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I dunno about you but to me .

It glows because of anima spiritia

I keep trying to finish it, but for some reason it keeps turning to Arjuna in the end. Hehehe, kidding aside, I actually just saw eps. 4 & 5 yesterday, on youtube, at work while my boss was away on a meeting.

I dunno, I always thought that the Block 6 mas something developed later on after Space War I.

And I thought that was just Basara being stubborn and refusing to fly something other than his valkyrie.

One bit I noticed though, the VF-0 uses a DYRL style side-stick and not the central stick and seems to lack the B-G-F transformation switches seen in the VF-1.

In case of emergency, hit up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start.

I wonder if episode ten will reveal anything about Sheryl's relationship (if any) to the Nome sisters from Zero.

Actually, all the ones with the smoke trail "tentacles" are VF-1s and VF-0s.

Seems to be some sort of electric motor

Light purple not pink as that seems to be her trademark colour.

Also, don't forget Basara flying his VF-19 without any flight suit most of the time in Macross 7. The whole negative feedback thing however could possibly be how the EX-Gear system works in Frontier.

Well than, maybe we'll get to see that Zentraedi plasma rifle Alto picked up adapted for variable fighter use. More advanced maybe, but both planes were hitting the same performance benchmarks (in fact I recall seeing that the YF-19 was actually exceeding the YF-21).

Superior firepower that's for sure, but all that firepower is useless if you can't hit your target. Besides, it seems that it's still more practical to use a high volume of fire against another VF than to simply target it with a big gun, something that your good old gunpod is quite capable of.

Probably integrated into the stick so that the pilot doesn't have to take his hands off it.

So clearly then, the YF-21 is a better plane despite the charts shown in Plus where the YF-19 was in the lead. And when they fought, it was clearly an even match? In cockpit shots of Ozma in episode two clearly show a more seamless 360 cockpit as compared to previous VFs. Why it isn't animated as such in fighter mode is another question altogether. If they meant for the 27 to be a better fighter, then they probably would have animated it so that Alto was losing and needed Mikhail's help to win. Plot armor is plot armor, but there are limits to how much you can use it before the audience loses its suspension of disbelief and suspects something funny.

First you deny attraction to Nanase's "handfulls" now you talk about how fine Basara's ass is. I'm beginning to have my doubts about you.

What magic, this is Max we're talking about, he's a genius who can do anything if he puts his mind into it. And he's such a snappy dresser, a certain Meltran ace must have noticed!

And when in Macross history has "more high tech" equated to better. If you recall Plus, the YF-21 was more high tech than the YF-19, yet the YF-19 was it's equal in terms of performance. As for Frontier, your so called as I noted, Brera's VF-27 wasn't able to lose a V-25 piloted by a rookie. Honestly, get over it, the whole mecha arms-race deal was always more of a Gundam thing in the first place. Macross has never been known for it. Actually, the VF-19 started scoring higher across the board once they worked out the bugs and has Isamu fly it. Also, we've theorized that the VF-25 can use the 360 cockpit (since we see it used in battroid mode, a more seamless one at that) but for some reason is turned off in fighter mode.

Mechanisms yes, however the basic concept of the design is more similar to the VF-19 (heck, the first time I saw the Deculture Edition of Ep.1 last year, I immediately thought of the VF-19 when I saw Ozma transform, and mind you this was before I read the article on the compendium).

Funny then how Brera in a supposedly "more maneuverable" plane couldn't shake Alto off his six, even when he reversed thrust and went into Gerwalk mode, Alto still got a lock on him and was eventually able to take a leg out. This is Macross people, Gundam-esque disadvantages due to one side better technology has never been a major plot device.

The expression on Alto-hime's face and the "I'm dead" placard are just about perfect!

Based on what we've seen, the VF-27 is just about on par with the VF-25. It may have more technology, but performance wise they seem to be just about equal (kinda like the YF-19 and YF-21 were back in the day). The 27's advantage is that most of what it needs is built into the plane, the 25 on the other hand, uses separate FAST packs, however this is also its advantage in that it can tailor its load out depending on the mission.