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VF-171EX Echo Battroid mode


VF-171EX Echo GERWALK mode


VF-171EX Echo Fighter mode

 General Galaxy VF-171EX Nightmare Plus (Echo)

Technical Data

Equipment Type: heavy variable fighter/bomber and heavy combat battroid
Unofficial codename: Echo 3
Government: Chaos (Pipré Branch)
Manufacturer: General Galaxy
Operational Deployment: 2062
Accommodation: pilot plus passenger (in EX-Gear accommodating cockpit)
Dimensions:
  • Fighter Mode: length 15.52 meters
    • Mass: empty 12.95 metric tons
    Structure: SWAG/RA155 SWAG energy conversion armor system (20% improvement in armor strength compared to VF-171)
    Power Plant: two Shinnakasu/P&W/Royce FF-2550F thermonuclear turbine engine
    Propulsion: 2 x 67.5t (maximum thrust in space) (662.18 kN x 2 maximum thrust in space); many x P&W HMM-6B maneuverability verniers
    Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 10.42
    Performance:
  • Fighter Mode: cruising speed standard in atmosphere at 10,000m Mach 4.3+; max cruising speed at 30,000+ m Mach 21+
    • g limit: unknown
    Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable setting EPM (Electronic Protective Measures); general performance enhancements in output and avionics with additional equipment stations on the forearms (VF-171EX); EX-Gear adopted officially for the first time by the New UN Forces in VF-171EX (based on data this reduced traditional training period by 30%); VF-171EX uses VF-19 Excalibur FF-2550F engine for improved mobility performance, gaining performance superior to the VF-17 Nightmare and standard VF-171 Nightmare Plus; however, ISC (Inertia Store converter) was not introduced since the basic design of the VF-171 doesn't support it, high maneuverability can not be attained like an ISC-equipped vehicle; output is greatly increased by being equipped with VF-19-class thermonuclear turbine engines; improved maneuverability and strengthened G-resistance due to EX-Gear; L.A.I.-manufactured super fold booster can be mounted on wing hard points; improved ECCM performance and changed enemy-tracking radar AA/AS/SF-06 unified sensor matrix (same type as VF-25 Messiah)
    - Armament -
    Guns:
  • 2 x Bifors AMG-30 30mm Heavy Machine gun (using enhanced armor-piercing ammunition)
  • 2 x Erikon AAB-9A beam cannons
  • 1 x Howard GU-14B custom gatling gun pod stored in the leg OR 1 x Shinsei Industry/L.A.I. Co. Macross Frontier Arsenal AVPAGC/MEDC30-EX-A Anti-Vajra MDE anti-gravity particle cannon / 30mm MDE machine gun matrix (mounted upon starboard dorsal fuselage in Fighter/GERWALK mode, mounted upon right arm in Heavy Battroid mode, possible to be operated hand-held in Battroid)
  • 1 x pin-point barrier system
    • Bombs & Missiles:
  • 2 x Bifors BML-02S micro-missile launchers (mounted in main fuselage near the wing root in Fighter mode, on top shoulders in Battroid mode)
  • 6 x under-wing hard points for two sets of Bifors AAMM-05D TV/infared/radar-guided medium-range anti-air missile, Sentinal FXA-60A high speed armor-piercing rockets in 6-tube rocket pod and L.A.I./AAMS-02A short range infared-guided high maneuverability anti-air missile triple ejector rack
  • ordnance container loading system located in engine nacelle unit
    • Additional Equipment:
  • 1 x large dorsal-mounted "live dome" with built-in fold amplifier (during var suppression operations, members of Thrones move from cockpit rear seats to the top of the live dome to perform)

    • Description and History

    The VF-171EX Nightmare Plus (Echo) is the standard variable fighter deployed for Chaos' Pipré Branch. The flight control system has been updated to include an EG-01M/MP EX-Gear system to allow pilots to endure high G maneuvers. Echo Flight, tasked with escorting members of Thrones, have equipped their Valkyires with a "live stage dome" (with a foldable amplifier installed onto the dome). During Var Syndrome suppression operations, members of Thrones will move from cockpit rear seats to the top of the live dome to perform. Kite Kinjo's custom Nightmare Plus is painted in salmon pink and the previously damaged head unit has been replaced with an alternate design.

    After the end of the Vajra War in 2059 AD, fold bacteria (V-type virus) from the Vajra remains following their departure and three years later in 2062, is the cause of the strange disease Var Syndrome prevalent in various parts of the galaxy. The disease afflicts all forms of life, including the once peaceful gargantuan Una-mushi (Eel Bug), inducing a berserk rage which threatens the populace of the planet Pipré. That year the Pipré Branch of the interstellar para-military conglomerate Chaos (χάος) begins an experiment using the female idol group Thrones to use the power of Song and their "Fold Receptors" to counteract the effects of the Var (known as "Project Thrones"). The variable fighter unit Echo Flight is tasked with escorting Thrones, in which rookie pilot Kite Kinjo is assigned to performers Pirika Polywanov, Shinobu Bomber and Blau Blume as they battle the Una-Mushi.

    Production Notes

    Debut: Macross Delta Gaiden: Macross E
    Pilot(s): Kite Kinjo, Pirika Polywanov (Singer)
    Other appearances: none
    Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

    Line Art

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    • Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
    Images From - Macross Chronicle and other macross books
    C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist