"It's slow. I don't give a flying fuck how many times you say you've gone over the specs on that arm. It's slow. The left arm is much faster. And your engine is nowhere near optimal performance. Where the hell did you learn how to work on a suit, underneath yer daddy's throne? No pilot on board this ship will ever fly with an inferior piece of equipment. And every single pilot is his own primary mechanic. Your suit is responsible for your life in combat. You are responsible for your suit. Before, during, and after combat. <B>Right?</b>" The last was rewarded with a chorus of yells, hoots, whistles, and various noises the human vocal system couldn't reproduce, as well as a cacaphony of banging metal.
Vandal paused as the Virsyon was settled into place, the captain climbing out into the bay.
"Alright, Riuku, you've got one hour to work on this thing and get it into tip top shape. This here is Grease Monkey, he's my current assistant, he'll give ya a hand. He hasn't spoken a word since I've known him, I can't find a language he doesn't understand, and I swear to god he can talk to the machines in his head. They're like putty in his hands. He'll give you all the help you could ever dream of. Go to it boys, we're gonn run some drone practice in 1.25 hours on the dot. Be ready."
Vandal turned and walked off, moving to where the captain was talking with a crewmember. He lit a smoke as he walked, an old habit he ust couldn't let go. He stood about ten feet away until the captain was finished, before he walked up.
"Captain, how'd it go?"
[ooc] ok I actually looked and found the stats for the Valkyrie, so I'm gonna alter my original somewhat, so as to make it fit a bit better with the design. I will also go back and edit these changes into my original schematics for ease of everyone. Hopefull, this is a bit closed to what Band intended, and more true to the Valkyries themselves.
Fighter/Gerwalk/Battroid
Ground:1/3/5
Air/Low Atmosphere:5/4/4
Space/high Atmosphere:10(+2)/8(+2)/9(+2)
Reaction:9(+4)/8(+4)/10(+4)
Offense:Laser Cannon(x2)5, Gatling Cannon 7, Tandem Charged Missiles(x3,on hardpoint)5+5, Seizmic Missiles(x1,on hardpoint)9, Distortion Blade 6
Defense:8
In Fighter Mode (jet mode) The Angel has access to the fire linked Twin Laser Cannons, and all missiles. The Tandem missiles actually consist of two warheads, the first goes off on impact, and it's sole purpose is to put a hole in the armor. The second charge is made to off right afterwards, and is intended to damage the interior of the target, after the first charge puts a small hole in it. While not powerful charges, the damage done to the interior of a mech/ship would normally compensate. Tandem missiles are self guided and fired one at a time. The Seizmic missiles are not intended to hit a target dead on with. They are proximity, timer, or manually detonated. On explosion, they release a wave of force in every direction, the intent being to knock the snot out of everything within range. These are used to best effect within areas of dense debris, where they can cause even more damage with shrapnel and floating junk.
In Gerwalk Mode (funky looking half fighter half suit form) the Angel has access to all weapons.
In Fighter Mode (full MS mode) the Angel has access to the Laser Cannons, the three barrel Gatling Cannon (HV rounds, appx 600 rounds of ammunition), and the Distortion Blade. The Distortion Blade is a variant of the one used on the Luci, but has been modified to retract into the wrist of the MS, thus making it part of the suit and unable to be disarmed.
The boost in reaction and speed is due in large part to the Cybernetic relays which allow near instantaneous commands and input from pilot to vehicle, and vice versa. A fully mechanical pilot could do even better, but would lose creativity and snap decision making of a human.
Mostly designed for space combat, the Angel was designed to be able to run anywhere. Nowhere near as good in loweratmosphere and ground fighting, it has an edge on suits that are designed solely for space combat.
Oh, and this would be how I picture the Quicksilver Angel, especially in Battroid Mode: The VF-X-7 Ghost
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/macross.htm [/ooc]
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