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Old 2013-07-31, 17:37   Link #1270
Alastor Mobius Toth
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It's named in honor of twin-engine American plan from WW2. Hence it's "2nd" incarnation. It was also the real-life designation of one of YF-23 prototypes. Almost all TSFs are named after real-world aircraft (since they're supposed to be them...just in a mecha format, and with different development schedules). This much should be obvious. The only exceptions are the Takemi, Shiranui and Fubuki.

In Muv-Luv, F-35 is finishing development near 2001 (as opposed to real-world F-35 being still developed). Since no Muv-Luv works are being planed to be set after this date, we will never see it, unless it's in TSFiA segment.

Type-00C and Type-94 Second (aka Type-04) would probably be matched, although somewhat more in favor of Shiranui Second. The Type-00C is something of a monkey model; a Takemi light if you will, and is mostly meant as mass-produce unit for generic IRG pilots. On the other hand, Type-04 is a 3rd Generation machine with some latest American tech, and is generally superior to base Shiranui (against which Type-00C is rated as being "30% better").

Since Shiranui Second is more recent, it'll probably do as well/better than Type-00Cs, but not as good as Type-00F or R.
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