Class:Â Garuda
Name:Â Sudori
Ships of the line: Audhumla, Garuda, Melord, Sudori
Unit type:Â large transport plane
Manufacturer:Â Earth Federation Forces
Operator(s): Earth Federation Forces; AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group); Titans
First deployment:Â unknown
Dimensions:Â overall length 317.0 meters; wingspan 524.0 meters
Weight:Â max gross 9,800.0 metric tons
Propulsion:Â 10 x jet engine
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments:Â 10 x 2-barrel laser gun turret, mounted across main body
Mobile suits:Â 20
The Garuda class was a stratospheric mobile suit transport plane constructed by the Earth Federation Forces as part of its Garuda Initiative. Six Garudas were assigned to Earth’s air defense zones to act as an emergency preparedness initiative for mobile suit deployment. The massive plane’s design bore a similarity to the Principality of Zeon’s Gaw planes from the One Year War. The Garuda class could carry up to 20 mobile suits, as well as multiple sub-flight systems. The Garuda class was lightly armed with 10 laser gun turrets and thus relied on the mobile suits it carried for its primary defense. In May UC 0087, the AEUG and Karaba launched a large-scale on the Titans’ Jaburo base in South America. However, the Titans planted a nuclear bomb underneath the base to dispose of their enemies. After AEUG forces escaped by stealing the Audhumla and Sudori, the Titans chased them to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Initially captured and commanded by Buran Blutarch, the plane was later commanded by Ben Wooder following Buran’s death in combat. The Sudori was destroyed after Karaba launched an attack to seize the plane’s shuttle booster and send RX-178 Gundam Mk-II pilot Kamille Bidan back to space.
Captain(s): Buran Blutarch, Ben Wooder
First appearance: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Kazumi Fujita
Director:
Yoshiyuki Tomino
Writer(s):
Hiroshi Ohnogi
Yumiko Suzuki
Tomoko Kawasaki
Yasushi Hirano
Akinori Endo
Miho Maruo
Minoru Onoya
Mechanical Designer(s):
Kazumi Fujita
Mamoru Nagano
Kunio Okawara
Makoto Kobayashi
Kazuhisa Kondo
Hideo Okamoto
Character Designer:
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Musical Composer:
Shigeaki Saegusa
Format:
50 episodes; 3 compilation movies
Airdates:
Japan 03.02.1985 – 02.22.1986
Theatrical Release:
Japan 05.28.2005 – 03.04.2006
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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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