Editing VF-1 Valkyrie (section)

====Battroid mode====
[[File:VF-1S-Strike-Valkyrie-03.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Battroid mode]]
In Battroid mode (called "Battloid Mode" in ''Robotech''), the VF-1 looks like a fighter airplane folded up to resemble a 12.7-meter-tall (42-foot-tall) humanoid.<ref name="Mechanic"/><ref name=Battroid>[http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/macross/] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423043348/http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/macross/ |date=April 23, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/macross/secret.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616020514/http://www25.advfilms.com/titles/macross/secret.html |date=June 16, 2007 }}</ref> The legs are now straight and bend in the normal direction; the sides of the nose now resemble a human chest and shoulders (where the arms attach), and the laser turret is now a head.

While the Battroid mode has some limited altitude control, its primary purpose is for ground [[hand-to-hand combat]], which enabled Earth forces to fight the [[Zentradi|giant alien invaders]] on their own scale as the military had anticipated they would need.<ref name="Battroid"/> As shown in the original TV series, this mode allowed the humans to disguise their VF-1 as a Zentradi officer and to infiltrate one of their warships during a rescue operation. The VF-1 valkyrie in battroid mode is also much stronger than the average Zentradi soldier and is able to defeat them in unarmed combat with ease. However, the superior size, physical strength, endurance and [[Effect of spaceflight on the human body|resistance to space vacuum]] of Commander Type Zentradi makes them much more dangerous and equal opponents for the Valkyrie.

In Battroid mode, the VF-1 has a maximum airspeed of {{convert|220|kph|mph|abbr=on}}. Its maximum running speed is {{convert|160|kph|mph}}. In this mode, the Valkyrie can also be equipped with a [[reactive armor]] package called the GBP-1S Ground Battle Protector weapon system. Manufactured by ''Shinnakasu Heavy Industries'' this pack is armed with fifty-six {{convert|28|cm|in|abbr=on}} diameter ''Erlikon'' GH-32 Grenade Crusher high maneuverability micro-missiles (twenty-two mounted in two shoulder launchers, ten mounted in two chest launchers, sixteen mounted in side leg launchers, and eight mounted in rear leg launchers), eighteen ''Erlikon'' GA-100 Crusher high-speed armor-penetrating projectiles mounted in two lower arm launchers, and six ''Remington'' H-22T large hand grenades mounted on torso. This armor pack has to be ejected to allow the Valkyrie's transformation into GERWALK and Fighter modes.<ref name="VF-1"/>