nathan

Yep. I'd say they'd vary a bit but not too much and mostly the city section. Because it worked out well on the SDF-1 as having the troops in the side sections gave more room for the civilians. It also gives the megaroad the feel of the SDF-1 and probably makes the civilians feel more comfortable. They're all probably slightly different do to changes in technology. Yes the movie ARMDs are different. I said that. They're used in M7 and are being fased out.

Not likely as later models were only 400m. I do think there was a small class or two of ARMDs between original ARMD and the Guantánamo. The DYRL? SDF-1 has two different ARMDs and niether of them are the same as the TV design. There's also a fourth design which I believe is a preproduction version of the left movie ARMD.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When he posted a thread about his ARMD info I got him to admit he makes things up as well as takes statements about what people who worked on macross thought things should do. Made up fiction of his own or someone elses is fiction and is not cannon. After I called him on it he said he'd list his sources. He still hasn't done it yet! Unless you can verify the info frm someone else don't believe a word of it. Since he doesn't list his "sources" you'll have a hard time doing that! So just don't trust anything he says. Like Jester says and I have said they just look like ARMDs. They're way to be to be the real thing and they're permanetly attached to the ship.

I didn't say it had to have a four legged mode. It was an example. And can you think of a machine that doesn't have limitations? No machine can do everything. Probably because the linkages won't allow it. And probably because the gun pod would blow the laser off the head of the VF-1A and by the time the pilot worked up to a VF-1J or 1S he's so used to not firing them together he doesn't do it. Note that's in fighter mode. Thay are used together in battloid mode. It has a different design. Different designs get you different results. Just how would the do that? Rocket punch with wind up hands or the never ending excendable arms they can reach for ever? It's not realistic. They do have three small retractable hands though they are limited. That's because technology is limited. And how would you of added more to them? Extra arms? 2 elbow or knee joints per arm or leg? The hard point is on the right arm that's why, though the pilot can use the gun pod with it's left had. And the machine can only do what it's told. It's not a droid that can think for itself like R2-D2. If the pilot is ambidextrous the VF is too. If the pilot isn't the VF isnt. Where would you store the other gun pod? The M2 valks have a storage bay in the leg armor for a second gun pod but where would you store it on the VF-1? Again how would you improve on it? As for adding more and more weaponry you do have to worry about the weight. If it's too heavy the valk wont fly. Also the more you add to it the bigger the valk has to be. It's not like gundam where you can have 20 Partical cannons just around the cockpit alone.

Oops. My bad. I ment to say that the VF-1D was no longer used for training as a dedicated trainer was now available.

There's also this pic with it in formation with Britia's ship. And if you compare the line art of the "ARMD" to the animation, the "ARMDs" are easily as big as the SDF-1. You can also see how the bridge is lifted away from the ship. You can also see the size of the building inside the ship.

They look more like freeways to me tho it could probably have monorails. Those also look like skyscrapers to me. This should give you an idea of how massive it really is.

Yes a four legged mech is a more satable fireing platform but it isnt as manueverable. Hand to hand combat is also very limited. Patlabor shows how more than one camera is usefull. If something is out of the range of one camera the pilot switches to another.

The city section is probably bigger but the ship is more than just a city section, engines and a bridge. True but where do you house all those Zentraedi? How do you train them all and have them work without getting in each others way? Even qualified humans would have a hard time with all of that. It was more than just add a simple frame but that is kind of the idea. And the city was fully finished when the ship was launched.

Because the humanoid form is the most usable. Can you imagine the VF-1 turning into a four legged combat robot?

The VF-1s in DYRL? are all updated 2030s versions. Most of the improvements are internal. They have improved electronics and engines. If you look at line art of the cockpits you can see the diffence. Also the VEFR-1 Funny Chinese has been replaced by the VE-1 Elintseeker. And the VF-1D is apparently no longer used for training as a dedicated trainer, the VT-1, is now available.

The Megaroad is at least 6 km long. That makes those "ARMDs" too big to be accutal ARMDs. And it has to be that big. Remeber it not only has a city the size of the one on M7, it's also the fleet's flagship, trianing ship, and manufacturing ship all rolled into one. Also the SDF-2 was only half built so there would be no problem halting contruction, redesigning it and then finishing it. My problem was with how fast it was rebuilt. I've asked this before but how in the hell do you build a 6 km ship with a large city in it in 2 years? And don't tell me the Factory satellite. They'd have had to complete the ship enough to get it to the satellite before the satellite could build it. And the factory was a wreck! Both the animation and the compendium confirm this. So other than the than the magic of the creator did the megaroad get build so fast?

They look like the ARMDs but they're too massive to actually be ARMDs. It's fully a third the size of Britai's ships which is more than two times to big to be an ARMD. They're just sections of the ship that are ment to look like the ARMDs so the ship has the same feel as the SDF-1.

To me the problem is Basara. He forces his opion onto everyone else regardless of what they think or the consequences. How many pilot's were killed, wounded, or spiritia drained because they got distracted by that him? And does he care? Not in the least! Sure his singing eventually brought back the zapped people but it doesn't excuse him getting them zapped to begin with! All he cares about is what he wants. Mainly forcing people to listen to his song! He even treats his own band members badly! A show with a lead character like that doesn't make me want to watch it. The whole music versus war thing could and should have been handled much better. Other than that. There's the big plot hole of if the spiritia being drained so quickly from the galaxy that the protoculture even had the chance to stop the protodevlin in the first place. The rate of spiritia draining also gives question to why the protodevlin even needed an army much less have the time to raise one! I can understand the varuta army but not the Supervision Army. There's no need for them as the spiritia would have been drained frm the galaxy in minuets anyway. As for the mecha the valks are great except fot the guitar sticks. The ships with the exception of the SDF-7 are pretty good.

I've seen the Gold book with everything go for over 500 on ebay. If it's a lot less than that and you want it. Get it! Even if it's more and you want it get it!

There is no evidence that Male Zentraedi only have sons and Female Zentraedi only have daughters. The chances of boys or girls is the same for the Zentraedi as the rest of us Humans. Like it's been said earlier males only having males and females only having females is a myth.

I doubt there's additional crew members. Like HelloHikaru said the fusalage is too narrow. There were also no other crew members names on the plane. And if thier were why didn't Misa try and resque those crew members as soon as she got out of the cockpits?

True but with enough thrust even bricks can fly and the VF-1 has plenty of thrust.

Well if a 747 can fly with a space shuttle on it's back I think a VF-1 can fly with FAST Packs. It's be like a flying brick but it could do it. And I think they would only be used in the upper upper atmosphere to boost the VF into true space.

The; ET-01-Mk II Spider Earth Trekker ET-01-Mk IV Tarantula Earth Trekker ET-01-Mk V Black Widow Earth Trekker WRR-02-Mk II Scorpion DTR-03-Mk I Dinosaur They appear in Macross Hobby Handbook. They're kit bashed models but they're kind of cool. There's also history and capabilities in the book yet the compendium has nothing. The; MBR-04-Mk XV Destroid Goblin II Main Battle Robot ADR-04-Mk IX Destroid Matador ZAL Anti-Air Defense Robot HWR-00-Mk X Star Slam Heavy Weight Robot and three MBR-04 Destroid Tomahawk Main Battle Robot varients are also in the book but nothing for them either.

The event's of Macross Zero consern the island. The exisitance of the VF-0 was known about among navy personel and VF designers. Heck Shin was more surprised at seeing the SV-51 than seeing the VF-0! And as you say that's only a perhaps. Wether it becomes fact or not it still doesn't change the fact that Macross history was just rewritten and it contradicts what has come before. And you have no proof that they aren't there. After all what city doesn't have mulitiple layers? There's all kind of maintainance tunnels amd rooms not to mention basements and subways. Even ancient Rome and sewers. And the visible city only occupies the upper half of the ship. The rest of the ship is for control rooms, crew quarters, hanger space, storage, etc. Who's to say what all is under the city. Just because you don't see it doesn't meen it isn't there doesn't meen it isn't. Ofcourse it doesn't meen it's there either. The only people who can say that are the creators. If we go by your reasoning then air doesn't exist as we can't see it either. And didn't part of the "vampire" episode take place in the lower levels? I believe he was refering to the tower of piza. I'm still waiting for yours. Fact is they aren't relevant to the story. If the story takes place around earth there's no need to mention a colony fleet. The Macross Compendium's Official timeline doesn't say when the VF-0 was created. Does that meen it doesn't exist? Ofcourse not. Just that they haven't told us.

Ahhh ok thank you. Earth Trekkers are mecha that pre date the destroids. Theres the Tarantula, Black Widow, Scorpion, and Spider. There's also the Dinosaur that seems to come between the ETs and the Destroids.

I've always wondered that. And why aren't there entries for the Earth Trekker series? The names are listed but there's no info yet info on them exisits.

The VF-1 can use FAST Packs in an atmosphere. The beginning of Dynamite 7 shows on on the ground.

It would be nice to see something with the VF-4 the main fighter, the VA-3 the main bomber, and the VA/F-14 and VF-9 as special forces fighters with a few VF-1 as recon and reserve planes. I think he'd do something new. What would be cool is a series from the Anti UN side with the UN as the bad guy and explaining why they desided to break away and showing thier own VFs.