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Mechanic: F SMS 02B: VF-25S Messiah
"Mechanic: F Citizen 02B: VF-25S Messiah." Macross Chronicle. 14 May. 2009: 07-08.
"Mechanic: F SMS 02B: VF-25S Messiah." Macross Chronicle Revised Ed.. 07 Jan. 2014: 01-04.

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Illustration by Hidetaka Tenjin

VF-25S Messiah
[n] The heavily equipped garments that the space soaring messiah was clad in.

Aircraft Explanation
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Data: (Armoured Pack)
Model Designation: APS-25A/MF25
Development: Shinsei Industry Co.
Standard Operational Weight: 40 t (15 t rocket fuel, not including the weight of the missiles and so on)
VF-25 Standard Sortie Weight (when equipped with the Armoured Pack): about 52 t
Maximum Acceleration: about 11.5+ G (when the VF-25's engines are used at the same time at maximum thrust)
Main Booster Engine: 4x SLE-7A/A (Itsubishi* Heavy Industry)
Total Maximum Thrust Of The Booster Engine: 2,940 kN
High Manoeuvrable Vernier Engines: 10x SLE-1B (Itsubishi Heavy Industry)
Armament: 2x Movable HMM-5A Rammington Micro-Missile CIWS Launcher Pod, 4x Rammington Close-Range Micro-Missile Launcher Pod - double loaded Type (for the legs), 2x 15-Tube Howard 200 mm Anti-Armour High-Initial Velocity Rocket Launcher Pod, 4x ROV-22 22 mm Beam Machinegun, 2x 57 mm Otto / Sentinel Anti-Ship, Anti-Air Rapid-Fire Swivelling Beam Gun Turret (autonomous fire is possible), Enhanced Energy Conversion Armour, 2x Yashima Heavy Industry High-Capacity Capacitor Composite Unit For Beam Gun, Enhanced Energy Conversion Armour, and Pinpoint Barrier Energy Supply, Compound Sensor Antenna (ASSA-021A)

¤ If necessary, it can be equipped with an additional 4 to 8 conventional or reaction weapon equipped large anti-warship missiles.
¤ It is possible to change the Micro-missile warheads to anti-Vajra MDE warheads, and the Rapid-Fire Beam Guns to MDE Particle Beam Guns.

* Translator's note: a wordplay on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.? Mitsubishi literally means 3 Diamonds.? Itsubishi means 5 Diamonds.

[n] Main Pilot:
Ozuma Lee


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Reverse - Left [Pg 03]

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Fighter Mode
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GERWALK Mode
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Reverse - Right [Pg 04]

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Battroid Mode
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Armament
A. 2x Movable HMM-5A Rammington Micro-Missile CIWS Launcher Pods (chest and shoulder) The Armoured Pack is equipped with four CIWS system micro-missile launcher pods, mounted on the chest and shoulders in Battroid (a maximum of 20 micro-missiles in each chest launcher, and 38 micro-missiles in each shoulder launcher)

B. Rammington Close-Range Micro-missile Launcher Pod - double loaded Type (for the legs)
Two Close-Range Attack Micro-Missile Launchers are arranged on the parts on each leg. Each double loaded launcher has up to 16 missiles for a single volley.

C. Compound Sensor Antenna (ASSA-021A)
The Armoured Pack has an additional armoured compound antenna in order to compensate for the sensor functions of the VF-25 itself, which become unusable because of the armour (each part of the armour is also furnished with infrared sensors and monitor cameras).

D. 2x 15-Tube Howard 200 mm Anti-Armour High-Initial Velocity Rocket Launcher Pod (back units)
The two Rocket Pods that are equipped onto the main wings parts face forward in Fighter form. For that reason, they are mainly used when in Fighter for such things as forced penetrations of the enemy.

E. 2x 57 mm Otto / Sentinel Anti-Ship Anti-Air Rapid-Fire Swivelling Beam Gun Turret (tips of the back units)
The sides of the main wing parts are equipped with two Rapid-Firing Swivelling Beam Gun Turrets. They are operated, just like the Energy Conversion Armour, by the capacitor inside the Armoured Pack, which is charged by the output from the reactors in the main body of the VF-25.


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