The following material is an adaptation of a starship design from the Japanese TV series MACROSS. Please feel free to use, copy, and distribute it as you see fit. All I ask is that you give proper credit to me and do not claim that it is your own work. Comments and suggestions are welcome.

SDF-1 MACROSS SUPER DIMENSION FORTRESS

RPG Stats by DANIEL HENWOOD (dhenwood@hotmail.com)
Background info provided by the MACROSS ONLINE COMPENDIUM

BACKGROUND

July 17th 1999 saw the fate of humanity changed for ever. At 00:30 the Space Station New Frontier 36,000 km above the Phoenix Islands detected the appearance of an enormous object near the moon approaching the Earth at a rate of 5.88 km per second. The United Nations Space Agency warnedthe leaders of Earth who formulated plans to warn the people. Five and a half hours after its initial detection it is determined that the object is not a meteor, although the Governments of Earth report it as such. At 18:15 (Japan Standard Time) the object, at this point codenamed "EVA" (evangel, which means, the Gospel of the Coming) enters the atmosphere above Burma. Due to the extreme temperatures and shock waves associated with its descent in to the Earths atmosphere it reduces the summit of Mount Everest by nearly 1000 metres, destroys Moscow and Stockholm, and inflicts damage while passing over all parts of Europe. As it travels over Iceland and Greenland it causes volcanoes to erupt in Canada, and falls on to South Ataria Island at the southern most tip of the Ogasawara Islands. Immediately the United Nations made investigations into the unknown object and discovered it not to be a meteorite but an alien spaceship. It wass designated with the codename ASS-1 (Alien Starship-1). Governments across the globe report that an asteroid 3 km in diameter and composed of great quantities of metal hit the island, keeping its true nature a secret so as to avoid worldwide panic. In the wake of the calamatious results of the ASS-1's descent to Earth the existence of aliens is treated as top secret until order can be restored. The first investigations reveal that the ASS-1 is in fact an Alien Warship populated by aliens five times the size of humans. With the threat of alien invasion hanging over their heads the countries of the world formed a single Earth United Nations Government. The establishment of OTEC, an alien technology analysis research institute, through joint Japanese, American, Russian, German, English, French collaboration begins work to rebuild the ASS-1 and develop technologies from it. In January of 2009 the ASS-1 was christened SDF-1 Macross, (Super Dimensional Fortress.)

The official commisioning of the SDF-1 Macross took place on February 7th 2009, however the celebrations were interrupted by the appearance of an alien fleet of vessels which the SDF-1 automatically fired on starting Space War One. The SDF-1 Macross, its crew and unexpected civilian population survived the constant attacks of the Zentraedi as they travelled back from Pluto, they survived Bodolza's Main Fleet attack and the SDF-1 killed Bodolza and destroyed his base causing his Fleet to flee. After all of this the SDF-1 settled into Macross lake, with the new Macross City growing around it. The UN Armed Forces headquarters were moved inside the SDF-1, into the midsection of the ship where Macross City formerly resided. In 2012 the SDF-1 received a makeover replacing the Prometheus and Daedalus Carriers for ARMD platforms, replacing temporary bolted on gun emplacements for permanent weapon emplacements to serve as protection for the UN Armed Forces Headquarters, and Macross city. The SDF-1's last combat engagement was during the 30th Armistice Celebration in 2040 when the virturoid pop idol Sharon Apple took control of the SDF-1's Intelligence Net Core and raised the SDF-1 out of Macross Lake to use its automated systems to fire on 1st Lieutenant Isamu Dyson. Lt. Dyson defeated Sharon Apple by crashing through the Macross's armour plating and destroying the Intelligence Net Core. UN Spacy engineers and technicians replaced the core as soon as everyone was awakened from Sharons hypnotic trance. From the SDF-1 Sharon Apple was able to take control of the Earth Defence Force orbital lasers and the experimental X-9 Ghost as the SDF-1 is the hub of the Earth defence network.

RPG STATS

Vehicle Type: Super Dimension Fortress
Government: United Nations Government
Manufacturer: Supervision Army/OTEC & UN Spacy
Crew:
20,000(originally), with 58,000 civilians (reduced to 56,000 and then 40,000 by attrition) during 2009 & 2010 due to an unexpected fold mishap.

Notable Ships of Class:

Notable Captains of the SDF-1:

MDC BY LOCATION: 

    Macross Cannon Booms (2)                                     10,000 each
(1) Main Body                                                    30,000
(2) Main Engines/Leg units (2)                                   10,000 each
(3) Command Tower                                                 3,500
(3) Sensor Array (rear of Command Tower)                            850
    High Speed 178 cm Rail Cannons (4)                            1,000 each
    Guided Converging Beam Cannons (8)                              650 each
    Anti-Warship Missile Launchers (12)                             250 each
    Anti-Mecha Laser Turrets (100)                                  100 each 
    Anti-Mecha Missile Turrets (24)                                 150 each 
    Airlocks/Access Hatches (150)                                   200 each
    Armored outer hull (per 40ft area)                              300
    Interior walls (per 20ft area)                                   20
    Prometheus                                     See Prometheus Stats
    Daedalus                                         See Daedalus Stats
    ARMD Platforms (2)                                   See ARMD Stats
(4) Pin Point Barriers (4)                                        5,000 each
(5) Omni-Directional Barrier System                              50,000

NOTES:

  1. Depleting the MDC of the main body will put the SDF-1 out of commission. All internal systems will shut down, including life support and internal gravity. The ship itself will be an unsalvageable floating wreck.
  2. Depleting the MDC of the main engines will force the ship to rely on its secondary engines. Depleting the MDC of the main engines AND secondary engines will leave the ship adrift in space. If in an atmosphere, the ship will crash (destruction of the main engines will render the antigravity system useless due to loss of power).
  3. Destroying the command tower will instantly kill the command staff and deprive the ship of all forms of long range communications, radar and targeting. The range and targeting capabilities of the secondary systems are equal to that of a VF-1 Valkyrie. The ship can still operate, but is at -3 on initiative, -3 to strike, and number of attacks per melee of the weapon systems are reduced by half. Destroying the main sensory array on top of the command tower will have the same effect, but the command staff will not be killed instantly.
  4. The Pinpoint Barriers regenerate at a rate of 1,250 MD per second (2,500 MD per melee round). If destroyed, a barrier will completely regenerate within four seconds (2 melee rounds). See the Pinpoint Barrier System entry for details.
  5. When activated, the Energy Barrier forms a sphere around the battle fortress that can absorb up to 100,000 MDC in a single round. If damaged or destroyed, the sphere regenerates at a rate of 2,500 MDC per melee round. See the Energy Barrier System entry below for details. The barrier will cease to function if ship's mainbody of engines take damage over 50% of their MDC capacity.

SPEEDS:

Speed (Sublight): 0.20 speed of light (37,200 miles per second)
Speed (Auxiliary Drives): Mach 2.0
Speed (Space Fold): 1 light year every 6 minutes
Planet bound:
Can land and take off if necessary but not designed to maneuver in an atmosphere for extended periods of time.
Maximum Range: Unlimited (estimated life span unknown)

STATISTICAL DATA:

Length: 1,210 m (prior to 2012)/ 1200 (post-2012)
Width: 496 m (prior to 2012)/ 600 (post 2012)
Height: 312 m
Weight: 18,000,000 tons (pre-2012) / 22,000,000 tons (post 2012 overhaul)

Fold System:
Overtechnology Macross fold system cluster
Sublight Drive:
Overtechnology Macross nozzle cluster
Gravity Control System: Overtechnology Macross gravity control system
Auxiliary Engine:
Overtechnology Macross nozzle cluster
Sensor System: Overtechnology Macross Advanced Tracking Cluster


Pre-2012 Storm Attacker Mode SDF-1 / Post 2012 Storm Attacker SDF-1

WEAPON SYSTEMS:

  1. MACROSS CANNON: The SDF-1's most powerful weapon is the twin boomed Macross Cannon. Officially it is called an Overtechnology Macross bow-firing super-dimension-energy cannon with beam polarizing converging system, however it is more commonly referred to as Macross Cannon for ease of reference. The weapon consists of the two forward booms of the SDF-1 splitting apart and an energy buildup taking place which results in an energy beam up to 120,000 miles (192,000 km) long and 2 miles (3.2 km) wide that destroys EVERYTHING in its path. The weapon however uses an immense amount of power and once fired, the cannon takes a full 5 MINUTES (20 melee rounds) to recharge.

  2. HIGH-SPEED 178 CM RAIL CANNONS (4): In addition to the main cannon the SDF-1 is equipped with shoulder mounted, (in Storm Attacker mode,) rail cannons. The rail cannons replaced the heavy laser cannons of the original Supervision Army gunboat that the SDF-1 Macross used to be.

  3. GUIDED CONVERGING BEAM CANNONS (8): The SDF-1 features in addition to the rail cannons several beam cannons dotted across the surface of the ship giving additional punch to the SDF-1's firepower. These turrets can only fire along limited arcs, and only a maximum of four cannons can be brought to bear on a single target at any given time.

  4. ANTI-MECHA LASER TURRETS (100): Originally the SDF-1 fixed on pivoting placements damaged Defender Destroids to the hull of the SDF-1 to act as additional anti-mecha turrets. During its overhaul in 2012 the SDF-1 Macross replaced the Defender turrets for dedicated laser turrets. The laser turrets are spread across the surface of the SDF-1 and provide a wide angle of fire covering every angle, with roughly 180 degree angle of fire.

  5. ANTI-MECHA MISSILE LAUNCHERS (24): In addition to the laser turrets, the SDF-1 is equipped with anti-mecha missile launchers for close to medium range defence against mecha. Each launcher contains 10 missile tubes allowing volleys of up to 10 missiles to be fired at a single target per launcher. Once depleted, the missile launchers are reloaded by an automated loading system that takes 15 seconds (one melee round) to reload all 10 missiles. Armor-piercing smart missiles are usually used to avoid chances of friendly fighters being shot down by the missiles.

  6. PINPOINT BARRIER DEFENCE SYSTEM: Developed onboard the SDF-01 Macross during Space War One, the Pinpoint Barrier System is a standard defense system on board all UN Spacy starships as a defensive system. The system generates four small disc-shaped force fields that can be positioned anywhere along the ship to deflect missiles, energy beams or projectiles. Each pinpoint barrier is about 200 ft (61 m) in length and can absorb up to 5,000 MD in damage, which then regenerates within four seconds (2 melee rounds). The barriers can also be layered on top of each other to generate a field which provides 20,000 MDC and can even deflect heavy particle beams (usually).

    The four barriers are controlled by operators in the command tower of the carrier. These operators are instructed to defend (1) the command tower, bridge, and sensor array, (2) main engines, (3) hangar bays, and (4) weapon systems, in that order. The operators primarily concentrate on defending the ship against larger spacecraft and leave defense against mecha attacking the carrier to the VF pilots.

  7. OMNIDIRECTIONAL BARRIER DEFENCE SYSTEM: Used only once as an extension of the Pin Point Barrier Defence. The Omnidirectional Barrier completely encircles the battle fortress in a nearly-impregnable force field sphere. The disadvantage of the barrier system is that no weapons can be fired, nor any fighters/support craft launched or recovered while the shield is up. Due to a flaw in the system the barrier overloaded during its first use, completely destroying the North American Ontario Quadrant. Because of this disastrous mishap and other problems the omnidirectional barrier system has not been used again since, and has not been installed in any other UN Spacy spaceships.

SYSTEMS OF NOTE:

MECHA COMPLEMENT:

REFERENCES USED IN THIS DESIGN