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Originally Posted by Tak
Quite true. The Queadluun Rea is, for the most part, may not be as maneuverable as Valkyries, but on the other hand, the Queadluuns traditionally sport far more basic firepower than their human counterpart. In addition to its ridiculously numerous missile load-out. I take it as some sort of freakish balance 
Besides, why upgrade? Can anyone prove, with definite evidence that human conventional weapons ARE better than their Zent counterparts? Absolutely not. In fact, UN SPACY is still learning from their newfound allies. |
Queadlunns also seem to have some good armor - shots that would've riddled a Glaug full of holes or blown it up were shrugged off by Milia in her first duel with Max - maybe this is where the UN Spacy got their ideas for the Super Valkyries from, after seeing the Queadlunn-Rau in action. They both have great missile loadouts, extra armor on the chest, more guns than standard Valkyries, as well as big thruster packs for extra speed and maneuverability in space... whereas in atmosphere, standard Valkyries seem favored, since they're more aerodynamic.
The major advantage the UN Spacy seems to have is that they can construct Macross-style cannons, which is a capability the Zents seem to have had reduced over the years due to the Supervision Army, from what I recall reading, destroying their factories which specialized in this sorta thing. Outside of that, Zent weapons appear to be prized still - look at how Ozma chewed Alto out for not only getting his VF ripped up but also for possibly damaging a precious weapon like the liquid-plasma gun.
I suspect that a certain busty blue-haired Meltran will be using THAT particular field piece in the next few episodes.
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Originally Posted by Tak
As for Zent weapons, a good fellow once said this regarding an AK-47, "you want to destroy an AK-47? run it over with a tank!"
With that, I present "you wanna destroy a Zentradi gun? Run it over with a Monster!"
Yes, Zent guns are THAT good.
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I don't know if a Monster could've killed that liquid-plasma gun that Alto did his best to blow up in episode 4 - it survived the explosion better than his VT did. Maybe if you'd thrust it into a ship's engines or fried it with reaction weapons... but still, there's something to be said for robust weapons that work, period - one reason that IMI does good business in guns; they work in adverse conditions without an insane amount of maintenance, and they're cheap in bulk.
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On the other hand, Robotech, its so craptastic I really don't want to deal with it. Cannot stand how the show 'manage' to answer its own questions then suddenly forget about it. Its a hastily re-arranged franchise, that is both poorly connected and an insult to our intelligence.
The moment I found out Protoculture became 'an energy source' in Robotech, I had to devour an entire bottle of vodka to suppress my urge to pull a 911 on Harmony Gold...
- Tak
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Eh, Robotech wasn't bad for its time... and for better or worse, a LOT of us got our introduction to anime with that, and Mazinger, and what turned into Voltron. Or Astro Boy, which is how I started along with Robotech. And they did keep the Macross arc fairly intact, including deaths of major characters like Focker... something that wouldn't have been expected in most western animation without some sort of reset button being used later.
It certainly did better in meshing together completely unrelated series than Lucas did with Star Wars Episode I in comparison to Episode 4... :P Yes, I'm one of
those former SW fans who felt the first series was a travesty, after building up the mystical part of the Force and then making the Jedi so... oh, midichloriantastic.