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Haesslich · 2008-05-07, 16:19

4Tran: I'm so tempted to drop in a C&C quote here after getting the VF-25's name... but I'll resist the temptation to quote Kane.

And yes, I'd have hoped for a 'Tomcat' or 'Fokker', or even 'Sabre' instead of 'Messiah' as a fighter name.

Tak: The VB-6 Konig isn't a fighter, but it IS a flying Monster... which solved the main mobility issue of the original. The point for me (and I quoted that, not 4Tran), wasn't that it was a fighter... but that it was brought out of a game to be dropped into the main universe, and definitely was a homage to the old Monster of the original Macross, so I can't see them being afraid to show earlier fighters in the series or designs which hearken back to them.

And at this point, the VF-11 wouldn't be a front-line fighter; given the VF-17 was supposed to be its replacement, and the VF-171 seems to have replaced the VF-17... it'd be like sending a VF-4 out to fight the Vajra.

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Haesslich Go to DMC! Go to DMC! Join Date: May 2008	4Tran: I'm so tempted to drop in a C&C quote here after getting the VF-25's name... but I'll resist the temptation to quote Kane. And yes, I'd have hoped for a 'Tomcat' or 'Fokker', or even 'Sabre' instead of 'Messiah' as a fighter name. Tak: The VB-6 Konig isn't a fighter, but it IS a flying Monster... which solved the main mobility issue of the original. The point for me (and I quoted that, not 4Tran), wasn't that it was a fighter... but that it was brought out of a game to be dropped into the main universe, and definitely was a homage to the old Monster of the original Macross, so I can't see them being afraid to show earlier fighters in the series or designs which hearken back to them. And at this point, the VF-11 wouldn't be a front-line fighter; given the VF-17 was supposed to be its replacement, and the VF-171 seems to have replaced the VF-17... it'd be like sending a VF-4 out to fight the Vajra.