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VF-5000G Battroid (Zolan Force Colors)
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Shock Gun Pod (Zolan Force Colors)
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Shinsei Industry VF-5000G Star Mirage
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 shock gun pod (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes); shock projectiles are adhesive bullets that immobilize targets while inflicting only minimal damage from kinetic impact; equipped with aiming sensor (front dorsal gun barrel tip) and tail fin acts as stabilizing vane for Fighter mode (rear section of gun pod)
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:
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
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The VF-5000G is the standard, single seat variant of the Zolan Galactic Whale patrol unit. Easily identified in a teal hull with yellow highlights, the variable fighter is most often seen with the Super Booster optional space/atmospheric booster and engine/leg Super Parts. Typically, the VF-5000G variable fighters feature shock ordnance and a shock gun pod for decreased lethality in their primary role as patrol craft.
NOTE: The VF-5000's designation was inspired by the Dassault Mirage 2000. Studio HalfEye titled its model the "Star Mirage," although Shoji Kawamori had indicated such a designation was 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).
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Debut: Macross Dynamite 7, Episode 1
Pilot(s): Liza Hoyly
Other appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori, Kazutaka Miyatake (cockpit), Shigeki Ninomiya (colored schematics) |
Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Macross Dynamite 7 Establishment Materials List and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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