[NorthernFallout]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Question: Were the TSFs developed at a time way before the BETAs' first landing on Earth? I can't believe that these TSFs should be capable of fighting equally against a BETA because the technology appears to be too down-to-earth.

Spoiler for Answer:

Accoridng to the timline, the first TSF was the F4-Phantom, in 1974, one year after BETAs arrived on Earth. They arrived on the moon prior to that, but there weren't any TSFs around.