Macross Mecha Manual Updated

[Mr March]

May 3, 2009

Major Update

This update to the Macross Mecha Manual features 25 new profiles. For the sake of completeness, I am adding profiles with uncolored lineart (ex. Destroid Monster MK I). I feel it is important to include more mecha for the sake of visitor interest even if quality line art scans of these mecha cannot be obtained at this time. It is perhaps better to have an incomplete profile on the Macross Mecha Manual rather than no profile at all. Also, if visitors note the lack of a proper scan for a particular mecha, they may have the means to obtain a proper high resolution scan and would assist my website by submitting pictures.

I've received fan requests for Macross Chronicle scans and now is as good at time as any to state why most of the series will not appear on this website. Since the Macross Chronicle is in publication, I will NOT be posting any marquee art pieces from the series (such as the Temjin Hidetaka fold outs). In regards to the remaining artwork, I will be posting mostly low resolution scans from the Chronicle, unless the artwork was previously released on the Macross Frontier official website or in Japanese hobby magazines. Eventually the low resolution scans will be upgraded to high resolution, but only once publication of the Macross Chronicle has ceased. I realize some fans may be disappointed, but a major part of the Macross Mecha Manual is promotion of the Macross franchise and to do that, we fans must ensure products like the Macross Chronicle remain viable during publication. Once product runs are over, the art history of Macross can be archived for posterity. But until then, please pay for the quality Macross products legally to ensure more Macross is made in the future.

Macross: Do You Remember Love? Section

Picket Patrol Ship (Film Version)

Thurvel-Salan Class Battleship (Film Version)

Macross Zero Section

CVN-99 Asuka II Aircraft Carrier

Auerstädt Submarine Aircraft Carrier

Destroid Monster MK I

Octos

VF-0D Phoenix

VF-0D Phoenix "Shin"

Macross Frontier Section

EX-Gear

Guantánamo Class Stealth Carrier

Queadol-Magdomilla Class Fleet Command Battleship

Northampton Class Stealth Frigate

Stealth Cruiser

Uraga Class Escort Battle Carrier

YF-24 Evolution

Game & Advanced Valkyrie Section

Draug

SW-XAII Schneegans

Macross II Section

Battle Pod

Battle Pod (Commander Type)

Gloria

Gigamesh

Heracles

Meltrandi Powered Suit

Variable Fighter/Powered Armor

Zentradi Powered Suit

Macross Chronicle Information

Fulbtzs-Berrentzs Class Mothership updated

New Macross Class Colonization Ship (Macross 5)

New Macross Island Cluster Class Colonization Ship (Macross 25/Frontier)

Northampton Class Stealth Frigate

Megaroad Super-Long-Range Colonization Ship

Varauta Fleet Flagship Space Carrier

Varauta New Giant Carrier

Additions/Corrections

Added Analysis: Height of the Zentradi and Meltrandi to the For Fans Only Section

Added 8 new Macrosspedia entries (Antares Squadron, Cloning, Close-Range Colonization Fleet, Humanity Seeding Project, Knot, Linear Actuator, Thrust-to-Weight Ratio, U.N. Wars)

Added thrust-to-weight ratios to all appropriately detailed valkyrie profiles. Also, all variable fighters featured in Macross productions prior to 2002 now include thrust ratings converted into kilonewtons so fans can properly compare thrust ratings for older valkyries to variable fighter thrust ratings for Macross Zero and Macross Frontier.

Revised ALL vehicle profiles in ALL sections site-wide with a corrected credit link to the new Macross Compendium address.

Revised the Macross Mecha Manual Main Banner

Revised the Macross Zero Index Button

Revised the SDF Macross Index Button

Revised the Legal Banner

Revised the Macrosspedia, directory and HTML name, the banner, the buttons, and all index pages with new Macrosspedia title

Revised the Master List of Macross Mecha and installed an Index Button on the main page.

Revised Destroid Defender, mistakenly designated an MBR when it should have been ADR

Revised the Gigamesh profile (changed page and directory name to gigamesh-feff to accommodate the standard gigamesh type)

Revised the Altira profile/html/directory in the DYRL section with a more properly translated name

Revised ALL VF-25 profiles (new trivia, ALL VF-25S pictures updated)

Revised VF-27 Lucifer profile (new trivia, ALL VF-27 pictures updated)

Revised Frontier Ghost profiles (changed picture names)

Revised the New Macross Class in the Macross Frontier section to add the Island Cluster class designation.

Revised the Battle 13 profile/html/directory in the Macross G&A section with a more proper name

Revised the Saratoga profile/html/directory in the Macross G&A section with a more proper name

Revised the RVF-171 profile/html/directory Nightmare Plus in the Macross Frontier section with a proper name

Revised ALL Size Comparison Charts, Macross Battroids & Macross Valkyries (all sizes)

Complete Revision of the profile for Destroid Monster Mk II HWR-00

Complete Revision of the profile for Nupetiet-Vergnitzs Class Fleet Command Battleship

Complete Revision of the profile for Nupetiet-Vergnitzs Class Fleet Command Battleship (Film Version)

Complete Revision of the profile for Thurvel-Salan Class Battleship

Complete Revision of the profile for Queadol-Magdomilla Class Fleet Command Battleship

Complete Revision of the profile for Quiltra-Queleual Class Landing Ship Tank

Complete Revision of the profile for Quiltra-Quelamitz Class Medium-Scale Gunboat

Complete Revision of the profile for Picket Patrol Ship

Complete Revision of the profile for Quel-Quallie Theatre Scout

Line Art Added to APC (Rust Colors)

Line Art Added to VF-0A Phoenix ALL VARIANTS (Gun Pod and Cockpit Details)

Line Art Added to New Macross Class (Macross 5)

Line Art Added to VF-3000 Crusader (VF-3000 Crusader and VF-1 Valkyrie comparison)

Line Art Update Size Comparison Chart SDF Macross era (AD 2012) Mecha

Line Art Update VF-0S Phoenix, VF-0S Reactive Armor (All Color)

Line Art Update ALL VF-1 Valkyrie profiles (Series and Film Versions - All Color)

Line Art Update ARMD Class (line art)

Line Art Update Oberth Class Destroyer (line art)

Line Art Update Zentradi Mecha in the SDF Macross section

Line Art Update Queadluun-Rau (Film Version) & Queadluun-Rau Chlore Fleet (line art)

Line Art Update VF-11B Thunderbolt, Super Thunderbolt, Booster (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-11B Thunderbolt Milia (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-1J Target Valkyrie

Line Art Update Guantanamo Class Stealth Carrier (line art)

Line Art Update Northampton Class Stealth Frigate (line art)

Line Art Update Uraga Class Escort Battle Carrier (All Color, line art)

Line Art Update Stellar Whale Passenger Liner (line art)

Line Art Update VF-1J Valkyrie Milia (2045)

Line Art Update Einstein Research Experimental Ship (All Color)

Line Art Update Hollywood Amusement Ship (All Color)

Line Art Update New Macross Class Macross (All color)

Line Art Update New Macross Class Macross 5 (All color)

Line Art Update Riviera Resort Ship (All Color)

Line Art Update Threestar Factory Ship (Color)

Line Art Update West Point Class Macro-Training Base Ship (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-11MAXL Thunderbolt Custom (All profiles, All Colors)

Line Art Update VF-17T Nightmare Custom (All profiles, All Colors)

Line Art Update Varauta New Giant Carrier (All Color and renamed line art)

Line Art Update SDP-1 Stampede Valkyrie (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-1X Plus Super Valkyrie (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-19A Excalibur (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-3000 Crusader (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-5000B Star Mirage VF-X Ravens (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-5000B Star Mirage M3 Version (All Color)

Line Art Update VF-9 Cutlass (All Color)

Line Art Update YF-11 (VFX-11) Thunderbolt M3 Version (All Color)

Enjoy

[Seto Kaiba]

Nicely done, I'll review the Macross II sections to see if there've been any omissions or errors... I've got a bunch of new information, and should have that lineart you asked for ready soon too.

[EXO]

Well done March!!! What an awesome resource. The fresh updates always make it that much more enjoyable.

[SchizophrenicMC]

I love the site not only because it has Macross trivia, but because it's updated so thoroughly.

Good job, March!

[RedWolf]

edit: Forget what I said earlier I just looked at it.

Anyway for the YF-24 manufacturer shouldn't it be Shinsei Industry and General Galaxy?

True it is Shinsei that gave the plans to fleets like Frontier and Galaxy but according to MC translations it was developed by both.

Edited May 4, 2009 by RedWolf

[ff95gj]

Thanks for your work. I have shown your site to all Macross fans I know.

[edwin3060]

thanks alot! I've been waiting for the VF-0D for a long time

Edit: Nice... I didn't know that the 0D could attach the Angel pack.. I hope that when Yamato releases their 0D it will be able to do so as well!

Edited May 4, 2009 by edwin3060

[anime52k8]

thanks alot! I've been waiting for the VF-0D for a long time

Edit: Nice... I didn't know that the 0D could attach the Angel pack.. I hope that when Yamato releases their 0D it will be able to do so as well!

does it officially say that somewhere? I would think it wouldn't since the new tail fins wouldn't line up with the slits in the wings the way the tails on the A and S models do.

as a side rant; as justifiable as it is, waiting for chronicles to go out of print is frustrating as all hell. I apologize for being too poor to afford hundreds of dollars in magazines that I can't read and less than a third of the content in each issue I'm interested in anyways *goes off and grumbles*

[Sulendil Ang]

Yummy! M3 get its update again! Thanks for your efforts, March!

[REbirth]

M3 is the one of the best Macross fansites out there.

Thanks for your hard work, March.

[RedWolf]

On Macross Galaxy ship name at episode 6 the captain in the distress video calls the ship Mainland.

A later episode where Grace assures Sheryl she said that Mainland must have escaped and not give up hope. (It wasn't damaged to begin with anyway.)

[Dante74]

Another awesome update, great job mr. March!

[Mr March]

Seto Kaiba

Much appreciated, my friend. We'll get the Macross II section looking as sharp as the rest of the site.

>EXO<

I'm glad you enjoyed the update. It makes the work worthwhile.

SchizophrenicMC

Yeah, this update was big on revisions. Each new issue of the Chronicle brings attention to certain small details, especially the proper colors for the mecha. The Chronicle has really helped the visual translation of the M3.

RedWolf

Great catch! I'll correct that as soon as I get home today. As always, please submit any corrections for errors, grammar or spelling. Astute fans make the best editors

I remember the term "Mainland" but I'm not sure if that's a name, a class designation or a nick name. I'll try to find some way to include it in the text, but I'm not sure of the context.

ff95gj

Thanks, it's great to have the website shared with the fans. By the way, I love your signature

edwin3060 and anime52k8

I'll have to look at the VF-0D more specifically and make sure it's possible. I don't think there was anything specifically stating one way or the other. I'm not sure the vertical stabilizers would pose much of a problem for an Angel configuration, especially since they are folding mechanisms. But on the other hand, the "Angel" was an on-the-fly kind of configuration, so it may be limited to the "A" and "S" variants.

Regarding the Macross Chronicle, I knew I'd get some negative feedback and I'm sorry. Some kind of compromise had to be made in favor of the Chronicle and to maintain a perspective for the mandate of what my site is actually supposed to do. It is a tool to promote Macross fandom, but it's not a file sharing site. Anyway, most of us have discussed this before, so I'll leave it at that for now.

Sulendil Ang

Hey, thanks for being such an enthusiastic fan. Your support is appreciated.

REbirth

Thanks for saying so and keep visiting!

Dante74

A big thanks to you my friend. Your charts have yet again made the M3 that much better. I hope you liked the Zentradi/Meltrandi section. It was quite a lot of work to get all those Zentradi colored

[papabear]

I'm enjoying the size analysis page...

[Ignacio Ocamica]

Wow, an incredibly amazing update!!!!

A+ as expected

Thanks for your time and passion for Macross.

[edwin3060]

Thanks for the clarification. It would be cool if it were possible though . At the very least, we know that the 0D can mount the above wing rocket pods right?

[Roy Focker]

I'm liking that zentradi group pic in color.

[RedWolf]

I don't know if this has been pointed out before but the VF-1X Plus aside from the Super Pack also has the Strike version according to this image from a review of Macross Digital Mission VF-X.

Just confirmation from those who played it.

If so the VF-1 Strike is an expy alongside the DYRL Nousjadeul-Ger and Queadluun-Rau.

[Prime]

All I can say is...HOORAY!

Love the site. Love it.

[Mr March]

papabear and Roy Focker

I'm really glad to hear that you're enjoying the Zentradi page. It was a great deal of work to color all those characters and I'm really pleased that fans are enjoying the results.

Ignacio Ocamica

You're welcome. Enjoy and keep visiting!

edwin3060

I'm actually not sure. They maybe able to accommodate rocket pods, but I can say with any certainty.

RedWolf

Ah, interesting. The games are always really difficult to cover. Virtually no information is readily available for them and I've never played them. Which is why the Macross G&A section is so sparse

Prime

Hehehe, so you like the site? Just kidding, enjoy.

[RedWolf]

RedWolf

Ah, interesting. The games are always really difficult to cover. Virtually no information is readily available for them and I've never played them. Which is why the Macross G&A section is so sparse

Not to mention there is little or no lineart of enemy mecha from these games.

VF-X brought us the Stealth Glaug, Reguld Custom, Stealth Quel-Quallie, Stealth Fighter Pod and the Feios Valkyrie. Which pretty much tells the Zentradi rebels don't rest on their laurels.

VF-X2 had the Hatchet class destroyer, Vandal gunship, Rorqual submarine, Gjagravan-Va land destroid, Annabella Lasiodora mobile weapon. There are still Anti-UN groups with their own original mecha.

M3 is the most surprising with the Zentradi Variable Glaug and the combiner known only as the Saishuuheiki.

Saishuuheiki

As you can see here it appears to be a mis-mash of prominent Zentradi mecha characteristics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K246hR_5ZYo

[Mr March]

That is one bizarre looking mecha.

[Ork_dreadnought]

Ditto. It puts me in mind of the old Victory Gundam or an R-type end-of-level-boss.

What's the story behind it?

Edited May 10, 2009 by Ork_dreadnought

[RedWolf]

Ditto. It puts me in mind of the old Victory Gundam or an R-type end-of-level-boss.

What's the story behind it?

It is the final boss or last stage enemy.

Looking at it. It is presumably Zentradi. But I can't make heads or tails if it is piloted or an unmanned like a ghost. In M3 it is the last enemy you'll face. It appears M3 was trying to one up the last boss of VF-X2.

Feios Valkyrie aka Enemy Valkyrie or EVA

Macross Plus PS2 had the Neo Glaug. Which SK based the Zentradi and UNS Variable Glaug for M3.

[Ork_dreadnought]

It is the final boss or last stage enemy.

Looking at it. It is presumably Zentradi. But I can't make heads or tails if it is piloted or an unmanned like a ghost. In M3 it is the last enemy you'll face. It appears M3 was trying to one up the last boss of VF-X2.

Ah, that explains the vibe I was getting from it. Its definately more video game in style than Macross.

Edited May 10, 2009 by Ork_dreadnought

[RedWolf]

I got another VF-X2 treat for you again Mr. March

GBP-1S Armored Valkyrie made an appearance in VF-X2 in Mission 3.

[Mr March]

Looks like the DYRL colors. I'll add it to the list.

[RedWolf]

VF-X MV

It is pretty much confirmed the VF-1X Plus Valkyrie uses the Strike Fast Pack in Digital Mission VF-X.

But it is the VF-1A version not the VF-1S in DYRL.

[Mr March]

That makes it difficult, considering I don't have any VF-1A Strike line art to color

[RedWolf]

That makes it difficult, considering I don't have any VF-1A Strike line art to color

How about having a subpictures of the Super Fast Pack fighter mode/gerwalk mode and Strike Fast Pack fighter mode/gerwalk mode under the VF-1X Plus Valkyrie?

Making them the optional equipment.

[Mr March]

Could do that, but at that point it just seems like adding "Strike Pack" to the text description would be easier.

[RedWolf]

Mission 10-B Out of Town

Vindirance base is a West Point Class Macro-Training Base Ship

Okay lets sort out the three groups mecha that I can tell.

Vindirance

Red VF-1X Plus - Mariafokina Barnrose

VF-19A -Gilliam Angreat

VB-6 Koenig Monster

Destroid Tomahawk

Destroid Phalanx

Annabella Lasiodora

Vandal Gunship

Hatchet class destroyer

Meltran Gunship

Meltran Landing Ship Tank

West Point Class Macro-Training Base Ship

Black Rainbow

Regult Battle Pod

Glaug

Gnerl Fighter Pod

Black Feious Valkyrie - Timoshie Daldahnton

Gjagravan-Va Land Weapon

SB-10/10 Starwing

Critical Path Corporation

Red VF-17S (with Song Jamming System) - Manfred Brando

Destroid Tomahawk

Destroid Phalanx

Roqual class submarine

Meltran Gunship

Wilbur Garland the UN officer guy behind Black Rainbow and Critical Path Corporation

AIF-9B Ghosts (Mass production X-9 Ghost)

VF-11B

VF-22 - Wilbur Garland (Confimation needed)

VF-19A -Syun Tohma

Battle 13

From what I tell Vindirance are the good guys while Wilbur Garland conspiring with Black Rainbow and Critical Path Corporation are the bad guys.

[sketchley]

Mission 10-B Out of Town

Vindirance base is a West Point Class Macro-Training Base Ship

(...)

You're so 1999.

Location and name info: http://www.macrossroleplay.org/Sketchley/L...Earth.htm#Ceres

[boinger]

I just wanted to add in to RedWolf's list that there are Destroid Defenders

for the Vindirance (Terrorist/Freedom Fighter) Group.

I thought that the Vandal Gunship and Hatchet Class Destroyer were more like capital ships rather than mecha because of their heavy firepower and they don't quite look like a valkyrie to me.

Is it the Black Rainbow Unit or the Black Ravens Unit?

I've seen both names as translations in the game walktrhoughs.

Weren't the Black Rainbow Unit initially a part of the Vindirance Group?

VFX2 has such a convoluted story to me.

I wish a Macross OVA could be made of this game!

Thanks RedWolf!

And thank you, Mr. March, for your great website!

Edited May 16, 2009 by boinger

[sketchley]

I just wanted to add in to RedWolf's list that there are Destroid Defenders

for the Vindirance (Terrorist/Freedom Fighter) Group.

Phalanx and Tomahawk, too.

Is it the Black Rainbow Unit or the Black Ravens Unit?

I've seen both names as translations in the game walktrhoughs.

VF-X Ravens is the squadron the hero (player) of the game is part of.

Black Rainbow is one of the terrorist groups in the game.

Black Ravens doesn't exist in the game. Someone may have been transposing the two names.