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by False Prophet
Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:21 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Macross Valkyrie Thread
Replies: 718
Views: 215137

Re: The Macross Valkyrie Thread

As I was thinking whether the VF-11 Booster count as a quadjet (probably not, because they added rocket boosters and not jet engines, right) or not, the same question applies to the Super Messiah, Super Lucifer, Durandal and Super Siegfried? Do they count as quadjets? Like, does the the drones carri...
by False Prophet
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Macross Valkyrie Thread
Replies: 718
Views: 215137

Re: The Macross Valkyrie Thread

Of course, when you account for the fact that the F-22's tanks hold enough fuel for a couple of hours of flight while the VF-1's hold enough fuel for about 29 days of flight in atmosphere... the cost picture is pretty damned rosy for the thermonuclear engine. Do we've any idea how energy-intensive ...
by False Prophet
Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Macross Valkyrie Thread
Replies: 718
Views: 215137

Re: The Macross Valkyrie Thread

Variable Fighters use some kind of hydrogen fuel, but what about the boring old fusion power plants? What do they use? I vaguely remember someone talk about using sea water because they contain lithium and deuterium.

Also, can we make a guess how expensive VF fuel cost vs jet fuel?
by False Prophet
Sun Feb 04, 2024 5:44 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The proliferation of coordinator tech in Cosmic Era
Replies: 5
Views: 241

The proliferation of coordinator tech in Cosmic Era

Was it ever stated anywhere that the experiments that "created" George Glenn were done by a state-sponsored institution or a private party? I'm wondering about how coordinator tech spread so widely between C.E. 30 (when the ban on the creation of Coordinators was lifted) and C.E. 50 (the e...
by False Prophet
Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: How do the explosive bolts on the Hyaku Shiki Kai Full Armor work?
Replies: 7
Views: 611

Re: How do the explosive bolts on the Hyaku Shiki Kai Full Armor work?

It's MSV... it doesn't have to make sense or be properly explained. :P The explanation given is that it's basically an ineffectual shotgun-type weapon that fires explosive buckshot that doesn't have enough stopping power to actually hurt an enemy MS other than with a lucky hit on joints or cameras....
by False Prophet
Sat Jan 06, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: How do the explosive bolts on the Hyaku Shiki Kai Full Armor work?
Replies: 7
Views: 611

How do the explosive bolts on the Hyaku Shiki Kai Full Armor work?

How exactly do the explosive bolts -- the swivel gauntlet thing-y on the Hyaku Shiki Kai Full Armor's forearms -- work? Are they actual explosives, or do they work more like pile drivers. Is there any explanation from manuals or other books? I am also wonder about the laser guns mounted to the Hyaku...
by False Prophet
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:48 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 1378
Views: 392983

Re: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I

I can't remember for the life of me if I've already asked if the Neo Glaug, Variable Glaug and all the weird video game-only Zentrandi machine really exist? Or that whether the Queadluun-Rhea could triumph over all of them. Also, were there any new class of Meltrandi/Zentrandi-centric class of war s...
by False Prophet
Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Macross Valkyrie Thread
Replies: 718
Views: 215137

Re: The Macross Valkyrie Thread

Say, remind me again what is the main power source in NUNS habitable world? Do they have giant thermonuclear reaction plants?
by False Prophet
Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:55 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: Zeon MS Frame Compatability
Replies: 14
Views: 2012

Re: Zeon MS Frame Compatability

When we're on the topic of compatibility in OYW, just how different are the RX-78 to the Jaburo- and Luna II-made GM? Given how many defective RX-78 parts there were to make up to 20 Gundam Ground Type, I can imagine the EFF making a lot of adjustments between the RX-79[G] and the GM Ground Type. An...
by False Prophet
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:10 pm
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII
Replies: 9
Views: 2290

Re: Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII

Time is money. The cost of labor affects the price of the finished product, both in terms of the number of people required to manufacture one unit on the factory floor and how long it takes them to complete one unit. As you add more time or more people, the cost increases and that increases costs f...
by False Prophet
Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII
Replies: 9
Views: 2290

Re: Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII

Sure I do. I'll tell you the one obvious area word it's clearly superior... cost performance. Performance is not the only consideration when it comes to picking a main mobile suit, and it never has been. You can build the most amazing mobile suit in the world with the highest performance ever, but ...
by False Prophet
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:12 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII
Replies: 9
Views: 2290

Hizack vs. G-Line vs. Pale Rider DII

Ignoring the very real world reason that two of these three was created decades after Zeta, do you think the Hizack is any way superior to the G-Line and Pale Rider DII to make the Titans choose it? If all they wanted is a better-than-average mobile suit made completely on Earth at a reasonable pace...
by False Prophet
Fri Sep 22, 2023 10:36 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: The Macross Valkyrie Thread
Replies: 718
Views: 215137

Re: The Macross Valkyrie Thread

So there is this little NHK documentary about Okawara and Kawamori. It is pretty fun seeing Kawamori doing prototyping with Lego: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/onde ... o/2099003/

And I don't know that Kawamori worked on Lightan.
by False Prophet
Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:02 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 1378
Views: 392983

Re: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I

...former Macross toy bootlegger in Hong Kong. That is interesting? I remember being shown a terrible English sub episode of Macross from Hong Kong, but have no idea that they made bootleg Macross toys too. If my memory is right, then in the mid-1980s Bandai and some other Japanese model manufactur...
by False Prophet
Mon Aug 28, 2023 3:34 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 1378
Views: 392983

Re: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I

To clarify the above, the reason Harmony Gold is so keen on renewing those trademarks is because they'll be receiving royalties for the use of the title and various trademarked symbols and terms for products sold in the US. That is what I'm wondering. In the year of our Lord 2023, is there any new ...
by False Prophet
Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:22 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 1378
Views: 392983

Re: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I

Either the South East Asian or the Japanese release will have the English subtitles. That is my guess. If it is Japanese, then I guess will just have to create a Japanese Nintendo account and buy Japanese eShop gift card. But what a bummer. Having a game or anything released in the US would help to ...
by False Prophet
Thu Aug 24, 2023 4:25 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I
Replies: 1378
Views: 392983

Re: The Official Macross Delta Anime Thread Mk I

So, it sounds like because of Harmony Gold (again), Shooting Insight won't have any character, stage or the VF-1 in the English release. And I though HG and Satelight have struck some deal? I just wish that Bushiroad will release the game with all of the contents in SEA region, where it is normal to...
by False Prophet
Sun Jul 30, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: The state of the Noa Family after Hathaway's Flash?
Replies: 17
Views: 4326

Re: The state of the Noa Family after Hathaway's Flash?

Not sure which Wiki you're citing, but that's not entirely accurate. He mulls over becoming a politician, but he isn't denied the ability to do so. Here's an excerpt of my translation of Chapter.16 Beauce Londenion:  “To Earth? When?"  "Early morning, the day after tomorrow."  Mirai ...
by False Prophet
Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:41 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE
Replies: 40
Views: 6609

Re: New Macross anime from Studio SUNRISE

Has there been any news on the next show? Any crumbs? I remember that it took about half a year between Delta's character and mechanical design being revealed and the show's actual start. Will the next Macross be a spring or summer 2024 show?
by False Prophet
Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:33 am
Forum: Mecha and Technology
Topic: What is the MS-06B?
Replies: 9
Views: 1610

Re: What is the MS-06B?

= Not that I can find. There are several possibilities to explain this: Zeonic developed a MS-06B as a further refinement of the MS-06A and it was deemed insufficient to meet the military's needs prior to the start of production and subsequently was either canceled outright or became the starting p...