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    That's... complicated. In space, every change in speed and direction comes from throwing mass out the back(usually in the form of combusted rocket fuel, though variable fighters use the contents of the fusion reactor as well). If you put all your reaction mass into achieving maximum speed, you can't turn anymore. Or slow down. You're going in a straight line in whatever direction and at whatever speed you were going when you ran out of fuel. I hope you arranged a ride home. So the short-but-accurate answer is It is as fast as it isn't agile, and as agile as it isn't fast. The simplistic answer, which is probably closest to what you want, is that the rocket engines in the FAST packs are roughly five times as powerful as the VF-1's built-in engines, so a VF-1 with FAST packs is six times faster than a normal Valkyrie. More accurately, it accelerates six times faster. The FAST packs are also studded with attitude control thrusters to get the VF-1 pointed the right direction for the next thrust faster, so it can change direction... at some higher-but-unspecified rotational velocity? Those attitude control thrusters will have a huge impact on agility, since most of the thrust on a VF-1 goes out the back end. ... But remember: the simplistic answer is terrible. FAST packs only carry enough fuel for two and a half minutes at maximum thrust, after which you ain't goin' home. In fact, if you've spent half your fuel speeding up away from the ship, you are already incapable of making a return trip because the other half of the fuel in the opposite direction will only bring you to a stop. (I'm not actually sure how much reaction mass the base Valkyrie carries, but I know it is significantly limited, hence why there's FAST packs.) It is probably wise NOT to open 'em up to full throttle and take off like a bat outta hell unless there is a very good reason(as with the first deployment of the Super Valkyrie, when Misa's shuttle was ambushed by zentradi forces en route to Earth and needed immediate reinforcements). The long answer is MATH, LOTS OF MATH! And I'm opting out of that one. I ain't no rocket scientist.
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    My Target's Transformers section is "I Hope You Like Cyberverse, But We Also Have Siege Shockwave"
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    Reserving some room for deniability when the crew does something stupid. "Look, if they were REALLY operating under the Federation's authorization, don't you think we'd at least send them a crate of the current pajamas instead of however-many-centuries old the absolute rags they're in now are?" Surely everyone in the galaxy knows how much the Federation likes changing uniforms by now and will take it as a given that only a rogue crew would be wearing an old design.
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    Maybe they can get Chris Pine to do it.
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    Hasbro, hire this man!
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    Absolutely. They could just keep adding dinosaurs and I'd keep buying 'em as long as they kept makin' the toys good.
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    My copy of Jiggawatt arrived. It makes me smile like a little kid, so mission accomplished. ... In before someone makes a hoverboard addon and I have to buy an upgrade.
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    Can we petition the Guardian of Forever to borrow him so there's an adult around in the future' future?
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    Also being part of a society that considers complete disintegration and reconstruction a safe and efficient form of travel. Arguably everyone dies every time they go through a transporter.
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    Eleventh day of christmas, it can still be called a christmas gift!
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    Two words: Gary Mitchell.
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    That would be the logical approach, but my impression at the time was that Reed was supposed to have invented the "security alert" policy. Which he jokingly considered naming "reed alert".
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    Don't forget the crew INVENTING force fields and red alert. Only reason they didn't have tractor beams is that the grappling cannon they did have looked cooler onscreen.
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    One wonders how it passed the vaunted quality assurance tests that console manufacturers assure us is the primary reason for strict control of releases and associated licensing fees. It is almost like they're really just looking for a sack of money and aren't booting the games at all.
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    There's a generic "super robots" thread, but no generic non-super that I'm aware of.
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    Minor correction: the foam was thermal insulation for the fuel tank. After being reformulated to be more environmentally-friendly, it began breaking off in chunks during ascent. While the black heatshield tiles were fairly durable, they were never designed for projectile resistance. And NASA management opted for the simplest solution, ignoring the problem. As to the more general "failure" of the shuttle, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report actually has a good bit of detail on that, as they took an extensive look into the history of the shuttle program and NASA management to determine how a known problem was ignored for so long. https://www.nasa.gov/columbia/home/CAIB_Vol1.html Short version is that decisions at the presidential level led to NASA adopting a severely compromised vehicle that never met any of its goals.
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    That'd be fair. I can't check, since I got rid of all my Star Wars books ages ago. Selling the X-Wing books was a mistake.
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    One assist, if I recall the books correctly. He's got an assist on DS2 for blowing the power regulator before Lando blew the core, entitling him to paint a half a Death Star under his canopy.
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    They were the best books. It also helped that most of the cast was created FOR these books, and it wasn't the Han, Luke, and Leia Power Hour. Aside from being blank slates full of potential instead of status quo tentpoles, there also wasn't a guarantee that everyone would be okay once the lasers started flying so action scenes had meaning.
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    Set it after the evacuation of Hoth. Luke's off on Dagobah, no need to worry.
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    Not gonna lie, I love that a rocket exploding as it lands is a "failure" instead of just "Well, landing a rocket is hard, it is impressive they got as close as they did".
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    Man, when are they gonna do a Fangry update? Only Headmaster I had as a kid, and the only time they touched him since then was to do a head+targetmaster package.
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    Nah. Face aside, I actually really like the head it came with. Back when it was expected to come with both heads in-box, I was planning to use the "wrong" head anyways.
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    Hot dang! Color me impressed.
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    My Nicee finally arrived. After a shipping delay, and then what on the tracking page appeared to be my local post office receiving the package, getting drunk, holding onto it for a week without doing anything, and then sticking it on a truck back to the regional distribution center(who immediately sent it back to them, after which they promptly delivered it). I was actually worried she was mistaken for a PS5 and absconded with for a second. But she made it through eventually. I have not yet had the energy to figure out how to pose her or with what accessories(the illustrated "trading card" in the box shows her parked seated on the hood of her car mode, but I only ordered one). I love the paint job, though.
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