General Galaxy VF-9 Cutlass

General Galaxy VF-9 Cutlass

Technical Data

Equipment Type: light variable fighter
Government: UN Spacy
Manufacturer: General Galaxy.
Operational Deployment: 2021
Accommodation: pilot only.
Dimensions: unknown.
Mass: unknown.
Structure: space metal frame, energy converting armor
Power Plant: two thermonuclear reaction engines.
Propulsion: unknown; many x vernier thrusters.
Performance: high maneuverability in the Mach 1 regime.
Design Features: 3-mode variable transformation; vertical Take-off and landing (VTOL); forward-swept main wing.
- Armament -
# Guns: 1 x standard gun pod
# 2 x laser cannons on rotating mounts (mounted center ventral section in Fighter mode, on right shoulder in GERWALK/Battroid modes).
Bombs & Missiles:
# unknown.

Description and History

Beginning development in 2018, the VF-9 Cutlass was General Galaxy’s first assignment for chief project advisor Algus Selzer. The Cutlass was conceived as an inexpensive twin-engine light fighter and underwent first flight in 2021. However, Captain Milia Jenius was assigned as a test pilot for the Cutlass and her flights displayed the VF-9's superior combat maneuverability to that of the existing main fighter, the VF-4 Lightning III. After these impressive deployments, General Galaxy received massive orders for the VF-9 from smaller budget colony planets and the Cutlass became their first bestselling variable fighter. Mass production of the VF-9 began in 2023 and continued until the final VF-9 was produced in 2029. Max and Milia Jenius piloted VF-9 Cutlass fighters during their assignment to the Dancing Skull Squadron.

NOTE: The VF-9 Cutlass was originally a non-Macross mechanical design (designated the VF-X-10) developed by Shoji Kawamori for the Advanced Valkyrie model project for Bandai. When Bandai decided against producing this model series, Shoji Kawamori revised the designs for inclusion in the Macross universe.