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VF-5000G Battroid with Speaker Units
VF-5000G Fighter with Speaker Units
Shock Gun Pod (Zolan Force Colors)
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Shinsei Industry VF-5000G Star Mirage Speaker Variant
Equipment Type: UNS general-purpose lightweight air superiority variable fighter
Government: U.N. Spacy, Zola Military (Galactic Whale patrol unit)
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Introduction: 2018
Operational Deployment: 2020
Accommodation: pilot only in single seat reclined 30 degrees
Dimensions:
Fighter Mode: length 14.03 meters
Mass: empty 8.3 metric tons
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor
Power Plant: two Shinsei/P&W/Roice FF-2015RB thermonuclear reaction turbine engines
Propulsion: 12,500 kg [x g] x 2 (122.63 kN x 2); 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzles; many x P&W HMM-3A high-thrust vernier thrusters
Performance:
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.85; at 30,000+ m Mach 4.73+
g limit: unknown
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; blended wing body; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL); single-axis (two-dimensional) thrust vectoring nozzles operate in lieu of conventional elevators and horizontal stabilizers; rectangular under-fuselage air intakes with retractable covers for Battroid mode or during space operation; single-section ailerons and flaps occupy almost entire wing trailing-edge; leading-edge slats; conventional rudders in outward-canted vertical tail surfaces; one ventral fin under each engine nacelle; holographic HUD on canopy; pressurized one-piece upward-hinged canopy with retractable cover (shield) for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry use; head sensor; option of space/atmospheric booster pack and weaponry system; option of Super FAST Pack space/atmospheric booster and weaponry system.
- Armament -
Guns:
1 x fixed rear anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
1 x standard external shock gun pod (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes); shock projectiles are adhesive bullets that immobilize targets while inflicting only minimal damage from kinetic impact; equipped with aiming sensor (front dorsal gun barrel tip) and tail fin acts as stabilizing vane for Fighter mode (rear section of gun pod)
Bombs & Missiles:
4 x internal micro-missile launchers (two launchers mounted in the center ventral fuselage/each lower arm in Fighter/Battroid modes; two launchers mounted on engines/lower legs in Fighter/Battroid modes)
Additional Equipment:
2 x speaker units (mounted forward of dorsal nacelles in fighter mode; shoulders in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
Optional Armament:
space/atmospheric booster pack and weaponry system with 2 x micro-missile launchers mounted on engine/lowers legs and 2 x missile launchers with shock ordnance in dorsal booster
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A Zolan scientist named Lawrence modified several VF-5000 variable fighters for the purpose of communicating with space whales. Speaker units were installed that both aided in receipt and transmission of music played by Nekki Basara. Liza Hoyly of the Zolan Galactica Whale patrol unit piloted one of these modified Star Mirage variable fighters in 2047.
NOTE: The VF-5000's designation was inspired by the Dassault Mirage 2000. Studio HalfEye titled its model the "Star Mirage," although Shoji Kawamori had indicated such a designation was only a nickname. The name "Star Mirage" has since been published in the book Shoji Kawamori's Macross Design Works (2001) and the Macross Chronicle (2009).
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Debut: (as Super Booster Speaker Variant) Macross Dynamite 7, Episode 3
Pilot(s): no notables
Other appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake (cockpit) |
Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Macross Dynamite 7 Establishment Materials List and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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