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Contents 1 Mecha 1.1 Cyclone (Robotech) 1.1.1 Background 1.1.2 Cyclone Series Mecha 1.2 VHT-1 Spartas 1.3 VFH-10 Veritech AGAC 1.4 VFB-9 Beta 1.5 VF-8 Logan 1.6 VFA-6 Alpha 1.7 VF-1 Valkyrie 2 Spaceships 2.1 Veritech fighter 2.2 Garfish-class 2.3 Tristar-class cruiser 2.4 SDF-1 2.5 SDF-2 2.6 SDF-3 2.7 SDF-4 3 Other resources 3.1 References 3.2 External links 3.3 See also

Mecha

Cyclone (Robotech)

The Cyclone Veritech Ride Armor is a fictional powered armor derived from the VR series Ride Armor designed by ARTMIC's Shinji Aramaki for the Japanese anime series Genesis Climber Mospeada. For many fans the Cyclone is the signature design of Robotech 's Third Generation and Mospeada.

Background

The Cyclone is definitely the most innovative design in multiform mecha since the renovation of the SDF-1. The Cyclone is a tough, durable piece of hardware that maximizes the versatility, survivability, and lethality of an individual soldier. The weapons systems are modular, accurate, and flexible, and the motorcycle mode is unmatched in its role. In all, one can expect to see more mecha like this in the future.

In vehicle mode, the various models of Cyclone resemble mundane if slightly futuristic motorcycles, but with a flick of a switch the Cyclone unfolds and attaches to the rider's CVR-3 armor, or Riding Suit in Mospeada, and combines to encase the wearer in powered armor, providing greatly increased protection, agility and firepower on such a small scale as to be previously unheard of in the Robotech Wars.

An already small vehicle, the Cyclone can fold into a boxed shape configuration for storage purposes, and in this shape it small enough to be carried aboard the VFA-6 Alpha Fighter in a compartment behind the cockpit as emergency vehicle for downed pilots.

Apart from the internal missile racks of the VR-041 Saber and auto cannon on the Shadow Dancer, all Cyclone weaponry is attached externally either on hardpoints on its forearms or wielded by the pilot. This means all Cyclone weaponry are interchangeable and usable on any model, excluding specialized weapons exclusive to the Devastator and Shadow Dancer.

While not directly intended as such, the Cyclone was the perfect mecha for the post-Invid invaded Earth. The Cyclone's success can be appreciated in the fact that the CVR-3 armor required in its use has become the pilot suit and infantry armor for the REF forces.

Gakken made very famous toy versions of the Cyclone which are fragile and rare. Starting in 2007, Toynami will make Masterpiece versions of all four Cyclone models similar to their Valkyries and Alphas.

Cyclone Series Mecha

VR-038 Bartley: A lighter model of Cyclone primarily in intended for reconnaissance use, the Bartley increases the normal Cyclone's speed and agility in exchange for decreased armor.

The VR-038L variant carries a rocket launcher, carrying six rounds in a top-mounted magazine. A shoulder-fired weapon for normal infantry, when used by a Cyclone its clamped to the right forearm plate and can be fired one-handed.

The Bartley is used by Houquet en Rose in Mospeada and her Robotech counterpart Rook Bartley. The name of the mecha appears to have influenced the character's name during translation. The mecha is also seen in use by Sue Graham in Robotech, armed with a video camera instead of a weapon and featuring the black paint job used by the Jupiter Group forces.^[1]

VR-041 Saber: A special ops mobile suit, the Saber was equipped with retractable vibroblades in the arm mounted CAD's. For extra firepower the front of the cyclone (sholders in soldier mode) mount 6 mini-missiles each.^[2]

The Saber is used by Yellow Belmont (Mospeada)/Lancer (Robotech). The VR-041 is known as the Blowsuperior (ブロウスーペリア, Burousuuperia^?) in Mospeada, a homage to the classic English Brough Superior ("Brough" pronounced like "rough") motorcycles.

VR-052 Battler: The Battler serves a dual role as a model issued to infantry forces as well as emergency vehicle for use by downed pilots, both features ensuring it is the most commonly available model. The default color scheme is bare gray metal, though the Jupiter Group sported their preferred dark gray/black paint job. Lacking the Saber's internal missile racks but featuring more armor than the Bartley, the Battler is the standard model of Cyclone.

The standard issue intended for infantry use is armed with a large beam rifle. Without a Cyclone the rifle is a heavy squad support weapon, but when used by the mecha it can be wielded like a rifle or even fired one handed.

• The VR-052F is the strandard emergency model. To fit into limited space in storage mode, the Cyclone carries twin mini-missile launchers on each forearm plate. The VR-052F is used by Stick/Scott Bernard. Later in the series, Scott is shown using an EP-37 Beam Rifle normally carried by infantry VR-052's and uses it in combination with the missiles.

• The VR-052T carries an EP-40 Pulse Beam Pistol that replaces the normal right forearm plate with its magazine. This pistol is not as powerful as other cyclone weaponry and requires greater accuracy on the part of the pilot, but carries large volume of ammunition. This model is used by Ray/Rand.^[3]

Known as the VR-052 MOSPEADA Ride Armor in the Japanese anime series Genesis Climber Mospeada.

VR-055 Devastator: Intended as a portable heavy weapon variant of the Cyclone concept, the Devastator carries a large double-barreled rapid fire pulse particle gun mounted on its shoulder, a trio of GR-10 rockets on each lower leg, a triple mini-missile rack on the right forearm plate with a double-barreled pulse beam gun mounted on the left forearm plate.

All these weapons make the Devastator as powerful as a squad normal Battlers, but comes at the expense of the Cyclone's famed agility and speed. The Devastator also requires the operator to be wearing the modified heavier CVR-4 armor to use it.

Originally only existing as an unrealized design published in the ARTMIC Design Works book, and having never appeared in either Robotech or Mospeada, the VR-055 became an official design with its inclusion in the Robotech: Invasion video game, even if the video game version only vaguely resembles the original. The fact it was designed by the creators of original series has meant the Devastator is less looked down upon than equally overly armed designs the fan-created Shadow Dancer, but many fans refuse to still consider it a true design because it never appeared in the TV series.

VR-101P Shadow Dancer: The newest Cyclone design's main claim to fame is the inclusion of a Shadow cloaking device, making it undetectable by the Invid. The Shadow Dancer is armed with modified CAD saber forearm plates that integrate the twin forearm mini-missile Launchers of the VR-052F, as well as a reflex auto-cannon mounted interally on right-hand side of torso.

Originally a fan-design created for use in the Robotech Role-Playing Game and published in Protoculture Addicts back in their Robotech fanzine days, the Shadow Dancer has become an official design or near enough to it with its appearance in the Robotech: Invasion video game. The inclusion of a Shadow cloaking device on such a small mecha along with all its weaponry meant many Robotech fans consider it to be perfect example of a munchkin design, and many fans still refuse to acknowledge a design that hasn't appeared in the series.

Other Variants There have been quick appearances of other Cyclone models in various comics, with enough differences to be considered new models such as the Jupter Base Cyclone seen in Robotech: Class Reunion. Also Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles and early images from the Shadow Chronicles seem to imply both new weaponry and at least one new model of Cyclone.

VHT-1 Spartas

The VHT-1 Spartas Veritech Hovertank is a fictional transformable mecha from the anime series Robotech, based upon the ATAC-SCA-01 Spartas of Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross.

The Spartas Hovertank was one of the most powerful weapons in the arsenal of the Army of the Southern Cross (ASC), and operated exclusively by the Alpha Tactical Armored Corps branch of the ASC. Significantly smaller than the larger Robotech Defense Force (RDF) Veritech mecha of the First Robotech War, the Spartas Hovertank was a fast response unit capable of fighting on most terrains or cityscapes without destroying the buildings in the crossfire.

Highly mobile and heavily armored, the Spartas boasted a number of lethal weapon systems. The mecha's tank mode was a high speed form that allowed the vehicle to close with the enemy with considerable maneuverability, it's hovering jets allowing it traverse almost any terrain without pause. In this mode, the mecha's only weapon is the gunpod which is aligned on top of the forward hood. Its most powerful weapon was revealed in the transformation to the intermediary Guardian mode, and was the large cannon mounted in its right arm shield with a back-up tri-barreled cannon housed on the opposite arm. However, engaging this mode could be dangerous considering its sharply limited mobility, a trade-off sacrificed for the vehicle's maximum firepower. When that situation was ill advised, the tank could go into Battloid mode which reconfigured the tank into a humanoid fighting machine which allowed the pilot more flexibility for both defense and offense. Like most Veritech mecha, it also carried a gun pod, which was forward mounted at the mecha's tank mode and held as a long arm in battloid, although in the Spartas' case this was energy-based.

Unlike most ASC vehicles and mecha in the early part of the Second Robotech War, the Spartas was highly effective in ground-to-air battles against the invading Robotech Masters Bioroid forces. Their involvement in several crucial battles would account for the few victories the ASC could point to.

During the latter part of the Second Robotech War, the Spartas Hovertank was equipped with jettison-able parts including a cockpit cover and space thrusters. Other improvements to late model hovertanks included the Nichols Vision Track Firing System. By using computerized systems to follow the pupil responses of the tank's pilot, the VTFS (or Pupil Pistol) drastically improved the mecha's weapon targeting and threat response capabilities.

The VHT, and the Logan fighter to a lesser degree, indicate a shift in mecha design policy in terms of firepower. The original RDF mecha and their REF descendents are all highly reliant on missles to provide a large part of their firepower. The Earth of the mid- to late-2010s just didn't have the industrial capacity to support that doctrine and missile use was sharply rationed. The Spartas and the Logan were both designed with energy-based weaponry that had an effecitvly unlimited capacity as long as the mecha itself was powered. This in combination with the extremely tough armour plating gave the Spartas a great battlefield staying power in that they could withstand and deal vast amounts of damage to any number of enemies.

Few Spartas Hovertanks survived the subsequent Invid Invasion and even less would participate in the Third Robotech War.

VFH-10 Veritech AGAC

The VFH-10 Armored Gyro Assault Chopper, or Veritech AGAC, is the last mecha series developed by the Armies of the Southern Cross in the anime television series Robotech and its original Japanese source The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross. The mecha was designed as a cooperative project between the Southern Cross space forces and the ground forces, and is equally at home in space or attacking enemy forces near the ground. It does not shine as an atmospheric fighter, although it is certainly no slouch in that regard. Large numbers of the AGACs (commonly pronounced Ajax) were built by the Southern Cross, almost all falling to either the Robotech Masters or the Invid.

The space forces mostly use the Fighter and Battloid modes; the ground forces use the AGACs mostly as an attack ship in its Helicopter mode and also as a Battloid. Most AGACs were assigned to the space forces to replace losses. The AGAC is rarely used as a high performance fighter, which it is not designed for. In space its many engines give it good acceleration and superb control, and its multiple beam cannons can fire without loss of effective range due to the atmosphere. Near the ground, the Helicopter mode makes it possible for the AGACs to hover behind cover more effectively than earlier veritechs, because it is less high than Guardian modes. Its beam cannons still work well at medium ranges, and its missiles are very effective both in space and near the ground.

The transformation from Fighter to Helicopter mode is less extensive than other transformations of veritech fighters; as a result, the AGACs could be kept relatively small and simple. To avoid having to built in a tail rotor, the designers gave the Helicopter mode contra-rotating rotors; and to resist enemy fire from the ground, the underside of the wing box was reinforced. In Battloid mode, this base forms the chest plate of the robot, although during transformation, this part of the mecha is very vulnerable. Almost all its weapons are mounted in gun or missile pods, for ease of maintenance and switching. In all, the AGAC is a successful design, although it suffered grievous losses against the Robotech Masters, along with all other Earth mecha and ships.

VFB-9 Beta

Main article: VFB-9 Beta

The VFB-9 Beta Fighter is a Veritech fighter-bomber. It is based on the AB-01 Tread Armo-Bomber from the anime series Genesis Climber Mospeada.

VF-8 Logan

Main article: VF-8 Logan

The VF-8 Logan Veritech Fighter was a fictional transformable fighter, based upon the TASC-SCF-02 Logan of The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross anime series.

According to the current Robotech continuity, the Army of the Southern Cross (ASC) consigned the Logan as its primary Veritech fighter during the ASC's growth as the frontline defense force for Earth with the departure of the Pioneer Mission.

VFA-6 Alpha

Main article: VFA-6 Alpha

The Alpha Veritech - designation VFA-6 - is a fictional transforming aerospace strike fighter. It is derived from the AFC-01 Legioss Armo-Fighter in the Japanese series Genesis Climber Mospeada.

VF-1 Valkyrie

Main article: VF-1 Valkyrie

In the fictional series Macross and its English adaptation Robotech, the first mass-produced variable fighter (Macross) or Veritech fighter (Robotech) is called the VF-1 Valkyrie.

The VF-1 was initially designed by the legendary Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori (with contributions by his Studio Nue partner Kazutaka Miyatake) in 1980-1982 to be the centerpiece mecha design of the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982-1983).

In Robotech, the VF-1 is most commonly referred to as the "Veritech Fighter", which is short for Variable Engineering and Robotic Integration TECHnology, but its official popular name "Valkyrie" is used in a few infrequent references.

Spaceships

Veritech fighter

Main article: Veritech fighter

Garfish-class

Tristar-class cruiser

Main article: Tristar-class cruiser

The Tristar-class cruiser was a common medium fleet starship in the fictional Robotech universe, one of the few classes of vessel that was shared between both the Robotech Expeditionary Force and the Army of the Southern Cross.

SDF-1

Main article: SDF-1 Macross

The SDF-1 Macross is a fictional interstellar spacecraft from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime series that aired in Japan in 1982–1983, and its American adaptation Robotech (1985). SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) is a reference to the ship being a maneuverable space fortress capable of space folds, or travelling in subspace for faster-than-light movement.

SDF-2

Main article: SDF-2

The SDF-2 is the second Super Dimensional flagship of the United Earth Forces that was abruptly introduced offscreen in the dialogue of the 36th and final episode of the The Macross Saga segment.

SDF-3

Main article: SDF-3 Pioneer

The SDF-3 is the third Super Dimensional Fortress of the United Earth Forces, and was first introduced in Robotech II: The Sentinels (1986). In recent comics, it was identified by name as the Pioneer, and was rebuilt as a "Shadow Dimensional Fortress." It is commanded by Admiral Lisa Hunter, and later by her husband, Admiral Rick Hunter. In 2022, the SDF-3 was launched as the flagship of the Pioneer Expedition on a mission to find the Robotech Masters Homeworld to try and prevent another war on Earth. The mission, which would take many unexpected turns and face unimaginable challenges, would last 22 years.

SDF-4

Main article: SDF-4 Izumo

The SDF-4 (identified as both Izumo and Liberator) is the fourth Super Dimensional flagship of the United Earth Forces that was seen in the finale of the fictional Robotech universe. The 1985 animated adaptation ("the primary source of story continuity for the Robotech universe") [1], the Robotech Legacy Collections, and the Robotech Protoculture Collection use the onscreen name Izumo from the Genesis Climber Mospeada anime series. The vessel has also been referred to as the Shadow Dimension Fortress 04 Liberator in the "Completing the Journey" endnotes to the Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles comic series, The Art of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, and the Collector's Edition DVD of Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles.

Other resources

References

External links

• ROBOTECH.COM - Official description of the AGAC by Harmony Gold
• The Invid Connection (Beyond Reflex Point) - Information on Robotech and Macross

See also

• Category:Variable fighters (Macross universe)
• Variable fighter (Macross universe)

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