The White Knight And Grim Reaper, A Fated Crossing

白騎士と死神、運命の交差 (しろきしとしにがみ、うんめいのこうさ Shirokishi to shinigami, unmei no kousa Eng: The White Knight And Grim Reaper, A Fated Crossing) is a 5☆ episode plate depicting the rivalry between the two pilots Messer Ihlefeld and Keith Aero Windermere. This episode plate is also the very fist 5☆ episode plate to be awarded from an event and is highly prized due to it's strong scoring potential and item note boosts.

=Plate Info=

=Context= The episode plate is a scene from the first episode of Macross Delta where Messer and Keith encounter each other for the first time on Al Shahal during Walkure's live performance. After saving Theo from being potentially shot down by Messer in his VF-31F Siegfried, Keith and Messer engage each other in close proximity. Keith couldn't help but notice the Grim Reaper insignia painted onto Messer's Valkyrie.

=Critique= A plate that has one of the lowest totals of the 5☆ plate pool, but has one of the greatest utility sets to make up for it. The weak Total Up center skill rating and a Lax Timing active skill do not contribute as much to a player's score compared to other plates, but a high ranked Score Up live skill is a blatant message to players that this plate should never be equipped as the center main plate for scoring maximization. On top of the item note boost, this plate earns a spot in any team, including teams that are not star-based thanks to the Score Up live skill making up any deficits from stats and attribute bonuses. Sadly, this plate is limited to the Super Dimension Venus event, and players who joined the game late or did not earn this plate will have to hope the event will be reissued in the future in order to get their hands on it. Those who did work hard to earn enough copies to unlock the secret board should consider this plate to be a strong candidate for lucky leaf upgrades.