Flightline: Flights Of Fantasy #1

"user314" (user314) 09/28/2020 at 11:00 • Filed to: flightline, Anime, animelopnik, Macross

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Introduced in 2007, the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Valkyrie variable fighter was the premier aerospace superiority fighter/battroid of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and served with the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! well into the 2020s.

In 1999, a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! impacted !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in the Pacific Ocean, causing world-wide disruption of weather. Investigations of the object determined that it was an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! warship, which was dubbed ASS-1 (stop laughing!). These aliens were roughly five times the size of a human, and their technology was highly advanced (dubbed !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! by UN researchers). The irrefutable proof of alien forces warring out in space, along with the lingering after-effects of the impact, led to the UN drafting plans to form a unified world government to further investigate and reconstruct the alien ship, revitalize the damaged nations of the planet, and to work to defend the Earth if necessary. Acceptance of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was not universal, and an !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was formed by several nations, which led to the 2001-2008 !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . These battles involved both conventional arms as well as newly-developed mecha known as ‘battroids’ or ‘destroids’, and eventually variable fighters such as the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a prototype of the VF-1. The conflict culminated in a battle over the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! relic found on Mayan Island, which saw the destruction of the Anti-UN forces. (Somehow. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was kinda trippy...)

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Operational Deployment: February 7, 2009

Accommodation: pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk-7 zero/zero ejection seat

Dimensions:

· Battroid Mode: height 12.68 meters; width 7.3 meters; length 4.0 meters

· Fighter Mode: wingspan 14.78 meters (fully extended); height 3.84 meters; length 14.23 meters

· GERWALK Mode: wingspan 14.78 meters (fully extended); height 8.7 meters; length 11.3 meters

Mass: empty 13.25 metric tons; standard T-O mass 18.5 metric tons; max T-O mass 37.0 metric tons

Structure: space metal frame, SWAG energy conversion armor

Power Plant: two Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2001 thermonuclear reaction turbine engines, output 650 MW each

Propulsion: 11,500 kg [x g] x 2; or 23,000 kg [x g] x 2 in overboost (225.63 kN x 2); 4 x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry NBS-1 high-thrust vernier thrusters (1 x counter reverse vernier thruster nozzle mounted on the side of each leg nacelle/air intake, 1 x wing thruster roll control system on each wingtip); 18 x P&W LHP04 low-thrust vernier thrusters beneath multipurpose hook/handles

Thrust-to-weight ratio: empty 3.47; standard T-O 2.49; maximum T-O 1.24

Performance:

· Battroid Mode: maximum walking speed 160 km/h

· Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 2.71; at 30,000+ m Mach 3.87

· GERWALK Mode: maximum walking speed 100 km/h; flying 500 km/h

G limit: in space +7

Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; variable geometry wing; vertical take-off and landing; control-configurable vehicle; single-axis thrust vectoring; three “magic hand” manipulators for maintenance use; retractable canopy shield for Battroid mode and atmospheric reentry; option of GBP-1S system, atmospheric-escape booster, or FAST Pack system

Transformation:

· Min time from Fighter to GERWALK (automated): approx. 1.5 sec.

· Min time from GERWALK to Battroid (automated): under 2 sec.

· Standard time from Fighter to Battroid (automated): under 5 sec.

· Min time from Fighter to Battroid (manual): 0.9 sec.

- Armament -

Guns:

· 1 x Fixed Mauler RÖV-20 anti-aircraft laser cannon, firing 6,000 pulses per minute

· 1 x Howard GU-11 55 mm three-barrel Gatling gun pod with 200 rds fired at 1,200 rds/min

Bombs & Missiles:

· 4 x underwing hard points for 12 x AMM-1 hybrid guided multipurpose missiles (3/point)

· or 12 x MK-82 LDGB conventional bombs (3/point)

· or 6 x RMS-1 large anti-ship reaction missiles (2/outboard point, 1/inboard point)

· or 4 x UUM-7 micro-missile pods (1/point) each carrying 15 x Bifors HMM-01 micro-missiles

· or a combination of above load-outs

Optional Armament:

· Shinnakasu Heavy Industry GBP-1S ground-combat protector weapon system

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· Shinnakasu Heavy Industry FAST Pack augmentative space weapon system

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The VF-1 was a variable geometry design, incorporating swing-wings like the F-111 and F-14. They were generally single-seat designs, though two-seat trainer and special purpose models existed. The aircraft were powered by nuclear turbines, allowing flight in both atmosphere and in space (though they were not able to reach orbit unassisted ). One of the most revolutionary, and highly-classified aspects of the design was its ability to convert into a humanoid shape, known as ‘battroid’, to better engage the giant aliens should combat occur. An intermediate form, known as GERWALK ( G round E ffective R einforcement of W inged A rmament with L ocomotive K nee-joint) was originally intended to allow vertical landing in combat zones with full weapons, however pilots soon found the increased maneuverability a formidable asset in combat, and it was utilized to flank slower enemies.  

VF-1J transformation sequence

VF-1A in fighter mode

VF-1A in GERWALK mode

VF-1A in Battroid mode

Line drawing of a VF-1A showing the shift of various components in transformation

T here were four basic mo dels of VF-1 produced, differing in the number of crew, avionics and armaments. The VF-1A was the basic model, with a single pilot and one laser mounted on the “head”, which was fitted with a single triangularly shaped sensor. The VF-1D was a two seat model, and had a differently shapped head with two bar-shaped sensors and two lasers. The VF-1J was intended for flight or squadron leaders, and was equipped with appropriate coms and avionics, as well as two lasers on the head module. The VF-1S was intended to be the CAG’s (Commander, Air Group) bird, though it was sometimes used by elite pilots as squadron leads or for special tactics groups. The S was the most advanced of the regular variants, and had more powerful engines as well as enhanced avionics and a head armed with four lasers. The J and S models could be fitted with the GBP-1S heavy armor kit for ground or space combat, or the FAST pack which included boosters, thrusters, fuel and either two micro-missile launchers or one launcher and one double beam cannon.

VF-1D in Battroid mode

VF-1J in Battroid mode

VF-1J with the GBP armor

VF-1S Strike Valkyrie with FAST pack

The VT-1 “Super Ostrich ” was a dedicated trainer variant, which was a lso fitted with a FAST pack array for training in space. Adapted from the VT-1, the VE-1 “ELINT Seeker” was an EW&C/electronic intelligence craft.  

VT-1 “Super Ostrich”

VE-1 ELINT Seeker

phenotyp > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:04

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YESSSSSS

I’m so here for this

facw > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:07

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I stick with my position that gerwalk mode is dumb!

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:09

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Good V alkyrie post. Now I ask, which is better?

Transformer...

... o r USAF prototype?

and 100 more > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:16

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LOVE IT!

I guess at some point recently, they added a VF-1R variant into the canon.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:17

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Pump this shit into my veins!

PatBateman > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:36

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It can’t be that complicated of a machine, if a scrub like Rick Hunter can learn to fly it so quickly.

ETA: That’s a god damned F-14.  Thought that then, thinking that now.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:38

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The nose becomes a cock

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > user314 09/28/2020 at 11:48

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Ground based Mechs are best Mechs.

Atlas Battlemechs FTW.

user314 > PatBateman 09/28/2020 at 11:55

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Oh absolutely.

user314 > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus 09/28/2020 at 11:58

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“Freebirth scum!”

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > user314 09/28/2020 at 12:12

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Haters gonna hate....

phenotyp > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 09/28/2020 at 12:14

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Yes. 

dieseldub > user314 09/28/2020 at 12:52

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Bringing back memories. I had a transformer toy as a kid. Same basic thing as the transforming gif you posted. And yeah, it absolutely transformed.

user314 > dieseldub 09/28/2020 at 13:05

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I didn’t have one as a kid, but I did pick up a Jetfire off eBay back in the early Aughts.

OmerCarrothers333 > dieseldub 09/28/2020 at 13:34

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I was gonna say I think Hasbro got in serious trouble over Jetfire looking EXACTLY like a Valkyrie mecha. I think it's why it looked different in the comics and tv show and also was called Skyfire.

user314 > OmerCarrothers333 09/28/2020 at 14:31

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Not exactly ‘ trouble’; Hasbro licensed the design from Takatoku, who produced the VF-1S toys for Macross. Takatoku was bought up by Bandai however, and Hasbro’s Japanese partner Takara was unable to market Jetfire (as well as the Deluxe Insecticons, Whirl, Roadbuster, Omega Supreme and Sky Lynx), nor could they appear in the show (though Omega and Sky Lynx were later okayed) when it was shown in Japan . Thus Skyfire appeared in the show with a completely different design, and even then he was dropped after only a few episodes. 

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > user314 09/28/2020 at 15:17

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OK that was straight up effing fascinating!