Atmospheric Escape Booster

Model number: N/A
Code name: Atmospheric Escape Booster
Unit type: escape booster for VF-1 Valkyrie
Manufacturer: unknown
Operator: U.N. Spacy
First deployment: AD 2011
Accommodation: none
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: standard takeoff mass 120.5 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Performance: 4 x 22500 kg; 4 x 220.73 kN
Equipment and design features: attachment points for VF-1 Valkyrie
Fixed armaments: none

Due to the VF-1 Valkyrie being unable to escape a planetary atmosphere under its own power, U.N. Spacy utilized an escape booster that could attach to the variable fighter. Subsequent advances in OverTechnology in later generations allowed variable fighters to escape an atmosphere unassisted, thus eliminating the need for escape boosters.

First appearance: Super Dimension Fortress Macross
Original mechanical designer: Shoji Kawamori

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