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VF-5000B Battroid (Blue Colors)


VF-5000B Fighter (Blue Colors)


VF-5000B Battroid (Red Colors)


VF-5000B Fighter (Red Colors)


Multi-Purpose Gun Pod
(Fan-Made Line Art and Colors)

 Shinsei Industry VF-5000B Star Mirage (Macross M3 Version)

Technical Data

Equipment Type: UNS general-purpose lightweight air superiority variable fighter
Government: U.N. Spacy, Zola Military (Galactic Whale patrol unit)
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Introduction: 2018
Operational Deployment: 2020
Accommodation: pilot only in single seat reclined 30 degrees
Dimensions:
  • Fighter Mode: length 14.03 meters
    • Mass: empty 8.3 metric tons
    Structure: SWAG energy conversion armor
    Power Plant: two Shinsei/P&W/Roice FF-2015RB thermonuclear reaction turbine engines
    Propulsion: 12,500 kg [x g] x 2 (122.63 kN x 2); 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzles; many x P&W HMM-3A high-thrust vernier thrusters
    Thrust-to-weight ratio: (empty) 3.01
    Performance:
  • Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.85; at 30,000+ m Mach 4.73+
    • g limit: unknown
    Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; blended wing body; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; vertical take-off and landing (VTOL); single-axis (two-dimensional) thrust vectoring nozzles operate in lieu of conventional elevators and horizontal stabilizers; rectangular under-fuselage air intakes with retractable covers for Battroid mode or during space operation; single-section ailerons and flaps occupy almost entire wing trailing-edge; leading-edge slats; conventional rudders in outward-canted vertical tail surfaces; one ventral fin under each engine nacelle; holographic HUD on canopy; pressurized one-piece upward-hinged canopy with retractable cover (shield) for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry use; head sensor; option of space/atmospheric booster pack and weaponry system; option of Super FAST Pack space/atmospheric booster and weaponry system
    - Armament -
    Guns:
  • 1 x fixed rear anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon (mounted center dorsal section in Fighter/GERWALK mode, becomes head turret in Battroid mode)
  • 1 x standard external multipurpose gun pod (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes)
    • Bombs & Missiles:
  • 4 x internal micro-missile launchers (two launchers mounted in the center ventral fuselage/each lower arm in Fighter/Battroid modes; two launchers mounted on engines/lower legs in Fighter/Battroid modes
    • Optional Armament:
  • 1 x standard external gun pod
  • space/atmospheric booster pack and weaponry system with 2 x micro-missile launchers mounted on engine/lowers legs and 2 x missile launchers with shock ordnance in dorsal booster
  • Super FAST Pack space/atmospheric booster and weaponry system with 2 x upper exit ports for the standard VF-5000 launchers and lower exit ports for the pod missile launchers and 2 x missile launchers in dorsal booster

    • Description and History

    These white colored VF-5000B valkyries were part of the UN Forces testing squadron flown during the first mass production run of the new variable fighter. In 2020 the Dancing Skull special forces team was given the honor of escorting the new VF-5000 Star Mirage to the cruiser Algenicus for testing over the planet Neo York. The Free York Liberation League launched two attacks to capture the VF-5000, but the terrorist forces were engaged by the Dancing Skull team. With the help of Minmay plug-ins which transmitted culture shocking music unto the Zentradi, the two ace pilots Max Jenius and Milia Jenius used their incredible skills to thwart the attempted capture operations.

    NOTE: The VF-5000's designation was inspired by the Dassault Mirage 2000. Studio HalfEye has called its model the "Star Mirage," although Shoji Kawamori has indicated that such a designation is only a nickname. The name "Star Mirage" has since been published in the book Shoji Kawamori's Macross Design Works (2001) and the Macross Chronicle (2009).

    Production Notes

    Debut: Macross M3 (Video Game, 2001)
    Pilot(s): Max Jenius, Milia Jenius
    Other appearances: none
    Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake (cockpit)

    Line Art

  • none
    • 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