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As a sidenote .... remember the VTOL fighter designed for RT: Sentinel (appear on RT Art III, reworked by uRRG as SVR/SVT-1 trainer/recon aerospace craft) ?

Well, the Waltrips had a soft spot for the VTOL, in which they re-designated the VTOL as Delta Veritech prototype which made a cameo in their long running RT Sentinel comic serials. Yep, they also designed a battloid mode for the VTOL aka Delta VF prototype.

Before I forget, regarding the F109-Sylphid used by ASC forces in The Masters Saga. The narrator had well, misidentified Sylphid (based on the OSM, definitely a fighter) as a Veritech.

So there's a number of debate being going on, before it died down (like how RT fans were divided whether Condor a battloid or a Veritech). However, a fan had a blast in actually giving serious thought to VF-7 Sylphid idea, and designed a plausible transformation of Sylphid from fighter to guardian & battloid mode:

For your viewing pleasure .....

VF-13 Gamma

Last but not least, the elusive VF-13 Gamma prototype, designed by Tommy Yune for the Robotech Shadow Chronicles, but remained just as unused pre-production art.

Well, obviously Tommy was inspired by SFA-5 Conbat, in which resembled YF-4.

Well, you can't blame Tommy, the sleek design of VF-X-4 aka YF-4 is bound to inspire everyone.

Great post with tons of information. Thanks for the contribution. Even if I did notice this seven months after your post.

YOU SHOULD ADD THE DESIGNS FROM THE KICKSTARTER. THAT IS ALSO A HG DESIGN.

SIGHUP wrote: Great post with tons of information. Thanks for the contribution. Even if I did notice this seven months after your post.

Well, just my way of contributing to the history of the little known prototype VF.

MEMO1DOMINION wrote: YOU SHOULD ADD THE DESIGNS FROM THE KICKSTARTER. THAT IS ALSO A HG DESIGN.

Memo, we're talking about VFX-4 aka YF-4 design evolution in both Macross-verse and RT-verse. As for RT: Academy, NONE, as I said again, none of the pre-production mechas shown has any resemblance to VFX-4 / YF-4 design aesthetics.

Mass production of YF-4 as a future mainstay fighters for both UEDF (ASC-Charter) and UEEF never materialised due to escalating costs and technical problems associated with the advanced Veritech prototype development in 2015-2017 time period. Complaints over costs overruns as UEDF intensified its force projection to contain Zentraedi malcontents insurgencies throughout Zentraedi Control Zone, while UEEF had begun to encounter remnants of Dolza's surviving Zentraedi fleet while exploring the deepspace.

VF-1R SLEP midlife extension programme to upgrade surviving VF-1s to continually served both UEDF and UEEF well into 2020s also provided a death knell to the development of YF-4 programme. A reasoning amongst UEG policy makers that it was politically and economically feasible to upgrade VF-1 rather than investing the already problematical YF-4 prototype.

By 2018, only 1 squadron of YF-4 are produced with a full complement of 12 fighters, mostly served as technology demonstrator. UEEF by this time had fully adopted VF-1R as its mainstay fighters and moved on with the development of YF-6 Genia, while UEDF (ASC-Charter) had relegated most of its VF-1s to reserve units due to the introduction of VF-8 Logan.

After YF-4 programme was cancelled, all YF-4 units were transferred aboard SDF-3 Pioneer and activated as full combat squadron under the famed VF-84 Skull squadron with SDF-3 CAG, Lt Commander Maximillian Sterling.

YF-4 saw much service with Skull squadron during the liberation of Tyrol, and later became the first UEEF Veritech squadron to be inducted into Sentinel Armed Forces to fight the Regent's Invid forces in deep space. YF-4 is fondly remembered in many alien worlds throughout the Sentinel campaign, and finally retired in 2044 as Skull squadron adopted VFA-6X Alpha Shadow Veritech fighters in the following months before the Final Earth reclaimation mission.

Surviving units were transferred to Robotech Factory Satellite and currently all of its combat data and airframe performance is used in the development of YF-13 Gamma Veritech programme.

Hello.

This is a great explanation.
Protoculture you did a great job!

On forums I saw something Interesting about VF-4.
They compare VF-4 with cancelled PZL-230 Skorpion attack aircraft.

(Click here to see additional informations about PZL-230 Skorpion).

PZL-230 picture:





YF-4 and PZL-230/PZL-230F share some similarities.

What do you think?

POLISH ALMOST HAD THAT FIGHTER. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BEAST BACK THEN.

THANKS FOR THE INFO.