Keith doesn't get a buff, he's just super-Windamere amongst the already superhuman Windamere species and that was just his natural heightened abilities as a Windamere. Messer had a fold-buff pseudo newtype thing going on where he finally gets onto Keith's level, but gets blindsided by not just the Lil Draken drone flying in to take the hit and limit Messer's vision, but the hidden laser inside his Draken's nose.
Usually Draken Valkyries are fitted with Lil Draken drones on the side of their wings that act as lasers and extra weapons, before deploying as drones.
The drones are kind of like Funnels or Dragoons or Bits in Gundam where they're work alongside the pilot. Considering the enhanced physical abilities of the Windamere, it's not unexpected for them to be able to control or influence how the Lil Draken maneuvers while flying.
It's not a rookie mistake, even seasoned fighters can get caught off guard by a tactic. It's called human error and Messer misread Keith's movements. Messer wasn't a jobber as you make him out to be, he just finally hit his human limits even after being enhanced by fold waves and bacteria.
How do you beat these super humanoid pilots? Well that's going to get touched on later on in the series. We see Hayate kill one earlier in the series, only because that one was locked on to Mirage and was caught and flanked. We'll no doubt see more coordinated movements and teamwork between Mirage and Hayate if the opening cinematic is to go by.
Hayate's ability to pilot on the level of a super humanoid by following the "wind", when he unconsciously resonates with external fold waves and emitting his own. An ability he will only further develop as he's what you would consider an "evolved" humanoid compared to the rest of the Delta Squad.
In this universe of Macross, fold technology is the equivalent of Minovsky particles in Gundam and we get to see these humanoid characters further progress and evolve into "Newtypes" through better awareness of their surroundings, environment, and relationships with people. It's not going to be done the same way as Gundam, but the way it's setup and the way Macross touches on human and extraterrestrial relationships, it's similar.
That's at least the speculation and discussion amongst MacLog.
Usually Draken Valkyries are fitted with Lil Draken drones on the side of their wings that act as lasers and extra weapons, before deploying as drones.
The drones are kind of like Funnels or Dragoons or Bits in Gundam where they're work alongside the pilot. Considering the enhanced physical abilities of the Windamere, it's not unexpected for them to be able to control or influence how the Lil Draken maneuvers while flying.
It's not a rookie mistake, even seasoned fighters can get caught off guard by a tactic. It's called human error and Messer misread Keith's movements. Messer wasn't a jobber as you make him out to be, he just finally hit his human limits even after being enhanced by fold waves and bacteria.
How do you beat these super humanoid pilots? Well that's going to get touched on later on in the series. We see Hayate kill one earlier in the series, only because that one was locked on to Mirage and was caught and flanked. We'll no doubt see more coordinated movements and teamwork between Mirage and Hayate if the opening cinematic is to go by.
Hayate's ability to pilot on the level of a super humanoid by following the "wind", when he unconsciously resonates with external fold waves and emitting his own. An ability he will only further develop as he's what you would consider an "evolved" humanoid compared to the rest of the Delta Squad.
In this universe of Macross, fold technology is the equivalent of Minovsky particles in Gundam and we get to see these humanoid characters further progress and evolve into "Newtypes" through better awareness of their surroundings, environment, and relationships with people. It's not going to be done the same way as Gundam, but the way it's setup and the way Macross touches on human and extraterrestrial relationships, it's similar.
That's at least the speculation and discussion amongst MacLog.
Kaname singing sounded ace during that ending scene. 