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By AARON SKETCHLEY (aaronsketch@HOTdelete_thisMAIL.com)
Ver 1.2 2016.02.11

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VF-5000G/T-G Star Mirage

vf5000g_fighter (80K)

BACKGROUND

The VF-5000B Star Mirage was the first venture of the new aerospace conglomerate Shinsei Industry. Designed as a low cost general-purpose lightweight support and air superiority fighter that would be affordable to a wide range of customers, the VF-5000B was turned out in great numbers to the Unified Forces and Emigrant planets. Making its first flight in 2018 and entering mass production in 2020, the VF-5000B assumed the Unified Forces's main fighter designation from the VF-4 (due to its lower costs) beginning in the later half of the 2020's, until the VF-11 Thunderbolt's introduction, with mass production ending in 2029. After production ended, the VF-5000B took over as the main aggressor and training fighter of the Unified Forces
The VF-5000G, along with the 2-seater VF-5000T-G (used primarily for training purposes), are variants of the VF-5000B Star Mirage. As the Unified Forces began converting to the VF-11, Shinsei began working on an inexpensive upgrade for Emigrant planets that were interested in buying an atmospheric fighter. Enhancing the engines of the VF-5000B and providing a 2-seater version known as the VF-5000T-G, which could be used to have a passenger accompany the pilot of simply to have an instructor oversee a trainee pilot, seemed to work, as many Emigrant planets saw the fighter as an attractive alternative to the rapidly aging VF-1 and VF-4 Valkyries that many of them had.
Some of the VF-5000's of planet Zola had the Laurence Speak System added to them. The system was created by the Zolan Galactic Patrol Corps' Laurence. Laurence had a theory that the Galactic whales that migrated on regular intervals to the planet Zola could communicate using sound energy. He developed the speaker system based on Dr. Chiba's Sound Energy System (SES) used by Sound Force. It took Basara's singing to prove his theory right. Unlike Sound Force's SES system, the Laurence Speaker System is permanently attached to the Valkyrie.

NOTE: This is a standard speaker system, not a Sound Energy System (SES) and does not have the effect of the SES System of Sound Force.


RPG STATS

Vehicle Types: VF-5000
Class: Variable Atmospheric Interdiction Fighter
Manufacturer: Shinsei Industry
Crew: one pilot wearing Tactical Life Support System, (VF-5000T-G can carry pilot plus one passenger)


MDC BY LOCATION:

     Head Laser                     30
 (1) Head                           75
     Arms (2)                       100 each
 (2) Main Body                      300
     Legs/Thrusters (2)             200 each
     Main Wings (2)                 125 each
     Tails (2)                      50 each
     GU-13 Gunpod                   100
     Reinforced Pilot Compartment   175 
NOTES:
  1. Destroying the head of the fighter will knock out the mecha's major sensor systems, including all of the optics systems (infrared, nightvision, thermal). Radar and communications will be unaffected.
  2. Depleting the MDC of the main body will destroy the Valkyrie. The pilot and cockpit section/escape pod will be automatically ejected from the doomed Valkyrie before it explodes by the Valkyrie's main computer.


vf5000tg_gerwalk (21K)

SPEEDS:

RUNNING, BATTROID: 160 kmph
LEAPING, BATTLOID CONFIGURATION: 17 m high or 24.5 m long without thrusters.
FLYING, GERWALK/BATTROID: mach 1 (1,072 kmph) in an Earth-like atmosphere. Can also hover in place indefinitely.
FLYING, FIGHTER CONFIGURATION: mach 3.35 at 10,000 m. Mach 8 at 30,000 m. Max altitude of 42,000 m without rocket booster assistance.


STATISTICAL DATA:

LENGTH: 14.03 m in Fighter
MASS(EMPTY): 8,300 kg

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: equal to a P.S. of 50
CARGO: small compartment behind pilot's seat for personal belongings.

POWER PLANT: two Shinsei Industries/Pratt & Whitney/Rolls Royce FF-2016RB thermonuclear turbine engines, each rated at 25,000 kg, plus 10,000 x 1 from rocket booster. Several additional Pratt & Whitney HMM-3B high-maneuverability vernier thrusters for additional mobility are mounted at key positions along the mecha's hull.


vf5000g_battloidfast (32K)

VF-5000 FAST Packs

Due to the design of the VF-5000 Variable Fighter, only a single FAST Packs can be mounted, however the FAST Pack has been designed to be longer than a regular FAST Pack so as to provide the same quality of use as two regular FAST Packs. These FAST Packs feature a larger engine and longer front section to carry more ammunition. The streamlined Unified Forces VF-5000B FAST Pack can be fitted to the VF-5000G & T-G variants. However the VF-5000B FAST Pack is usually restricted to Unified Space Force units only.


WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. ANTI-AIRCRAFT PULSE LASER:

The VF-5000G mounts a single pulse laser for use in air combat skirmishes and for defensive purposes, (the VF-5000T-G mounts two head lasers). The laser is mounted on the head of the Variable Fighter in Battloid, and is located in the central dorsal section of the main body pointed rearward in Fighter and GERWALmodes. The laser can only fire to the REAR of the fighter in these modes; it cannot be turned to fire along another arc.


2. GU-13 MULTIPURPOSE GUN POD:

The GU-13 hand-held gunpod unit is a smaller version of the GU-11. The GU-13 fires armor piercing 55mm shells and is the direct predecessor of the the GU-15.


3. MICRO-MISSILE LAUNCHERS (4):

Four seperate micro-missile launchers are carried internally by the VF-5000G, one in each limb. While the internal magazine is small, they nevertheless provide additional heavy firepower. The loss of a limb will result in the loss of the respective missile launcher.


4. WING HARD POINTS (6):

Three fixed hard points are mounted on each wing of the VF-5000G for a total of 6 hardpoints on the fighter. These hardpoints can be used to hold a variety of different ordinance types, including long, medium, or short ranged missiles, or even the new intermediate-ranged high-maneuverability (IRHM) missiles (after 2040). One long ranged, one IRHM, 3 medium ranged, or 5 short ranged missiles can be mounted per hardpoint. vf5000g_fighterfast (28K)


5. HAND TO HAND COMBAT:

If necessary, the pilot of the VF-5000G can engage in melee combat rather than use a weapon. The Variable Fighter is extremely agile and can execute most typical hand to hand combat moves, such as punches, jump kicks, leap attacks, rolling with impacts, etc..

DAMAGE:


STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE VF-5000G:


vf5000g_head (24K) vf5000tg_head (25K)

COMBAT BONUSES FOR VF-5000G COMBAT TRAINING:

BASIC VARIABLE FIGHTER COMBAT TRAINING ADVANCED VF-5000 COMBAT TRAINING


REFERENCES
  • Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules
  • Macross 7 Dynamite
  • Macross Compendium's VF-5000 Star Mirage article

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