Captain Global

Recently I've been rewatching Zero with the gorgeous new remaster and found this little guy. It seems like a mig 29 with sv 51 canards and micro missile launchers. I've seen Zero quite a few times and it wasn't until now that I saw it, also I have not seen it mentioned on the forums or the official renders on the artbooks. Nothing spectacular, but I find it really odd they modeled it just for the final battle.

https://hjweb.jp/article/2520977/ Article on Hobby japan discussing the design proces behind the DX VF-17 It's a conversation between bandai and Motoki Hiroyuki from the design studio T-rex.

Honestly the extended background for the secondary characters like Gramia or Ernst is probably my favorite part of the novel, along with the bits about Windemere and their war for independence. Given the volume ends on episode 12 I think there could have been a third or fourth one. I wonder how they would have handled things like the Epsilon foundation or the events at the end of the war, but we’ll never know. Or even: If one day we get a 262 master file (fingers crossed) I see a great potential for the short stories with the mercenary work windemerians did prior to the series.

Finally, the volume is finished. Intermission 2 and chapters 6 and 7 are out. Plus the interview with Yuma Uchida, Hayate's VA The battle over Ragna begins. Some more interesting things here: Hope you guys have enjoyed it, later this week I’ll upload a compiled version. I would like to tackle other projects after this one, as said previously I would be really interested in reading Macross the Ride, but for the foreseeable future I will have to postpone it as I don’t have the funds to import the books from Japan. It’s been a pleasure to share the project, thanks a lot for the corrections and the discussion, this is what really makes the community. Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQZj29_c7hsn19Gqg62OKAmrs5MJbiZyQ5ImyQdemDk/edit?usp=sharing and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0i27zxhwRqjvrQdcmN2t6YbRUfQIkq19fH-Eh0SDtE/edit?usp=sharing and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WtVTdQnx0DekY4nzXX-RgptRCQzYkhTHkOUlOiicZ9I/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks a lot seto for the corrections. With regards to the vf-31B I had conflciting accounts on both translations so I decided to go with the most conservative option and have It being an A like on the series. However It nakes a lot of sense it's a B and adds even another reference to my beloved máster files so that's great. Also with the VIP calibur I did not take my time to revise the master file and got the designation wrong, my fault. I will implement the changes right away, thanks again. Also I agree It makes little sense NUNS allows xaos to have all that gear but not the VIP. Perhaps un the future we could have got a better explanation of how épsilon works and how they blocked the sale, but we Will never know. Last two chapters coming out next week.

Chapter 5: AXIA The battle over Voldor reaches a dramatic climax. Along with 4, one of the best ones so far. This time it has even more interesting tidbits. Overall, this one has been my favorite one to work on the description of the dogfight is beautiful and even poetic. Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sojvLpYFUh0vFxFN8BAZPAJbd9KK6Bd7Rm9Q5vzXuxE/edit?usp=sharing

Yes indeed, in fact I'm cross referencing between two translations, one with Google docs (the main one) and another one I did previously with a image translator and Deep seek. It still has problems and I try to do as much correction as possible, when I finish I plan to do a compete revision for the definitive PDF. For example It switches constantly between first and second person. In chapter 6 I'm going crazy.

True, problem solved

Chapter 4 Singer of The Wind One of my favorites in all of Kodachi's works. The battle over Voldor begins. This chapter has really cool details: Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8vH9l1skdym-2n9vaE8LaGoTaB6Tq0CqbScH8b5zDk/edit?usp=sharing

Chapter 3 The big Escape is UP! This is the first of three chapters that cover episode 8 of the series, the only one scripted by Kodachi himself. We get a glipse into Keith's character and things start heating up: Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KaIKJpvf52E8816HZQnyCvBO_sCISJyDWG3FHC8kmL8/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for the correction. Blanchet plays a huge role on the novels and serves as a reinforcement for the idea of dimensional resonance between singers and Valks. However the characterization changes a lot from the M30 novel.

Also, Chapter 2 is UP: Jungle Conspiracy With the infiltration in Voldor and some details about their feline phisiology. Hope you guys enyoy it https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ubS_ySYcrqW-RLZA2UUiiPghexhb6e5PuwHkpA-cbKY/edit?usp=sharing

Yes, with the master files I've been experiencing a massive overhaul in OCR. However I find most models still have difficulties with verticaltext in japase, especially with images. I've been also translating some Kawamori interviews and sometimes it get's messed up. And regarding Windemere I agree, in their own manga motivations are way clearer. I supose like many thing with Delta there were a lot of ideas and chracters but not enoguh time or perhaps talent on the part of the several writers to get everything developped.

Yes indeed, with machine translation a whole world of possibilities has oppened, but I fear it kinda makes these fan works les valuable. When it comes to Kodachi, I feel rather than adding new elements to the story the value of his novels is his ability to connect everything to past works. In the following chapters there are even more interesting stuff, but nothing new at the end of the day.

First Intermission is up, featuring a cameo from Macross The Ride and curious political thriller tone. Hope you enyoy it. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KLpHzXEXkhn_IKHcN8Y-Xv4Ae4Np3zDPqorG5dg7D_g/edit?usp=sharing