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VF-17D Heavy Battroid (VF-X Raven Colors)
VF-17D GERWALK (VF-X Raven Colors)
VF-17D Fighter (VF-X Raven Colors)
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MC-17A 40mm Folding Stealth Gun Pod
Internal Micro-Missiles
Fold Booster
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VF-17D Nightmare "VF-X Ravens"
Equipment Type: UNS special operations variable fighter and heavy battroid
Unofficial codename: Stealth Valkyrie
Government: U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: General Galaxy
Introduction: 2035
Operational Deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only in pressurized canopy featuring four framed flat-plate windows
Dimensions:
Heavy Battroid Mode: height 15.18 meters (top of head)
Fighter Mode: wingspan 14.18 meters; height 3.68 meters; length 15.63 meters
GERWALK Mode: wingspan 14.18 meters
Mass: empty 11.85 metric tons
Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor, strengthened armor in Battroid mode equal to Armored Valkyrie (forearm armor is used instead of a shield)
Power Plant: two Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2100X thermonuclear turbine engines
Propulsion: 55,000 kg [x g] x 2 (539.55 kN x 2); 2 x horizontal two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzles; 30+ x P&W HMM-6B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters (mounted in triple clusters)
Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 9.28
Performance:
Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 4.0+; at 30,000+ m Mach 21+
g limit: +33.5/-18.0
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL); variable geometry sweep (VG) wing (featuring sawtooth delta wing in standard cruising configuration); wrap-around imaging monitor screens (for use in Heavy Battroid mode); passive stealth system; two-dimensional (horizontal) thrust vectoring; option of space/atmospheric Super Pack system; option of Fold Booster (mounted on dorsal fuselage); option of external radome (mounted on dorsal fuselage); option of Sound Booster unit
- Armament -
Guns:
2 x fixed anti-aircraft laser gun turrets (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Heavy Battroid mode)
2 x fixed small-bore forward laser guns (mounted left/right of cockpit)
2 x fixed medium-bore laser beam guns, each gun featuring one retractable and one traversable opposite-facing barrels (mounted on dorsal section in Fighter mode and in forearm sections in GERWALK/Heavy Battroid modes)
1 x MC-17A 40mm multipurpose seven-barrelled gatling gun pod, featuring retractable handle and fore grip, folding stock, muzzle sensors, and strap (mounted in ventral fuselage in Fighter/GERWALK mode with an exit port and stealth covers, ejectable from lower leg to be used in arm manipulator Heavy Battroid mode); 1 x spare gun pod magazine or 1 x gun pod beam adaptor (stored inside lower main fuselage/opposite lower leg section)
Bombs & Missiles:
2 x internal micro-missile launchers (mounted left/right of dorsal main fuselage with two launcher ports each)
Optional Armament:
Internal standard equipment capable of being exchanged for other weapon packs
Numerous manipulator-held options
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In the pursuit of the Vindirance terrorist forces in 2050, VF-X Ravens Captain Aegis Focker utilized an impressive array of the UN Forces variable fighters to combat his enemies. Proving his ability to master nearly any Valkyrie, Captain Focker flew several missions in a special VF-17D Nightmare with customized purple highlights and grey hull details.
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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 Perfect Memory and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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