Disclaimer: I do not own the rights or any thing under the name of Robotech or Super Dimensional Fortress Macross. Nor do I own anything that I may cross this story with, they are all owned by their respective owners. I do not own the original idea that spawned this story, that belongs to CSS Stravag, though I do own my own plot. I only my own characters and mecha I created for the purpose of this story.
Robotech: A Long Road
An Robetech/Macross General Crossover Novella
Written by William R. Woods aka Deathzealot
With input and ideas from SethMKlein and Barbatisrahl
Author's Foreword:
Generally this idea got started when I was discussing CSS Stravag's excellent Archangel's Amazing Adventures with my friend SethMKlien during an IM session and I mentioned something about seeing another ship in the Archangel's position. We then started to throw out various ships all the way from the Nadesico from Martian Successor Nadesico to our own created ships, when the SDF-1 Macross was thrown out by myself. This started a general brainstorm about this idea over several days, hence this wonderful story was born.
Now I liked to mention that I shall mix several elements from both Robotech and SDF Macross series, like the name of the SDF-1 shall be the Macross even before the Zentreadi attack. Also the island that the SDF-1 landed on shall have the Macross name of South Ataria Island. Another thing changed with the Robotech story is that there is no official Robotech Defense Forces, instead the United Nations of Earth Defense Command replaces it, and the UNEDC consists of the UNE Spacy, UNE Army, UNE Air Force, and the UNE Marines. Later on the story the gathered military of the Macross shall start be called the Macross Defense Forces. Since when the story starts the ship has its usual Spacy Complement along with Army, Air Force, and Marines forces on board.
Anyhow as for the various crossovers, like Stravag I shall keep them close to my chest and not really tell you all till such time the Macross gets there. Though I shall mentioned the first universe on this crazy adventure shall the Universe of Stargate SG-1. Which happens to be one of my all-time favorite Sci-Fi Series ever! There are several reasons behind this universe being the first stop, that I shall not really get into. Even I would like to mention that the SDF-1 shall be dropped a few years after the SG-1 episode Unending along with both movies. There are several reasons behind this decision. Many might ask why this instead of somewhere along the canon story of SG-1 or Atlantis, or heck even during one of the movies. All I am going to say is that I have my reasons and that is final.
Now the Veritech Group of the SDF-1 shall be quite different from both my original idea, and the series itself. The normal Veritech squadron should number twelve planes, instead of the original sixteen, I have changed this for several reasons. Also I have removed the VS-1 Veritech due a couple further reasons, one being is that it is a sort of a one of kind idea, and kind of pointless with the multi-environment VF-1 being the main fighter of the entire UNEDC. Instead it shall be replaced with the VA-3 Intruder Attack Veritech, something else I am taking from Macross. Since it is not really known when it is introduced I am putting into the start of the series. Not to mention it is an awesome looking mecha! The Intruder Squadrons would be eight instead of twelve planes, due to that modern Navy Squadrons have a difference between normal Fighter Squadrons, and Attack Squadrons. Anyways that is about it for the Veritech Group.
Now lastly I like to mention the SDF-1 shall be jumping between universes very differently than the Archangel does in Amazing Adventures, for one I am not including the world of Rayearth. Hence their shall be no magic or whatever to help them jump around, though I may introduce magic along the road somewhere. Instead the Macross shall be jumping thanks to its malfunctioning fold drive, which shall be further explained as the story unfolds.
Now that all that is out of the way I like to say one more thing before we jump to the story and follow what misadventures the Macross is going to get itself into. That is that I am going to have a far larger cast then either Macross or even Robotech, for I never really liked the spotlight just on Rick and friends. There could be a few minor characters like someone living in Macross City or a Destroid Pilot or even a mechanic fixing various things around the ship. So many new characters that are not in either series will be introduced as the story unfolds. Granted I know not to have a to large of a cast, so there shall not be that many more new characters. (I Hope!)
Anyhow now that everything has explained and laid down, it is time to get to the main event. So I ask all trays and seats in there upright positions, and please keep all appendages instead the story at all times. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy The Long Road.
William R. Woods
April 23, 2009
EDITED: February 15, 2011
EDITED (2/15/11): Alright everyone! This story is going through a through look-over, and rewriting a few parts. This is due to several reasons including that I haven't even touched this story in over a year therefore I have noticed a few things that need some changing, or readers have remarked about something or another. No worries! I don't plan on completely rewriting the story, I am just add or removing some parts of the story. Also please reread the Veritech Section of the foreword due to some changes I am making. Anyways I hope you all enjoy.
Story 1st Opening Theme and BGM is Concordia by Krypteria
Prologue: The Second Jump
The first fold jump, the one originally to get the Macross behind the moon, was very intense for the crew of the ship. While the second jump was even more intense and there even a bunch shakes. It downright scared many of us, for not a single one of us had experienced a fold before. While we had theories and data from unmanned test fold jumps, we never personally gone through one. Even then we knew that this was not a normal fold.
Excerpt from the Personal Journal of Lieutenant Claudia La Salle
Circa. April 3, 2009
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Orbit of Plato
Sol System
March 30, 2009
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The cold and almost lifeless planet known as Plato is sometimes the last planet in the Sol System. It always has been a mystery to the inhabitants of the third planet of the System, the one known as Earth or even Terra. Ever since man first started to roam around the system, their own large backyard, just under nine years before, Plato was one planet many wanted to explore. At least after Earth's own natural satellite and Earth's neighboring planet of Mars. A small research and observation outpost was built into the icy and frozen landscape of Plato. It was a lonely existence for the small crew of nine people of the outpost, for besides a single supply ship every fourteen months, from the larger mining outpost on Jupiter's largest moon, they were pretty much alone at the Plato Research Outpost. However this all changed when only weeks before the SDF-1 Macross unexpectedly jumped into the orbit dragging the ship's home for the past ten years, South Ataria Island with it. Shocked at the appearance of a ship they had only heard about and not seen, the crew of the Plato Outpost soon started to help the large ship find the various civilian shelters on the now frozen over island for some had broken away from the main island and as such where hidden by the various icy clusters that had once been the surrounding ocean of the island. Also with the Macross's communication system temporarily out of commission, the Outpost managed to shoot off a report to Earth using their own Communication System. However soon enough another more alien like ship appeared in Plato's Orbit and started to attack the much smaller Macross. Thankfully the powerful main gun of the Macross managed to destroy the enemy ship with one powerful blast. Only a handful of enemy fighters remained and were soon being hunted down by the SDF-1's own defending fighters. The Orbit of Plato was once again peaceful, but the crew of the Fortress knew that it would not last for long. However at the same time they were not about to leave the small outpost to be destroyed by the alien forces, so the outpost was soon evacuated and its equipment that could be moved was taken to the SDF-1. On the bridge of the mighty ship the ship's captain stood by the bridge's main view port and looked out at the planet before him along with small frozen asteroid that once was the island known as South Ataria. The others on the bridge tried to ignore the standing captain and went about their duties but one of them, a brown haired young woman walked over to her captains side.
"Captain, Commander Fokker reports that the last enemy battle pod has been destroyed and they are returning to the ship. Also Shuttles MAC-07 and MAC-09 are on final approach, they should be on board momentarily," the woman reported as she stood at attention next to the older captain. The man looked over at her and sighed before turning around to walk back to his command chair sitting in the middle of the small command bridge of the ship.
"Very well once the two shuttles on board, we should start heading for Earth at sub-light speeds, hopefully Dr. Lang shall finish the repairs on the Fold System and we can get back to Earth easier…" the captain said in his thick Russian like accent as he sat down in his chair. However he was interrupted when one of the bridge techs turned to look at him and started to speak.
"Sir, Dr. Lang wishes to speak with you. I am now transferring him to your handset sir," the young woman reported looking over at her captain. The captain, Henry J. Gloval frowned as he looked over at her before shaking his head and picking up a phone like attachment built into the armrest on his chair.
"This is the Captain," Captain Gloval said with a frown as he listened to the person on the other end of the line. The man's eyebrow rose in surprise for a moment before he started to nod to himself. The six others on the bridge looked at each other before looking at the seated captain silently wondering what was going on.
"Very well Doctor, I understand your warning. However I must admit that we might need to use it if we are forced too, and yes I know that if anything happens it shall not be your fault. Thank you doctor," Captain Gloval said into the handset before dropping it back into its cradle. With a sigh he looked ahead for a moment before looking over the bridge crew who all looked at him impatiently. Captain Gloval looked over them and started chuckling to himself before saying something under his breath in Russian, his native tongue, before turning to address his loyal bridge-crew.
"Dr Lang reports that the Fold System is operational, but he warns that something is still wrong with it and he does not understand it. So he warns that if we have to use it to get away from the aliens, that it may not work or it even may send us even further away from the Solar System. However we might not have a choice but to use it. Anyhow have Commander Fokker and…" he says with another light chuckle however he is brutally interrupted as the sensor station starts to beep harshly at its operator, one Lieutenant Junior Grade Vanessa Leeds. The young woman turned to look in shock at her station before reading what was displayed there.
"Captain! Thirteen more enemy ships have jumped in, five are similar to the one we had destroyed earlier while the eight others are smaller and look to be escorts. They are now advancing on us and launching fighters, count is over five hundred and climbing! Contact in ten minutes! Orders sir!" the young officer reported with a hint of fear in her voice. The other young woman, Ensign Sammie Porter in charge of ship's internal communications and Ensign Kim Young in charge of the ship's internal systems of the ship, looked shocked at Vanessa. The two ladies standing near the front of the bridge, Lieutenant Commander Lisa Hayes the ship's collected chief tactical officer which is in charge of the various fighters and other craft on the ship, and Lieutenant Claudia La Salle the ships communication and weaponry officer. Lisa had just returned to her station after reporting to the Captain about the Shuttles. The final member of the crew, Commander Megumi Tanaka, the Japanese born first officer of the ship who is also the ship's chief navigator. All six ladies looked at their captain wondering with various emotions displayed on their faces, all wondering what they should do now.
"God help us, we could have taken about three to five of those ships, however that large of a fleet at the same time however is not something we should go against without some form of support. I guess we are going to have to use the fold system anyways. Sammie have Dr. Lang power up the fold drive and Megumi prepare the ship for fold. Target Earth's Fourth LaGrange Point," Captain Gloval ordered with a sigh of defeat and slumped shoulders for he knew that it was not really a good idea to use the Fold System, but he had no choice. He not only had a crew of 15,000 to protect, but the 500,000 some civilians the ship was now carrying that he had to protect.
"But captain you just said we shouldn't use…" Megumi said with a frown looking over at him, from her station just forward a bit from Lisa's and Claudia's stations.
"I know that Commander, but we have no choice in the matter do we. We have to protect the civilians, and we cannot take on all of those ships by ourselves," the captain replied with a small snarl in his words. The commander's face tightened in understanding before she nodded in answer to the captain's orders before turning back to her station.
"All sections, prepare for Hyperspace Fold. T-Minus Five minutes till fold," Sammie ordered over the ship's internal communication system, before repeating the message once more. As the enemy ships slowly approached Sammie started counting down to fold. Megumi at her station leaned forward and looked down at her station as she start typing commands into the console. Captain Gloval looked tired as he looked out at the view port once more and looked at Plato. He really hoped that the Fold worked and that it won't destroy the ship. As the countdown approached it's end, the ship started to shake brutally and as the counter reach T-Minus Ten Seconds, Gloval closed his eyes and prayed this actually worked.
"5…4…3…2… 1… Zero! Jump!" Megumi said and entered the final command into her station as their world suddenly went white as the ship jumped, leaving behind the approaching ships. The enemy ships paused a moment before powering up their own Fold Drives and leaving as well. Finally the orbit of Plato was quiet and peaceful once more. Unknown to the crew of the Macross and their alien enemies they jumped right out of this spatial universe and into yet another one. For the ship's Fold Drive while being damaged by the first jump from Earth to Pluto, it also shifted slightly and now is able to take the ship out of universes and into another one. What impact will the SDF-1 Macross have on the various other universes and what shall happen to their own home universe while they are away from it. Well the road shall be a long one and it shall be a long while before the Macross returns.
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Post Chapter Author Notes:
Well that is done. Anyways I like mention that Commander Tanaka is the first new character I shall introduce. I am sure I am going to get many reviews saying that Lisa is the XO of the ship, however I like to point out that in Macross she is only the Chief Tactical Officer, only later is she assigned to be the XO of the ship. I at first wanted to have Megumi only stand by the Gloval's chair and not really have a station on the bridge. However since Lisa who in Robotech is the XO and actually had a duty station besides standing around, I thought to give Megumi a station as well. Hence I decided to have Vanessa only the sensor operator and not have the secondary duty of navigator. I gave the duty of navigator to Megumi instead.
Anyways I hope you all like the first chapter of the Long Road. Next stop is the SG1 universe like I mentioned before. However I would also like to mention that if anyone wants to see any other universe that they want to see the Macross being dropped into, feel free to tell me. I may even put it in here somewhere.
Anyhow, I also like to mention to those readers who are reading Honor, and wondering what my plans for that story are. Well I am going to try something new and see about writing two stories concurrently similar to how Solid Shark does it or I may do something else. But the main point is that I have no plans on abandoning Honor so everyone can relax. Till I get back Honor enjoy this small taste of my writing.
-William R. Woods
CHAPTER EDITED: 2/15/2011
Nothing much changed in this chapter besides changing the Zentraedi Fleet that forces the SDF-1 to jump from only four ships to several. Realized that the SDF-1 managed to take on a similar amount in canon a couple times therefore increased the size of the fleet. Other changes are small, and most likely are not even noticed at all. Expect a larger change in the next chapter, which shall be uploaded sometime tomorrow. Till then Ciao!
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Omake #01
"Yesterday's Macross"
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With a large globe of light and sound effects the SDF-1 Macross appeared at its attended destination though it should be noted that it was kind of off, time-wise anyways. For surrounding the planet was numerous automated defense platforms and stations along with the three hundred plus vessels of the New UN Spacy Home Defense Fleet. All of which had their weapons trained on the lonely little ship that is the SDF-1 Macross. On the bridge of this ship the gathered bridge crew could only gawk out the viewport at the all the firepower now aimed at their ship. A few gulps of fear could be heard from the younger bridge crew members while the few hardcore veterans of the ship, Captain and first officer included only paled in fright at the sight. Suddenly the communication station started to beeping frantically for the attention of the on-duty communication officer. After shaking her head the officer shakily started to read the small display on her station before turning to the captain with a shocked look on her face.
"Captain! We are being hailed by a ship identifying itself as the SDFN-3 Fokker and its commander Vice Admiral Claudia La Salle!" the frightened tech finally managed to say after a few false tries. The Captain, along with the rest of the bridge crew, turned to look at the now surprised weapons officer who was incidentally named Claudia La Salle as well, though at the moment she was only a Lieutenant Senior Grade a long way from a Vice Admiral. The Captain could only say one thing to this all.
"Oh bugger!"
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This serves as a nod to both the Star Trek Next Generation Episode Yesterday Enterprise, and the official timeline for Macross. Basically, a what if that drops the Long Road Version of the Macross into the world of Macross Frontier. That is about it folks!