Front [Pg 01-02]

Illustration by Hidetaka Tenjin

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Variable Fighter - VF Lineage Chart

Solid [Arrow]: directly descended aircraft
Dotted [Arrow]: aircraft that have inherited the affects of such things as technology.
Red [Square]: development / production period
Blue [Square]: design and production

* This is a family line diagram that is based on the information that is established for 2059.

VF-0 Phoenix
Red: completion of the No.1 aircraft in December 2004.
Blue: Northrop Grumman / Stonewell / Shinsei
Solid: VF-X

VF-X
Red: prototype begins in 2006.
Blue: Stonewell / Bellcom / Shinnakasu Heavy Industry / Sentinel
Solid: VF-1

VF-1 Valkyrie
Red: mass production aircraft No.1 completed in November, 2008.
Blue: Stonewell / Bellcom / Shinnakasu Heavy Industry / Sentinel
Solid: VF-3000, VF-X-4

VF-X-4
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown
Solid: VF-4

VF-3000 Crusader
Red: unknown
Blue: Stonewell / Bellcom
Dotted: VF-5000

VF-4 Lightning III
Red: mass production starts in February, 2012
Blue: General Galaxy
Solid: VF-5000, Dotted: VF-14

VF-5000 Star Mirage
Red: mass production starts in 2020.
Blue: Shinsei Industry
Solid: VF-X-11

VF-X-11
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown
Solid: VF-11

VF-X-10
Red: unknown
Blue: Stonewell / Bellcom
Solid: VF-9

VF-9 Cutlass
Red: mass production starts in 2022
Blue: General Galaxy
Solid: VF-14

SV-51
Red: unknown
Blue: Sukhoi / Israeli Aircraft Industries / Dornier
Solid: SV-52

SV-52
Red: unknown
Blue: Sukhoi / Israeli Aircraft Industries / Dornier

V-BR-2
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown

VA-X-3
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown

The Details Of The Unknown Aircraft [pink box]:

Fieos Valkyrie
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown

Stampede Valkyrie
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown

VF-X-7 Ghost Valkyrie
Red: unknown
Blue: unknown

The Transition Of The Variable Fighters
The effectiveness of the Variable Fighter that was developed in order to oppose the giant aliens, was actually proven in the First Interstellar War. After the war, space emigration due to the Mankind Seeding Project commenced, and Variable Fighters were employed as the main escorts of the fleets. In addition, a lot of specialized Variable Craft for specific missions, such as Variable Attacker, Variable Bomber, and so on, were also created. And then, in the latter half of the 2050's, a further possibility of manned aircraft was found with the appearance of the aircraft that implemented ISC, and VF development entered a new phase.

Caption: As the reorganization of VF development manufacturers advanced in the 2010's, the two companies, Shinsei Industry and General Galaxy, came to bear the core of VF development.

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VF-11 Thunderbolt
Red: mass production starts in 2029
Blue: Shinsei Industry
Solid: YF-19, Dotted: YF-21

(1) YF-19
Red: development starts in 2034
Blue: Shinsei Industry
Solid: VF-19

VF-19 Excalibur
Red: regulated adoption in 2041
Blue: Shinsei Industry
Solid: YF-24

(2) YF-24
Red: development plan starts in 2040
Blue: Shinsei Industry / General Galaxy
Solid: YF-24 Evolution

(2) YF-24 Evolution
Red: approval of the plan to prepare for the regulated adoption in 2057
Blue: Shinsei Industry
Solid: VF-25

(2) VF-25 Messiah
Red: test run starts in 2059
Blue: Shinsei Industry / L.A.I.
Solid: VF-27

(2) VF-27 Lucifer
Red: maiden flight of the prototype on December 11, 2057
Blue Guld Works

VF-14 Vampire
Red: mass production starts in 2028
Blue: General Galaxy / Messi
Solid: YF-21, VF-17

(1) YF-21
Red: development starts in 2034
Blue: General Galaxy
Solid: VF-22

VF-22 Sturmvogel II
Red: adopted as a special operations aircraft in December, 2042
Blue: General Galaxy.

VA-3 Invader
Red: unknown
Blue: Northrop / Grumman

VF-17 Nightmare
Red: start of mass production starts in 2037
Blue: General Galaxy
Solid: VF-171

VF-171 Nightmare Plus
Red: maiden flight in 2046
Blue: General Galaxy
Solid: VF-171EX

VF-171EX Nightmare Plus EX
Red: deployed in 2059
Blue: General Galaxy / L.A.I.

VB-6 Koenig Monster
Red: development starts in 2030
Blue: Shinnakasu Heavy Industry / Northrom / Grumman

1 The Super Nova Project
Shinsei Industry's YF-19 and General Galaxy's YF-21 were put into competition in a plan whose purpose is to develop the successor of the VF-11. The YF-19 was regulated and adopted as the successor.

Caption: It is a project that demanded a high-performance that drew a line between the AVF and previous VFs, with such things as a Pinpoint Barrier, Active Stealth, Space Folding on its own, and so on.

2 The YF-24 Family
The YF-24 is the result of the Next Generation VF Research Project by Shinsei Industry and General Galaxy. The YF-24 Evolution is an original development and completion of the YF-24 by Shinsei Industry. The VF-25 and VF-27 were created based on the design of the YF-24 Evolution.

Caption: The VF-25 and VF-27 are sister aircraft with concepts that differ. The VF-25 is an aircraft that stresses manoeuvrability, aerodynamics, and so on, and the VF-27 is an aircraft that stresses an output that is a response to cyborgs, firepower and so on.

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© Aaron Sketchley