azrael

Yes, the VF-1 is his favorite, and the VF-17 was his least favorite (We've had interviews and other stuff lying around here to confirm that....). But the VF-1 is his baby, his first-born VF. When he was designing the VF-17, he kept staring back at the F-117 and saw that it worked for some reason even though he didn't like the look of the F-117. It worked, so Kawamori was happy and Graham is happy.

It would depend on where it hits. If it hits water or coastal areas, then there would be sufficient water displacement (seriously big tidal waves). Maybe I should rephrase that since I was thinking if it hit the middle of a continent and I need to rework some math. If the entire piece should hit, any city caught in the blast radius would be gone. Wiped off the map. As we move away from the impact zone, we have a big dust cloud and ash covering the area. Plants and people would die since they are breathing in contaminents and large amounts of dust. This area would be uninhabitable for quite some time. We now have the dust cloud to worry about once we get out farther (which would bring significant health problems). At this area, you have people have lung problems and other problems. Then we have greenhouse effect and all of that other stuff which would lead to a slow painful death for those caught in the area. Earth would not be destroyed but for anybody lucky enough to be caught in the blast and surrounding areas, would either be dead, dying or have permanent health problems. The end result of the affected area would probably be the size of Texas, maybe a tad bigger, maybe something the size of Algeria. But that's assuming the whole thing hits.

There's also the fallout. The impact crater would be the size of Texas, however then there's the fallout from the impact ala the dinosaurs (still under debate). Areas surrounding the impact point would become uninhabitable and then the population would have to move to the outer edges of the continent. In otherwords, you'd have a lot of pissed people. It's not BC who would set up the military force. It would be EA. When Junius 7 drops, Coordinators get the blame. Anti-Coordinator sentiment rises to levels larger than during the war thanks to the propoganda war from BC. Military production increases to insane levels. EA would declare war on PLANT. And the flow of events would just follow through and they would be at war again. That would lead to nukes, Genesis, etc. and the flow chart goes on and on. With Azrael gone, BC lost a lot of pull with EA. Imagine getting it all back just from 1 colony drop.

I don't think he was the leader of Blue Cosmos. Very influential member...yes. Considering he supplied the money and the weapons. The gentlemen in episode 5 appear to be the actual leadership of BC. Lord Jibril appears to just be one of the more vocal members of the club. Much like how Siegel Clyne was the leader of the PLANT council while Patrick Zala was its most vocal in the group.

This is a Character Model magazine exclusive column, VF-EX. It's like Kawamori's scratch paper. These are just some ideas he's come up with over the years. VF-EX is like Gundam's MSV artwork. Not official (yet) but it give him a chance to draw to his heart's content.

Actually...there are a few designs in M7. There's the standard pilot version used by the VF-11 pilots on M7, the version used by the M5 Zentradi pilots, the M7 Spec Ops version, the Varuta survey group version, and the version used for the VF-22. So there are quite a few more missing from that comparison.

2 words: Jolly Rogers. Now use Google. No one help. Let the boy look it up on his own.

The Inertia Vector Control system is something from the Quimeliquola Quaedluun-Rau. http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/zentrad...eadluunRau.html The "flap/fin thingy" is just thrust vectoring which has been around for ages. Please read up on it. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=thrus...G=Google+Search

Hehe....Steelfalcon.....Don't rely on information from Steelfalcon or any RPG site, ever. Most of that information is altered for the game and doesn't reflect the offical stats. It has been neither confirmed nor denied that the VF-22's flight suit uses a HMS. http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/united_...vf22/index.html (The Compendium, however, is something you should look at more) No. Not only are the economics of it infeasible but we haven't reached the level of sophistication that VFs in Macross have with their touch-screen LCDs and reduced physical knobs and buttons and switches. All that stuff requires lots of money which no country in our world would dare shell out for that level of sophistication.

I agree with you on the VF-1A heads. I hate the tv version, but the little differences they made to the movie version make the 1A head one of my favourites. My problem with the Soundforce heads is pretty obvious, it's simply my preference for the more utilitarian head designs. I actually like the VF-1S head the least of the VF-1 head designs (besides the tv version of the VF-1A head). Hey, it's nice to see a break from all those utilitarian head designs with Sound Force. My vote goes for the VF-1A as the ugliest.

Nope. Never heard the phrase being used.

I don't believe those are specific to the Dancing Skull special unit. Those insignias were done when were done back in '86 for Advanced Valkyrie and probably have more to do with that then the UN insignias. Kinda like a placeholder for group insignias.

No, it's not overtechnology. It's actually a Macross-world implementation of a eye-movement targeting system which carries some minor yet significant similarities to the AH-64 Apache's helmet/sensor control system. http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=Dqxqn...m&output=gplain http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...onoh.attgis.com The technology is actually used in real-life. However, eye-movement tracking has been primarily used in lots of research studies. So no, it's not Overtechnology, it's real-world. I wager that this manual targetting system is replaced with a computer targetting system (which is also used in modern-day applications, however in Macross, is probably much more sophisticated), which is much easier to use. Surprisingly, much of the control-system technology in Macross actually have real-life counterparts. Not really. http://www.eurofighter.starstreak.net/Euro...er/cockpit.html The Eurofighter (and this is what I like about it) actually uses a Helmet-Mounted Sight. This system projects info onto the helmet's visor, in addition to the HUD. In effect, you have a HUD display right on your visor. What is also neat about this system is that it also incorporates Night-vision equipment which can also be displayed on the HMS, eliminating the need for night-vision goggle attachments.

Yes we do notice, however, we often turn to the Compendium for answers to most common Macross questions...like yours. 1) http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/united_.../vf0/index.html The VF-0D is designed for enchanced combat and electronic warfare. Hence the reason for the canards and delta-wing design. (You may wish to read up on the F-16XL) Why is it called the VF-0D? Well, if you remove the wings, it's a VF-0. Why D? Why not. It's an retuned variant of the VF-0. A and B are used. C comes after B and the D-variant certainly is not modeled after the B-variant so why not skip a letter and jump to D. 2) No. http://www.anime.net/macross/mecha/anti_un...sv51/index.html It may look like a F/A-18, but it certainly didn't start that way.

That is slightly excessive. Yes that is. Perhaps it's time to update the FAQ in the FAQ section with section guidelines. It might also be a good idea to post a copy of the rules in the more popular sections. If anything, start deleting off-topic threads with no warning. If people ask, tell them to read the rules.

I would say it more like, "The reason you haven't seen them used as antimissile weapons before M0 is probably because nobody thought to animate it as such." edit: In fact, that's really what the head turret (in Macross or Gundam) is; an anti-aircraft/CIWS system in addition to being a sensor suite. The only reason we don't see it used as such in certain instances is because it was never animated as such.

Umm...those pics of the VF-9 were done when it was still the VF-X-11. So no, those are not the insignias of the Dancing Skulls. Image is official. Markings on it are not. Umm....Dancing Skull wasn't even part of Skull Squadron. In fact, it was a special forces unit.

But I LIKE the original character designs. And DYRL's flightsuits just look lame to me. My dream Macross is the TV show we have now, only with all the animation done to the same quality as the title sequence, and without Global Report(waste of a perfectly good episode slot...). oooh... hehe... that wasnt what i meant when i said DYRL. i meant the animation, u know, more detailed, smoother, etc. not the suit. But I like SDFM with its mistakes and inconsistant animation. I like it with its 1980s-TV-size budget and reuse of animation. I don't want the CG-colored cels and all that stuff. I like the nostalgia watching a dated show.

Just so you know, we don't like picture sigs on this forum so please, use it anywhere but here.

And ruin my childhood? How many times must you people ask for a remake?

Unless the Girty Lue (the name of Bogey-1) was probably running silent (Engines off, etc. etc. etc). And since they were in the debris field, floating around with all that junk they would have blended in (And there were some considerably large pieces of junk floating out there).

Thought it was Sega....oh well, knew it was one of those old systems.

We don't know. Komillia is around, just not the focus of many stories. In an alternate universe (Macross 2036, game for Sega IIRC), Komillia has joined the UNS.

As long as someone doesn't come along, take an animation mistake and make a whole new entity, *cough* VF-1R */cough* I won't worry too much.

More like reused footage....get use to it. The default client is meant to be a a basic client for the overall protocol. It is not suppose to be a customized client with bells and whistles. Have you tried this one: http://www.bittornado.com/