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Originally Posted by xeviouses
BTW quick question guys, do all VFs still use propellant? I always thought by the time the VF-25 rolled out, the thrust was generated solely from the engines.
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Reaction engines of variable fighters are essentially anti-matter/pair-annihlation (where super dimension space come into play) engines that maintain consumable energy in a permanent plasma state. This is equal to drawing power from a miniture sun. The challenge to Macross is not the lack of energy, but to create a container durable enough to hold the output.
As Red said above, FAST packs, meaning Fuel And Sensor Tactical packs were essential to the old UN workhorse, the VF-1, which provided additional weaponry, sensor and perhaps, fuel (a legacy of the VF-0). Though by the time of PLUS and certainly by Seven, FAST packs were replaced or retrofitted into becoming Super Packs, aimed additional weapony and increasing thrust power of variable fighters to balance the additional weight. Then by Frontier, you got Super FAST packs...
- Tak