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Sound Booster No. 2 Craft

• 1.0 BACKGROUND
• 1.1 MDC BY LOCATION
• 1.2 SPEEDS
• 2.0 STATISTICAL DATA
• 3.1 DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS
• 3.2 OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS
• 3.3 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (FOLD BOOSTERS)
• 3.4 SENSOR SYSTEMS
• 3.5 OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT
• 4.0 COMBAT BONUSES

BACKGROUND

An optional Sound Booster Unit for the VF-11MAXL Kai. It has hybrid sensors, two sound energy converters and two sound aura amplification systems, and can be mated with the VF-11MAXL Kai to enhance it's Spiritia Warfare capabilities. The Sound Booster Unit launches seperate from the VF-11MAXL Kai. It then flies under it's own power to the VF-11MAXL Kai and docks onto the rear of the battroid. When activated, the wing tops open, revealing speakers and SES equipment, which swivel 180 degrees toward the front. The Sound Booster No.2 craft has the same engine as the mass-produced VF-19, giving it a maximum speed and maneuverability greater than the other 2 Sound Booster craft. It also has the mounting hardpoints and navigation software to use a fold booster. In addition to the onboard AI, the craft can be remote controlled. The craft has no fixed armaments, however the plans of the craft was transmitted to other emigration fleets and planets, and there were a few combat versions created for testing as an alternative to the QF-4000 Ghost series. The Sound Boosters were designed specifically for Sound Force after it became an operational unit. They are launched from a special catapult onboard Macross 7. The controller uses an onboard guidance system to launch and deliver the booster unit to the appropriate destination to be linked up with the users Valkyrie, from there the Valkyrie Pilot has full control of the unit. Specifically designed for Mylene's VF-11 MAXL Valkyrie. .

RPG STATS

Design Features: forward and top/rear looking main sensor, docking system for maiting with the VF-11MAXL Kai.

Variants:

• Sound Booster No. 2 Craft

MDC BY LOCATION:

NOTES:
• (1) -3 strike on a called shot. Destroying the sensor will knock out the vehicles's major sensor systems, including all of the optics systems. Radar and communications will be unaffected.
• (2) Depleting the MDC of the main body will destroy the mecha. The pilot and cockpit section/escape pod will be automatically ejected from the doomed mecha before it explodes by the mecha's main computer.

SPEEDS:

Maximum airframe design load: +44.5 to -25.0.
Ceiling: Unlimited (Capable of launching into satellite orbit over an Earth-class planet)
Maximum rate of ascent: 68,000 m/minute
Combat Action Radius (in atmosphere): nearly unlimited

Operational Underwater Depth: unknown

STATISTICAL DATA:

MASS: 6,250 kg empty

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: N/A
CARGO: N/A

POWER PLANT: One 78,500 kg Shinsei/P&W/Roice FF-2550J rev.2 Thermonuclear Turbine Engines. Many P&W HMM-6B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters.

DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

1. 3RD GENERATION ACTIVE STEALTH SYSTEM

2. INTERNAL MULTIPURPOSE CHAFF/FLARE DISCHARGER SYSTEM

3. HEAT AND RADIATION SHIELDS

4. SELF-DESTRUCT

5. SWAG ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM (SWAG/RA155)

OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS

1. HIGH-PERFORMANCE AUDIO SYSTEM: (1)

High-Performance Speaker System
Built into the Sound Warfare assemblies. They emit up to 400 decibels of sound. They are normally used to project music during combat, but can be set to play any recording the pilot has loaded into the craft's computer, or whatever music the pilot produces while piloting the craft.
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: sound warfare
• RANGE: 750 m in atmosphere. Touch in the void of space.
• DAMAGE: temporary deafness.
• SPECIAL: The loud music is very distracting—pilots forced to listen to it in combat suffer -2 to initiative and -1 to strike and dodge. In addition, the music may cause a Spiritia reaction in the minds of brainwashed Varōta pilots.
• RATE OF FIRE: active as long as the pilot is playing or producing music.
• PAYLOAD: effectively unlimited.

Holographic Light Projector System
Built into the Sound Warfare assemblies, next to the Speaker System. They emit a bright light projection, that can be used for rock shows, signaling, and blinding attacks. They are capable of projecting whatever image the pilot wants, if it is in the vehicles computer. They are not powerful enough to "cloak" the Sound Booster nor VF-11MAXL Kai to hide it from view.
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: distraction
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: blinding attacks
• RANGE: 1,200 m
• DAMAGE: temporary blindness: on a successful strike, the opponent rolls to save vs blindness. If they fail, they are blinded for 1 round, and are -3 on initiative and combat rolls while blinded.
• RATE OF FIRE: equal to the pilot's combined number of attacks. Single shots only to attempt to blind an opponent (requires a weapons system check.)
• PAYLOAD: effectively Unlimited.

2. SOUND ENERGY CONVERTERS and SOUND AURA AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM: (2+2)

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Spiritia Warfare
• ACTIVATION COST (Amount of Spiritia required to activate the unit): 100 Spiritia Points
• DAMAGE: see the Spiritia RPG rules.
• SPECIAL EFFECT: when activated, gives the user(s) a 100-to-1 Song Energy/Spiritia point ratio, and the ability to use major Spiritia powers.

3. HAND TO HAND COMBAT

DAMAGE:

• Ram: 1D6x100 MD

ALTERNATIVE ARMAMENTS

1. MAULER REB-23 LASER GUN: (1)

• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Air-to-air
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Air-to-ground
• RANGE: 50,000 m
• DAMAGE: 1D6x10+10 MD
• RATE OF FIRE: Single shots only.
• PAYLOAD: Effectively Unlimited.

2. Internal Armament Loading Bays (2)

• NUMBER OF PALLETS: 2, 1 per wing.
• LOADOUT: B-11 Pallet with 2 AMM-7, ASM-5, CHM-2, SACHM-2, or GBU-10C (the Sound Booster must flip over to release the bombs); though any type of Pallet System can be used.

3. Wing Hard Points (2)

Standard VF-19 Munitions per Hardpoint

HMM-111CS High-Maneuverability Missile CHM-2 High Speed Manueverable Missile LPP-12 Propelled Laser Pod RATE OF FIRE: 1 per hardpoint. PAYLOAD: 1 per hardpont; 4 total.

AOM-8S Two-step Interception Missile SSP-8 Propelled Mass-Driver Pod RATE OF FIRE: 2 per hardpoint. PAYLOAD: 2 per hardpont; 8 total.

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT (FAST PACKS & SUPER PARTS)

• a single fighter-size, general-purpose fold booster. (Initially this was the Shinnakasu Industry/OTEC FBF-1000A external prototype fighter fold booster; which wasn't initially certified for performing beyond a one-way limit of 20 light years.)

SENSOR SYSTEMS

• AOA DETECTOR
• COMPOUND SENSOR
• EXTERNAL AUDIO PICKUP
• HYBRID SENSORS
• IFF ANTENNA
• IFF/UHF DATALINK ANTENNA AND TACAN/UHF ANTENNA
• OPTICS - FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared)
• OPTICS: HYBRID SENSOR/TV CAMERA SYSTEM AND REAR PERISCOPE
• APHS-94 RADAR
• LAPR-34 RADAR
• RADIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION
• RETRACTABLE EC (Electronic Countermeasures) and VHF ANTENNA
• UHF ANTENNA
• VHF ANTENNA

OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT

• AIRFRAME CONTROL SYSTEM: AI pilot that isn't influenced by jamming, so that it is able to always successfully dock with the VF-11MAXL Kai.
• DOCKING EQUIPMENT: for attaching to the back of the VF-11MAXL Kai. Attachment points on the VF-11MAXL Kai are the shoulders and back.
• FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM
• FOLD NAVIGATION SOFTWARE
• INS (Internal Navigation System) / AUTOPILOT)
• LANDING GEAR
• LASER TARGETING SYSTEM
• SEARCHLIGHT
• VFC: Vortex Flow Controller

COMBAT BONUSES FOR SOUND BOOSTER TRAINING

REFERENCES

Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules Variable Fighter Master File: VF-19 Excalibur Macross Chronicle VF-11B, VF-11C and VF-11MAXL Kai articles

Great Mechanics.DX Macross Digital Mission VF-X2 Macross Compendium VF-11 article