Veritech Alpha Fighter VAF-6 (A,B,C,G,H,I,J,R,S,T)

(Version 1.01 - Last updated: 5/30/98)

Concept and Background by Kenneth Olson Kenneth Olson (olsonk@trans4.neep.wisc.edu)

HTML form provided by DAVE DEITRICH (deitrich@mediaone.net)

          Background Information derived from The Robotech Technical Files

 

BACKGROUND

See Robotech Technical Files - Veritech Alpha Figher VAF-6 and Veritech Alpha Fighter VAF-6S "Shadow Fighter"

Service History:

6A: Served with the RDF Air Force, Navy, and Spacy from 2017 until 2020, and with the REF Air Force and Navy, and Southern Cross Tactical Air Force and Navy from their inception until replaced in the 2020s by the -6C or -6G.

6B: Limited-run experimental model, used by the REF Air Force in the 2020s.

6C: Served with the REF Air Force and Spacy beginning in 2022, and with the REF Marines beginning in 2034, until replaced by the -6J in the 2040s.

6G: Served with the Southern Cross Navy and Tactical Air Force from 2022 until 2033, with the invasion of the Invid.

6H: Served with the Karbarran Self Defense Force from 2025 until replaced by the -I in the 2030s.

6I: Served with the Karbarran Self Defense Force from 2034.

6J: Served with the REF Air Force and Marines from 2038, and with the REF Navy from 2042.

6R: Served with the REF Air Force and Navy from 2033, and the REF Marines from 2037.

6S: Served with the REF Air Force, Marines, and Navy from 2043.

6T: Served with the RDF Air Force, Navy, and Spacy, the Southern Cross Navy and Tactical Air Force, and the REF Air Force and Navy from 2018 throughout these branches' lifetimes, and with the REF Marines from 2034.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: VAF-6 Alpha Fighter

Class: Variable Fighter

Manufacturer: Earth Defense Forces, Armies of the Southern Cross, Robotech Expidetionary Forces, and Karbarran Self Denfense Forces.
Crew: One pilot wearing Tactical Life Support System.

MDC BY LOCATION:
 

Location	VAF-6 (A,B)	VAF-6 (C,G,J,R)	VAF-6 (H)	VAF-6(I)	VAF-6(S)	VAF-6(T)
(1) Head	50	50	50	50	50	50
Head Sensor	-	30	-	30	-	-
Hands (2)	30	30	30	30	35	30
Forearm / Missile Pods (2)	40	100	40	100	125	40
Shoulder / Missile Pods	60	80	60	80	100	60
Upper Legs (2)	100	100	100	100	110	100
Lower Legs (2)	100	125	100	125	135	100
Main Body	300	300	300	300	325	300
Pilots Compartment	150	175	100	150	200	175
Wings (2)	100	100	100	100	100	100
Tails (2)	50	50	50	50	50	50
EU-13 / GU-13	75	75	75	75	75	75
Destablizer	100	100	100	100	100	100

 

NOTES:

1. Destroying the sensor head of the VAF-6  will knock out the mecha's major sensor systems, including all of the optics systems (infrared, nightvision, thermal). Radar and communications will be unaffected.
2. Depleting the MDC of the main body will destroy the mecha.

SPEEDS:

RUNNING, SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:

110 kph / 100 kph for (A,B,G,H,I,T)

LEAPING, SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:

50 ft (15 m) high or 70 ft (21 m) long without thrusters.

FLYING, SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:

482 kph / 400 kph for (A,B,G,H,I,T)

FLYING, GERWALK/SOLDIER CONFIGURATION:

Mach One (670 mph/1072 kmph) maximum speed limit in an Earth-like atmosphere. Can also hover in place indefinitely.

FLYING, FIGHTER CONFIGURATION:

Max level speed : 2465 kph at 18000m (Mach 2.3) / Mach 2.0 for 6(A,B,G,H,I,T) / Mach 2.2 for 6S

1100 kph at sea level (Mach 1.0)
Stall speed : 182 kph (VTOL rectification possible)
Initial climb rate : over 20000m per minute
Service ceiling : 26 km (unboosted).

MAX ENGINE THRUST:

• 2 x Pratt & Whitney JG95A [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. 6(A,B) Max thrust, 118 kN ea.
• 2 x Pratt & Whitney JG97M [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max thrust, 137 kN ea.
• 2 x Pratt & Whitney FE-97B first-stage intake fans, providing pressurized airflow to main, reserve, and VTOL engines
• 4 x Turbo-Union ATF 401 miniaturized fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix ramjets. (2x for VAF-6S) Two are mounted on the upper rear (jet mode), and two as VTOL thrusters on the lower fuselage in place of the traditional head-turret [Auxiliary]. Each engine is rated to 46.9 kN standard thrust, max overboost to 91.1 kN each.

STATISTICAL DATA:

HEIGHT:

8.75m  in soldier configuration.

5.72m in gerwalk configuration.

4.60m in fighter configuration.

WIDTH:

4.84m at shoulders in soldier and gerwalk configuration.

8.20m  with wings at maximum extension.

LENGTH:

5.25m in soldier configuration.

8.00m in gerwalk configuration.

10.25m in fighter configuration.

WEIGHT:

18,000 kg empty.

PHYSICAL STRENGTH:

Equal to a P.S. of 60

CARGO:

Small compartment behind pilot's seat for personal belongings in addition to the cyclone storage compartment

POWER PLANT:

2 x RRL-2P Miniaturized Protoculture-cell energizer

16 standard canisters of Protoculture

1 dedicated canister for each EP-13/EU-13 gun pod
200 lit. D2O reactant for fusion engines.

Delta V:

50  kps for VAF 6(A,B,C,G,J,R)

40 kps for VAF6(H,I,S,T) however two 25 kps tanks may be mounted on each hardpoint

 

COMPATIBLE FAST PACKS:

None

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

1. GU-13 THREE-BARRELED 35MM GUN POD: firing 2000 rounds per minute, 600 round capacity stored in the pod itself and in anon-detachable 'clip'.  This weapon was most common on the earlier models of the Alpha fighter from 2017 until 2035
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Mecha
• RANGE: Armor Piercing Spin Stablized Discarding Sabot Rounds (APSSDS) 5000 feet (1500 m), High Explosive Armor Piercing, Standard, and Tracer 4000 ft (1200m)
• DAMAGE: APSSDS 3d6 short burst, 5d6 medium burst, 1d6*10 full melee burst.   HEAP 4d6 short burst, 1d6*10 medium burst, 2d6*10 full melee burst.  Tracer rounds reduce damage by 25%.  Standard 4d6 short burst, 1d4*10 medium burst, or 2d4*10 full melee burst
• RATE OF FIRE: Single shots or bursts equal to the combined attacks of the pilot.
• PAYLOAD: 40 short bursts, 20 medium, or 10 full melee.  Two additional clips are stored in the legs
• NOTES:  APSSDS crits on 17,18,19,20.  HEAP crits on 19,20.   Tracers add +2 to strike.
 
2. EU-13 THREE-BARRELED 80MM PARTICLE GUN POD: Can fire 170 rounds per minute in full automatic mode, also capable of firing all three barrels simultaneously in semiautomatic mode at approximately one shot per second.  This weapon fires 3.2 MJ pulses per barrel with its own dedicated protoculture cell and capacitor banks in the 'clip'.  This weapon, built into an external shell identical to that of th GU-13, was   developed in 2032 by the REF, but did not see wide use until 2037.  By 2041, the EP-13 had almost completely replaced the GU-13 as the main cannon of the Alphas in the REF's inventory.
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Mecha
• RANGE: 1200 m
• DAMAGE: 2d4 for each Single blast, 1d6*10 for each triple blast, 2d4*10 for each medium burst (up to six times per melee), or 4d4*10 for each full melee burst.
• RATE OF FIRE: Single shots or bursts equal to the combined attacks of the pilot.
• PAYLOAD: Conditionally unlimited.  The protoculture cell is estimated to have enough power for 3000 single shots, 1000 triple shots, 300 long bursts, or 100 full melee bursts.
 
3. EU-13 Destablizer: sub-nuclear particle beam gun with output of 10 MJ, can fire up to 30 times/minute.  Draws power from its own dedicated protoculture canister, but can be fired using the veritech's own power.  Particles have specific, disrupting effect on force fields, and will short out a low power field completely, while high power fields may temporarily and locally cease to function.
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Anti-force Field
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-Mecha
• RANGE: 4000 feet (1200 m)
• DAMAGE: 1d4x10 for each single shot
• RATE OF FIRE: Single shots equal to the combined attacks of the pilot up to eight times per melee.
• PAYLOAD: Conditionally unlimited.  Each protoculture cell can power up to 100 shots.

4. RRG MK9 NOSE LASERS: Like the orginal VF-1 the Alpha fighter has two nose lasers on either side of the pilots's compartment.  The nose lasers may only be fired in fighter mode
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-mecha
• RANGE: 1500 m
• DAMAGE: 1d4x10 for each single shot
• RATE OF FIRE: Equal to the combine attacks of the pilot
• PAYLOAD: Unlimited
 
5. MM-60 MULTI-MISSILE SYSTEM: The alpha fighter has 60 onboard variable warhead missiles.
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-mecha
• RANGE: Varies
• DAMAGE: Varies
• RATE OF FIRE: One at a time or in volleys of two, four, eight, sixteen, thirty, or all sixty eight
• PAYLOAD:  8 in each shoulder, 10 in each forearms, 16 in each lower leg
 
6. MM-16 MULTI-MISSILE SYSTEM: 16 hammerhead missiles can be stored in an optional launcher between the two arms in fighter mode.  Theses missiles must be fired before the alpha fighter can transform
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-mecha
• RANGE: Varies
• DAMAGE: Varies
• RATE OF FIRE: One at a time or in volleys of two, four, eight, or all sixteen.
• PAYLOAD: 16 short range missiles
 
7. DDI-6 MEDIUM RANGE MISSILE SYSTEM: Six 260mm x 1.2m Diamondback MRMs can be stored under the intakes
 
• PRIMARY PURPOSE: Assault/Defense
• SECONDARY PURPOSE: Anti-mecha
• RANGE: Varies
• DAMAGE: Varies
• RATE OF FIRE: One at a time or in volleys of two, three, four or all six
• PAYLOAD:  3 in each intake for a total of 6
 
8. BODY/WING HARD POINTS: Two fixed hard points are mounted on each wing.   These hardpoints can be used to carry 15 short range missiles, 5 medium range missles or 2 long range missiles.

 



9. HAND TO HAND COMBAT: If necessary, the Alpha can engage in melee combat rather than use a weapon. The VAF-6  is extremely agile and can execute most typical hand to hand combat moves, such as punches, jump kicks, leap attacks, rolling with impacts, etc.

DAMAGE:

• Punch in Battloid:  1D6*3
• Punch in Guardian:  1D4*3
• Kick: 1D6*3
• Leap Kick: 2D6*3
• Body Flip/Throw: 1D6*3
• Body Block/Tackle: 1D6*3
• Stomp: 1D4*3 . (only effective against small objects)

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE VAF-6:

• AUTO-PILOT: The VAF-6 is equipped with a computerized auto-pilot, allowing the pilot to relax or even sleep during long voyages. The auto- pilot can be programmed with a single destination or a complex flight plan involving multiple speeds, directions, and destinations. The onboard computer will alert the pilot when the fighter is near its destination, and can also be set to automatically signal when sensors detect objects near the mecha. The auto-pilot was designed with long intra-system space journeys in mind.
• COMBAT COMPUTER: The combat computer tracks and identifies specific enemy targets, and has a database of over 10,000 images stored in memory. The computer can identify and track up to 250 targets simultaneously.
• EXTERNAL AUDIO PICKUP: Range: 300 ft (91.5 m). A sound amplification system that can pick up normal conversation up to 300 feet away.
• HEAT AND RADIATION SHIELDS: Special shielding prevents the penetration of life threatening head and radiation. A radiation detection and alarm system are linked with the shields and will sound an alarm if there is a rupture in the shields and what the levels of radiation are.
• HOMING SIGNAL: The escape pod of the  VAF-6  is equipped with a homing device that enables rescue teams to locate a disabled craft or ejected life pod. The range of the signal is 400 miles (640 km). Most REF ships and veritecs can locate and track a homing signal, and the onboard computers will automatically notify their pilots if such a signal is detected.
• LASER TARGETING SYSTEM: Range: 100 miles (160 km). Used for increased accuracy in the striking of enemy targets and is partly responsible for the mecha's strike bonus.
• LOUDSPEAKER: A loudspeaker system is built into the craft, which can be used to amplify the pilot's voice up to 90 decibels.
• OPTICS: INFRARED: Range: 2000 feet (610 m). This optical system projects a beam of infrared light that is invisible to the normal eye, but detectable by the mecha's sensors. The system allows the pilot to detect hidden/concealed objects by their IR reflectiveness. The beam will be visible to anyone with IR sensitive optics, however.
• OPTICS: NIGHTVISION: Range: 2000 feet (610 m). A passive light image intensifier that emits no light of its own, but relies on ambient light which is electronically amplified to produce a visible picture.
• OPTICS: THERMAL IMAGER: Range: 2000 feet (610 m). A passive optical heat sensor that detects infrared radiation projected by warm objects and converts that data into a false-color visible image. The system enables the pilot to see in the dark, in shadows, and through smoke, and also adds a +10% bonus to pilots using a tracking skill.
• RADAR: 100 mile range.
• RADIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION: Long range, directional communications system with satellite relay capabilities. Range: 600 miles (960 km) or can be boosted indefinitely via satellite relay.
• SELF-DESTRUCT: To prevent capture of an advance variable fighter by the enemy, the pilot can activate the  VAF-6 self-destruct system, which will cause the fighter to explode after a delay of up to 60 minutes (time is set by the pilot). The explosive damage is contained within a 20 foot (6 m) area and inflicts 1D6x10 M.D. to everything within the radius of the explosion. All internal systems are obliterated. The escape pod will be automatically ejected prior to the explosion unless the pilot overrides the ejection sequence.
• STANDARD SURVIVAL KIT: All REFs veritecscome equipped with a portable survival kit. Inside the small reinforced box is a medium-sized flashlight, two hand flares, one rocket flare, a compass, infrared distancing binoculars, a small mirror, a pocket knife, dehydrated and concentrated food (can be stretched into a five day supply for one person) and basic first aid items (aspirin, bandages, disinfectants, etc.)
• TACTICAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM: The VAF-6 cockpit is pressurized, and also provides additional air feeds to the pilot's flight suit that provides him with pressurized breathing. The REF flight suit also contains an upper and lower g-suit that promotes blood circulation even during high-g turns, thus decreasing the possibility of pilot's blacking out in combat.
• Elettronica Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
• OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
• Westinghouse ALQ-250(V) active sensor jammer (internal ECM not available on VAF-6A or -6B)
• Chaff and Flare dispensers: 24 chaff and 24 flares are stored in the lower legs
• Smoke Dispensers:

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE VAF-6R:

• Texas Instruments: APG-137 Synthetic Aperture Radar (200 mile range)
• Zeiss Multi-Band optical digital cameras
• Thmoson radiation and motion sensors
• Hewlett Packard on board automatic data interpretation system

STANDARD EQUIPMENT FOR THE VAF-6S:

• RRG MK2 SHADOW: four-dimensional distortion field generator (downshifts and dampens protoculture radiation) emitting only weakly in these wavebands.   NOTE: . Once the mecha has lost half of its main body MDC, there is a 50% chance that the stealth system will fail every time the main body of the craft is hit. Once the stealth system has failed, it will not work again until repaired at a RDF base.
• RRG MK4 EM-ABSORBING SKIN COVER: strongly absorbing EM radiation from radio through ultra-violet wavelengths, and emitting only weakly in these bandwidths

COMBAT BONUSES FOR VAF-6(A,B,H,I,G,T) FIGHTER TRAINING:

• 3 attacks per melee (plus those of the pilot).
• Add one additional action/attack at levels six and eleven.
• +2 to strike / +3 to strike for 6(G,I)
• +2 to parry
• +3 to dodge in solder and guardian, +5 in jet mode.
• +3 to roll with a punch or fall with an impact, reducing damage by half.
• Critical strike same as pilot's hand-to-hand.
• Notes:  6B because of the ventral vertical stabilizer on the head gives +3% on piloting skill checks in atmosphere and +3% on read sensory intruments from advanced stereoscopic imaging.

COMBAT BONUSES FOR VAF-6(C,J,R) FIGHTER TRAINING:

• 4 attacks per melee (plus those of the pilot).
• Add one additional action/attack at levels five and ten.
• +1 on initiative
• +3 to strike for 6(C,J) /  +2 for 6R
• +3 to parry
• +3 to dodge in solder and guardian, +5 in jet mode.
• +3 to roll with a punch or fall with an impact, reducing damage by half.
• Critical strike same as pilot's hand-to-hand.
• Notes:  6J because of the ventral vertical stabilizer on the head gives +5% on piloting skill checks in atmosphere and +5% on read sensory intruments from advanced stereoscopic imaging.

COMBAT BONUSES FOR VAF-6(S) FIGHTER TRAINING:

• 4 attacks per melee (plus those of the pilot).
• Add one additional action/attack at levels five and ten.
• +4 on initiative
• +3 to strike
• +3 to parry
• +3 to dodge in solder and guardian, +5 in jetmode.
• +3 to roll with a punch or fall with an impact, reducing damage by half.
• Critical strike same as pilot's hand-to-hand.

When there is an equal chance of hitting both sides from 1d6

• 1-3 hits the right side
• 4-6 hits the left

• 1-8 hits the preferred side
• 9-10 hits the opposite side

Fighter
 

Location	Front	Back	Sides	Top	Bottom
Head	01-03	-	01-02	-	01-04
Sensor Head	-	-	-	-	-
Hands	-	01-03	-	-	-
Forearms	04-09	04-30	03-20	01-20	-
Shoulders	10-35	31-35	21-35	21-30
Upper Legs	36-45	36-40	36-45	-	05-14
Lower Legs	46-50	41-60	46-60	-	15-34
Wings	51-55	61-65	61-65	31-55	35-59
Tail	56-60	66-70	66-75	56-59	-
Main Body	61-70	71-85	76-80	60-75	60-75
Pilot's Compartment	71-95	86-95	81-95	76-00	76-95
Gun Pod	96-00	96-00	96-00	-	96-00

 

Guardian
 

Location	Front	Back	Sides	Top	Bottom
Head	01	01-03	01-03	-	01-05
Sensor Head	02-06	04-09	04-09	01-07	-
Hands	07-10	-	10-13	08-09	06-09
Forearms	11-19	10-25	14-30	10-19	10-25
Shoulders	20-26	26-35	31-40	20-29	26-35
Upper Legs	27-35	36-45	41-45	30-34	36-40
Lower Legs	36-50	46-65	46-60	35-38	41-65
Wings	51-55	66-70	61-70	39-40	66-69
Tail	-	-	-	-	-
Main Body	56-75	71-89	71-75	41-70	70-79
Pilot's Compartment	76-95	90-95	76-95	71-95	80-95
Gun Pod	96-00	96-00	96-00	96-00	96-00

 

Battloid
 

Location	Front	Back	Sides	Top	Bottom
Head	01-04	01-04	01-04	01-14	-
Sensor Head	05-08	05-08	05-08	15-24	-
Hands	09-13	-9-13	09-11	26-30	01-05
Forearms	14-24	14-24	12-27	31-39	06-20
Shoulders	25-32	25-32	28-40	40-49	21-23
Upper Legs	33-40	33-40	41-45	-	24-27
Lower Legs	41-64	41-64	46-65	50-54	28-65
Wings	-	65-75	66-70	55-57	66-69
Tail	-	-	-	-	-
Main Body	65-92	76-80	78-83	58-91	70-84
Pilot's Compartment	93-94	81-96	84-94	92-95	85-91
Gun Pod	95-00	97-00	95-00	95-00	92-00

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN

• Robotech Technical Files: Veritech Alpha Fighter VAF-6
• Palladium Books:  "The Sentinels"