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The Quadrono's shape looks pretty high-drag. It may be the Zentraedi's best battle pod without being their fastest.

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Any attempt to place the contact of Tirol in pre-2029 needs to explain why the UEDF:ASC back on Earth did not have information on the Masters as a result of said contact with the Masters Home world. I would find it hard to believe that Tirol would not offer the UEEF some information on the Masters ...

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Seto, you keep claimign that the adoption of the Alpha was stupid because it didn't have the performance of the VF-1.. but that may well have been the point. if the battlefield conditions and role changed, the required specifications change as well. The Alpha seems specifically designed for transat...

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You grow these huge hulking laborers who can withstand hostile environments, crushing gravities, privation, they're string enough to carry normal-sized ore cars by themselves, they're fast and agile enough to avoid being crushed by falling equipment or avalanches...you have a whole colony-worth of ...

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WRT Zentradi origin:
I'm not sure how much sense miners-become-soldiers makes as a concept. If you're capable of genetic engineering, you could create miner slaves, and then you could create warrior slaves, but why should there be much relation between the two?

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The main reason I wanted to keep them separate was actually kind of in line with your thinking about the Marduk/Mardook & the Protoculture. The Marduk/Mardook may have their own Zentran & Meltran soldiers, but their mere existence is a complete surprise to the UN Spacy. Whether from the per...

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The idea that a world government could hold on to global power after allowing most of the world to be annihilated is laughable. There are going to be nationalist uprising... Why? The United Earth Government was formed against the threat of alien attack. That threat's even more apparent after the Ro...

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I do not remember the EBSIS being this mustache twirling arch villain but to be fair I have not read these books in years. In my brief overview of the PDF's it still seems that they are more rivals than enemies... They support bandits, secessionists, and hostile Zentradi, in addition to attacking o...

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The other thing to remember about the EBSIS is that they weren't strictly villains and weren't the enemy per se. Actually, they were. A random encounter table in book two had the possibility of an immediate attack, and even when they didn't, they still supported Zentradi holdouts, bandits, and sece...

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At the time though the Russians were still fighting in Afghanistan. Plus the Cold War didn't end until 1991. Robotech came out in the mid 80's. It's a future based on that starting point. Real Life went a different direction. So Soviets as bad guys still works. Only if you think the politics of a U...

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At the time though the Russians were still fighting in Afghanistan. Plus the Cold War didn't end until 1991. Robotech came out in the mid 80's. It's a future based on that starting point. Real Life went a different direction. So Soviets as bad guys still works. Only if you think the politics of a U...

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No matter which group of humans you choose for a human type enemy is going to be something of reflection of real world or history. The 1e books had African Warlords and I believe in South American dictators of one type or another so it wasn't just EBSIS. That's not really accurate to either the rea...

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Question, is the EBSIS a creation of Palladium, or is it/was it from some source material? I've never seen it mentioned anywhere but the old RPG. Also, same question for the Anti-Unification League(?). The High-Ranking Dudes mention it as part of their cover story in "Homecoming." The way...

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I've been going through all my palladium books recently and certain questions have popped back into my head, that I've had over the years. One was the actual use of Cyclone models by the military. I know that the rpg allows all models to be used by the players, but I'm not sure exactly what the can...

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A lot of things make sense here. Personally, I thought maybe it was an editing mistake, though I was a bit surprised that for others it was between the different books rather than between the OCCs. For me, the mistake was between the attribute requirements and bonuses of the ATAC and TC (I was thin...

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Studio execs looking at the brand's reception in its native industry are naturally going to have some serious misgivings about investing in Robotech at all when they notice that the overwhelming majority of feedback related to Robotech is negative. Not just from the far more numerous fans of the va...

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So you're saying ⋅ HG had no right to the Macross trademarks, ⋅ but was given them anyway, ⋅ but still can't use them in film productions? Do I understand that correctly? I guess that's all possible, but it seems rather complicated. HG wasn't given the MAcross trademar...

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First, are the attribute requirements a little too high, especially for ATAC and TC? For example, if you go by the write up of Louie Nichols in the Shadow Chronicles book, his PS is the base requirement for the ATAC. However that OCC also gives a bonus of at least 1 point of strength which means he...

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So you're saying ⋅ HG had no right to the Macross trademarks, ⋅ but was given them anyway, ⋅ but still can't use them in film productions? Do I understand that correctly? I guess that's all possible, but it seems rather complicated. HG wasn't given the MAcross trademar...

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I don't know which "recent legal proceedings" you mean, but even if true, would "mak[ing] the differences even greater than normal" really make the project undoable? Yes. The World Intellectual Proprietary Organization shows just how many nations recognize Big West--and most rec...

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the difficult part for the Live Action Film Effort is that recent legal proceedings HG has been involved with confirmed that while they have control of the footage of macross for use, they do not control the actual art designs for any of it. so they couldn't stick a VF-1 or Gluag or the SDF-1 into ...

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Nobody is going to make a live-action Robotech movie, because the " Robotech license" doesn't extend to any of the actual IP in Robotech and nobody wants to take a chance of getting sued by the IP owners. And even if the IP wasn't an issue... It's not: Harmony Gold obviously has the right...

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I don't play as much any more, so i don't stick my head in very often, but is anyone doing anything with Robotech? There was, I think one book published for SW after Palladium lost the license, and that was it. The comics came and went, and really weren't liked that much, and I haven't heard anythi...

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In the 2nd edition for the Robotech RPG, TSC has two skills I was looking at: ⋅ Lore: Robotech Masters mentions that it provides the character with knowledge about the "culture, history, and customs" of the Robotech Masters (including the effects they & the 2nd Robotech War...

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Just because the Tirolians look like humans doesn't mean they are humans. They may have genetically edited out testes and ovaries, so that cloning is the only way they can reproduce? They reproduce sexually: Musica was Karno's designated mate. If you look at Tirolians in general, they seem to be fa...

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IMO, one of the points of the end of the war in each part of Robotech was that the two sides would make a new society together; half-alien children would naturally be part of this. The later edition of the Palladium RPG agrees: the NewGen sourcebook includes rules for this.

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It is with a great deal of regret that I'm the one to announce Chris Meadows, an active member of 90s Robotech fandom has passed away due to complications from a hit-and-run. If you never got a chance to interact with Chris or read his fan fiction, you missed out. I cannot claim we were friends, bu...

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigator That's a good one, but I'd still stump for Ship Pilot: they both have three good skills, but I think Ship Pilot's are more conditional. A lot would depend on whether general science or spaceship operation is more useless. (Also, CSI is less silly, which may be a plus o...

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Help me pick an MOS for my 2E GMP character? Just for giggles, I've rolled up a GMP character. I got lucky and rolled Fast Learner on the Special Aptitude Bonus table. So I get three MOSs! How useless can I make this guy during the Invid Occupation? I've chosen Civil Affairs Officer for my first MO...

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Heck McKinney followed the RT formula better than Shadow Chronicles did. Arguably, he did "follow" the RT formula better than even the anime did. For all intents and purposes, being the only one(s) ever to produce a complete version of the story, one could even state they did in fact crea...

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Shadow Chronicles and everything related to the New Generation, is basically a RUE version, or a version 1.5 of Robotech. Macross and Masters saga sourcebooks feel more like a true 2.0 version including character generation in Master Saga sourcebook. But they still fail due to the bad editing on th...

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...the Shadow Chronicle main book tend to be written as concise as possible... No, it's stuffed with filler; it just lacks necessary rules because Siembieda is too indifferent to do a proper job. ...which does bring some issues to people not wanting to build an holistic comprehension of the book......

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ARK/RRG Murgleis Heavy Space Torpedo Type: Heavy short-range anti-spacecraft missile. Service history: UnS, 2010-2025. Length: 4 m. Width: .7 m. Height: 1 m. Warhead: Armor-piercing torch/explosive. Propulsion: Four fixed liquid-fuel rockets (differential thrust steering). Guidance: Preset and semi...

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Keep in mind:

There's a picture of a mecha-soldier attached to a TREAD in the early pre-production art.
We actually see the "slow-moving battloid flying in space" combat profile on-screen in "Miss Macross."

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Is there any consensus/ideas on the Regis spacefold/energy bird beam? Probably not. I'd note we see it three times: when the Regis leaves Optera, when she arrives at Earth, and when she leaves Earth. The Regent's attack on Tirol, on the other hand, looks more "conventional" to me. I perso...

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Pretty much what it says? Was this some remnant of the war with the Supervision Army? I realize this is both a 'stupid question' and may require a lot of explanation so apologies are preemptively offered. -STS No explanation was given in the narrative itself. I assume the Marduk overcame the Zentra...

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If the Zentraedi ships were automated with respect to repairs, why not just have the Zentraedi replaced by machines? I'd guess they weren't: they had to return to a factory satellite, whose automated systems were only capable switching out major modules, so: no minor repairs. I took a quick glance ...

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In the Zentraedi source-book, I believe it stated that every Zentraedi is issued a battle-pod; that's how many they have. I'd say that's the equipment of Zentradi player characters, rather than the literal equipment of every individual Zentradi in-universe. One question I do have is, who repairs an...

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Thanks. I had found that chart earlier, but tbh until Seto Kaiba says something is right, I kinda don't trust it -STS I don't think "Seto Kaiba" is more reliable than Egan Loo. Here , for instance, the first paragraph is just own invention, slightly careless common sense. The second parag...

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Quick question: How are the Zentraedi organized for ground combat? Do they use battlepods as the equivalent of a soldier so their platoons are 20-40 battlepods/powered armor/infantry...or are they more like 4 pods per platoon, etc. I realize they are alien, and the human organization breakdown prob...

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RRG RMS-4 Mara Type: anti-starship. Service history: UnF 2026-. Length: 3m. Diameter: central body: .5m. Warhead: RRG D-43 EAL reflex. Propulsion: gimbaled hybrid-propellant rocket. Guidance: binocular visual and IR targeting and guidance; terminal active/passive radar. Platforms: 300kg hardpoint. ...

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Alpha fire control systems can aim one hundred and twenty Hammerheads at once. 60 missiles, the only time 120 missiles fire together is when you have TWO ALPHA's Synchronize their missiles (cluster rockets in dialogue in Ep81). This sounds a lot like they networked TWO FCS computers together. Yes, ...

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What does that have to do with whether the Beta's missile bays can fire together? The issue of firing them together would never have come up from the shows original mecha designer because ONE SET OF BAYS DOESN'T EXIST as far as they are concerned. That's my point. If the artist didn't draw the lowe...

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What does that have to do with Beta missile bays? Given that the VF-1 isn't shown to fire wing missiles at the same time with FAST Pack missiles it is an example of different systems being unable to fire together, even if they have same role which is what you think they should be able to do. I don'...

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Wouldn't it have been simpler to just both uploads your "scaled" version of the picture with one layer in transparency so that we'd all see what you were speaking about? Maybe with multiple images demonstrating the different steps of the scaling process you both are using? Otherwise, this...

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@ESalter I have scaled them properly. I know this because I have multiple features lining up when I scale them. The features on the Shadowdrone and the launcher Alpha do not match . Therefore, if "multiple features [line] up," you HAVE NOT "scaled them properly." This has turned...

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We never see an Armored Veritech Valkyrie with anti-aircraft missiles under its wings; they only carry anti-ship missiles. By either edition of the PB RPG the Armored Veritech can carry either on its wings in said configuration. What does that have to do with Beta missile bays? I suspect the nose l...

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What does the Valkyrie's ability to carry other ordinance have to do with the Beta's missile bays? If a VF-1 w/FAST Packs can not fire its wing missiles with the FAST Pack missiles, even when configured to carry missiles for the same purpose, then it stands to reason the Beta would similarly be lim...

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Well, since you're apparently still getting the missile sizes wrong, maybe "[o]verall size" is not "coming out fine"? Again, both the intake sections and the section between them are very different between the two units. The only features on the missile between various lineart s...

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You mean, you used the distance between the two intakes to match pictures? Because the shape of the intakes is very different. For that matter, the space between intakes looks bigger on the drone. You're better off matching the two pictures' overall size. Overall size comes out fine the way I did i...

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