2008-05-10, 02:10 | Link #21 | |
Illegal Additives
Join Date: Jun 2004
|
Quote:
Not sure how the end result would taste though. One of the biggest reasons for mass scale zentradi revolt is the many thousand of years they've had to deal with nutritious but crap tasting junk |
|
2008-05-10, 02:25 | Link #22 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
|
Standard MRE's huh? (meals rejected by the enemy)
Speaking of food. It has come to my attention the restaurants and franchises in the Macross fleets. Macross 7 had those classy 5 star restaurants and bars. Macross Frontier has chinese food franchise of Minmei's parents. From a single restaurant in Macross city to interstellar franchising. Minmei's little brother must be filthy rich. Not to mention those Starbucks like coffee shops. I'm still waiting for visual confirmation that Pizza Hut managed to survive Earth's destruction. |
2008-05-10, 07:00 | Link #24 |
Junior Member
|
Err it's YF-21, and Sturmvogel II. But, as far as I remember the YF-19 and YF-21 didn't have any nicknames, just project Super Nova. The official nicknames were given to their mass production versions, the VF-19 Excalibur and VF-22 Sturmvogel II. A lot of the stuff in Macross parallels real aeronautical stuff because of Kawamori, you can compare it to the YF-22 vs YF-23 turned into the F-22 Raptor or the X-32 vs X-35 JSF for the F-35 Lightning II.
|
2008-05-10, 09:34 | Link #25 | |
Catholic = Cat addiction?
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: MURICA!!
|
Quote:
Moreover, the Zents were born as giants. They like being giants and they prefer the right of being giants despite now part of the UN SPACY. A lot of Zents tend to feel offended if they were forced to miclone forever. With the sole exception to Earth, every colony and planet of the UN SPACY have facilities for both Zents and humans. Not to mention a lot of Zents find it inconvenient to convert, and since most vessels, and I mean, an overwhelming number of ships in UN SPACY are of Zent origin, configured to house giants, there just wasn't much of a reason to miclone themselves. You raised the point about putting giant mechs in these vessels, but I doubt the economic feasibility of that once it goes beyond single digits of ships. It might not look like it, but humans, us miclones, are actually a MINORITY in the Macross world, and within UN SPACY, even. - Tak |
|
2008-05-10, 10:34 | Link #27 | |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
|
Quote:
It'd be different if going back and forth was difficult and they had to choose once and for all, but Klan seems to show it isn't so (her lolification notwithstanding.) |
|
2008-05-10, 11:45 | Link #28 | |
Catholic = Cat addiction?
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: MURICA!!
|
Quote:
Obviously due to what you stated about simple economics. As for food consumption, fortunately, I've not spotted one Zent eating in Town Folmo, because imagine what'd happen if the food drops on ya. I'd imagine they miclone if they wish to consume human food. Back in the good ol' days, Zents probably get food 'stuffs' pipped down their throats. It wasn't until the Zents micloned themselves did they first tasted human food. So I would imagine them having to miclone before eating a proper meal. Ie. Quran Quran. Still, its a pride issue. A lot of Zents felt their pride being stripped away for having to miclone themselves, and that pride is often the source of many rebellions occurring around territories occupied by the UN SPACY. After all, the Zents had conquered many worlds, and with each world they've never micloned themselves. We also cannot assume that every inhabitable planet is specifically tailored for humans. Obviously the need for giants still exist. - Tak |
|
2008-05-11, 00:30 | Link #29 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
|
While we are discussing economics of human-Zentradi colonies.
I have noticed I haven't seen from Macross Plus to Macross 7 and in Macross Frontier of anybody using cash. Assuming that physical tender is obsolete then they may in fact use a electronic currency system. |
2008-05-11, 01:37 | Link #30 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
|
Quote:
It's really kind of hard to say since Macross is more culture centric, rather concerning itself with economic sense. Like a popular restaurant chain seen in the first Macross series is seen on a colony in a later one. Is this evidence of a small buisiness expanding itself or a cultural icon moving with it's people? The fact that many giant Zentradi are accomdated for, and not just small goods and merchandise, but an entire humongous mall built to their size, indicates that on Frontier at least, they prefer cultured living. |
|
2008-05-11, 03:32 | Link #32 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
|
Quote:
What's a "smart card"? |
|
2008-05-11, 07:41 | Link #35 | |
Holy Beast ~Wuff!~
Scanlator
|
Quote:
It makes sense, that if you can do it here on earth then no doubt they would think in the Macross Universe the concept of "backing up" is probably one of the most religiously followed proceedure for any thing, just in case some aliens crash your pad and exterminates everyone and everything... ....yeeeaah unlikely. but you know those Macross humans, so paranoid
__________________
|
|
2008-05-11, 23:36 | Link #37 |
Go to DMC! Go to DMC!
Join Date: May 2008
|
That's easy - they recycle everything, including the dead. Given that the technology to do so exists with the micloning chambers, biological wastes aren't as much of an issue, and they're pretty much a complete closed system with regards to organics. Plus the Zentradi had food manufacturing tech which created sustenance from chemical components, IIRC, which was part of why human restaurants were such a shock to people who were probably used to drinking three meals a day.
|
|
|