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VA-1SS in Battroid mode
VA-1SS in GERWALK mode
VA-1SS in Fighter mode
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VA-1SS Gun Pod
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VA-1SS Metal Siren
Equipment Type: main variable space fighter
Government: U.N. Spacy
Introduction: 2092
Operational Deployment: 2092
Accommodation: pilot only (plus cargo compartment)
Dimensions:
Battroid Mode: height 13.5 meters
Mass: weight unknown.
Power Plant: two Tachikahoff thermonuclear turbine reaction engines.
Propulsion: thrust unknown; 2 x rear dorsal thruster pods (mount rear in Battroid mode); leg and wing mounted thrusters
Design Features: 4-mode variable transformation (Fighter, GERWALK, Battroid, Gundroid); variable geometry sweep (VG) wing; ventral vertical stabilizer; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); two-dimensional thrust vectoring.
- Armament -
Guns:
2 x semi-fixed anti-aircraft laser cannons (mounted left/right intankes in Fighter/GERWALK mode, hips in Battroid mode)
2 x gun pods (mounted under each main wing in Fighter/GERWALK mode, in manipulators in Battroid mode)
Bombs & Missiles:
many x missile launchers
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The VA-1SS Metal Siren was the newest variable fighter and was piloted by Captain Nexx.
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Debut: Macross II, Episode 5
Pilot(s): Nexx Gilbert
Other appearances: none.
Original mechanical designer: Atsushi Okuda, Junichi Akutsu, Kazumi Fujita, Koichi Ohata |
Translated information from Entertainment Bible #51, B-Club #79, Mecha Press #7 and Macross Chronicle
Images From - Macross Perfect Memory and other macross books.
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist.
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