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I love this more and more as time passes on, it's gonna be a buy for me when it is released.

That reminds me..Devil May Cry 4 was in the 30 dollar rack at Target. I would have snatched it up, but as is I already have too much on my plate, and really don't feel like spending anymore on video games this year. Maybe not even until March, or whenever the hell I finish Fallout 3.

I'm with March, it's variablity (is that a word?) is their strength. Individual modes have their strong suits and weakness, but the ability to go back and forth, to adapt to situations is what it's strong suit.

Well it does all pertain to the Auerstadt , and that has probably been the largest subject of this thread. .. which is rather funny, since the universe is largely taking place in deep space and we're having a rather lively discussion over the mechanics of a submarine -based VF carrier.

I don't mind the colors-I'm quite fond of the staid look of it, and am probably going too pick up one myself over the Nora or Ivanov. (not to say one or both may join it eventually..)

About 23 minutes into Episode 2 you get a real good look at them stowed onboard the sub (while being serviced, no less.) There are some sort of lift equipment to the ventral side as they're stowed, but I really can't tell if it's for the plane, or for the heatshields that are lowered for launch. But there is a considerable amount of space where they're stored..sure, it's no hangar, but if they were simply on the sub to be launched, they wouldn't need to be any open space at all..just the tubes that they're launched from. I believe the addition of drop tanks was a reaction to issues in the first skirmishes with the UN VF-0's, where they found themselves too quickly running out of fuel in the middle of a fight. Since this was (IIRC) the first combat deployment of the fighter (if not, it was certainly the first time it was fighting another variable fighter), it is within reason they did not forsee it to be as much of a problem as it became. And I assume they were flying low on radar becausere they probably couldn't launch nearby, since UN forces were at that point expecting an attack, and presumably stepped up their CAP.

Also I don't think they would have bothered serving the VF onboard the submarine if they had a conventional surface carrier and it's facilities to utilize.

Does the CF model have the boosters, or just the fuel tanks? As much as like all three, the CF looks of something almost real world, and that's rather appealing. (I'd give all three a home if they were not so damned expensive.)

About the Auderstat..I can imagine it surfacing, opening the hatches and extending the racks or cranes that hold the Valkyries (for servicing and launch) out of the superstructure, in order for them to be recovered,. The only point I'm stuck on is how they reattach- while the submarine appears to be large enough for them to stand on deck in GERWALK, I wonder if the SV-51's can position themselves to be attached by their storage racks in that mode.

I don't believe this has been asked yet (athough, I may be wrong) but is the Macross Quarter a one-of-a-kind, or some sort of SMS project (may be another test and evaluation contract) for a new line of Macross-style ships? Maybe I'm just confused, because to me it's role seems to go back and forth; between being the "cool ship" for the SMS flyboys, and being the defacto stand-in for Battle Frontier in many (if not most) of the series tactical operations.

IS it a recessive trait? I've seen it appear on half Zentradi characters (like Guld, of course,) but it seems like characters further removed from pure Zentradi don't always have pointed ears.

I like it too. I think it makes sense to farm out final development and production out to individual fleets and colonies, if only because given the vast distances that humanity has spread out, and it's already impractical to keep production centralized. Shinsei probably saves a bit having only to develop and test only a prototype. Beyond that they only have to sell and distribute those schematics and findings, rather than work up a fleshed out production model (or even plans!) It also lends to versatility, because it allows individual governments to develop and tailor a design to a fighter that meets their specific needs or desires. A massive fleet like Frontier has different concerns (and adversaries ) than a smaller fleet.

Which oddly enough I don't recall seeing any VF's, obsolete or otherwise, used as targets in New Edwards tests. Of course that could just be per Col. Mlllard's own views and preferences on the matter. I'm still lead to believe that Gen. Gomez was simply being a "Class A douche" about the whole AI fighter concept, and just special ordered a bunch of drone Thunderbolts for the X-9 to blow up in front of his superiors, just to hammer his point across.

I think it's the opposite rather, detecting an incoming fold before it occurs by the readings of local fold waves (like Luca seemed to do in ep .7?), rather than a detection of incoming fold signatures as they occur (which seems to be the case of the ship based detection systems.) It's either that, or maybe the RVF's capabilites are real-time detection of incoming folds, while ship systems are lagged for whatever reason.

I never knew they were transformable. ..I always assumed they were the just drones based on the Thunderbolt's airframe. I just don't know how much sense it makes to blow up something as expensive as a VF for the purpose of a live-fire exercise.

Well judging from the previews, they just might. They are definitely the English dub, most of the preview clips start with the last shot of the intro song ( a shot of the VF-2SS in battloid with the earth in the background.) It may not be a bad pickup for 11 bucks ($10.99 for all six) if I can find the space.

While I can't vouch for these, I know the few shows I've purchased off of iTunes in the past have been complete, from intros to credits, so I don't see why this would be any different.

I guess that only leads to more questions..largely why don't we see more macronized humans? Or hybrids, for that matter....after all by the time of the events Frontier there is evidence of more and more mixing between humans and Zentradi, but thus far all of the known and noted hybrids have been miclones. I wonder if "can" really means that it's possible, but potentially dangerous.

Judging by Sheryl's comments, and her reaction to the vistas on Frontier (especially Island 1), I am willing to guess that the glowing domes are probably the living areas on [Mainland] Galaxy. How exactly they are laid out and could be interconnected is anyone's guess.