scale Transformer toy and cannibalize the entire thigh/knee/shin unit from it. Scratching up such a structure would probably be a nightmare at that scale!
  22. pengbuzz
    Some creators can get that way with their creations; they become a retreat for them from the world in general, and as such, end up being shaped a bit differently in their minds each time they "visit". I suspect Gene was very much that way, and it required his "vision" being filtered through those who were not as connected to that vision being shaped on a whim. Hence, it took those under Gene to keep Star Trek any sort of consistent, and when Gene was allowed carte blanche, that's when stuff would get weird. (I see much of that now in Star Wars, but that's another discussion) I like how Starfleet was portrayed in WOK (at least what we saw of it): just enough military and exploration. That's kinda like saying "We're a peacekeeping force" or "it's a civil war" (both of which are non-sequiturs). Way to go, Pike! His absence was increasingly noticeable as TNG progressed from Season 1. Sometimes I wonder what he would have made of the TNG movies past Generations (probably would have had a stroke over them!). I didn't like TUD because I felt it got a little too away from the exploration (just my opinion). In all fairness though, since Starfleet's purpose seemed to vary even from TOS' episode to episode (and movie to movie), pinning it down in my mind may be a bit off. Ah; I thought you had said the "last couple". My mistake.
  23. pengbuzz
    Unless CBS puts money down (fat chance); At the rate things are going, ST:D is bound for a dose of antibiotics. You means Star Trek V and VI?
  24. pengbuzz
    I wonder if there's a market for really bad sci-fi comedy? Aside from that, i wonder if the reason the androids on Mars went berserk is that they was all the episodes of Picard in advance and just couldn't take it??!!
  25. pengbuzz
    Same here; I would have loved a crack at that one.
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