Jump to content

Master Dex

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2322

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Master Dex

  1. Master Dex
    I don't mind that I took too long to decide really. I was in the fence as it was. If I had caught it during the sale price then I definitely would have gone for it.
  2. Master Dex
    Well I am at work, lol. I think missiles can make for good kills though, but you aren't wrong at the same time in many ways. Also there does exist MDE missiles I think but they are likely not standard. Micro missiles are just not for precision kills but for target suppression which may or may not cause legitimate damage. This seems true in Macross 30 as I play. I make missile based kills but most of my kills were by gunpod. I use missiles to weaken. So in that Graham is on point.
  3. Master Dex
    Guess I just need to decide if I should wait for another sale price or just go ahead and but it at the current regular price.
  4. Master Dex
    So the Movie version basically.
  5. Master Dex
    And now I am hesitant...
  6. Master Dex
    Er... well, that's not entirely accurate... but Saruta is right about one thing... finish Macross Plus, because it is one of the best Macross stories hands down. If the attempted rape thing worries you... well without spoiling too much there was an assault in the past, but there is a disconnect with what was happening, who did what, why it happened, and what certain people remember. I'm not going to say it turns out clean and cheery, and they the whole story is somewhat about the ramifications of that, and in the end it feels complete. Plus the final fight sequences are just amazing. I'd recommend watching the movie version, it is more concise and feels somehow better told, though it is only available subbed (but Macross fans should be used to that). Macross Plus OVA does have that rare advantage of having a dub (and a pretty decent one at that.. I mean.. Bryan Cranston plays Isamu.... as in Walter White's Bryan Cranston...).
  7. Master Dex
    I'm still calling that Mirage and Hayate form an elite duo to challenge Keith by complimenting their two styles. It also will further that leg of the triangle by getting them working together more.
  8. Master Dex
    So I have to decide, quickly I bet, if I really want this before it is gone in general.
  9. Master Dex
    Is 27000 the sale price? Also how long will this last? I'd love to have a VF-4 (though mostly for the Fighter so maybe I should just consider a model).
  10. Master Dex
    Even now keeping F-16s in service is way easier than building new F-35s for every base (I'm in the AF btw and work on the 16) plus the 16 can still compete since it is less complex than the more complicated 35. More importantly, if this is a story about a NUNS Squadron than they would use the 171. That's their standard. The 19 was designed as a special ops unit. The 22 is a limited build special ops of a different kind. The 25 was designed specially for Frontier fleet using the 24 design, same for 27 and Galaxy fleet (and it only works for cyborgs). The YF-29 and 30 are tech demonstrators and not really meant to be main series units. Too early for 31 but even then it is also kinda a special purpose unit even if it is a production unit. When it comes down to it, until NUNS decides to design an entire new replacement for the 171 that is worth doing more than upgrading the 171,they will keep using it. Also via Delta, we know they still do.
  11. Master Dex
    You aren't the first to make that comparison. It is possible SK is throwing a nod to Macross II a bit even though he had nothing to do with it.
  12. Master Dex
    Like I posted earlier, GG reported they'd be a day or so late due to traveling. EDIT: Seto... post sniping me.. should have figured someone with that name would screw the rules and be quicker, lol. (That's a YuGiOh Abridged joke btw)
  13. Master Dex
    I never noticed that.... Might be time for a rewatch of those...
  14. Master Dex
    Not seen yet, but posting to report that GG says their Delta fansub will be delayed a day due to travel. There is much weeping for sure.
  15. Master Dex
    All of what you said is pretty much good, but it is worth noting that the PS2 DYRL game expands upon the movie by showing the events of the initial attack on Earth (an animated opening exists even, though that might be from a different game). Either way, it clearly shows the Macross launching from Earth just as Zentradi attacks begin but unlike the show where it does the up to space and back down for a trick fold maneuver, it just immediately initiates fold close to ground, not to try to trick the Zentradi attackers, but because they just started mass orbital bombardment of Earth and it was the only chance they had. It is likely everything was done, tested, and working like you said, but the fold maneuver itself was still done under stress and likely wasn't supposed to shoot them off as far as it did. This also fits with the DYRL lore that Earth was basically wiped out once the Macross left, and likely Global and SDF-1 command knew for the most part since they had an 'official story' in place. EDIT: Found the video, it is from the Sega Saturn game apparently, but the PS2 one does have an opening level where you fight the first wave of attackers and ends with fold and mass bombardment.
  16. Master Dex
    Yeah sometimes a high powered laser in the face is just lethal. Actually that is always true.
  17. Master Dex
    It's probably not the next episode. I'd guess 13.
  18. Master Dex
    Never knew that, heh... it does explain why the city in the movie looked so well put together and detailed, unlike the version in the show which was set up hastily and destroyed and rebuilt every other week. I'm told city being destroyed often builds character though.
  19. Master Dex
    TeamCivAB is my Delta OTP.
  20. Master Dex
    I wasn't disputing that (I've technically studied rocket science as part of my degree, heh). Actually though, and Seto will surely come by to confirm this with more technical language than I care to use now, in space VF engines propel via expelling the reaction products from the fusion process. This happens in air too but it is combined with inlet air to increase thrust and efficiently. According to Seto, who says this comes from Master File (so not 100% canon but still, more detailed than anything else) they just ramp up the fusion process in space to the point where the fusion reaction products are enough to achieve similar thrust. It's crazy inefficient but overtech apparently enables them to do it. It also means they only need to carry fuel for the reaction and not a ton of propellant. This makes sense cause to do the stuff they do in the show they'd need massive propellant tanks to hold it all. Yes we can call it anime magic... but if we have one good explanation... I just assume go with that.
  21. Master Dex
    Ok, that makes sense. I guess the wing thrusters on the 27 are bigger than I recall (was not looking at any pics when writing that since I was on break from work, which is ironically, working on jet engines, lol). Though clearly they have a different nozzle setup instead of the specialized 'feet' nozzles in the legs. As for the 29. I figured it would have to be a different engine because the thruster is smaller enough than the leg sections that I just couldn't believe they'd be the same type. That's amazing their still chemical (hybrid will always make the most sense for their size. Pure liquid would require extra tank space and more plumbing, and solid of course can't throttle on demand or shut off). You are probably right that they have special fuels, likely with higher enthalpy, but there is a limit to that (then again.. we are talking about overtechnology...). I guess they should be chemical since they are discarded so easily. Reaction engines are probably expensive.
  22. Master Dex
    So I recently got a DX YF-29B (thanks again Duymon) and I started to wonder something about the wing mounted boosters. This question can apply to the VF-27 as well: Since the wing boosters are not add on engines and are smaller than the main engines in the legs, do they actually have their own smaller reaction engines or do they just siphon heat from the main engines to superheat intake air? Now I already think that it is more likely they have smaller engines because 1. The wing boosters have no connection to the leg engines in Gerwalk or Battroid modes, and 2. It would make it less useful in space since it wouldn't add to thrust considering how reaction weapons are used in space (though since they can pivot that makes them useful for maneuvers). This opens up a side curiosity though: are the boosters on modern super packs (such as on the VF-25 and 31) using reaction engines? I know the VF-1's boosters were hybrid rockets but after 60 years I'm sure they use something more advanced.
  23. Master Dex
    It is well past the spoiler statute of limitations now, you're ok. Anyway, typically a head laser, while not weak, is less damaging than a gunpod bullet. Also I'm pretty sure the VF-0 didn't have much in ECS because it didn't have the thermonuclear reaction engines to power it. There is some question on if ECS strengthens the canopy too. I'll defer to an expert there. The VF-31 does have ECS in all modes (ECS in Fighter mode is a relatively new thing made possible by a newer reaction engine design) but Messer was pushing his fighter more than usual and had already taken damage. He was flying, and even speaking like, this was the last confrontation he'd have with Keith one way or the other. I think Keith knew he could manage that kill with a precision laser shot, and knew he had the skill to pull it off.
  24. Master Dex
    I should have just dropped this. http://cow.org/csi/
  25. Master Dex
    You mean after they've met in the afterlife? Not even sure death would stop Roy from being a ladies man.
×
×
  • Create New...