![]() The escaped prisoners manage to pilot a stolen Zentraedi Regult battle pod into space when the SDF-1 comes under attack.Upon her arrival in the solar system, Azonia leads an attack on the SDF-1 as a decoy while sending her top ace pilot Miriya Parino to insert micronized Zentraedi spies into the SDF-1 undetected.Following his failure to recapture the fugitive humans, Breetai is relieved of his command, and his replacement, Commander Azonia, is put in charge of recapturing the SDF-1. During their captivity, the human prisoners manage to escape.Not understanding the significance of this to the Zentraedi, Hayes and Hunter mistakenly interpret this word to be the Zentraedi name for the alien power source used by the SDF-1 and their mecha. The Zentraedi were referring to pre-Zentraedi humanoid culture, which the Robotech Masters so strictly forbid them from coming into contact with. 1 During this interrogation, the humans first hear the term “Protoculture”. The human prisoners are taken back to the headquarters of the Zentraedi Main Fleet, where they are interrogated by Dolza, the Supreme Commander of all the Zentraedi.SDF-1 Operations Officer, Lieutenant Commander Lisa Hayes and the Vermillion Group (Flight Leader – 2nd Lieutenant Rick Hunter and Corporals Max Sterling and Ben Dixon) are captured by the Zentraedi while on a reconnaissance mission.While the SDF-1 hides in the asteroid belt, a Zentraedi ship under command of Khyron fires on the SDF-1’s command tower, destroying its long range radar.In addition to new recruits from the civilian population of Macross, Destroid pilots are trained and re-assigned as Valkyrie pilots, and infantrymen are trained to replace the Destroid pilots. On the SDF-1, new pilots continue to be trained to replace combat loses.Despite the loss of the intercepted transmissions, the Zentraedi crew of the scout ship report their findings back to their commander, Breetai.On a routine patrol, 3rd Lieutenant Rick Hunter takes a prototype Armored Veritech into combat and destroys a Zentraedi Cyclops reconnaissance scout which was monitoring the Miss Macross Pageant broadcast.Lynn Minmei is crowned “Miss Macross”.Zentraedi commander Khyron’s Botoro Battalion launch a vicious attack, but the SDF-1 is able to escape when the reflex furnaces of the base are detonated, destroying the gravity mines. While attempting to collect supplies from the abandoned Mars Base Sara, the SDF-1 is rendered immobile by a Zentraedi gravity mine trap.The “Pinpoint Barrier System” and the “Daedalus Attack” are employed for the first time. The SDF-1 engages a Zentraedi force in the Battle of Saturn’s Rings.Rescue team is sent, destroys base with charges set at the protoculture reactor core.Zentraedi from the Pandora OP capture the crew of a VE-1 reconnaissance Veritech. A modular transformation of the ship is initiated, allowing for the SDF-1 to fire its main guns, resulting in the destruction of an attacking Zentraedi force.The main guns of the SDF-1 are found to be useless after the power conduits between the generators and guns were lost when the fold drive vanished.Reconstruction of Macross City inside the SDF-1 commences.The Prometheus and Daedalus are attached to the SDF-1 as mecha carriers and begin to conduct flight operations.Supplies and resources, along with much of Macross City, are also transferred inside the SDF-1. Recovery of civilians from the safety of the Macross Island shelters is successfully completed.Forecasting the SDF-1’s most like route back to Earth, the Zentraedi establish an Observation Post (OP) on Saturn’s moon Pandora.Malfunction also results in the complete disappearance of the fold system. A malfunction of the ship’s fold system results in a hyperspace jump, taking the SDF-1 and Macross Island to the orbit of the planet Pluto instead of its intended target near the moon.The main guns of the SDF-1 automatically fire and destroy two approaching Zentraedi scout ships.The Zentradi‘s Vrlitwhai Fleet, led by Commander Breetai, arrives within the Solar System.Official launch ceremonies celebrating the maiden voyage of the SDF-1 Macross begin on Macross Island.(For a full list of sources, please see below.)
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