Due to a combination of sleep deprivation and watching a combination of several animes in quick succession, I had a few ideas I wanted to throw passed you
guys.
First off, I was watching Macross Frontier and I got to thinking that the Ex-Gear flight suits are in many ways the same sort of device as a cyclone except that they lack their own dedicated vehicle mode. The principle is the same, a survival mecha suit to aid in combat operations and escaping a downed fighter. From this I got the random image in my head of a Cyclone with the wing pack off an Ex-Gear strapped onto the back (replacing the back end of the seat in cycle mode, folded up). It strikes me that such a mecha could be possible and even desirable within the confines of the Sentinel and Invid wars. There is also some precedence in the form of the Praxian Chariot/horse mecha.
The next one I started to ponder over would be the future VHT-3. A variable hovertank which would mount a syncro cannon like weapon and be more in like with the New generation aesthetic. I imagine a transformation scheme along the likes of the VHT-2, but with better considerations given to protecting the pilot and a better distinction of the roles between the hover and cannoneer modes. Such a mecha seems a logical evolution, especially given the mobile test bed seen in "Reflex Point" and the need for a larger ground mecha to offer artillery support and maneuverability a destroid cannot.
Thoughts?
First off, I was watching Macross Frontier and I got to thinking that the Ex-Gear flight suits are in many ways the same sort of device as a cyclone except that they lack their own dedicated vehicle mode. The principle is the same, a survival mecha suit to aid in combat operations and escaping a downed fighter. From this I got the random image in my head of a Cyclone with the wing pack off an Ex-Gear strapped onto the back (replacing the back end of the seat in cycle mode, folded up). It strikes me that such a mecha could be possible and even desirable within the confines of the Sentinel and Invid wars. There is also some precedence in the form of the Praxian Chariot/horse mecha.
The next one I started to ponder over would be the future VHT-3. A variable hovertank which would mount a syncro cannon like weapon and be more in like with the New generation aesthetic. I imagine a transformation scheme along the likes of the VHT-2, but with better considerations given to protecting the pilot and a better distinction of the roles between the hover and cannoneer modes. Such a mecha seems a logical evolution, especially given the mobile test bed seen in "Reflex Point" and the need for a larger ground mecha to offer artillery support and maneuverability a destroid cannot.
Thoughts?
