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That sounds interesting...kind of like an active armour reinforcement system. Indeed, to maintain consistency in suspension of disbelief is not an easy feat in sci fi. Different, but still similar maybe to Transformers, in the 2007 movie ; where the human sabot blasts would prevent cybertronian armour to revamp after damage.....

...because the Zentraedi made it look like the plating was just as thin, if not, thinner and/or weaker than a tin can.... I'm no boxing expert, so I wouldn't know the amount of Kj force a pro boxer can dish out, let alone a Zentraedi warrior. Well the beam gun punctured the plating aside the pilot's seat. Then, Zentraedi dude swung one single punch at the battroid upon which a cavity appeared which he used to rip out the mid panel. Which also made clear he pretty much busted up the inner chassis enough to squash Roy flat. ...but alas...maybe it's a bit of a storyline discrepancy to cater for dramatic effect, indeed....

Yeah, I guess that's even another discrepancy with Robotech ; where Rick's VF1 withstands a bit more from the Breetai fight...although he did indeed got punctured by those wall spikes.... So, maybe the Valkerie's chest plating / and or torso is just fairly weak.

Hi I'm new here Although I watched the Robotech tv series when I was a kid back in 1986, it was only recently I got to see Macross DYRL. My question is about Roy's Valkerie, when he died in DYRL. So, the Zentraedi dude drops down in his mobile battle suit and kicks the VF's head to pulp : Ok, from that height, I can understand that. Minutes later the Zentraedi's exited his battle suit and basically punches right through the VF's chest plating, then rips it off Are the VF's that weak ? If we were to compare it to human sizes, it would mean a strong man would be able to punch through an equally sized VF even more easy, than through a tin can !? I mean...respectively, the VF's chest would be weaker than the backside of my Dell laptop it's screen panel. I'm not sure, it seems as such a plothole/discrepancy, when you see Max ripping through a Zentraedi's jugular right through it's battle pod, in an earlier scene ; that would imply that the VF's outer shell is stronger.... Contradiction maybe ?