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YES, That is the sexy beast I was referring to...

That really doesn't work. The Cold War was simply that, a "Cold War" it was mostly fought by spies and proxies. If you assert the UN Wars were such a thing, I might agree, but on a speculative basis, since we have no documentation of the political environment at the time. We know the AUN were a very well organized and funded force, implying government(s) support from somewhere. Your assertion about the Second World War would work only if the Japanese had not allied itself with the Axis powers before declaring war on the US. Had the two conflicts (Pacific and Europe) happened independently of each other then they would be considered separate "wars", but in fact they were part of the same world conflict, they only started at different times. It is much like the invasion of Russia happened after the invasion of France, different theaters of the same conflict. We don't really have that unified global conflict in the Macross documentation; but a different description of "regional wars". Perhaps they were of a cold war nature. A global cold war by proxy, but that hasn't really been established. Plausible, but not established.

Shouldn't that be war"s" (unless that too has been retconned). If I recall correctly it was not a single war, but many regional conflicts, as well as attacks on Ataria Island I would imagine that the US Constitution would be a template for the UNG constitution, not for any more reason than it is the only national constitution that gives authority to the government from the bottom up, as opposed to a government giving rights to its people from the top down. A gift from Ben Franklin and Lord Byron... Under that framework, autonomous nations could agree to a centralized global authority. The framework allows for the retention of most of the power in the member states, not at the global federal level. Perhaps a type of US 2nd Amendment version was also adopted, but the wording would refer to maintaining a well regulated "military", which is where the weapons for the regional wars would come from. Kind of fascinating if one has an interest in international politics...

I've always wondered how that worked. Did each nation retain it's identity but became a global state within the UN Government? Was it more like a Federation of independent states like the Emigration Fleets were in Frontier? Was each autonomous nation re-incorporated as a "State" of the Global UN Government? The reality of conflicting interests and patriotism would be immense!

Annually would likely dilute the franchise if all they did was follow the old formula. Annual OVA series with stories about the Macross universe are doable and possible, but just like Hollywood, BW isn't prepared to let anyone other than Kawamori write these stories. Now Kawamori is a talented man, but he is not interested in only doing Macross, he has other stories he wants to tell. Has other ambitions he wants to explore. Until a new generation of trusted story tellers are anointed, Macross may ultimately die with Kawamori one day...

That's just evil!!!

I love it! A fitting update to the amazing original...

Read a history book...

Stunning!! Though I am still a bigger fan of the two seater he and Minmay took to Yokohama (?).

And STILL kicking A$$!! Nice work my friend, WOW!

Read a history book... True, we have the benefit of retrospect. My assertions are based on anticipated extrapolations on what the international community has done and would, in a general sense, be likely to do in such a situation. Logic is really the only tool we can use in this instance, though logic can never anticipate any emotional responses to perceived threats by any peoples. Which speaks to your point about world reaction to 9/11.

Whoa, down boy, put the flag away for a second. As I indicated some dramatic changes would have to take place to weaken the power players in the world to collectively share the A.S.S.. Essentially if the US tried to take over Ataria island the rest of the world would see it as an act of aggression akin to Hitlers invasion of Poland. No one would be foolish enough to allow one nation to monopolize the A.S.S., that is simply a propaganda fueled fantasy.. In 1999 China was emerging as an economic powerhouse and I believe still had it's formidable submarine fleet as well as a ridiculous standing arming in the millions. Russia would not shut down because they lost Moscow, nor would any other country, if they lost their capital. The Euro block including the UK would not stand by and allow this either. If the US were indeed able to get a foothold on the island they would be cut off from not only financing from the rest of the world, but also the oil needed to keep the bloated war machine running. The crippling of the US war machine would never come from actual combat, but by simply starving the beast into submission. Most don't fully appreciate how fragile the US economy has been for a very long time. Something as simple as not trading in US dollars would bankrupt the nation in a matter or days because the US Treasury Bills would loose their value.

WHEW!! I thought you were going to call it the Basara VF-1.... *chills have stopped running down my spine...

Neoexcaliber...

Still hoping you'll grace us with a VF-11D one day my friend...

I missed that! Cool, gives me some interesting reading. I always thought there were more branches to the UN Military and Egan Loo confirmed it. it's gong to be an interesting read to be sure It is an interesting question, the "why" of it all. One can simply nod and blindly accept what sounds like a throw away answer by a group who didn't feel it merited much more consideration.

What I find astonishing is that you actually question Macross Fans' tenacity?!

Touche my friend However , I was under the impress we Westerners coined that phrase?

Care to take a stab at reconciling how they got UN SPACY from "Unified Forces Space Forces" ?

When you understand UN SPACY is a condensed term for "United Nations Space Navy" it becomes less dumb. Considering the UN Spacy is composed of many nation state members, assuming the US would be leading it is a bit presumptuous and somewhat arrogant. Who knows what events took place to allow the UN to become a global government. It would have to be rather substantial to weaken the existing power players on the world stage enough to work together. Nations like the US, China, Russia, UK, Euro-zone, etc... All exert a certain amount of influence in world affairs. That being said, put whatever logo you wish on your valkyrie.

Very nice. Now you only have 15 more fighters to go

I think I'm in love! That is truly epic. Thanks for sharing

Very cool!

Couple questions: Amazing work as always sir, thank you for sharing/ 1. You went with a more orange gold rather than yellow, was that for a specific purpose? 2. Will you be uploading a Zip file of the full resolution images for us fans who want to drool over your detail work?

Wow Sexy!! Plan to post the full resolutions in zip format so we can grab the full size beauty shots? Apparently zipping the images is the only way to post full resolution images now...