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  1. Master Dex
    Basara will turn it into an epic duet and get Gepelwhatshisname singing even faster. Mountains will finally move, Mylene will be annoyed, and Galactic peace will be achieved. Bombaa!
  2. Master Dex
    That's true, I wasn't really talking about why it did, more just why only 10. It's still a pretty rare thing to see.I actually like M7, lol. I didn't think I would when I first tried to watch it but then I fell in love with Fire Bomber plus more Max Jenius is always good (can you tell who my favorite franchise character is?). That being said I'm very pragmatic and even though I ended up being a fan I fully recognize the failings of the show and how silly it can be compared to the original's war story and Frontier's politics and high tech action. Macross 7 definitely lightened me up to the power of song aspect in the franchise though; such that I am way more open to what Delta is doing than some people are. Bomba for life!
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    That's pretty cool. Still unobtanium at best, but I guess not entirely handwavium either. I say that reluctantly because the description almost sounds like it could pass for an explanation of dark matter which today is still baffling scientists. Massive gravitational interactions by something that is not physically there (as far as we can tell), hints of higher dimensional stuff? One could guess that heavy quantum, via super dimension space, is merely just the way this story chose to explain dark matter (and likely dark energy by extension but that is a bigger conversation). Things like that are one reason that while Macross isn't a hard sci-fi it still manages to take things a step beyond the handwaviums of other soft sci-fi, including Star Trek. I'd go on but this isn't a discussion thread. I'd be happy to hear and discuss it more though via another topic or PMs though if you like.
  4. Master Dex
    I'm assuming it is a 2 cour anime like Frontier which would give it anywhere from 24 to 26 episodes. SDF Macross was originally a 2 cour but was extended by 10 episodes which is a bit unusual (likely only due to budget reasons that it didn't get more, not that it needed more really). Macross 7 is a notable difference in that it was a 4 cour anime which meant they planned for it to be well liked enough to manage up to 50 episodes. The show's black sheep status aside, that was clearly a correct prediction. Typically, and mind you I am no expert on this at all, Anime that have a reasonable chance for success get a 2 cour broadcast and if they do really well they'll maybe get a sequel series (which to Americans would be analogous to a second season, Japan doesn't typically use the same methodology there). This is true of 1 cour shows too though. A recent example might be Aldnoah Zero which was clearly written to be 26 episodes but they split it up into 1 cour arcs that aired independently but under the same title. That is not too typical, but it worked for the story. I see a lot of stand alone anime shows though that are only 1 cour, or roughly 12 to 13 episodes. That tells me those productions were considered good enough to make but not expected to be popular enough for larger broadcasts. Macross is huge enough to get at least 24 episodes in a given series by now. However I don't know if it is enough for them to want to risk budgeting a full 4 cour 50ish episode show again. Realistically, 24 - 26 is a good episode count for a self-contained story. 50 episode shows tend to resort to filler episodes and story padding just to make up the episode count (and Macross 7 is not innocent of that).
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    Admittedly this question is more aimed at Seto since he has the technical info on hand, but concerning the talk of all that... can you explain more about what heavy quantum actually is? I know what the word quantum means in the real world and it sounds like in Macross it refers to a substance, and since the show rarely talks about any of this... I could use a primer I think.
  6. Master Dex
    That can be considered true of even modern nuclear weapons, as when unarmed the most danger they pose is the fact they have a certain amount of radioactive material inside them... which is typically never exposed. Unless armed it is actually pretty hard to make a nuclear warhead detonate (because the process to cause it is pretty specific). Arming said weapons is also pretty difficult, which is done on purpose so accidents don't happen. That being said C4, like Seto used, is a better example for stability probably (due to the aforementioned radioactive material).
  7. Master Dex
    I think he means the all the green 262s piloted by Bogue and the rest of the knights are all the same. He wasn't referring to Keith's Hs model which is of course noticeably different.
  8. Master Dex
    Could say that about SDF-1 in attacker mode but it managed.
  9. Master Dex
    I'm still calling shoulder boom cannons ala Macross class.
  10. Master Dex
    Ikenai Borderline? They've only played it in episode 1 and 2 (and both times were actually the same instance of the song, it just got split between them). So really it only played once in 6 episodes so far. By comparison Love, Halation the War, and the song from episode 3 have been played twice each (the latter appeared again in episode 4 right before the Aerial Knights stole the show with their battroids). In any case I think Kawamori actually said the plan is to try to introduce a new song at least once every couple episodes if not more to keep things fresh.
  11. Master Dex
    They rose up from within that way. Each deck has elevators to the inner hangers I'm sure since it is designed to split like that for space travel.
  12. Master Dex
    Mylene also worked with Jamming Birds once, which is the earliest 'proper' Tactical Sound Unit (even though it was kind of a failure, but it is pretty much impossible to outshine Sound Force).
  13. Master Dex

    Bandai DX VF-31

    Master Dex replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    No harm done, lol. It is my duty to question such things when I see them though.
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    Bandai DX VF-31

    Master Dex replied to UN Spacy's topic in Toys

    You mean the wind and drag... in space? Where they were in that episode? Where super parts are typically used cause they cause too much drag to be useful in atmosphere?
  15. Master Dex
    Any chance you could send me that wallpaper?
  16. Master Dex
    I liked it overall.
  17. Master Dex
    Analysis should come before a complete post, lol. However I'll grant you it since the final version makes sense. For all we know the family on Mirage's father's side are equivilant to falling bricks in planes, heh.
  18. Master Dex
    That implies Max was 0% to cause that dilution... and that is just wrong. Also Mirage is Miranda's daughter.. we don't have any clue if she was a good pilot.
  19. Master Dex
    It'd probably look like certain pachinko games.
  20. Master Dex
    Isn't Michael from Frontier supposedly part Zolan?
  21. Master Dex
    Oh he had eyes alright... He was even estimating her measurements lol.
  22. Master Dex
    Well there is this for the shield, if you want to rotate it maybe. Or the holo-cloud version. Shield is more clear. If you wanted a pic from the toy... well the best are already in the thread really. Hope that helps.
  23. Master Dex
    I don't know about that SD space thing you mentioned. Sounds like a Star Trek tactic more than a Macross one. That being said the consensus based on Seto's data seems to be the fuel in the VF is for the reaction engines entirely. In atmo, it combines with the air for exhaust, in space, it is used solely on its own in and incredible amount.
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    That is the general consensus that the extra fuel and equipment allow for better space operations. It might not necessarily be longer however. It could though. As you mentioned, in SDF:M we see the VF-1s in space a lot before FAST packs appeared. My recent back and forth with one Seto Kaiba in the Macross Delta mecha/tech thread has also pointed out to me more details on how the engines work in space that had eluded me for a long time (you can refer to that for details, presuming you don't want Delta spoilers). Keeping that in mind, the VF-1 running slick in space definitely doesn't have the ability to go long term if it is running its engines a lot. However in space you also do not need constant thrusting (it looks like they do anyway, but I'd pin that on artistic reasons because it looks better to animate than a plane flying with no exhaust, though there is some question on whether the exhaust should be visible all the time.. but I digress). As such, with careful use, they could keep their sortie time good without wasting their limited fuel probably. FAST packs of course make this much easier. Additionally going back to my first comment, FAST packs also can allow for the valk to do more in space without wasting the fuel, even if it keeps their sortie time around the same as it was without the FAST packs (such as more maneuvering, or specific accelerations that might have used too much fuel without the extra engines and tanks).
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    RTGs are a lot safer than many might think.. but also the fact they are used for deep space missions more than anything else is not because of any danger it is because they are reliable and solar panels have a distance limit before they aren't as feasible. In fact, take my word for it in detail, I wrote a blog post about it years ago back when I had a blog (now defunct): https://kimbody1535.wordpress.com/tag/rtg/
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