Model number:Â RB-79G
Code name:Â Ball
Unit type:Â worker mobile pod
Manufacturer:Â Earth Federation Forces
Operator(s):Â Earth Federation Forces; civilians
Rollout:Â UC 0079
First deployment:Â UC 0079
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in body
Dimensions:Â unknown
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Performance:Â unknown
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; crane arm, mounted on top of body; 2 x sub-arm, mounted on arms; winch, mounted on body; lights, mounted on body
Fixed armaments:Â none
With a pressing need for combat-ready units during the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces hastily converted the SP-W03 Space Pod into the RB-79 Ball. At the end of the war, some RB-79 units were customized for space work once more as the RB-79G. The RB-79G replaced the 180mm with a large crane arm and also added sub-arms, a winch and lights. In UC 0083, civilian workers used the RB-79G to help clear space debris in the ruins of Side 5. In UC 0084, former EFF pilot Matt Healy used an RB-79G as part of a coordinated effort to thwart a terror attack planned by Zeon remnants.
Pilot: Matt Healy
First appearance: Gundam Crisis
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki
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Our future on this cursed app is unclear, but expect more posts over there.
Cutaway diagram of the VF-1J Valkyrie Fighter Mode from “This is Animation Special: Macross Plus”(1995). Larger versions on my DA profile:
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-detailed-973372931
https://www.deviantart.com/marchly/art/Macross-VF-1J-Valkyrie-Cutaway-Diagram-clean-973371729
Art by Kiyomi Tanaka. Original concept by unknown Macross fan. Image built by me
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