the VF-11MAXL Sound Booster ( I think the VF-19 Kai Sound Booster also deserves consideration, as a FAST design) One of the things people complain about in M7 is the 'superhero' feel of how Sound FOrce operates, and part of that is that these boosters are launched seperately to fly up and dock like Mazinger Z's Jet Scrander. While not particularly practical in that respect, the ability to eject one and have it able to fly as a decoy or computer-controlled wingman like the VF-0 with a docked Ghost Fighter makes a small amont of sense, and the design precedent would be there.
Oh, and don't forget the SV-51 Twin Booster system for those Ontario flyboys - a handful of them might survive and end up (granted, not exactly happily) joining the SDF-1 crew after the bubble bursts.
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Oh, and don't forget the SV-51 Twin Booster system for those Ontario flyboys - a handful of them might survive and end up (granted, not exactly happily) joining the SDF-1 crew after the bubble bursts.
Quote:Lots, this is just a rough to give an idea of where the major blocks are - and I think Valles has some sketches of his own, anyway.
The structural integrity of the connections to the Daedalus/Armor-1 sections make me wince btw, anything that could be done about them?
Quote:Ikazuchi or Invid Clam type bays, yes, but they're only the top (battroid-scale) deck of maybe the first half of those sections - the aft half is thruster, the rest of the forward half is available as supply and working area, even on-alert quarters - the bottom sections are more remass tanks. I have no particular arguments with anything else you (Drakensis) mentioned, and a catamaran Prometheus would fit on there about the same as the ARMOR I kept on the left side, I 'magine.
By VLS bays, I'm presuming you mean the Ikazuchi-style launch bays mentioned earlier? They might be a bit difficult to keep supplied if they're on the outsides of the engines, maybe they should be in front of the engine blocks.
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