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VF-11B "Booster" in Fighter mode

Shinsei Industry VF-11B Thunderbolt "Booster" Technical Data Equipment Type: UNS/UNSAF main variable fighter enhanced atmospheric booster Government: U.N. Spacy, U.N. Space Air Force Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry Operational Deployment: 2040 Accommodation: pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk11 ejection seat (entire canopy ejectable as an emergency escape pod) Dimensions: Battroid Mode: height 12.92 meters Fighter Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters; height 3.49 meters; length 15.51 meters GERWALK Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters Mass: empty 9.0 metric tons; with Solid-Fuel Boosters unknown Structure: space metal frame, energy converting armor 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 Solid-Fuel Rocket Boosters (rocket thrust rating unknown); 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: Fighter Mode: at 10,000 m Mach 3.5+; at 30,000+ m Mach 8.2; with Solid-Fuel Boosters unknown; 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); 4 x special equipment hard point stations for external Shinsei Industry space Super Part units; two solid-fuel rocket boosters. - 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 standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes) Bombs & Missiles: 4 x special equipment hard point stations for external space Super Part units for 8 x Hughes HMMM-Mk 6 micro-missile launchers (mounted on dorsal fuselage); 2 x chaff and flare dispensers (mounted in Super Part propellent tank units on engine sections) chaff and flare dispenser system (mounted within either engine section) Optional Equipment: 2 x solid-fuel rocket boosters (due to 5-minute combustion time, these boosters are not suitable for standard operation) Description and History The special "Booster" variant of the VF-11B features only minor equipment additions to the standard Thunderbolt variable fighter. Two sets of mounting pylons are fitted to the VF-11B fighter on both the dorsal and ventral sides. Upon these mounts, two external solid-fuel rocket boosters are fitted for atmospheric use and grant the VF-11B a significant increase in acceleration and maximum velocity. Unfortunately the rocket boosters also add significant weight and their size causes airflow problems across the VF-11B fighter body during flight. The boosters also suffer another disadvantage such that the rockets are not designed for combat maneuvering and the pylons can yield under the stress of high-speed maneuvers. Nonetheless, the VF-11B "Booster" was utilized as a chase aircraft in the flight trials of the YF-21 fighter during the Project Super Nova AVF competition in early 2040. Isamu Dyson, a pilot always pushing the endurance of any aircraft, flew a booster equipped VF-11B early in his assignment at the New Edwards Test Flight Center on the planet Eden. During his chase role recording flight data of the YF-21 fighter, Dyson flew his VF-11B "Booster" beyond what it could accomplished and lost both booster rockets during hard maneuvers. Though the additional thrust of each booster rocket is unknown, it was likely no greater than 10,000 to 15,000 kg additional thrust given that the VF-11B "Booster" was still outperformed in both acceleration and maximum velocity by the YF-21 during test flights. Production Notes Debut: Macross Plus, Episode 1 Pilot(s): Isamu Dyson Other appearances: Macross Plus Movie Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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VF-11B Battroid equipped with Super Parts VF-11B Fighter equipped with Super Parts VF-11B Fighter profile schematic VF-11B Fighter dorsal schematic 30 mm Gun Pod (with anti-armor bayonet) Super Part missiles

Shinsei Industry VF-11B Super Thunderbolt Technical Data Equipment Type: UNS/UNSAF main variable fighter Government: U.N. Spacy, U.N. Space Air Force Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry Introduction: 2028 Operational Deployment: April 2030 Accommodation: pilot only in Marty & Beck Mk11 ejection seat (entire canopy ejectable as an emergency escape pod) Dimensions: Battroid Mode: height 12.92 meters Fighter Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters; height 3.49 meters; length 15.51 meters GERWALK Mode: wingspan 11.2 meters Mass: empty with Super Parts estimated 11.2 metric tons. Structure: space metal frame, energy converting armor 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 Super Part Booster Thrusters (thruster output unknown); 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: 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); 4 x special equipment hard point stations for external Shinsei Industry space Super Part units. - 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 standard external multipurpose 30 mm 6-barrel gun pod with sensor, foregrip, anti-armor bayonet (on early space models, removed on later gun pods due to high cost) and large barrel magazine (mounted ventral fuselage in Fighter mode, in arm manipulator for GERWALK/Battroid modes); 2 x spare magazines stored underneath shield. 1 x standard bulletproof (anti-projectile) shield (mounted center rear dorsal fuselage in Fighter mode, mounted on arm in GERWALK/Battroid modes) Bombs & Missiles: 4 x special equipment hard point stations for external space Super Part units for 8 x Hughes HMMM-Mk 6 micro-missile launchers (mounted on dorsal fuselage); 2 x chaff and flare dispensers (mounted in Super Part propellent tank units on engine sections) chaff and flare dispenser system (mounted within either engine section) Optional Armament: Protect Armor System with reactive armor shield. Numerous optional weapons. Description and History The VF-11, designed for high atmospheric maneuverability and plentiful direct fire weaponry, largely lacked missile ordnance. As a way of offsetting the VF-11's lack of missile armament, and to improve performance in space operations, the Super Part system was deployed on the VF-11B. The Super Part system included two dorsal mounted NP-SP-09 booster units featuring two booster nozzles and two Hughes HMMM-Mk 6 micro-missile launchers for each unit. The system also included two engine mounted NP-SF-09 propellant tank units featuring one chaff/flare dispenser per tank unit. This Shinsei Industries manufactured Super Part system greatly enhanced the VF-11B's maximum thrust and numerous vernier thrusters assisted the maneuverability of the Thunderbolt variable fighter for space operations. The four micro-missile launchers (with exit ports on the forward dorsal sections of the NP-SP-09 units) diversified the weapons compliment of the VF-11 and increased the variable fighter's operational capacity. These improvements were so successful in the field that nearly all VF-11 variable fighters were equipped with Super Parts whenever deployed for operations in space and the Super configuration became ubiquitous with the recognition of the Thunderbolt. Eventually the Super Part booster nozzles were improved, altering the originally funnel-shaped nozzles into a more rectangular shape found most often on the model VF-11C. Production Notes Debut: Macross Plus, Episode 1 Pilot(s): Milia Jenius, Isamu Dyson Other appearances: Macross Plus Movie; Macross 7 Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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VF-5000B Battroid (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter profile schematic Color Code Transformation Guide Multi-Purpose Gun Pod

Shinsei Industry VF-5000B Star Mirage 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. Dimensions: Fighter Mode: length 14.03 meters Mass: empty 8.3 metric tons Structure: space metal frame, energy converting 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; holographic HUD on canopy; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); single-axis thrust vectoring; retractable canopy cover (for Battroid mode); 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 shock 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 In 2011 Shinnakasu Heavy Industry and Stonewell Bellcom began a joint project to design a general-purpose lightweight air superiority variable fighter based on the VF-1 Valkyrie. The project would also utilize new research into Zentradi technology to create a variable fighter that would simplify maintenance and be built in comparatively low numbers once mass production began. When Shinnakasu and Stonewell Bellcom aerospace development divisions merged to form the new company Shinsei Industry in 2012, the VF-5000 officially became the new company's first development project and mass-produced variable fighter. The first flight of the VF-5000 took place in 2018 and mass production began only two years later in 2020. To the surprise of many, some branches of the United Nations Forces complemented or replaced their main variable fighters with the VF-5000 Star Mirage rather than the VF-4 Lightning III, a decision influenced primarily by the significantly lower cost and greater atmospheric maneuverability of the VF-5000. The VF-5000 project was a success and produced an extremely lightweight and true next-generation variable fighter. The VF-5000 began a trend in lightweight variable fighter development that continued throughout the next two decades until development of the VF-17 Nightmare by General Galaxy in the 2030's. The VF-5000 was designed primarily as a general-purpose lightweight support and air superiority fighter, but when more branches of the UN Forces adopted the VF-5000 as their main variable fighter, the Star Mirage was deployed in many varied roles. Fortunately the VF-5000 is well suited to many types of missions and features a varied armament for combat in almost any theatre. At only 8.3 metric tons and producing 25,000 kg of thrust, the VF-5000 achieves speed and maneuverability beyond the most optimistic performance of previous generation variable fighters. For combat, the Star Mirage features less direct-fire weaponry than older VF-4 variable fighters and is armed with only a single anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon and one gun pod. However, the VF-5000 is the first mass-produced variable fighter to incorporate internal missile bays, featuring four micro-missile launchers mounted in the engines/lower legs and the ventral fuselage/lower arms. This innovative armament design was somewhat ahead of its time and was not adopted for the VF-11 Thunderbolt that replaced the VF-5000. However, the legacy of internal missile weaponry can be found in the VF-17 Nightmare, the VF-19 Excalibur and the VF-22 Sturmvogel variable fighters that followed. Mass production of the VF-5000 ended in 2029 but the VF-5000 continued deployment in ever expanding roles such as aggressor and trainer assignments after mass production ended. Eventually the aging VF-5000 variable fighter was replaced by Shinsei Industry's own VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter in December 2030. The VF-5000 is deployed in the Zolan Galactic Whale Patrol unit and is still in active service to this day. 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: (the "B" was never animated; it first appears as strictly "VF-5000" on page 68 of This Is Animation Special Macross Plus (1995); colors taken from Macross Plus Playstation Video Game, 2001) Pilot(s): Max Jenius, Milia Jenius Other appearances: none. Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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VF-5000B Battroid (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter (Macross Plus Game Colors) VF-5000B Fighter profile schematic Color Code Transformation Guide Multi-Purpose Gun Pod

Shinsei Industry VF-5000B Star Mirage 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. Dimensions: Fighter Mode: length 14.03 meters Mass: empty 8.3 metric tons Structure: space metal frame, energy converting 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; holographic HUD on canopy; variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); single-axis thrust vectoring; retractable canopy cover (for Battroid mode); 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 shock 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 In 2011 Shinnakasu Heavy Industry and Stonewell Bellcom began a joint project to design a general-purpose lightweight air superiority variable fighter based on the VF-1 Valkyrie. The project would also utilize new research into Zentradi technology to create a variable fighter that would simplify maintenance and be built in comparatively low numbers once mass production began. When Shinnakasu and Stonewell Bellcom aerospace development divisions merged to form the new company Shinsei Industry in 2012, the VF-5000 officially became the new company's first development project and mass-produced variable fighter. The first flight of the VF-5000 took place in 2018 and mass production began only two years later in 2020. To the surprise of many, some branches of the United Nations Forces complemented or replaced their main variable fighters with the VF-5000 Star Mirage rather than the VF-4 Lightning III, a decision influenced primarily by the significantly lower cost and greater atmospheric maneuverability of the VF-5000. The VF-5000 project was a success and produced an extremely lightweight and true next-generation variable fighter. The VF-5000 began a trend in lightweight variable fighter development that continued throughout the next two decades until development of the VF-17 Nightmare by General Galaxy in the 2030's. The VF-5000 was designed primarily as a general-purpose lightweight support and air superiority fighter, but when more branches of the UN Forces adopted the VF-5000 as their main variable fighter, the Star Mirage was deployed in many varied roles. Fortunately the VF-5000 is well suited to many types of missions and features a varied armament for combat in almost any theatre. At only 8.3 metric tons and producing 25,000 kg of thrust, the VF-5000 achieves speed and maneuverability beyond the most optimistic performance of previous generation variable fighters. For combat, the Star Mirage features less direct-fire weaponry than older VF-4 variable fighters and is armed with only a single anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon and one gun pod. However, the VF-5000 is the first mass-produced variable fighter to incorporate internal missile bays, featuring four micro-missile launchers mounted in the engines/lower legs and the ventral fuselage/lower arms. This innovative armament design was somewhat ahead of its time and was not adopted for the VF-11 Thunderbolt that replaced the VF-5000. However, the legacy of internal missile weaponry can be found in the VF-17 Nightmare, the VF-19 Excalibur and the VF-22 Sturmvogel variable fighters that followed. Mass production of the VF-5000 ended in 2029 but the VF-5000 continued deployment in ever expanding roles such as aggressor and trainer assignments after mass production ended. Eventually the aging VF-5000 variable fighter was replaced by Shinsei Industry's own VF-11 Thunderbolt variable fighter in December 2030. The VF-5000 is deployed in the Zolan Galactic Whale Patrol unit and is still in active service to this day. 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: (the "B" was never animated; it first appears as strictly "VF-5000" on page 68 of This Is Animation Special Macross Plus (1995); colors taken from Macross Plus Playstation Video Game, 2001) Pilot(s): Max Jenius, Milia Jenius Other appearances: none. Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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VF-17D Heavy Battroid Mode VF-17D GERWALK Mode VF-17D Fighter Mode VF-17D Fighter profile schematic VF-17D Fighter dorsal schematic Color Code Transformation Guide MC-17A 40mm Folding Stealth Gun Pod Internal Micro-Missiles VF-17D in Macross Plus (provided by Talos)

General Galaxy VF-17D Nightmare Technical Data 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: space metal frame, energy converting armor 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 Spiritia Absorption Pod (developed on Macross 7 fleet after Operation Stargazer, 2046 Feburary) Numerous manipulator-held options. Description and History In the mid 2020's the U.N.G. was already invested in the development of the VF-11 Thunderbolt, but motivation was high for the continuing innovation of new OverTechnology applications in the hopes of building even better variable fighter craft. Ever a company known for pushing the envelope, General Galaxy was contracted by the U.N.G. to build a different type of variable mecha and thus began the development of the VF-17 Nightmare in 2026. While the VF-11 took first flight after only six years of design, the complicated and exacting research of the VF-17 didn't produce a viable craft until the variable fighter's first flight 2035. With the success of the flight tests, the U.N. Spacy adopted the VF-17 as a second line variable mecha and included squadrons on many of the colonization fleets, notably the 37th long-distance colonization fleet lead by the 7th Battle Class Stealth Space Attack Carrier in 2038. The VF-17 Nightmare is a radically different variable fighter than previous generations, featuring completely new wing and transformation systems. Primarily designed as a special operations variable fighter and heavy battroid, the VF-17 is both larger and heavier than most other valkyries and features minimal atmospheric control surfaces subsequent to its primary role as a space fighter. To offset the nearly 12 ton weight, the VF-17 operates two extremely powerful Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2100X thermonuclear turbine engines with over twice as much thrust as the VF-11B. These incredibly powerful engines produce enough thrust for the VF-17 to achieve orbit unaided (the first production model variable fighter to do so) while also making the craft an ideal space superiority fighter. In addition to these powerful flight characteristics, the Nightmare is also designed as a stealth mecha and utilizes internally stored weaponry. As was typical following the success of a variable fighter, the VF-17 was eventually fitted with several equipment packages from Radomes and Fold Boosters to customized weaponry and Super Pack systems (though the VF-17 generally avoides the use of Super Parts and external weapons to maintain passive stealth capabilities). The VF-17 was built in several different versions, but the VF-17D in service during the early 2040's is the most distinguished model. Notable U.N. Spacy pilot Gamlin Kizaki piloted a VF-17D Nightmare during his service in Macross 7's elite unit Diamond Force until his promotion to Full Lieutenant when he was assigned a VF-17S. It was originally the intention of the UN Spacy that the VF-17 Nightmare be replaced as the primary special operations fighter of the UN Spacy by the VF-22S Sturmvogel II, also a General Galaxy design. However, by 2050's the UN Spacy itself would undergo organizational changes as the New UN Spacy (NUNS) and priorities would also change. General Galaxy redesigned the VF-17 Nightmare into the VF-171 Nightmare Plus, a new main fighter/bomber for the New UN Spacy forces (circa 2059). Production Notes Debut: Macross 7, Episode 1 Pilot(s): Gamlin Kizaki, Kinryu, Physica S. Fulcrum, Docker, Dick, Morry Other appearances: Macross Plus Movie Edition, Macross 7; Macross 7: Encore Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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