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QF-3000E Ghost Fighter
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Northrom QF-3000E Ghost Fighter-Bomber
Equipment Type: all-environment unmanned fighter-bomber
Government: U.N. Spacy
Manufacturer: Northrom
Accommodation: none (AI controlled).
Power Plant: thermonuclear reaction engines.
Design Features: 1 x forward-looking main sensor; numerous other sensors; AI system; blended lifting body; canard wings; overfuselage air intake.
- Armament -
Guns:
6 x large-bore cannons (internally mounted to the left and right of the main fuselage)
Bombs & Missiles:
8 x missile launch bays (internally mounted to the left and right of the main fuselage)
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A next generation aircraft evolving from the hypersonic lifting-body Superbird series of unmanned fighter-bombers, the QF-3000E became an all-environment unmanned craft used throughout the U.N. forces. As an unmanned spaceplane the "Ghost" was aptly named like previous AI-controlled craft but the QF-3000E is much larger than its predecessors. Carrying numerous cannons and internal missiles makes the Ghost a potent weapon and the craft is often used in large numbers, sometimes equaling the manned fighter compliment onboard some U.N. carrier ships. At the beginning of Space War One in February 2009, there were 120 QF-3000E's stationed aboard the SDF-1 Macross with a further 270 units deployed on ARMD-01.
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Debut: Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Episode 1
Pilot(s): (unmanned craft).
Other appearances: none.
Original mechanical designer: Studio Nue |
Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Macross Perfect Memory and other macross books.
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist.
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