Front

YF-25 Prophecy
The VF-25 Development Prototype Model By The Frontier Fleet

Aircraft Explanation
A prototype based on the design data of the state-of-the-art YF-24 Evolution -that the New Unified Forces Headquarters developed-, developed in the Macross Frontier Fleet under the leadership of the L.A.I. Co.. Several aircraft were produced with the intention of testing the aircraft's transformation mechanism and performance, and doing control tests with the EX-Gear. Based on the data that was acquired in the testing of this aircraft, all kinds of problems were corrected, and the officially adopted VF-25 Messiah aircraft came to be produced.

Data *data is when it is in Fighter Form
Attached to: S.M.S.
Length: under investigation
Height: under investigation
Width: under investigation
Empty Weight: under investigation
Engine: under investigation
Highest Speed: under investigation
Standard Armament: 1x 25 mm Beam Gun (Mauler ROV-25)

Development Genealogy Chart
YF-24 > YF-25 > VF-25

Size Comparison
VF-1J, YF-25

Top

---

Back

Operation Record
Several YF-25 were produced, and their test flights took place on the planet Messiah 025. The aircraft that were painted orange and white -the most famous among the YF-25's colour schemes- were the aircraft that were operated in the testing on Messiah 025 (in addition, the aircraft No. 001, 002, and 003 were affixed to the three YF-25 that were used in those tests). After the end of the test flights, the YF-25 came to be used as a model conversion trainer for aircraft that are equipped with the EX-Gear System, and they were sent to the sites where the VF-25's combat durability testing was taking places. In addition, the aircraft that was operated in the S.M.S. Frontier Branch seems to have been aircraft No. 003, which had participated in the Messiah 025 test flights.
Even though the YF-25 can also be equipped with the standard equipment of the VF-25 Messiah, such as the Gun Pod, a record of this aircraft being invested into actual combat hasn't been confirmed.

Caption: A parked YF-25 is mixed in with the VF-25 in the hangar inside the S.M.S. Frontier Branch's Macross Quarter (upper right).

Related Matter: The Dainamu Chogokin Transforming Toy
The major toy manufacturer Dainamu Chogokin sent out various transforming toys for the Variable Fighters that S.M.S. operated, and they flew off as smash hits. It's rumoured that such things as the aircraft's design data was probably furnished by the L.A.I. Co. as a part of the L.A.I. Co.'s image strategy, as Dainamu Chogokin's products reproductions attained detailed colouring and details just like the real aircraft.

Caption: Dainamu's new product, the YF-25 Prophecy. It became a topic of conversation because not enough information [on the YF-25] had been disclosed at the time it was made into a product.

Up: Here is the VF-25Fm (Family Mart Ver.) product, which is a collaboration between Dainamu Chogokin and Family Mart, who achieved their one millionth store in the galaxy in 2059.

Fighter Mode
The cockpit takes the efficient collection of data in all sorts of tests into account, and is a two-seater type. As both of the two seats support the EX-Gear System, the instructors -who sit in the rear seat during training- are said to have favoured the point where the aircraft's balance could be suitably corrected. Pictured is the aircraft No.001, which is among the aircraft that participated in the test flights on Messiah 025.

Left: The colouring is flashy because it is a test aircraft. The New Unified Forces mark can also be seen on the tail.

GERWALK Mode
The installed EX-Gear System, which can apply the movements of the pilot's limbs to the motion of the aircraft, is considered to have contributed to smoothly balanced movement when doing hover movements in the GERWALK form. There aren't any places in particular in this aircraft's transformation mechanism that ought to be amended, and it was inherited as-is into the officially adopted VF-25.

Right: The GERWALK Form equipped with a Gun Pod. An Assault Knife was also built-into the interior of the arm shield just in case.

Battroid Mode
The head of the YF-25 covers all sorts of sensors and cameras with a large clear shield so that it may record information from multiple directions, and the head also has a unique shape. The right side of the head is equipped with a communications antenna, and the left side is equipped with a small-bore laser machine-gun.

Right: The Battroid Mode. The two-seater cockpit is stowed inside the torso. Aside from the head and colouring, its exterior isn't different from the VF-25.

Top

---

© Aaron Sketchley