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  1. I was looking through the Great Mechanics G 2023 Winter article on Mospeada, and they mentioned something about the HBT power cells cause some time of intense reaction when used by the mecha in the 1st and 2nd wave—and it's that reaction that the Invit are detecting. The stealth version in the 3rd wave are using some type of system that masks or reduces the intensity of that reaction, which 'hides' them from the Invit sensors. So Mospeada stealth fighters are not so much 'stealthy' (in the real world sense), but more like have additional shielding and/or use the HBT power cells more efficiently (in a way that doesn't produce an externally detectable energy signature).
  2. While it's great that this magazine is recently featuring Macross, Mospeada, etc. again, it's also disheartening reading the headlines: "Macross 7: Listen to my song for the first time in 30 years!", or Great Mechanics G Winter 2023's "40th Anniversary of the broadcast of Mospeada". Not reminding the readership of their age would be better, no? 😭
  3. I've just looked through all four books in that doujinshi series, and the Environment Battleship doesn't appear. There are 4 versions of the Medium Sized Gun Destroyer in the publication. I've translated the text for the 'standard' version, and bits of the two UNS versions on my site* (I'm not bothering with the no-main gun 'standard' version for obvious reasons...). Only the first UNS version has any dates mentioned in its write-up (produced from 2010~2030, with 32 produced in total). The second UNS version doesn't have any dates or total numbers at all—perhaps it's the 2060 version mentioned on the Pixiv account? They are both apparently newly built for the UNS. The UNS modifed version of Buritai's ship appears in silhouette at the back of the Zentradi book (along with Macross II's Macross Cannon!) in an article titled 統合政府で計画または建造されたゼントラーディ軍系の艦艇 (Zentraedi military vessels planned or built by the Unified Government). It's description is brief, but the gist of it is: newly built ships, 1/10 the weight of the original version, uses standardized UNS equipment, improved firepower, mobility, etc., but has weaker armour (literally 'reduced bullet resistance'). * http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/ZentraadiShips/MediumGunboat.php
  4. Hmmm... I don't recall seeing the Battleship Environment Ship conversion in those doujinshi. Maybe it was added for the Pixiv version? Nevertheless, I'll look through them again. If memory serves, the UN converted Nupetiet Vergnitzs does appear, but only in silhouette, only in passing, and its in one of the magazines dedicated to the UN Spacy.
  5. Nothing comes to mind about the Zentradi ships being unable to make longer trips. Perhaps that stems from a convolution of 'not being able to make comparatively longish individual space folds' and 'not being that fast when making a space fold' (the apparently speedest ship is the Varota High Speed Raiding Cruiser). It makes perfect sense that the surviving (captured) Zentradi ships would be used to secure routes, as well as play a role in escorting the emigrant fleets. One thing to keep in mind is that despite their size to us humans, the Zentradi ships aren't that large for the giant Zentradi. As you pointed out, it's only the largest that would work as Emigrant ships. Multiple Buritai's ships appeared in an escort fleet in Macross 7 (official). Battleships Of The Galaxy Book 3: Zentrādi Military Vessels doesn't elaborate on an emigrant ship version of that class. However, it does provide an alternative "Environment Ship" specification of the Landing Ship. I've translated that doujinshi's description here (not official): http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/Stats/Statistics/ZentraadiShips/LandingShip.php#Environment Even though it's not part of the official setting, it does raise the possibility that a refurbished Kirutora Keruēru could be used as the main ship in a smaller Emigrant Fleet.
  6. Yes. One of the more notable ones I know of is in Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back): the pilot of a snow speeder is 'cheated' (as written on the production drawings) to the left so that the over-the-shoulder camera sees more of the cockpit panels as well as outside the canopy. In other words, the actor was squeezed up against one side of the canopy to get the shot. It's highly likely that the same thing is happening with Airwolf, especially as they were produced around the same time.
  7. The mecha that appeared in the "Macross Chronicle Mechanic Other*" pages are a bit of a grey area. One gets the impression that they were included because that magazine had both access to the designs and wanted to be completionists when it came to Kawamori Shoji's and Kazutaka Miyatake's Macross related artwork. The Quadoran-Nona isn't the only thing to crop up from the Saturn/PS1 DYRL game: the Meltrandi Assault Plunder Ship and Zentradi Jamming Station also get a write-up: http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/Other06aHatchetAnnabellaLasiodora.php#reverse Those three vehicles make a bit of sense, because that game is essentially an embellishment of the TV series and movie. However, the page with the VF-X-7, Ghost Valkyrie, VF-X-11, VA-X-3, V-BR-2, and Stampede Valkyrie is much more confusing. None of them are apparently part of the official setting! 🤷‍♂️ http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/Other09Astampedvalkyrie.php * http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRmechanic/MCRmechanic.php#Other
  8. If memory serves, it was when M+ and M7 were released. In short: they needed to pick a definitive timeline (as the 2 versions differ), and opted for "TV series story, movie designs". Digital Mission VF-X (and its successor VF-X2) are part of the official timeline—along with Macross M3 and Macross 30. As Macross 2036 and Macross Eternal Love Song are part of the Macross II timeline (if memory serves), if they were ever part of an 'official' timeline, they were moved to the alternative one when Macross II was first deemed to be in an alternative universe (which happened at the same time as the answer to 1 above).
  9. In short, they don't exist for the PPB. Regarding the Fold System itself, I am aware of 2 images, both from SDFM. One is the system inside the Factory Satellite (I can't find the images online), the other is the Fold System in the SDF-1 (note the person for scale): From the SDF-1 Macross link on: https://www.macross2.net/m3/sdfmacross/sdfmacross-index.html While the greebles are different, the overall shape of the Fold System is the same.
  10. I think there's a bit of 'lost in translation' (E→J) and 'wasei eigo' (Japanese English) that makes the naming confusing for us native English speakers. Macross Chronicle* explained the roles of each type of Variable craft somewhat. VA and VB are: It also doesn't help that the only example of a VB we've seen is the VB-6... * http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/MCRtechnology/01aVariableFighter.php
  11. It's possible. Kawamori-san has always said that contact was lost—what amounts to the original cast having their happy ending and having ridden into the sunset. The specifics (and time) where unknown until that mail-in gift card. As for Macross timelines: they tend to get rewritten a lot, and tailored to the latest Macross series. Hearing those names brings back a lot of memories! LOL
  12. Was it this item*? http://sdfyodogawa.mywebcommunity.org/OTother/MinmeiLastMessage.php While it specifically states Minmei's last message was sent "July 7, 2016", I think it's fairly safe to say that the Megaroad-01 didn't disappear that very same day. * The mail-in gift was created for a 1997 Sega Saturn / 1999 PS1 game. It's unknown if a non-Japanese publisher (e.g. Animerica) would have known about it.
  13. Yes, something along those lines. However, "Fold" probably isn't used in the same way as it came to be used in Macross Frontier. And yes, Speaker Pods didn't exist until Macross 7. 3 large Fins on each outboard engine pod → single fin on enlarged gun under fuselage → finished design (2 stubby fins on each outboard engine pod) There are only the two rough design iterations in the "Macross Shoji Kawamori Designer's Notes" book. The two iterations in Fighter, and then the two iterations in Battroid. Given that the fin moves to the large (beam?) gun pod, it lends credence that it's a cooling fin. A radome like greeble appears on the finished design, which suggests that the fins in the 1st image may be pulling double duty (radar-like sensor and cooling fin).
  14. It's possible. Kawamori-san also seems to have a thing for halo-like forms projecting off the back of his mecha (not only in Macross, but a lot of other series). So, those things may have just been a design itch that he just had to scratch.
  15. This particular greeble only appears on this rough draft. I suspect that they are either additional sensor antenna (radar arrays) and/or some type of cooling system. As Kawamori-san was very conscious of the power generation requirements for the Armour Pack and their related cooling systems—and has incorporated cooling mechanisms in other VFs released in the same period—I'm tempted to say that those fins are more likely giant heat sinks. Nevertheless, Kawamori-san has a history of adding extraneous fin greebles to change the silhouette, and I think that's all that they are at this point of the design process (as they did't appear in subsequent iterative designs, I suspect he didn't have a plausible explanation for them, as well!)
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