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Old 04-03-2015, 07:05 AM   #2
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Default Re: [Vehicles/Mecha] Macross/Space FIghter Idea

I'm not so sure the Stormhawk at SM +4 is the right size for a first-generation UNSPACY/RDF Valkyrie/Veritch fighter. It looks visually based off the F-14 Tomcat, which at 40 tons is easily in the SM +5 range.

As we see Zentrons/Zentraedi grappling Veritchs in Battloid mode in the pilot episodes, and Max Sterling is able to have his Veritech don a Zentraedi uniform while essentially stuck in a broom closet, I'd put both the Zentraedi and Veritchs at SM +5.

I think the Zentraedi battlepods should be SM +7, as I seem to recall them being twice as large as their pilots.


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And aren't blasters a TL10 weapon? I seem to recall some of the specs for the Veritechs and Destroids, at least, firing physical ammo in their first-generation designs. For TL9, you may want lasers (field-jacketed for the special colors, perhaps!) or ammo. The Zentraedi can fire particle beams no problem, though!
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