However, with the immense power wielded by the Laser-class BETA, armor protection for TSFs remains a low-return concept compared to attack avoidance. Armor on the upper body segment also aids in maneuverability by improving the active instability aspect of a TSF a higher center of gravity improves the execution time of maneuvers during combat. Mobility is not just all that TSFs have, however they are also armored in an anti-projectile and heat-resistant composite that has been further treated with anti-laser coating. Sub-arms positioned underneath the shoulder-block armor allow TSFs a wide range of arm movement without interference. One example is the wide-ranged rotational capability of a TSF's shoulders and elbows, allowing them to engage targets directly behind them even without gun-equipped Mount Pylons. TSF mobility is further enhanced by their joint construction the combined usage of carbon actuators and multiple joints structures in a single joint segment impart TSFs with high operating limits and shock-absorbing capabilities during battle. External tanks can be attached to a TSF for increased operational time and distance. Jump Units produce thrust by processing specialized jet fuel, usually stored in the Jump Units themselves or in storage tanks in a TSF's legs. Their legs and arms are moved with carbon actuators, superconducting bands of carbon-based material that expand and contract based on the electrical current passed though them the electricity to power the carbon actuators come from a combination of batteries and magnesium fuel cells. TSF movement is a combination of bipedal locomotion and thrust from their Jump Units. Since their first deployment in 1974, TSFs have become essential to humanity's survival over the 30-year war. To circumvent the overwhelming anti-air superiority of the Laser-class BETA, TSFs were thus developed as all-purpose assault units, able to fight in urban areas, on uneven terrain, and 3-dimensional combat within the interior of BETA Hives without their maneuverability being constrained in the heat of battle, following the successful deployment of bipedal mechanized units such as the Feedback Protector and NCAF-X1 used in the preceding First Lunar War. In the alternate timelines of Unlimited and Alternative, the invasion of Earth by the BETA began in 1974. (IW) A Type-94 Shiranui displays the flexibility typical of TSF joint construction. Model kits for TSFs are produced by Kotobukiya. TSF action figures are currently produced by Volks (in their A3 =Advanced System of Action Arms= and Tactical Surface Fighter Model Collection lines) and Kaiyodo (in their Revoltech line). That said, senjutsuki should be read as TSF, due to it being the closest acronym equivalent of the Japanese term. It was never used in the trilogy games as the story was set in Japan and therefore use the Japanese terminology. However, this terminology was only first seen nine months following Alternative's release in promotional materials for Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse. The official translation of the name is " Tactical Surface Fighter". Senjutsuki (戦術機, "tactical fighter"), or senjutsuhokousentouki (戦術歩行戦闘機, "tactical walking fighter aircraft"), are large bipedal machines, and are a primary weapon system used to combat the aliens known as the BETA in the Muv-Luv Unlimited and Muv-Luv Alternative visual novel games, as well as their spinoff/side-story works. Text: Born in a purgatory with no future, nourished with the blood and viscera of the grotesque, the threads of hope spun decay, a sword to determine their annihilation. A poster of various TSFs of American, Japanese, and Soviet origin.
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