Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:53 PM
well this is an other pro unseen. from my research Harmmony Gold does not own the skins of the unseen. FASA does both in the courts of the US and in Japan. FASA did enter an agreement with Harmony Gold not to use the unseen from Macross/Robotech even tho FASA can legaly use them. the unseen that this includes are the stinger, wasp, valkerie, phoenixhawk, crusader, rifleman, archer, warhammer, maruader, ostascout, ostacol, and ostroc. the other unseen locaust, scorpion, griffion, shadowhawk, wolverine, thunderbolt, battlemaster, and the golith are taken from Dolgrum. these mechs have never had thier legal status challenged. thier use is given. the only thing that the unseen share is the skin, in all other aspects they are different mechs. for example a warhammer from battletech/mechwarrior is not the same mech as a tomahawk from macros/robotech. even tho they look the same they are two vastly different machines.
all that needs to be done to stinger, wasp, valkerie, phoenixhawk, and crusader is to remove the "wings" from the back of the torso. the stinger and wasp is not really needed as the spider fills thier role. All PGI really needs to do is work thier magic in updating/reskinning the old unseen mechs as they have done for ones all ready in game.