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Whaling Boat

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Class: unknown
Name: Whaling Boat
Unit type:
 Zentradi-sized whaling boat
Manufacturer: unknown
Operator: civilians
First deployment: unknown
Complement: unknown
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; ejectable rocket booster, allows craft to achieve orbit from Zolan surface
Fixed armaments: large harpoon launcher, mounted in bow

The Whaling Boat was a spacecraft used by Graham Hoyly in his quest for vengeance against the galactic whales that migrated near his native planet, Zola. To better fight the intelligent white whale, Graham underwent the micloning process and enlarged himself to Zentradi size. He then crafted a custom battle suit equipped with a large harpoon launcher to accommodate the right arm he lost to the whales. The Whaling Boat was also equipped with a harpoon launcher, and it featured an ejectable rocket booster that allowed it to directly launch into orbit from the Zolan surface.

Pilot: Graham Hoyly
First appearance: Macross Dynamite 7
Original mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake

whalingboat-zola-underside

Underside view

Macross Dynamite 7 Info


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

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