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Variable Guraaji
A Zentraadi one-man Guraaji Battle Pod aircraft development series. In the same way as the Variable Fighters in the Earth side, it transforms to the three forms of Fighter, GERWALK, and Battroid. Even though it's said to have been a weapon that a Zentraadi Insurrection Element developed with obtained Earth technology, its details are unknown. It was invested into action when the Anti Unification Power conducted terrorist activities against the Development Experiment Facilities on planet Cristrania, and it fought against the Dancing Skull Special Forces Unit. After the battle, it turned out that Moaramia Jifon, the person, the restrained person that boarded the aircraft, was a 6-year old Zentraadi girl. After that, she was accepted as the adopted child of husband and wife Max and Miria of the Dancing Skull Unit, and she also became a team member of that same unit. Although the original Variable Guraaji had a Zentraadi size cockpit, just like the archetype craft, when Moaramia -who husband and wife Max [and Miria] took care of- received My-clonization, the Variable Guraaji was improved to an aircraft with an Earthling-sized cockpit. In addition, it later became clear that Moaramia was an experimental body for the analysis of the Zentraadi factor, which was conducted by the insurrection organization. [Source: Macross M3]*

* Translator's note: originally was: "An advanced series of the Guraaji type. It has the same three-stage transformation as a Variable Fighter: Fighter, GERWALK and Battroid. In the game "Macross M3", the Variable Guraaji is put into the attack operations of the Unified Forces Reactionary Force's Experimental Institution Of Development, and it appears as an enemy of the Dancing Skulls. The pilot of the Variable Gluag is a bound 6-year-old Zentraadi girl. The girl believes completely in fighting. To give her memories other than of fighting, Max accepts her as his adopted daughter. As the pilot of the Variable Gluag, she was an experimental body in an analytical study of the Zentraadi factor, carried out by the insurrection organization."

Caption: The energy system in the Variable Guraaji seems to be delicate, and its handling doesn't appear to be easy.

Caption: Moaramia Jifon was changed to Moaramia Farina Jiinasu, when she was adopted. Her call sign is Purple Skull.

Related Matter: Dancing Skull
After the First Interstellar War, the human race spread into the territory of the galaxy. The rule of the Unified Government accompanied that spread, and a countless number of mutinous forces, which resisted the rule of the Unified Government, were also born. In 2014, the Dancing Skull Special Forces Unit was formed as a suppression unit by the two people, Maximilian Jiinasu and Miria Farina Jiinasu. Even though Moaramia Jifon -who had been raised as an adopted child (by Max and Miria)- received membership to the unit in 2022, Max and Miria separated from the unit for the benefit of Moaramia -who depended on her parents- so that she would become independent. Moaramia succeeded in her duties in the squadron.

Caption: Max's call sign is Blue Skull. He accepted the Zentraadi child Moaramia as his adopted child.

Caption: Miria's call sign is Crimson Skull. She watched over Moaramia as a Zentraadi guide.

Unified Forces Specification

Down: A Variable Guraaji that was improved into the Unified Forces specification. A sensor eye is installed in the tip of the nose in Fighter Form - it is identical to the one in the Zentraadi Battle Pod that is the archetype for the Variable Guraaji.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "The Variable Guraaji has been improved to a micron-sized permeable cockpit, and the engine pods and forearms are also different."

Left/Up: The style of the GERWALK Form looks like the Guraaji. The right and left engine blocks expand, and become legs, arms, and engine blocks in the rear of the aircraft.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "The torso part, which is the nose when in Fighter, has been improved from the Zentraadi specification."

Right: Battroid Form. The torso folds over, and together with forming the Battroid's chest and hips, the head -which is stowed inside the body- is exposed, and the transformation is complete.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "The airframe size can also be perceived from the size of the cockpit to have been miniaturized compared to that of the archetypal aircraft."

[o] Main Pilot
Moaramia Fariina Jiinasu

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Zentraadi Specification
[o] The specification when it first encountered the Dancing Skulls unit. Except for the cockpit surroundings, it isn't changed from the Unified Forces specification.

Down/Right: Fighter Form. Just like the Guraaji, which became the pattern for the Variable Guraaji, the cockpit is covered with armour.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "Fighter Form. The cockpit is an impermeable type, the same as the archetypal aircraft, and even though it is for use by children, it is for giant-sized children."

Down/Right: GERWALK Form. The armaments are a Large Charged Particle Beam Gun on the top part of the fuselage, and two Impact Guns, which are built into the arms.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "GERWALK Form. It is the operating form closest to the archetypal battle pod, the "Guraaji"."

Right: Battroid Form. The design around the shoulder armour differs from the Unified Forces specification. The right and left power hands seem to even be able to use such things as Gun Pods.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "Battroid Form. The point where the arms have been changed into power hands is greatly different from the Neo-Guraaji."

Neo-Guraaji
An aircraft that is considered to have been a Zentraadi "Guraaji" Battle Pod -which were recovered by the Unified Forces after the First Interstellar War- that was studied and improved upon by the technology of the Earth side. Although the exterior and transformation mechanism are both basically shared with the Variable Guraaji, the relationship between both aircraft is unknown (it's likely that the Variable Guraaji is considered to be an aircraft based on the Neo-Guraaji that was improved upon by the Anti Unification Power. There's also a rumour that Sharon Apple hacked it, and it fought against the YF-19 in the Sharon Apple Insident** in 2040. [Source: Macross Plus -Game Edition-]*

**Translator's note: I know it's a spelling error. But due to the hosts TOS...

* Translator's note: originally was: "After the First Interstellar War, the Guraaji existed among the armaments of the Zentraadi Forces that were recovered by the Unified Forces. The Neo-Guraaji airframe is a Guraaji that has been studied and improved upon by Earthling's technology. Appearing in the game "Macross Plus -Game Edition-", the Neo-Guraaji attacked the YF-19 that arrived in Macross City, as it is an unmanned aircraft that uses an AI similar to the Ghost X-9, and was under Sharon Apple's control."

Caption: Fighter Form. The Neo Guraaji overcame the original Guraaji's lack of air combat functions by introducing the technology of the VFs.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "The Fighter Form. The weakness of the Guraaji, which is said to be its inability to dogfight without a booster, is resolved with the introduction of the Variable Technology from the VFs."

Caption: GERWALK Form. Both arms are equipped with 2x Impact Cannons, and they don't have power hands.*

* Translator's note: originally was: "Even though the archetypal aircraft's silhouette strongly remains in GERWALK Form, one can already say that the abilities of the Neo Guraaji are different."

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