Model number:Â VF-5000G
Code name:Â Star Mirage Super Booster
Unit type:Â mass production air superiority variable fighter
Manufacturer:Â Shinsei Industry
Operator:Â Zola Patrol
Rollout:Â AD 2018
First deployment:Â AD 2020
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions:Â overall length 14.03 meters (Fighter mode)
Weight:Â empty 8.3 metric tons; max gross unknown
Armor materials:Â SWAG energy conversion armor
Powerplant:Â 2 x Shinnakasu Heavy Industry/P&W/Roice FF-2015RB thermonuclear reaction turbine engine, power output rating unknown
Propulsion:Â 2 x 12,500 kg (2 x 122.63 kN); many x P&W HMM-3A high-thrust vernier thruster; 2 x vertical two-dimensional vectored exhaust nozzle
Performance:Â Fighter mode: maximum level atmospheric speed at 10,000 meters: Mach 2.85, maximum level atmospheric speed at 30,000+ meters: Mach 4.73+
Thrust-to-weight ratio:Â empty 3.01
Equipment and design features:Â sensors, range unknown; vertical take off and landing (VTOL); optional Super Booster; optional Super Parts
Fixed armaments:Â fixed rear anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon, mounted in head; standard external multipurpose gun pod, stored under main body in Fighter mode, hand-carried in Battroid and GERWALK modes; 4 x internal micro-missile launcher, mounted on legs
Optional fixed armaments:Â standard external shock gun pod, stored under main body in Fighter mode, hand-carried in Battroid and GERWALK modes; 2 x micro-missile launcher, mounted on Super Booster; 2 x missile launcher, carries shock ordinance, mounted on Super Parts
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The VF-5000G Star Mirage was the main variable fighter used in the late 2040s by the Zola Patrol’s galactic whale unit, which was dedicated to fighting illegal whale poaching. The VF-5000G could equip an optional Super Booster. With the addition of the Super Booster and Super Parts, the VF-5000G could launch into orbit directly from Zola’s surface and conduct extended missions. Its armaments included an anti-aircraft pulse laser cannon, a shock gun pod and four micro-missile launchers. The optional Super Booster added two micro-missile launchers, and leg-mounted Super Parts featured two missile launchers.
Pilot:Â Liza Hoyly
First appearance:Â Macross Dynamite 7
Original mechanical designer:Â Shoji Kawamori
Director:
Tetsuro Amino
Writer:
Sukehiro Tomita
Mechanical Designer(s):
Shoji Kawamori
Kazutaka Miyatake
Character Designer:
Haruhiko Mikimoto
Musical Composer:
Fire Bomber
Format:
4 episodes
Video Release:
Japan 12.18.1997 – 08.25.1998
Comments