Hello there,
It's my first post =D
Well, I'll start saying this is my personal version of the VF-31 S Haha
Since I like it ended up looking, I wanted it to best the YF-30 in a "Lore friendly" way, so I came up this, inspired by the VF-25 Tornado Pack.
Since I don't have any patience for the Walkure plot, they could all get killed and Arad would bring his plane back to full military spec.
The engines would be trimmed back to the YF-30 specs of 2110kn
The leg storage would be ripped of those drones and get back micro missiles.
The ray cannons back to the 27mm standard of the VF-31A
The container pod changed from the recharging thing to a Micro Missile lancher/container
With the Fold Wave System providing infinite energy a gun pod like the BGP-01beta from a VF-27 could have both its firing modes boosted considerably.
To increase forward firepower at low cost, on the other wing hard point, the GU17A from a VF-25 and Two Reaction Missiles
And then the boosted performance from the VF-31 F LillDrakens. Assuming they have the same engine of the sv-262, that's 1995kn each!
With that thrust to weight and each rotating 360° in atmosphere or space this thing would be insane maneuverable.
Also fuel and armor could be augmented in space adding FAST pack parts.
With the firepower of the mini gunpods rapid firing armor piercing shells, plus the Gu17 with high explosive shells, the turreted beam gun pod and the BGP-01, 8 more micro missile launcher on the drones, and their 30mm beam cannons directly linked to their engines...
This is a hell of a competitor even for the YF-29, VF-27 and may even beat the Earth-spec Vf-24!
What do you think?
(Oh, the picture is from my bandai 1/72 kit, I'm no master builder and I'm still learning haha. I changed the color scheme so it could mess less with the fighter's silhouette, changing the nose, the wing stripes and adding some details)