VFH-10 Armored Gyro Assault Chopper
Affiliation:	Robotech Expeditionary Force Army of the Southern Cross
dimensions
fighter mode
Length:	9.0 m
Wingspan:	6.9 m
Height:	3.0 m
helicopter mode
Length:	9.0 m
Wingspan:	6.9 m
Height:	3.2 m
battloid mode
Height:	8.9 m
Depth:	2.5 m
Breadth:	2.8 m
specifications
Armaments:	2 x single or twin barreled beam cannon gunpod(s) on the arm(s) (fire in all modes) 1 x single barreled beam cannon in the nose sensor cluster (fires in fighter and helicopter mode) 2 x launcher for cluster missiles, 12 missiles total (fire in all modes)
Crew:	1

The VFH-10 Armored Gyro Assault Chopper (VFH-10 AGAC), also known as the Ajax, is the last series of veritechs that was developed by the Army of the Southern Cross of the United Earth Government. They were part of a cooperative effort by the space and ground forces of the Southern Cross with the intention of creating a war machine that equally at home attacking an enemy in deep space or near the ground. Whilst not an excellent atmospheric fighter, it was quite capable in that role and large numbers of these vehicles were produced that saw service extensively in the Second Robotech War and briefly in the Third Robotech War.

Amongst the space forces, the fighter and Battloid modes were used whilst the ground forces made use of the helicopter along with Battloid modes. A majority of Ajax's were assigned to the space forces in order to replace the lost units. They were rarely used as a high performance fighter as this was not their function though in space their many engines provided them not only good acceleration but superb control. The multiple beam cannons were capable of being used without any loss in effective range. An AGAC's helicopter mode allowed it to hover behind cover more effectively than the earlier generations of veritechs due to it holding a smaller profile than Guardian modes of such mecha. The beam cannons functioned well at medium range and its missiles were highly effective against both space based or ground based targets.

These veritechs had a less extensive transformation sequence compared to veritech fighters allowing the design to be kept relatively small and simple. All its weapons were mounted in gun or missile pods making it easy to switch and maintain. Ajax's proved to be a highly successful design though it suffered grievous losses against the Robotech Masters.

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