Design: RRG
Builder: Various
Operator:
TREAD: Prototype; 6 built 2017.
VBF-X-8: Prototype; 3 built 2018.
VBF-9A: Served with the Navy 2022 to 2039; and Served with the REF AF and Marines 2034 to 2039.
VBF-9B: Served with the REF Navy, AF, and Marines from 2039 to 2075; and with the RF Navy, AF, Marines, and Spacy 2075 to introduction of the VBF-10.
VBF-9S: Served with the REF Navy, AF, and Marines from 2043 to 2075; and with the RF Navy, AF, Marines, and Spacy 2075 to introduction of the VBF-10 and VRF-3.
VBF-9T: Served with the REF Navy, AF, and Marines from 2034 to 2075; and with the RF Navy, AF, Marines, and Spacy 2075 to introduction of the VBF-10 and VRF-3.
VBE-9A: Served with the REF Navy and AF from 2035 to 2075; and with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy 2075 to introduction of the VBE-10.
VBE-9S: Served with the REF Navy, and AF from 2049 to 2075; and with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy 2075 to introduction of the VBF-10.
VBF-10A: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2098 to 2114
VBF-10B: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2114 to Introduction of the VBF-11.
VBF-10T: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2098 to introduction of the VBF-11.
VBF-11A: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2129 to Introduction of the VBF-12.
VBF-11T: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2129 to introduction of the VBF-12.
VBF-12A: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2134 to 2139.
VBF-12B: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy from 2139 to 2141.
VBF-12C: Served with the RF Navy from 2141 to present.
VBF-12E: Served with the RF Navy, AF, and Spacy 2141 to present.
VBF-12S: Served with the RF AF, and Spacy 2141 to present.
VBF-12T: Served with the RF AF, Navy, and Spacy 2134 to present.
VBC-1A: Civilian Model; Introduced in 2142.
VBC-1T: Civilian Trainer Model; Introduced in 2142.
VBR-2A: Rescue Services and Coast Guard Model; Introduced 2123.
VBR-2T: Rescue Services and Coast Guard Trainer Model; Introduced 2123.
VBE-10A: Served with the RF Navy, AF, Spacy, and Marines 2092 to till introduction of the VBE-10C.
VBE-10C: Served with the RF Navy, AF, Spacy, and Marines 2125 to till introduction of the VBF-12E and VRF-3E.
VRF-3A: Served with the RF Marines, Army, and Special Forces 2099 to introduction of the -3B.
VRF-3B: Served with the RF Marines, Army, and Special Forces 2113 to introduction of the -3C.
VRF-3C: Served with the RF Marines, Army, and Special Forces 2128 to present.
VRF-3E: Served with the RF Marines, Army, and Special Forces 2141 to present.
VRF-3T: Served with the RF Marines, Army, and Special Forces as a trainer, 2099 to present.
Dimensions:
VBF-9/-10/-11/-12:
VBE-9/-10:
VRF-3/VBC-1/VBR-2:
Height, Battloid:
13.70 meters
13.90 meters
6.710 meters
Depth, Battloid:
7.300 meters
7.300 meters
8.030 meters
Breadth, Battloid:
8.500 meters
8.500 meters
9.350 meters
Length, Fighter:
9.700 meters
9.700 meters
10.67 meters
Wingspan Fighter:
19.50 meters
19.50 meters
21.45 meters
Height, Fighter:
6.100 meters
7.200 meters
6.720 meters
Height, VTOL:
8.500 meters
9.600 meters
9.350 meters
Length, VTOL:
8.000 meters
8.000 meters
8.800 meters
Wingspan, VTOL:
19.50 meters
19.50 meters
21.45 meters
Mass:
29.50 Metric tons
29.50 Metric tons
32.45 metric tons
Propulsion Systems:
Engines:
VBF-9/VBE-9:
3 x Pratt & Whitney JG102A [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max output, 356 kN ea.
VBF-10/VBE-10/VRF-3A/-3B and Early -3T:
3 x Pratt & Whitney JG178G [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max output, 432 kN ea.
VBF-11/VBR-2/Early VRF-3C and Middle -3T:
3 x Pratt & Whitney JG209L [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max output, 463 kN ea.
VBF-12/VBC-1/Late VRF-3C and Late -3T:
3 x Pratt & Whitney JG214P [Main] Fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix turbines. Max output, 468 kN ea.
All:
4 x Turbo-Union ATF 401 miniaturized fusion plasma-air/reaction mass intermix ramjets. Engines are mounted in pairs near the elbow joint of the arm for VTOL operations in jet mode [Auxiliary]. Each engine is rated to 46.9 kN standard thrust, max overboost to 91.1 kN each.
Assorted small reaction thrusters and gyroscopes for all-environment maneuvers, attitude adjustment, and stability.
Powerplant:
4 RRL-2D Miniaturized Protoculture-cell energizer
Fuel Capacity:
32 standard canisters of protoculture
38.2 liters of D2O reactant.
Endurance and Mobility Limits:
Offers full protection from NBC environment; a one day air supply.
Fighter:
Battloid:
Guardian:
Max Flying Speed:
8900 kph
482 kph
- Max Running Speed:
- 128 kph
- Service Ceiling:
35 km
2440 meters
18,000 meters
Protoculture Cell Endurance:
250 hours of continious combat usage
Delta-V Capafcity:
11.8 kps
Weapons Systems:
VBF-9A/T:
GU-13S three-barreled 35mm chain-gun, firing 2400 rounds per minute, 300 round belt. Ammunition is a mix of Tungsten-coated depleted Uranium Armor Piercing Spin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APSSDS), High Explosive Armor Piercing (HEAP) and tracer rounds. This gun is the carbine version of the GU-13 gun pod in the Alpha, and due to its shorter barrels, accuracy, penetration, and range are appreciably reduced. The gun is mounted internally in the center fuselage intake beneath the cockpit. This gun is not available when the Alpha and Beta are joined.
GU-14 single-barreled 35mm autocannons (2): firing 500 rounds per minute, 500 round belt each. Ammunition is a mix of Tungsten-coated depleted Uranium Armor Piercing Spin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APSSDS), High Explosive Armor Piercing (HEAP) and tracer rounds. The two guns are mounted internally in the intakes of the leg-mounted main engines.
VBF-9B/S-VBE-9-VBE-10-VBF-10/-11/-12/VBR-2:
EP-14 three-barreled 80mm particle gun pod, firing 170 pulses per minute in full automatic mode, also capable of firing semi-automatic three-barrel blasts approximately once per second. This weapon fires 4.1 MJ pulses per barrel in each mode, drawing power from the aircraft's main energizers. This gun is the carbine version of the successful EP-13 gun pod in the later model Alphas, and due to its smaller size, its energy and range are appreciably reduced. This weapon was developed around 2035 and started being widely deployed in 2039. The gun is mounted internally in the center fuselage intake beneath the cockpit. The center gun is not available when the Alpha and Beta are joined.
EP-4 single-barreled particle cannons (2): capable of firing 9 MJ of particle energy every second, and is powered by the aircraft's energizers. This gun is the same as that used in the early models of the VF-4 Lightning. This weapon fit was developed around 2035 and started being widely deployed in 2039. The two guns are mounted internally in the intakes of the leg-mounted main engines.
All Save for VRF-3/VBC-1:
EU-35 triple-barreled Ion Pulse Cannons (2): on the forearm. Energy output 12.5 MJ per cannon, firing 45 times per minute. The cannon are located in the arms, with the barrels located above the Battloid's hands. The EU-35 incorporates accumulators for about 50MJ of energy to be used in rapid-fire situations, albeit at a 25% lower power-output.
VRF-3:
EU-37 quaduple-barreled Ion Pulse Cannons (2): on the forearm. Energy output 12.5 MJ per cannon, firing 45 times per minute. The cannon are located in the arms, with the barrels located above the Battloid's hands. The EU-37 incorporates accumulators for about 50MJ of energy to be used in rapid-fire situations, albeit at a 25% lower power-output.
EU-14 triple-barrel Destabilizer (after 2043), sub-nuclear particle beam gun with output of 10 MJ per barrel, can fire up to 30 times/minute. The gun pod draws power from its own dedicated protoculture canister, but can by fired using the plane's own power, and is stored in fighter mode between the upper reserve engine/missile pylons. The particles have a 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. See the Shadow Alpha for details.
EU-4 single barrel Destabilizers (2): (after 2043), sub-nuclear particle beam gun with output of 10.9 MJ, can fire up to 30 times/minute. The gun pod draws power from its own dedicated protoculture canister, but can by fired using the plane's own power, and is stored in fighter mode between the upper reserve engine/missile pylons. The particles have a 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. See the Shadow Alpha for details.
VBF Models:
BIHMMS Beta Integral Hammerhead Multi-missile systems (2): 40 inboard variable warhead, short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.0 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 190mm Hammerhead missiles. Launch ports are two 10-tube launchers located in the front chest/fuselage, and can fire in both modes, but are not available in the combined Alpha-Beta Legios configuration. Ten missiles are ready to fire in each launcher, with a single reload per tube. Various warhead options.
BICMMS Beta Integral Coralsnake Multi-missile systes (2): 32 inboard short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.2 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 340mm Coralsnake missiles; 16 ready to fire with one reload per tube. Launchers are of a pop-up design and are located behind the BIHMMS launchers. Available in all flight modes and configurations, including the combined Alpha-Beta Legios configuration. Various warhead options, though the Coralsnake's warhead is over twice the size of that on the Hammerhead.
VBE Models:
SICMMS Stalker Integral Coralsnake Multi-missile systems (2): 16 inboard short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.2 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 340mm Coralsnake missiles; ready to fire per tube. The reloads are sacrificed to electronics in this version. Launchers are of a pop-up design and are located in the same position as the VBF versions. Available in all flight modes and configurations, including the combined Alpha-Beta Legios configuration. Various warhead options, though the Coralsnake's warhead is over twice the size of that on the Hammerhead. Anti-radiation targeting systems are common for the Wild Weasel mission.
VRF:
RIHMMS Retaliator Integral Hammerhead Multi-missile systems (2): 50 inboard variable warhead, short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.0 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 190mm Hammerhead missiles. Launch ports are two 10-tube launchers located in the front chest/fuselage, and can fire in both modes, but are not available in the combined Alpha-Beta Legios configuration. Ten missiles are ready to fire in each launcher, with a single reload per tube. Various warhead options.
RICMMS Retaliator Integral Coralsnake Multi-missile systes (2): 40 inboard short range (8.2 km) Mach 3.2 combined infra-red imager and active radar homing 340mm Coralsnake missiles; 20 ready to fire with one reload per tube. Launchers are of a pop-up design and are located behind the BIHMMS launchers. Available in all flight modes and configurations, including the combined Alpha-Beta Legios configuration. Various warhead options, though the Coralsnake's warhead is over twice the size of that on the Hammerhead.
All: Note Civilian Models are only allowed to carry flare, anti-flame, and cargo pods on hardpoints:
3 Hardpoints per wing, with multiple ordnance options. Available payloads include, but are not limited to, the following:
Diamondback missiles. Eight such missiles can be stored on an AMER (Articulating Multiple Ejection Rack) on each inner hardpoint, seven on each middle hardpoint, and six on each outer hardpoint, for a total of up to forty-two MRMs.
or RMS-2 "Angel Of Death II" Nuclear Stand-off missile. One may be carried under each hardpoint, for a total of up to six.
or Firebird missile. One may be carried under each hardpoint, for a total of up to six.
or CBM-200 cluster missiles (one per hardpoint).
or Jammer pods, most commonly seen on the VBE-9.
or Chaff & flare dispenser pods, most commonly seen on the VBE-9.VBC-1:
None. Most weapons space is given over to cargo space save for one Hammerhead launcher which is loaded with smoke and flare missiles. Several of these have been bought or stolen by pirates and a hodge podge assortment of weapons have been added.
Electonics:
VBF/VRF/VBC/VBR:
Hughes APG-113 X-band pulse-Doppler, providing spherical long-range detection and tracking of targets at all altitudes.
All Save VBC-1:
Two Zeiss/Thomson multi-spectrum high-sensitivity scanner booms. Each boom features a 30cm CCD-equipped Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, a 27cm IR telescopic imager, and a 24cm ultra-violet telescope. These two booms are mounted on swiveling arms, and are, when not in use in jet or VTOL mode, folded between the upper main engine sections to avoid FOD damage to the somewhat delicate optics. When used in the above modes, and under normal circumstances in Battloid mode, the optics arms are folded out into a 'T' shape for stereoscopic operation.
Phillips AllView multi-band digital camera system, for medium range spherical infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking
Thomson LT-5 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
|Marconi Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
Westinghouse ALQ-248 (V) active radar jammer
Smoke and chaff dispensers
Flares.VBE-9/10-VBF-12E/VRF-3E:
Westinghouse APY-7 multi-band interleaved-multi-mode radar system, providing spherical very-long-range detection and tracking of targets at all altitudes in addition to medium range imaging and target identification. This system includes passive modes for "stealthy" detection of targets.
Zeiss/Thomson multi-spectrum high-sensitivity scanner system including 15cm IR telescopic imager and 13.5cm ultra-violet telescope. These optics have internal shields to protect them when not in use.
Phillips AllView multi-band digital camera system, for medium range spherical infra-red imaging, optical and ultra-violet band detection and tracking.
Thomson LT-5 multi-frequency laser ranger and designator.
Westinghouse ALQ-258 (V) multi-channel wide-band radar detector/jammer
OlDelft Infra-red Warning Receiver (IRWR)
Westinghouse QRC-100 Infra-red Counter Measures (IRCM)
Thomson ASD-52 signal detector/receiver
Smoke and chaff dispensers
Active jammer dispensers
Flares.VBF-9S/VBE-9S:
RRG mk2B Shadow: four-dimensional distortion field generator (downshifts and dampens protoculture radiation)
RRG mk3 EM-absorbing skin cover, strongly absorbing EM radiation from radio through ultra-violet wavelengths, and emitting only weakly in these wavebands.
Armor:
Armor is made of lowmass composite-materials chobham plating.
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Updated: 11:06:2000
Picture and information courtesy of the Unofficial Robotech Reference Guide.