I thought that Since we seemed to lack a general Mecha discussion thread, I'd start one. Questions, Comments, Debates, whatever could go here. It would be really fantastic if this could get pinned, but I'll let the mods decide. Or they could decide that I'm just asinine and delete this thread. I hope not...
So to kick it off I'll toss a Question out there: What is the best Variable fighter in Macross?
I say the VF-11. It looks cool, Probably has the longest service life of any VF in un
's more an anti-Vajra fighter than anything, but that capability to rival the Vajra in close range combat makes it a pretty damned effective dogfighter in general even if it is rather gun-centric.
As far as I am aware, it does not... and I've never been clear on what, precisely, the granulated fold quartz coating on the YF-29's canopy was meant to accomplish.
At the very least, the initial YF-29 spec as developed by the Macross Frontier emigrant fleet and the New UN F