a weird space signiture.....

jbox1

Dumb /transmission begin/
Erm, we actually ain't got no requests. Well, yet. Whatcha got on offer?

Dumb

jbox1 //transmission starts//
"we.....erm....what we got that these factions don't have?""sir i think they havn't gain any understanding of our strategic resource""ahh,very good idea indeed....ahem,sorry about that,we can offer a material which we named as fold quartz,this material have amazing potentials that even us have not fully tapped yet,we can provide nearly unlimited amount due to our recent friendship with a bio-mechanical race called the Vajra,but in return we expect feedbacks on your research"
//transmission end//

jbox1

Dumb Fold quarts? fold quarts... fold quarts...

Gimme a minute.

60,000 milliseconds latter

Herm, thought I heard of it before. Eh, never mind. We've been performing a deep amount of research in the areas of slip space drives, and this may be of use. We'll see. We promise to uphold our end of the bargain and report back any findings.

(and by "science", that means sticking it into a prototype slip space drive and seeing how many TATC @Drakador_Chaos warnings for space-time distruptions you can get)

Thank you for your buisness.
/transmission end/

Dumb

jbox1 //transmission starts//
"alright,you now have permission to dock on Macross Quatar and we shall strap the containers on your ship,or do you request a transport ship from us to carry it instead?"
//transmission end//
(well if thats the case,"folding" of my faction ships will surely get alot of warnings from TATC due to its instantaneous travel disregarding of distance and inter-dimensional warps)

jbox1

Dumb The small lightning MK 1 flies up to the Macross Quatar and proceeds with normal docking procedures. Despite the diminutive size of the tiny utility ship, the crew insists it can carry the containers.

Drakador_Chaos

Dumb (as long as the drives don´t permanently damage time-space, the faction (not the TATC btw) could not care less.)

Dumb

jbox1 the mechanic approach the lightning MK1 and its pilot
"its ok if you insist to carry it yourself,fold quartz are very light-in-weight and we are trained to strap anything on a fighter anyway"
as the mechanic speaks,the repair crew in macross quatar strap some containers onto the lightning MK1 as some people,wearing the same uniform as that the inhabitant of the bubble is wearing,gathers around to watch the progress
soon after the containers are strapped on,the repair crew bring out another set of booster with a glistening purple tip and begin strapping it on the lightning MK1,as the pilot of the lightning MK1 protest,the mechanic calmly explain that it is a "fold" drive for smaller ships which utilises the property of fold quartz to breach into extra dimension for zero-lag between jumps,thus allowing ships to jump through rift gaps in normal space which blocks normal FTL methods in macross universe,but although rift gaps does not exist in cosmoteer universe,the zero-lag jumps can be very handy for long distance travel
"this is one of our known technologies that the fold quartz can be applied on,may we wish you good luck and a continueous bond between our factions"

jbox1

Dumb we are able to exploit some technology that we have not fully understand

this is an equally fitting description of the SFCD.

Drakador_Chaos permanently damage time-space

Obviously you've never met Jake.

Drakador_Chaos

jbox1 Why do you think I made sure to grab that SFCD?

FangTheCat

Dumb
UHM, Sorry,
Internet decided to die yesterday..

Yes, Here is a Graze (Its also a mobile suit, but not quite the same as the one here)

image https://i.imgur.com/jCbkaJu.jpg
These things are BIG too.. only the very center is for the pilot.

Dumb

FangTheCat ohhhh boi.....i got just the right thing for you....
almost all vehicles(including ships,fighters and corvettes) are able to transform into mecha
also with that "particle" thingy i think you are going for that "solar drive" in gundam 00.....
some fighters are deployed from Macross Frontier to inspect the "Mobile Suit",they soon found that inspect via visually is not that effective,which they transformed into mechas and drag the "Mobile Suit" into the hanger of Macross Quatar
//transmission starts//
"although we have met vehicles and creatures propell through space without any thrusters,this particle-emitting drive is still new to us,so we require some time to analyze the drive and its problem,it is also advisable for you to send some blueprints to smoothen the process,but it is still ok if you want to keep it in secret"
//transmission end//

FangTheCat

Dumb
Omg, YES. (Thats the inspiration)
(The only difference is this specific drive is much more powerful than any GN Drive (Also emits pretty Dark blue particles.))
Out of the mobile suit climbs something rare in Darkest Shadow, A human. He is still wearing a space suit.
"Here are the blueprints you wanted."
He sounds very monotone, but its clear he's trying to sound grateful.
"Lupus is one of a kind, The only other suit to have this sort of technology is Orion, For now at least."
(Orion is my irl Friend's Gundam (Mine is Lupus 😃 )

Dumb

FangTheCat (sounds like a new type huh)
the mechanic receive the blueprints and the crew start working on it,meanwhile the group of people wearing the SMS uniform,which they refer themselves as "pilots",gather around to look at this mecha and argue if it can win over a VF 27f lucifer
"no it can't,lucifer got that long barrel beam rifle that can tear apart warships!""but.....this mecha can simply dodge it! plus using particles to move around makes the enemy harder to predict where its going to!"
a mysterious figure emerges from a corner and stop the argument,he seems like a european in his mid 20s,but with a weird uniform and a clip on his head embedded with a fold quartz "shhh,pay some respects"he turn to the mecha pilot"sorry about the inconvenience,i am Brera Sterne,and i am the pilot of the VF-27f lucifer,i wonder what sort of weaponary does that mecha own or designed to own?"

FangTheCat

Dumb
The Pilot of the Lupus seems to be thinking.
"I cannot give full details, But it is equipped with Dual Blades on both arms, Along with ten "Claws" On its back."
(Claws meaning the Fangs from the Throne in 00)
"It also has a few other weapons.. Most of which not even I have discovered."

Dumb

FangTheCat as Brera opens his mouth to respond,the mechanic rush between them and announce that they think they have found the problem
"although we don't know what the particles are and we cannot analyze it via our scanners,but it seems the exit pathway of the particles in the engine is sonewhat stuck,which causes an accumulation of particles in here" the mechanic point at a chamber near the outlet "as more and more particles accumulate in this portion,the heat produced by particle collision causes a brief explosion,which results in well.....the explosion" both the pilot and Brera stares at the mechanic "uhhhh....did i interrupted you two.....?"

FangTheCat

Dumb
The Machine's Eye seems to light up for a second. The Darkest Night pilot saw it too.
"Lupus thanks you..."
(Just to clear any confusion, Lupus is equipped with an AI capable of basic communication and (some) battle)

Dumb

FangTheCat both Brera and the mechanic follows the pilot's gaze and discover that the mecha have a sentient ai
"cool stuff you got there,you know our VF 25 messiah also got an in-built ai system which enables........" "shhhh,you are saying too much"Brera interrupts"it is not advisable to share our characteristics""B...but its already an old model!"".......i guess,go ahead then"the mechanic begin encircling the pilot and start babbling technical terms while Brera sighs and went away

FangTheCat

Dumb
The Three spikes on the machines head which were normally facing back, move into the shape of a V at the front, a few plates of metal move to slightly different locations, After what seems to be a transformation, The single eye flashes.
"Lupus, Calm down.."
(I didn't get notified O_o )

Dumb

FangTheCat (Trans AM/Destroy mode in unicorn?)
the mechanic finally finished introducing the VF 25 messiah and its ai,which helps the pilot to gain control even outside the cockpit via hand signals "so,do you want us to fix it or do you want to fix it yourself?"
(yes the mechanic did not know the transformation)

FangTheCat

Dumb (it's gonna be called Lupus Rex, not quite Destroy mode.. but there is gonna be a mode similar to that in the future. ) "If you could fix it yourself that would be great, I don't have any idea how to fix anything..." (I'm on mobile rn so typing hard)

Dumb

FangTheCat "alright then,we shall try to fix it atleast",said the mechanic as he ran away to gather his crew and grab his equipments,soon,several groups of repair crew gather parts from the scrapyard to form a bigger funnel for the engine,and it fits almost perfectly,but the mech now looks slightly weird in a 3rd person perspective,as if it is wearing a giant snail shell"now.....this should fix the problem,although it looks ugly,it should atleast solve the problem of accumulation of particles,here,you can have a test flight if you want,lucifer is ready to launch and accompany you on your test flight"