Variable Fighters (可変戦闘機 Kahen Sentōki, ヴァリアブル・ファイター Vuariaburu Faitā) are a type of mecha introduced in the Super Dimension Fortress Macross television series and feature in all works of the Macross Timeline. They are transforming mecha that were originally developed by humans using OverTechnology obtained from ASS-1.
History
The discovery of the Zentradi race —giant, humanoid aliens genetically engineered for military conquest— prompted the development of the variable fighters' Battroid mode by the U.N. Spacy. Although humanity hadn't yet met any Zentradi, the discovery of the SDF-1 Macross and its accommodations for humanoid giants justified the development of a weapon that could enable mankind to fight the aliens on their own environment (Battroid mode) on the ground (Gerwalk mode) and the air (Fighter mode). Thus, research into alien OverTechnology culminated in the development of the variable fighters for the U.N. Spacy.
They are capable of transforming from aircraft (Fighter mode) into humanoid robots (Battroid mode). Most (but not all) can also transform into an intermediate mode called GERWALK (ガウォーク Gauōku, Ground Effective Reinforcement of Winged Armament with Locomotive Knee-Joint), similar to the Fighter mode, but with the legs and arms of Battroid mode, making it capable of flight, walking and using hand-held weapons that are accessible in the Battroid mode, GERWALK mode can also allow Variable Fighters to hover in low altitudes and land on unstable terrain. A lot of Variable Fighters are capable of spaceflight but not all of them are. Battroid mode is also known as "B-mode". (SDFM: "Countdown")
Variable Fighters are also commonly called valkyries, to honor the legendary mecha series used extensively during Space War I, the VF-1 Valkyrie.
Notes
Since the first TV anime series, each and every variable fighter for all the Macross productions has been designed by Shōji Kawamori (with contributions from Kazutaka Miyatake in some models). Only the variable fighter designs for Macross II were created by the creative team of Junichi Akutsu, Jun Okuda and Koichi Ohata, with no involvement from Kawamori.
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- VA-1SS Metal Siren
- Variable Master File
- VBP-1/VA-110 Neo Glaug
- VE-1 "ELINT Seeker" Valkyrie
- VF-0 Custom "Zeak"
- VF-0A Phoenix "Angel"
- VF-0D Phoenix
- VF-0S Phoenix
- VF-0S Phoenix "Angel"
- VF-0S Phoenix Reactive Armor
- VF-1 Valkyrie
- VF-11B Custom El Camino Real
- VF-11B Custom Shenandoah
- VF-11B Lacrimosa
- VF-11B Nothung II
- VF-11B Super Thunderbolt
- VF-11B Thunder Bell III
- VF-11B Thunderbolt
- VF-11B/X Sister Valkyrie
- VF-11C Super Thunderbolt
- VF-11C Thunderbolt
- VF-11C Thunderbolt Aeropace
- VF-11C Thunderbolt Interceptor
- VF-11C Thunderbolt Protect Armor
- VF-11D Thunder Focus
- VF-11D Thunderbolt "Jamming Bird"
- VF-11MAXL Thunderbolt Custom
- VF-14 Vampire
- VF-171 Nightmare Plus
- VF-171EX Nightmare Plus
- VF-171EX Super Nightmare Plus
- VF-17D "Song Cuu Long"
- VF-17D Nightmare
- VF-17D Super Nightmare
- VF-17S Nightmare
- VF-17S Super Nightmare
- VF-17T Nightmare Custom
- VF-19 Excalibur Custom
- VF-19A Excalibur
- VF-19A Excalibur (Brauhitsu sp)
- VF-19A2 Excalibur
- VF-19ACTIVE Nothung
- VF-19C/MG21 Excalibur
- VF-19E Excalibur
- VF-19EF Caliburn
- VF-19EF/A Isamu Special
- VF-19F Excalibur
- VF-19S Excalibur
- VF-19S Super Excalibur
- VF-1A SFV-26 Cavalier
- VF-1A Valkyrie
- VF-1AR Attack Valkyrie
- VF-1D Valkyrie
- VF-1J Armored Valkyrie
- VF-1J Super Valkyrie
- VF-1J Valkyrie
- VF-1J Valkyrie Hikaru Ichijyo Custom
- VF-1J Valkyrie Maximilian Jenius Custom
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- VF-1JR Attack Valkyrie
- VF-1S Super Valkyrie
- VF-1S Valkyrie
- VF-1SR Attack Valkyrie
- VF-1X Valkyrie Plus
- VF-1X++ (Hakuna SP)
- VF-22 Sturmvogel II
- VF-22HG Schwalbe Zwei
- VF-25 Messiah
- VF-25F Armored Messiah
- VF-25F Messiah
- VF-25F Super Messiah
- VF-25G Messiah
- VF-25G Super Messiah
- VF-25S Armored Messiah
- VF-25S Messiah
- VF-25S Super Messiah
- VF-27β Lucifer
- VF-27γ Lucifer
- VF-2JA Icarus
- VF-2SS Valkyrie II
- VF-2SS Valkyrie II SAP
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- VF-3000 Crusader
- VF-31 Armored Siegfried
- VF-31 Siegfried
- VF-31A Armored Kairos
- VF-31A Kairos
- VF-31AX Armored Kairos Plus
- VF-31AX Kairos Plus
- VF-31B Kairos
- VF-31C Siegfried
- VF-31E Siegfried
- VF-31F Siegfried
- VF-31J Siegfried
- VF-31S Siegfried
- VF-4 Lightning III
- VF-4G Lightning III
- VF-4SL Lightning III
- VF-5000B Star Mirage
- VF-9A Cutlass
- VF-9E Cutlass
- VT-1 "Super Ostrich" Valkyrie