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VF-25S Super Battroid mode
VF-25S Super Fighter mode
GU-17A Gun Pod
AK/VF-M9 Assault Knife
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VF-25S Super Messiah
Equipment Type: variable fighter
Government: Strategic Military Services (SMS)
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry/Macross Frontier Arsenal Original Development/L.A.I.
Introduction: unknown
Operational Deployment: 2059
Accommodation: pilot only (deployable auxiliary seat for passenger)
Dimensions:
Battroid Mode: height 15.59 meters (includes beam guns); 14.53 meters (without beam guns)
Fighter Mode: wingspan 15.5 meters (fully extended); height 4.03 meters; length 18.72 meters
GERWALK Mode: unknown
Mass: standard operating weight with SPS-25S/MF25 Super Parts 28.0 metric tons (chemical propellant and micro missile pods account for 15 tons of standard operating weight)
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor
Power Plant: two Shinsei Industry/ P&W/ RR FF-3001A Stage II thermonuclear reaction turbine engines
Propulsion: 2 x 1,620 kN (maximum thrust in space); two super boosters with 4 x Gobishi Heavy industries SLE-7A main booster engines (mounted one per wing) and 1 x Gobishi Heavy Industries SLE-3A sub booster (mounted on rear tail output unknown), total Super Part thruster output 2,940 kN; 10 x Gobishi Heavy Industries SLE-1C high-maneuverability vernier thrusters; many x P&W HMM-9 High maneuverability thrusters
Thrust-to-weight ratio: (initial standard operating weight) 22.50
Performance:
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 5.0+, maximum speed due to heat-resistance limit of the fuselage; maximum initial acceleration 15G (boosters + main engines) when fully loaded, acceleration improves as fuel is consumed; instant acceleration approx 30G once missile ordnance exhausted
Maximum Airframe Design Load: 27.5G at maximum acceleration for 120 seconds
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; boundary layer control (BLC); capable of attaining unassisted orbital velocity over an Earth-class planet; ISC (Inertia Store Converter): Shinsei Industry Macross Frontier Arsenal / LAI Company self-development specification ISC/TO21; active stealth system antennae; chaff/flare/smoke discharger system; thrust reverser equipped with three-dimensional maneuvering nozzles; cockpit designed for EX-Gear equipped pilot; external remote control of the variable fighter is possible via EX-Gear connect slave function; AA/AS/SF-06 integrated radar (mounted in nose); linear actuators (provide faster electromagnetic transformation without contact between moving parts); enhanced communication systems and on-board AI equipped with battle tactic command programs for assistance
- Armament -
Guns:
4 x fixed Mauler RÖV-127C coaxial 12.7mm beam guns (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
1 x Howard GU-17A new model 5-barrel 58mm gatling gun pod with retractable cover to provide air cooling for the barrels (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes)
1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes); the shield is composed of the enhanced energy conversion armor used in the APS-25A/MF25 Armored Pack
2 x Remington ES-25A 25mm high-speed machine guns
or 2 x Mauler RÖV-25 25mm beam machine guns (mounted left/right of intakes in Fighter/GERWALK mode, on rotating hip mounts in Battroid mode)
1 x AK/VF-M9 Assault Knife, 1.65m, super strong material reinforced by pin-point barrier system (mounted under left arm shield block)
1 x pin-point barrier system
Bombs & Missiles:
6 x underwing hardpoints for anti-ship reaction missiles, fold speakers or other equipment
2 x Bifors CIMM-3A micro-missile launchers pods (3 exit ports per launcher, mounted in forward main boosters); 90 x micro-missiles per launcher (Variable Fighter Master File: VF-25 Messiah, pg 76); 2 x Remmington HMM-5A close-in micro-missile CIWS launcher pod (mounted forward dorsal fuselage in Fighter, over shoulders in Battroid mode, estimated 23 x micro-missiles per each launcher pod); 180 booster missiles plus 46 pod missiles for 226 TOTAL Super Pack micro-missiles
Additional Equipment:
Shinsei Industries SPS-25S/MF25 High-maneuverability Super FAST pack system (includes 2 x armored intake units, 2 x armor units for main manipulator, 2 x engine block armored units, groin/hip armor); option of reconnaissance-in-force unit or beam gun or reaction warhead missile container, each can substitute for micro-missile launcher pod
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The Super Pack system includes extra boosters and missile launchers for the standard VF-25 Messiah variable fighter. The Super Pack system enhances the speed of the VF-25 beyond normal limits.
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Debut: Macross Frontier, Episode 2
Pilot(s): Ozma Lee
Other appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori, Junya Ishigaki (cockpit) |
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
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