Chronicle Mechanic: MF NUN 03a VF-171EX Nightmare Plus EX

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VF-171EX Nightmare Plus EX
An improved VF-171 which supports the Vajra War.

Fuselage Description:
Even though the VF-171 Nightmare Plus had both a balanced performance and excellent handling, it couldn't oppose the Vajra who were endowed with wonderful [astounding] abilities.  The airframe that improves upon the VF-171 in order to abolish that situation is this VF-171EX.  This machine has acquired the performance only to fight evenly with the Vajra from the installation of EX-Gear (Extender Gear), anti-Vajra equipment, the improvement of the avionics class, engine parts and so on, etc..  However, because it has been tuned to the airframe's design strength limit, it is an airframe that is hard to handle, even with the adoption of EX-Gear.  This craft is produced by the Macross Frontier fleet, which had fallen into a state of exchange with the Vajra, and they brought up military gains [results] in the battle of the Vajra mother world, which was the final phase {of the conflict}.  Furthermore, as for here, the focus is the Saotome Aruto Amoured Pack equipped craft, with the Aegis pack equipped Luca Angerooni craft as well as the general craft also being explained.

Main pilot:
Saotome Aruto, Ruka Anjerooni, Maruyama, Jun


Data:
*Data is when it is in fighter form

Overall Length: 15.52 m
Empty Weight: 12,950 Kg
Engine: Shinnakasu / P&W / Royce FF-2550F Thermonuclear Turbine Engine x 2
Maximum Engine Thrust Outside of an Atmosphere: 67.5 t x2
Vernier Engine: P&W, HMM-6B
Cruising Speed: mach 4.3+ (at 10,000 m altitude without external equipment on the airframe) / more than mach 21 (at 30,000 m altitude or more)
Equipment: Bifors AMG-30 30 mm Heavy Machinegun (using strengthened armour piercing ammunition) x2, Ericon AAB-9A Beam Cannon x2, Internal style Bifors BLM-02S Micro-missile Launcher (improved with MDE warheads installed) x2 sets, Gattling Gunpod Howard GU-14B Kai (updated version for MDE warheads) x1, Bifors AAMM-05D Medium Range Anti-Air Missile (TV / Infared / radar guided) x1, Sentinal FXA-60A High Speed Armour Piercing Rocket in 6-tube rocket pod x1, L.A.I. / AAMS-02A Short Range High Manueverability Anti-Air Missile (Infared guided) triple ejector rack x1, Sentinal AVM-11R Anti-Carrier use large anti-ship missile (equipped with reaction warhead) 4-shot rack x1 (the Armoured Missile Canister used together with the pin point barrier functions as a shield when in battroid), Shinsei Industry / L.A.I. Co. Macross Frontier Arsenal AVPAGC / MEDC30-EX-A Anti-Vajra use MDE particle anti-gravity cannon / 30 mm MDE machinegun matrix x1 (possible to be operated held in the hand in battroid mode), SWAG Energy Conversion Armour System (SWAG/RA155EX), Flare and Chaff Dispensor System, others

Development Chart:
VF-171 > VF-171EX

Size Comparison:
VF-1J, VF-171EX


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Standard Equipment

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Caption: Howard GU-14B Kai


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Battroid Mode
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Caption: The battroid form of Aruto's craft which is equipped with the armour pack.  (...)

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