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VF-19 Custom in Battroid mode
(Unofficial, Fan-Made Colors)
VF-19 Custom in GERWALK mode
(Unofficial, Fan-Made Colors)
VF-19 Custom in Fighter mode
(Unofficial, Fan-Made Colors)
Speaker-Pod-Shooting Launcher Pod
(Unofficial, Fan-Made Colors)
Speaker Pods
Elma Hoyly and Wind Valkyrie collage
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Shinsei Industry VF-19 Excalibur "Wind Valkyrie"
Equipment Type: UNAF/UNS main advanced variable fighter
Unofficial codename: Wind Valkyrie
Government: U.N. Air Force, U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Operational Deployment: 2062
Accommodation: pilot only in pressurized canopy
Dimensions:
Battroid Mode: height 15.48 meters (without sensor fin)
Fighter Mode: wingspan 14.92 meters; height 3.94 meters; length 18.47 meters
GERWALK Mode: wingspan 14.92 meters
Mass: empty 8.40 metric tons
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor, stealth composition
Power Plant: two Shinnakasu Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2550F thermonuclear turbine engines [previously Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2500F]
Propulsion: 82,500 kg [x g] x 2 (809.33 kN x 2); 2 x rear afterburner intakes encircling engine/lower leg nozzles; 2 x two-dimensional independent vectored thrust nozzles for enhanced V/STOL performance and maneuverability; many x P&W HMM-6R high-maneuverability vernier thrusters (featuring encircling vernier slits around engine/lower leg nozzles
Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 19.64
Performance:
Fighter Mode: cruise speed at 10,000 m Mach 5.5+; max cruise speed at 30,000+ m Mach 25+ [(8.5+ km/s)]; max rate of climb at S/L 68,000 meters/minute
g limit: +39.5/- 20.0
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; canard forward wing; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL); supersonic cruise and maneuvering in region of Mach 5.0+ below the stratosphere; two-dimensional thrust vectoring (independent pivot); capable of attaining unassisted orbital velocity over an Earth-class planet; wrap-around imaging monitor system in cockpit (all modes); anti-projectile (bulletproof) shield; internal weapons bays with medium-range high maneuverability missiles (engine/leg sections); fighter-scale pin-point barrier system (allows for armor simplification and light weight); active stealth system; guitar sound stick control mounted on gimbal-and-joint system with throttle and options control slider for HOTAS; standard Sound Energy Conversion seat; high performance audio system and speaker system (mounted dorsal nacelles/shoulders); lightup projector system (mounted in dorsal nacelles/shoulders; 2 x sound energy converters and 2 x sound aura amplification systems; 3 x special equipment hard point stations for optional 2 x space/atmospheric conformal propellant tanks and optional 1 x space/atmospheric fighter fold booster
- Armament -
Guns:
2 x fixed internal laser cannons, for emergency use only (mounted in both leading wing roots with exit ports)
2 x anti-aircraft laser machine guns (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, either side of head turret in Battroid mode)
1 x speaker-pod-shooting launcher pod featuring sensor, foregrip and stock magazine (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode or in manipulator in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
1 x fixed fighter-carried pin-point barrier system
1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
Bombs & Missiles:
2 x internal weapons bays with 12 x medium-range high maneuverability missiles (mounted ventral side fuselage in Fighter mode, lower legs in GERWALK/Battroid modes)
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The Wind Valkyrie is a green-colored VF-19 Excalibur Custom variable fighter piloted by Zolan woman Elma Hoyly. The craft is a replica model of the VF-19 Custom Fire Valkyrie flown by the infamous Nekki Basara during the 2045 Protodeviln War. Ever since Elma Hoyly was young, she dreamed of becoming a singer. Following the events in which she met Basara, Elma became a singer of some notable renown (Macross Frontier novelization). However, she eventualy took a different path after singing to became a biologist (publishing papers such as "Migration and Life of Galaxy Whales", creatures active around her home planet of Zola). During the harrowing events in 2062 upon the planet Pipré, Elma worked along side Chaos (χάος) to combat the Var Syndrome. Elma pilots her Wind Valkyrie to stop the rampaging Una-Mushi.
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.
NOTE: The Wind Valkyrie is described as a green-colored replica model of the red-colored VF-19 Fire Valkyrie. Macross Delta Gaiden: Macross E is a black and white manga series and thus does not include official colored art of the Wind Valkyrie. The fan-made colors shown in this profile are based upon that simple description plus elements of the original VF-19 Custom Fire Valkyrie combined with the Elma Hoyly character design. As the Wind Valkyrie is a replica of the Fire Valkyrie (suggesting it is a green at least as bright as the original red) Elma would likely honor the original color style. As such, the color patterns of the Fire Valkyrie are retained but is primarily green, magenta is converted to dark teal and blue is added from the Elma Hoyly character design.
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Debut: never animated, appears within Macross Delta Gaiden: Macross E manga series (published in 2 Volumes 2016-2017); colors are fan-made and unofficial
Pilot(s): Elma Hoyly
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 7 Animation Materials and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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