A fierce gunfight allows the humans to find a battlepod and return to Captain Gloval and the crew of the SDF-1. With his fighter still intact, Max sneaks his way through the Zentraedi ship and finds his comrades. Held captive in a Zentraedi prison cell, Rick, Lisa, and Ben try to figure a way off the massive alien ship. Minmei's victory in the Miss Macross pageant opens many opportunities for her. They witness the awesome power and destructive capability of their alien adversaries, but also discover their captors are mysteriously disturbed by something entirely different. Rick, Lisa, and Ben are captured and brought before Zentraedi leader Dolza. The Zentraedi ambush Lisa and brings her to Breetai's flagship, where the three pilots come face to face with Breetai himself. The Zentraedi use the opportunity to study human culture further by sending a reconnaissance craft to tap on the pageant broadcast.Īn unauthorized assault by Khyron on an asteroid damages the SDF-1's radar systems, forcing Lisa to go on a scout mission with Rick, Max, and Ben protecting her. Minmei joins the Miss Macross pageant while Rick Hunter is sent on patrol. However, an attack by Khyron distracts him from another thing on his mind - attending Minmei's 16th birthday. In the midst of the fight, SDF-1 First Officer Lisa Hayes tries to find out whether her old fiance, Carl Riber, is still alive.Īwarded a medal for saving Lisa in Mars, Rick is promoted to lieutenant and introduced to his new wingmen, Ben Dixon and Max Sterling.

However, the Zentraedi lie in wait with a new commander, Khyron, raring for glory. The SDF-1, transformed back into ship mode once more, arrives at a human outpost on Mars to gather fresh supplies, but discover that the base was damaged in a battle years before and had no survivors. Rick takes up Roy's advice and joins the Robotech Defense Force, which plans to break through the Zentraedi blockade through Saturn's rings. The SDF-1 crew rebuilds Macross City once more to take the transformation into account. The idea is soon tested in a battle with the Zentraedi, but renders much damage to Macross City. The SDF-1 crew discover that the spacefold drive they used to make the jump has disappeared, but stumble upon an idea to transform the ship. Roy Fokker encourages Rick to join the Robotech Defense Force. Having been rescued from the fallout shelters of whatever is left of Macross Island, the citizens attempt to normalize their life aboard the giant battle fortress. Rick and Minmei try to survive inside the uncharted space of the SDF-1 where they crash-landed, but are eventually stumbled upon and rescued by construction crews assigned to rebuild Macross City inside the ship.

Meanwhile, Rick tries to bring Minmei back to her family, but crashland in a section of the SDF-1. The consequences of the jump turn out to be totally unexpected. A Zentraedi ambush forces SDF-1 skipper Captain Gloval to go back to Macross Island and attempt a hyperspace jump. The SDF-1 successfully flies off Macross Island to link up with other Earth forces in orbit. After witnessing the transformation of his Veritech fighter plane, Rick rescues a young girl named Lynn Minmei. The Zentraedi troops assault Macross Island to capture the SDF-1, which fails a liftoff attempt. Young sport pilot Rick Hunter has his first experience with a rather odd fighter plane. At the ship's launch in 2009, a race of giant alien warriors, the Zentraedi, appear and attack Earth in a bid to capture the vessel. The international scientific community spends the next ten years reconstructing the damaged ship, called the SDF-1. Episode list The Macross Saga (36 episodes) #Īn abandoned alien battle fortress crash-lands on Earth in 1999, stopping a world war in the process.

Breetai exedore robotech