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  1. Master Dex
    My avatars aren't especially inspired, here it's often various pics or fan art of Max, especially in his Captain form from Macross 7. It's cause he's my favorite. I'm kinda used to changing my avatar over time though so it's often down to my interest at the time. The name though is a story. Master Dex is the second long running alias I've used on the Internet and it kinda just started as a random pick up based on a self insert character my high school self invented for a Star Wars fanfic. This is funny because I'm not an especially big SW fan lol. So the master refers to Jedi Master, and Dex was the last name in Ivan Dex (not a very SW name admittedly). I never actually wrote the fic though and nothing came of the character but the name sounded nice so I used it for a screen name somewhere one day when I felt like not using my old König alias variation I'd grown out of, and it just stuck. Been using it ever since.
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    I assume that scroll was intended to be satire, but HG is a real estate company if anyone didn't know. The anime stuff was a side hustle lol.
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    You don't need to take personal opinions and choices personally buddy. We're not deciding what Disney or Big West ultimately does.
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    I'm US but... Canada works by VPN (I still pay for D+ and I had to see if it worked lol). Anyway, subs only. As expected, and likely, how it will always be.
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    We know what we're getting outside of Japan, but when depends on the country and is not always clear. For the US, it's everything post 1987, so no SDFM or DYRL. The when is still unknown but I highly suspect it's sooner than later based on other countries rollouts, but that's just my guess.
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    I'm sure Seto will have references to either confirm or refute this and I look forward to that (and the rest of the Master File story, those are always fun), but I have a guess as to the answer. My guess is... the VF-4. Well not the exact design but that's essentially what the UN Spacy made with all their lessons learned in the war. Obviously our alternate VF-1 wouldn't be as advanced, but it would be more space faring, sized appropriately for fuel storage to do that, etc. Actually, although it's not 100% official, the VF-3000 is kind of a redesigned VF-1 to bring it up to snuff after the fact.
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    Very much true, plus the YF-29 has the Fold Wave system and it was almost certainly boosting Alto's already noteworthy skill.
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    I saw something on Facebook, might have been an early order page in the UK that implied our price would be close to $135 but this isn't confirmed.
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    This all just makes me think about the Macross Plus dub somehow leaving out the name and just calling them "Industries" and it's still funny.
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    Basara is so good that Max even gives him props (not to his face though) but stops short of saying he's better than himself. The part that got me was when he flew a VT-1C in Dynamite 7 by nudging the flight stick with his acoustic guitar.... Like it's just that simple!
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    There's no confirmation of any dubs. It's honestly very unlikely to happen still.
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    "Yo like... Listen to my song... or whatever..."
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    Legally, I dunno, probably not but I could be wrong there. It's not cultural why they won't though. They just don't want to do it. Kawamori isn't interested, and without him it's barely worth it. He'd rather put the energy into a new show with new characters.
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    Easily, he's my favorite character.. I mean he's often my avatar lol. But also Hikaru is frankly, kind of a dumbass lol. He's a good audience avatar in the show so he is a better main character to relate to however. His character story is essentially about learning to grow up amid the end of the world and becoming responsible for his choices. Minmay is honestly a great character study in someone thrust into fame with no preparation and naturally that fame breaks them down from the stress until they are just going through the motions in the post-war world while dealing with depression. They only had a passing interest in Hikaru (plus they were a kid with no sense of what they wanted in a partner at the beginning), but post-war they gravitated to him in hopes of finding comfort in a world she couldn't stand to live in. Her realization to leave Earth to seek out a better life for herself on her terms instead of letting it be based on other people is a solid endpoint for her journey. Misa kinda runs the broken bird ice queen that thaws out as her chemistry with Hikaru grows and she helps him grow up while he helps her to heal from the issues in her past. It's not super inventive but it was well told. I'm glad she's a Captain now but that was kinda inevitable. A show about her wouldn't offer anything different than a show about another Captain married to a pilot in their fleet. I have no comment on Star Wars but yeah, sometimes new stuff isn't as good. That happens. Sometimes it is good or better. You'll never find the next great story if you don't venture out past the old and comfortable. Macross has proven this out with both amazing and not so amazing sequels. I'd prefer the risk to get the rewards.
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    Honestly, even aside the issues Seto notes (which I agree with)... I personally never thought the combo of Hikaru, Misa, and Minmay were all that interesting. Like, even if we still didn't know their rather mundane fate, I could care less about a follow up with them. My favorite from the original are the ones that stayed behind and have gotten referenced or reappeared (namely Max). Those three carried their story, the original story, well, but they had a good and satisfying conclusion. They aren't that compelling now that they've worked their crap out lol. Megaroad-01 certainly isn't especially interesting as a ship either. I think when people say they want this follow up they really mean they want something that's not new and different. The problem is, Macross is all about new and different because like real life, stuff is always changing.
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    I'm pretty convinced that Macross City in what used to be called Alaska is probably the only really functioning population center. We know there are other towns, most of them being set up after resettling and not far from Macross City really but I heavily doubt any place is anywhere near that built up.
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    I assume the until recently thing is a reference to Space Force. You're absolutely correct, I just want to add that the US Space Force is in all reality a sub branch under the Department of the Air Force (similar to how the Marines operate under the Navy) and most of the jobs it does are just from the old Air Force Space Command with some new name tags.
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    Because high g-loads can be fatal to squishy human pilots. Just ask Guld. Obviously the IVC was not powerful enough to help him with the no limiter operation he was pulling in order to defeat the Ghost X-9. It's story why the latter inertia store converter in 5th Gen VFs is used too. It enabled pilots to pull off accelerations hitherto impossible without killing them or forcing them to be cyberized.
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    There wasn't anyone especially famous this year beyond Eririn doing a performance after her Japan tour. She's not in Macross but did cover various songs and has been at the con before. As for Mari. I think her last appearance was two years ago, and if I'm being perfectly honest... it wasn't great. She was much better 2 years prior to that one and it kinda came off that she knew it wasn't great. That's not to mention how... opinionated... she was anytime she wasn't booked for the con in any previous years. I don't know if she'll come back to SDC, but I do think it's good they are looking into a lot more options than just one repeat guest.
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    Right, I was only thinking series I guess, which is silly because Zero is an OVA too lol.
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    If you mean subtitled in English, no because this will be, even if it has to be imported. But if you mean dubbed... Honestly, I don't think anyone should expect this of any Macross series (except existing non-RT SDFM dubs). I genuinely think dubs of any series outside maybe new stuff in this WWM era are unlikely.
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    Though this isn't universally true. Being an aerospace engineer myself, some of the things we make involve explosions in normal operations lol. Rockets technically are burning more than exploding but it's not far off. Then there is sometimes a payload that is supposed to explode. Sometimes.
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    I don't doubt this concept was floated, but it reminds me more of the Soviet idea for a massive barge of nuclear explosive which would basically have the same end result. Also a concept that thankfully never actually happened.
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    The tip of the iceberg really! These were gonna be used, along with other crazy but physically possible weapons on the USAF's Orion based space battleship. Which is a real design that would have had enough nuclear ordnance to basically kill the planet in one ship. Story goes it was Kennedy who axed it after reading the details and getting thoroughly freaked out by the concept. https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/spacewarshipart.php#id--Orion_Battleship I agree it was likely too dangerous to make but at the same time it would have been pretty impressive as a spacecraft. I'm not willing to risk MAD over it though. Considering however that the UN Spacy basically has clean versions of all that tech and more they likely would appreciate it.
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    I drive 3 hours for it and some fly in so yeah I think shifting it around the greater LA area isn't gonna make a huge difference in the end.
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