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So that the exhaust vents discharge in back of you instead of in front of you. Looks to me that if you brought it up to your shoulder, it would discharge right next to you head. It's just a valkyrie-sized pistol. A very cool looking pistol none the less. The *shoulder launcher* could extend rearward before firing for all we know....

Its a MAT drawing. From the group that was headed up by Masahiro Chiba. Its not official.

The U. N. Spacy captured a spiritia absorption gun pod and modified it so that it could be used by the VF-17.... Information will be added.

For your information: http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat...mera_drone.html

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Nightmare purely passive stealth? Releasing it without stealth would've meant creating a whole new plane. Not likely, if something as early as the VF-0/SV-51 has active stealth-lost technology or not it would have been regained by the time the VF-17 was engineered. The VF-17 probably would have both passive stealth structure and an active stealth system.

eh whatever man, save your diatribe. This comes up every f'n time. I own a region free player and owned the first R2 DVD of Macross Zero. I stopped buying those since I don't think they were worth 50.00 a pop. I do own other R2 Macross DVDs though. I would consider buying an R2 Macross Zero set(if it ever came out) like the Macross Plus sets that came out Downloads/fansubs are bootlegs too btw. I'm not 100 percent sure about this but when you buy a DVD, aren't you just supporting the store you bought it from, not the company that made/produced etc. it? Meaning that BigWest, Studio Nue etc have already made their money before the DVD even made it to the store. The more the stores sell, the more they reorder from their distributors, when the production run is out then make more. This in turn helps Studio Nue and Macross.

Ok... any word on just WHAT the Valkyrie uses for reaction mass? Unofficially (Masahiro Chiba/MAT) : http://manuals.macrossmecha.info/vf1/valkyrie_fuel.html

Ignorant and unsupportive of Big West and Studio Nue when they need our support, with all of this Harmony Gold crap going on....

The VF-17 uses 4 different types of manipulator-held weapons. It is different. What are those 4 different types of manipulator-held weapons the VF-17 uses?? stealth multipurpose gunpod, with beam/laser adaptor opition(s) from Macross 7 super large-type launcher (grenades) from Macross Digital Mission VF-X mega bazooka (charging beam/impact weapon (?) from Macross VF-X 2 spiritia absorption gun pod Macross 7 The VF-17 Nightmare one of the heaviest Variable Fighters. Many weapon options. Its armor strength is so great that its about the equivient to a VF-1 with GBP-1s or the same amount of armored plating that the VA-3 has. That's mean the Nightmare has more armor than the VF-22 and is only outmatched in armor class by the VB-6.

The VF-17 uses 4 different types of manipulator-held weapons. It is different.

So that the exhaust vents discharge in back of you instead of in front of you. doesnt realy matter the body can absorb the heat with no or little damage. Smoke, not just heat might limit non-IR visual ability

Yes, that was spelled out in Macross Hobby Handbook, but may not be completely official. Ground Battroid Protector may be more official. I knew I'd read it somewhere, thanks Nanashi. Where is it referred to as Ground Battroid Protector? Excuse me, it should be "Ground Battle Protector" weapon system, while the Compendium says "Ground Combat Protector". Its not GCP-1S though... : P Just as AMM-1 should be "Amalgam-guided Multipurpose Missile", but Egan Loo chooses "Hybrid-guided Multipurpose Missile" The HMM-1 is another missile : P Another goof? ;; Amalgam/Hybrid/Composite.... the original Japanese word could be translated as either of them--its all a matter of what fits. In this case amalgam fits best. http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat...siles/amm1.html This is Animation Special Macross Plus (OVA) says that they are Anti-ground Multipurpose Missiles.... but this is not written in the Macross Compendium, because I believe the AMM-1 is more than just an Anti-ground missile. Though, anti-giant combat was thought that it would mostly take place on the ground... that's why there is the whole Battroid ground combat complex.

Yes, that was spelled out in Macross Hobby Handbook, but may not be completely official. Ground Battroid Protector may be more official. I knew I'd read it somewhere, thanks Nanashi. Where is it referred to as Ground Battroid Protector? Excuse me, it should be "Ground Battle Protector" weapon system, while the Compendium says "Ground Combat Protector". Its not GCP-1S though... : P

So that the exhaust vents discharge in back of you instead of in front of you.

All of that information is made up. It is not accurate and should be disregarded. There are many mistakes on that site. It should be know that officially, it has only been identified as "Enemy Battle Suit".

For information on the VEFR-1 see: http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat/vari/vefr1.html

No, Anubis is correct. The Megaroad class may be made of different components, but it is a fixed ship design. Kawamori has not said whether or not the Megaroad is transformable or not. While, it might seem unlikely-it should not be stated that the Megaroad is nontransformable.

Word play on Kawamori's name, I'd imagine.

Should be. Otherwise you risk debris flying into your turbines. Not only that, but there's nothing to 'take in' the vacuum of space might even suck out the fuel through the intakes The VF-1 doesn't have liquid fuel... nuclear powered! The VF-1 does use liquid fuel. They wouldn't need to be refueled by this: http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/cat...ent_vessel.html if they didn't have liquid fuel. See: http://manuals.macrossmecha.info/vf1/valkyrie_fuel.html

Likely. You have to remember that a gunboat is basically just a floating cannon. The larger vessels weren't intended to be used solely as big guns. So they didn't carry a weapon as large proportionately as a gunboat would. The Macross is overpowered for it's size because that's what gunboats are. Actually, the Nupetiet-Vergnitzs class has a huge cannon that is mainly used for combat again large mobile fortresses, while Millia's ship is a gun destroyer with a short range cannon because it is a special forces unit, while there is the heavier gun destroyer which has a long range firing cannon, like the Macross. There are different specifications because the ships serve different purposes.

Macross Leg Schematic and Structural Layout: http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/img..._schematic.html http://nanashi.macrossmecha.info/resrc/img..._schematic.html

True, but it just makes it easier to explain why it has a "Y" at the end of it. I could have very well used "Army" but hey, I honestly don't care. There also is this note: http://www.anime.net/macross/story/encyclo...pacy/index.html So in a sense, yes, I can get away with calling a "Space Navy" (since all I was doing was explaining the "y" in SPACY, but i could have also used Space Army) It would be Army and we should all care about what we tell newbies.

According to Masahiro Chiba (MAT), yes, a VF-1 Valkyrie can stall at an air speed of 115 knots during a sharp 20 degree turn-back maneuver,

A more direct translation is "United Nations Ground Forces" or what might be translated as "United Nations Army" The Japanese word for United Nations is actually different than what Macross uses the basic word means intergrated/joint. But it is used to mean U.N. (United Nations) in Macross.

Yes, that was spelled out in Macross Hobby Handbook, but may not be completely official. Ground Battroid Protector may be more official.