I think it would be safe to assume that the "specialized" valks can still perform well in a dogfight and are thus armed with the requisite amount of mcro-missiles and whatnot. In the training ep (episode 4) we see them go 3 vs 3 against the Pixies I think it's safe to assume that while Alto was chasing down Nene, the other two were similarly engaged.
Now as for melee, well you know what they say about knives...
Finally watched Dynamite 7 and there's just a couple of things I need to get out of the way.
First, what drugs where they on when they were making it? I need some of that.
Second, why do I suddenly want to see a Macross Frontier AMV set to It's a New Frontier?
Yes, we aren't like some other clubs that need hierarchies and acronyms to prove that they're cool.
I'm loving the interaction between Klan and Mikhail more and more.
IMO the tension between them is similar enough to Max-x-Miriya from Macross 7 (IMO one of the good things about that series) but different enough that its unique to them as characters in Macross.
Alto is GAR for Alto?
Besides, I'm sure his fans are big admirers of his long, lustrous hair.
Heck, since his dad has all but diswoned him, he's probably been supporting himself by secretly doing shampoo adds.
Actually it was more like Isamu making it look like it was blowing the smoke from the barrel of his gun like the cocky bastard that he is.
I'm still of the opinon that Kawamori is following Mikoyan tradition and has been naming fighters with odd numbers ever since the VF-11 (even the Vf-22 originally came from the YF-21).
Maybe the folds used in Frontier and previous series are different. With the new system, it seems that dragging along extra mass (such as a whole island) is less likely since you move through the "portal" created by the fold.
Just because it has more tech doesn't mean it's a better fighter overall. Just like with the Super Nova VFs. While the YF-21 was the one that had more tech, the YF-19 quickly caught up and even overtook it in numbers.
As for the VF-25 and VF-27, it could simply be the case of two different companies achieving the same overall perfromance goals through different means.
besides, this is Macross and MAcross has enver had a tradition of new mecha dominating simply due to technological superiority.
I'd like to add:
KAWAII - Klan Appreciation and Worship Association International Inc.
SCUMM - Stop Cathy from Ultimately Making out with that Mushroom-head
PANTIES - Princess Alto's Noble Teammates Interested in his Enslavement by Sheryl
GAR - Gay After watching Robert "Bobby" Margot *I know, that's pushing it*
and of course F**K, the last two letter of which are Chibi-Klan.
Ep. 9 should have a few answers in terms of access to macro/miclonization.
On the topic of Zent "waste products" I've been wondering what happens to such items when one gets micloned. Does it all get micloned as well, or does the process simply eliminate it for you?
Makes you wonder though since the more recent series seem to have disregarded the whole time thing altogether. Fold communication makes things even more confusing since we see some examples of 2-way fold communication occurring in real time.
Unless off course the initial fold Misa and co. experienced in SDFM was a super long range fold while the folds we've seen in more recent series are relatively short.