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VF-11B equipped with APS-11 Protect Armor Pack
GU-XS-06 Long-Range High-Piercing-Round Gun Pod
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Shinsei Industry VF-11B Thunderbolt APS-11 Protect Armor "VF-X Ravens"
Equipment Type: UNS/UNSAF main variable fighter
Government: U.N. Spacy, U.N. Space Air Force
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Operational Deployment: September 2045
Accommodation: pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk11 ejection seat (entire canopy ejectable as an emergency escape pod)
Dimensions:
Battroid Mode: estimated height 14.5 meters
Mass: empty 9.0 metric tons; Protect Armor System weight unknown
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor; Protect Armor system with reactive armor shield
Power Plant: two Shinsei Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2025G thermonuclear reaction turbine engines
Propulsion: 28,500 kg [x g] x 2 (279.59 kN x 2); 2 x protect armor assist boosters (output unknown; compensates for increased weight and boosters can be mounted in conjunction with the other FAST Pack units); 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzles; 2 x dorsal auxiliary thruster pods; many x P&W HMM-5B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters
Performance (Limited to Battroid mode only, unless APS-11 Protect Armor Pack is ejected):
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 3.5+; at 30,000+ m Mach 8.2; max rate of climb at S/L 28,500 meters/minute
g limit: +22.0/- 14.5
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 3.5+ below the stratosphere; two-dimensional thrust vectoring; improved waist joint system; anti-projectile (bulletproof) shield; retractable two-piece canopy cover (for Battroid mode); head-turret-mounted main sensor system and rear camera; 4 x conformal sensors (mounted within the main airframe's forward edge, behind canard wings, just above the air intakes); 4 x special equipment hard point stations for external Shinsei Industry space Super Part units; APS-11 Protect Armor Pack with reactive armor shield
- Armament -
Guns:
1 x fixed rear anti-aircraft pulse laser gun (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
1 x GU-XS-06 long-range high-piercing-round gun pod with multi-sensor located at the front, large magazine and motor power pack in the handle grip (for ground tactical missions in Battroid mode only)
1 x large reactive armor shield (mounted on left arm)
4 x shoulder-mounted beam (previously laser) guns (capable of firing 20 pulses from energy pack)
Bombs & Missiles:
78+ x micro-missiles (estimated count) in 16 x special APS-11 Protect Armor Pack Hughes HMMM-Mk 6 micro-missile launchers (30 mounted in two shoulder launchers; 18 mounted in two torso launchers; 6 hand-thrown grenades mounted in two hip launchers; 6 mounted in two arm launchers; 12 mounted in two rear leg launchers; 12 mounted in two forward leg launchers; + unknown missile count inside 8 x rear booster micro-missile launchers mounted 4/booster)
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In 2050 the VF-X Ravens were sortied to pursue the Vindirance terrorist forces. Captain Aegis Focker found himself in need of many different UN Forces variable fighters to combat these enemies. Proving his ability to master nearly any Valkyrie, Captain Focker flew several missions in a special VF-11B Thunderbolt equipped with the APS-11 Protect Armor system. The APS-11 pack for the VF-X Ravens is notable for featuring a distinct gun metal grey color.
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Debut: Macross Digital Mission VF-X 2 (Video Game, 1999)
Pilot(s): Captain Aegis Focker, Suzie Newtlet, Syun Tohma
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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