Macross sourcebook errata
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:51 am
I think I have found a few mistakes that haven't been listed yet.
The book's idea of "Marines" seems confused. In the listings of the SDF-1's mecha, "Marine" mecha are stationed on board both the SDF-1 proper (i.e., they are "Space Marines") and the Daedalus naval landing ship, the latter force including helicopters (i.e., they really are "marines").
The use of the VEF-1 is described inconsistently throughout the book. Its own description says it's rare, but the rest of the book indicates it replaced the Stalker.
The description of the VEF-1's jamming pods is odd. It mentions "fuselage mounted hardpoint[s]," which Valkyries don't have. I'd guess the phrase "one on each fuselage mounted hardpoint just aft of the intakes" is the result of a pasting error from the Stalker entry, and the VEF-1 should have three jamming pods.
The Dragon has a cannon on either side.
The Stalker's entry is unclear on how many jamming pods it has. It lists six, but the count it gives afterwards only goes up to four. It's possible the bay jammer counts as two, but that's only a guess.
The Comanchero's missile pods have ten missiles each.
If that rectangular shape directly behind the pilot's seat is the forward window, the Sea Sergeant's machine-gun mounts are awfully awkwardly placed. The gunners will be occupying almost the same space as the pilots, close enough for them to interfere with each other.
FWIW, IIRC, in the animation the Sea Sergeant's torpedoes are rocket propelled. That might not match the animation sheet, however.
The Cat's Eye's engines seem very small compared to the rest of the plane. The uRRG says the wing pods are engines; the animation sheet shows a grating at the end of the visible pod, which suggests an exhaust to me. The uRRG's authors claim visual evidence of wing engines, and the Macross Mecha Manual gives a description; but I haven't been able to confirm either.
Also, the number of changes needed to convert a pure aircraft to space use (strength, maneuvering, control, navigation, electronics) make a purpose-built design seem more plausible to me.
The Tunny entry says the front of the aircraft is a huge cargo entry, and its wing-mounted engines use thrust-vectoring to give it VTOL abilities. Now, the wings are positioned awfully far back; wouldn't trying to go straight up push the front of the plane into the ground? Also, there are structures in the front of the plane: what looks like an intake on top and exhausts on the bottom; in addition, there's no seam corresponding to a forward cargo door. I would guess the forward structures are part of the VTOL system; as such, they might interfere with cargo loading from this direction. Perhaps the plane described is an STOL model separate from the VTOL aircraft pictured?
As an attack ship, the Lancer should have anti-ship missiles.
The Ghost has beam weapons in the fluff, but autocannons in the statistics.
The Star Goose doesn't seem to have any place to put cargo doors. I think the UN needs a different shuttle as a troop/cargo transport.
The Nousjadeul-Ger has a "belt pouch" on its right hip.
A Queadluun-Rau picture shows too many missiles in the upper launcher.
The Zentraedi chapter says females are beautiful, intelligent, and restricted to certain jobs while males are ugly, strong, and stupid. This is offensively sexist.
Breetai and Azonia are said to be in separate castes. But if this were true, Azonia would not have been eligible to take over Breetai's assignment.
The description of the SDF-1's fold on page 247 is wrong: the SDF-1 had no trouble getting into space; it folded to escape the Zentraedi.
The book's idea of "Marines" seems confused. In the listings of the SDF-1's mecha, "Marine" mecha are stationed on board both the SDF-1 proper (i.e., they are "Space Marines") and the Daedalus naval landing ship, the latter force including helicopters (i.e., they really are "marines").
The use of the VEF-1 is described inconsistently throughout the book. Its own description says it's rare, but the rest of the book indicates it replaced the Stalker.
The description of the VEF-1's jamming pods is odd. It mentions "fuselage mounted hardpoint[s]," which Valkyries don't have. I'd guess the phrase "one on each fuselage mounted hardpoint just aft of the intakes" is the result of a pasting error from the Stalker entry, and the VEF-1 should have three jamming pods.
The Dragon has a cannon on either side.
The Stalker's entry is unclear on how many jamming pods it has. It lists six, but the count it gives afterwards only goes up to four. It's possible the bay jammer counts as two, but that's only a guess.
The Comanchero's missile pods have ten missiles each.
If that rectangular shape directly behind the pilot's seat is the forward window, the Sea Sergeant's machine-gun mounts are awfully awkwardly placed. The gunners will be occupying almost the same space as the pilots, close enough for them to interfere with each other.
FWIW, IIRC, in the animation the Sea Sergeant's torpedoes are rocket propelled. That might not match the animation sheet, however.
The Cat's Eye's engines seem very small compared to the rest of the plane. The uRRG says the wing pods are engines; the animation sheet shows a grating at the end of the visible pod, which suggests an exhaust to me. The uRRG's authors claim visual evidence of wing engines, and the Macross Mecha Manual gives a description; but I haven't been able to confirm either.
Also, the number of changes needed to convert a pure aircraft to space use (strength, maneuvering, control, navigation, electronics) make a purpose-built design seem more plausible to me.
The Tunny entry says the front of the aircraft is a huge cargo entry, and its wing-mounted engines use thrust-vectoring to give it VTOL abilities. Now, the wings are positioned awfully far back; wouldn't trying to go straight up push the front of the plane into the ground? Also, there are structures in the front of the plane: what looks like an intake on top and exhausts on the bottom; in addition, there's no seam corresponding to a forward cargo door. I would guess the forward structures are part of the VTOL system; as such, they might interfere with cargo loading from this direction. Perhaps the plane described is an STOL model separate from the VTOL aircraft pictured?
As an attack ship, the Lancer should have anti-ship missiles.
The Ghost has beam weapons in the fluff, but autocannons in the statistics.
The Star Goose doesn't seem to have any place to put cargo doors. I think the UN needs a different shuttle as a troop/cargo transport.
The Nousjadeul-Ger has a "belt pouch" on its right hip.
A Queadluun-Rau picture shows too many missiles in the upper launcher.
The Zentraedi chapter says females are beautiful, intelligent, and restricted to certain jobs while males are ugly, strong, and stupid. This is offensively sexist.
Breetai and Azonia are said to be in separate castes. But if this were true, Azonia would not have been eligible to take over Breetai's assignment.
The description of the SDF-1's fold on page 247 is wrong: the SDF-1 had no trouble getting into space; it folded to escape the Zentraedi.