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RoyalKnightV In reply to RoyalKnightV [2018-09-30 09:57:28 +0000 UTC]

We again, I mean.

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Firevalkyrie In reply to LeElf [2012-12-25 15:37:47 +0000 UTC]

The TV show had a reference to a Veritech Fighter squadron and then cut to an image of Sylphides attacking.

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LeElf In reply to Firevalkyrie [2013-01-13 07:54:32 +0000 UTC]

It was not transformable...

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LeElf In reply to LeElf [2013-01-13 07:59:45 +0000 UTC]

This is a nice "what if", but the original Series SDF Southern Cross did not portray this craft as a transformable mecha. In the original ROBOTECH, which makes use of SDF SC, the writing was often vague and inconsistent. "Veritech" squadron was a generic term (in error) for fighter squadrons. Veritech actually means nothing. The root word "Veri" means nothing. Ostensibly, the English language would demand "veritech" be spelled "VARI-tech" as in variable geometry or Variable configuration TECHnology. What you are experiencing is an unfortunate result of rushed production material and writing that was likely 11th hour as the series was cobbled together.

Bottom line this was not a tranformable Mecha.

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Firevalkyrie In reply to LeElf [2013-01-13 13:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Way to miss the point!

The point was that the TV show made a reference to Sylphids being Veritech Fighters; and yes, I knew already that the Sylphid in the original animation was not a transformable fighter. Ironically, though, it was a better mecha design than the actual transforming aircraft in Southern Cross; the improbable Auroran helicopter and insipid Logan ground-attack plane. So I'm actually on-board with ignoring the Southern Cross canon and going with the reference in Robotech to the Sylphid being a Variable/Veritech Fighter.

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LeElf In reply to Firevalkyrie [2013-01-14 02:17:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh I get it...I read your first post . It implied that because the Narrator or some character said Veritech Fighter Squadron and then showed the Sylphids (which isn't it's name) that it too was a Veritech Fighter. It isn't. MY point was that it referred to it as a Veritech in error. Like I said, What you are basing your point on was a poor choice of words on the writer's part. It isn't a Veritech and as far as I am aware the Canon name for this aircraft is not known.

To clear things up, a couple of Facts:
1. Veritech means "able to transform in into at least 2 distinct modes".
2. ROBOTECH was notorious for dialogue errors / rushed writing on a tight dealine.
3. The Sylphid is not transformable in the OSM nor has that capability ever been alluded to in any RT canon.

All this symantics aside, this is a REALLY cool take on a "what if" for this Aircraft.

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