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Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Which begs a question: if they had the technology to reduce normal humans to 1/10 their size, would they go for it?

If it were in the Macross universe, and if such a reduction in size were to create no difficulty in terms of biological problems, and all accompanying technologies can be similarly miniaturized? Sure, I can imagine that many, if not most, people going that route. And they'd do so for the same reasons the Zentradi did. Instead of holding 5 million people in a single Macross fleet, it'd be able to sustain 5 billion people, and each would be a full-blown civilization. There are disadvantages with overly small bodies, but those have already been addressed given the premise.

If it were any other universe, and all other advantages/disadvantages were the same, I doubt that the humans would go for it. Biologically speaking, we're a very conservative species, and there's a lot of natural aversion to modifying our bodies to any great degree.

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

So you can see why there is bias against this.

Macross Galaxy appears to be more liberally minded.

While there's some bias, notice that it's being used fairly selectively: while biomechanical implants are outlawed in Macross Frontier, the limited-AI Ghost fighters are still extensively employed. I like this selective application of principle since it feels natural to have a certain degree of inconsistency.

It's also illustrative of how very different the various Macross fleets can be; from the two in Macross 7, Galaxy and Frontier. Each one is like a separate nation looking for a place to roost, bound together by a common purpose and culture.

Originally Posted by Tak

Well, the Zents perfectly supported themselves when they were on an expedition of conquest.

Now, remember, most, if not an overwhelming number of vessels employed by the UN SPACY are still Zent ships, which were configured to specifically support their size.

Anh_Minh's argument isn't that the Zentradi weren't self-sufficient or anything like that; it was that supporting giants would require much more resources than smaller individuals, and alluding to the effect that the latter could be maintained much more easily.

In addition, A Zentradi vessel that's transformed to micro-sized crew would have much more room to work with, less food and other support requirements, and the crew can access areas that the giants couldn't before.