*ARCHER*

"It's an honor to meet you, Sir" A girl with a thin complexion, pale skin, plum-colored hair, gray eyes and a great resemblance to her Wife, Hunter imagined that, having the color of Lisa's hair and her emerald eyes I swear it is a clone "My name is Cheryl Addans, Skull squad leader" Shake hands with her, according to her flight record she was impressive she almost reached Max in perfection, behind her was another boy leader of the Squad Vermilion Skull named Reggie Moss, I remembered him better now he was the one who welcomed us, who almost knocked us down when we just entered the Earth, and now when returning to the militia again all the pilots and their squadron leaders were presented, and as a first charge be warned that is why he was approaching the earth, what they saw from Icarus II.

Rick relaxed after a rather complicated day learning codes, names, regulations, shaking hands, signing documents, etc., his re-entry into the armed forces was not a simple task in fact he never was, according to his memories of serving for the militia it was a very exhausting and difficult job to carry, especially if it is alone, but for his good fortune he shared that path with his wife, Lisa Hayes, in addition to the work in the army she had to finish her memories that they expected They asked to be published at the end of the year to sell them as the closing of an entire story of a war hero and a great love story, but at this time Rick did not feel like writing anything, and sitting in front of the computer, the screen she only showed two words - Memories - without ideas that came to her head that I recline her back leaning on the back of the cushioned chair let her memories take her to when he was just a pilot, with his first position as a lieutenant, when his heart was beating for his two passions, flying and caprice towards a rising artist, Minmei, but even so his memories were more focused on his big brother Roy Fokker That Ace to fly and everything he learned from him aboard the SDF-1, on one side of his computer was that magazine that showed the article by TR Edwards and little by little a memory of a young polito came to him. the Army more for demonstrating that he was the best in his class than for love of service. Jack Archer a former mercenary leader of the wolf squad, who rescued him and Minmei in Granite city from an attack by rebels Zentraedis. "Young and promising pilot" Rick said under his breath even with his eyes closed remembering the few words that came to cross with him, he came to know his ideals, part of his life, his girlfriend Sam and his promises of love, she was two years older than him and suddenly those memories also appeared on Lisa's face, since Sam was Archer's commander in chief and he looked very much in love with her, a smile formed on my face as I also remembered that the true meaning of love for him, he discovered it while being with his commanding officer, with Lisa Hayes.

It's amazing how things change, Rick thought remembering everything about Jack Archer, He was a close friend of Roy Fokker, even though he was separated from Roy when the latter was assigned to the SDF-1's Fold space on Macross Island and know Roy until his funeral six months later. There he joined the ship once more. He was a fighter in the Malcontent Surveys after the war, where he had a personal enmity against the warlord Zeraal. Archer was seriously injured during the flight of SDF-1. Confined in a hospital bed for several months, he was finally discharged and transferred to the Alaska Base. When he learned that Roy Fokker had been killed on board the SDF-1, he visited the SDF-1 to attend the funeral of his fallen comrade. Before he could leave, he was caught in the middle of a battle between the forces of the warlord Zentraedi with Khyron and the SDF-1 over the city of Toronto. He met wolf squad, which had been split in two by the SDF maneuver, and joined his friend and colleague Izzy Randal in defending the SDF-1. During the battle, the SDF-1 implemented the omnidirectional barrier system to defend against Khyron's forces, and the Wolf Squadron joined in the effort to repel the attackers. They were forced to retreat when the system became overloaded, destroying the city.

A short time later, Archer participated in what was to be the final battle of the First Robotech War. After the devastation of the Earth by the Zentraedi, the Wolf Squadron joined the SDF-1 and the rest of the Robotech Defense Force in the assault on the armada of five million people. Encouraged by the forces of Zentraedi's evil zealots, Breetai, Azonia, and later Khyron, they launched a final and desperate attack on the Zentraedi fleet. During the battle, the wolf squad suffered numerous casualties at the hands of Zentraedi Ace, known as Kiyora, who was defeated by Archer for the first time in his service. Archer always maintained rivalry against Zeraal who had much more ambitious intentions. He wanted to take over the Earth, kill humanity and prepare for the arrival of the Robotech Masters.

After rescuing to Minmei and me, it increased Zeraal's hatred because he had foiled his plans to lower morale in Macross if the voice that had conquered an entire fleet and his new Ace died, to me, that would devastate hope, but frustrating his plans, Archer became a powerful enemy who shared the same stupid mentality as Edwards subjugate those who did not think like him. After leading several operations against the forces of Zeraal, Jack Archer and Hiro Ishi arrived at the city of the Small Table, where Zentraedis under the command of Skarrde and lieutenant of Zeraal Gorian ordered the killing of civilians trapped in the shelters. This infuriated Hiro, who went so far as to attempt to assassinate a crippled Skarrde. Archer intervened and turned to his friend to protect the wounded Zentraedi, who, as a result, would desert Zeraal's army. A short time later, Archer would also avenge the killing of civilians in Little Mesa by killing Gorian at the sight of Base-6.

During a standard patrol with his squad mates, Archer and his men were ambushed by unaffiliated Malcontents and were outnumbered and outgunned. In need of support, Archer sent repeated distress signals, which were received by me, and the skull squad who did not hesitate to support him under the command of my wife Lisa Hayes and thanks to Admiral Gloval we were not sanctioned for paying our posts and go to his rescue, that act quickly changed the tide and we captured all the rebels.
After the destruction of SDF-1 and 2 by Khyron, Zeraal would launch a direct assault on Base 6. Archer led the defense of the base, frustrating the attack by killing Kiyora, who was Zeraal's field commander after Gorian's death and Skarrde's betrayal. After this, Base-6 started a massive counter attack against Zeraal, with Jack leading the effort. In the end, Chase ordered him to eliminate Zeraal at any cost, and launched a direct assault on the city of Zentraedi., The Fortress of Zeraal. There he was trapped in a space fold with the renegade warlord and taken to the outskirts of the solar system, where the two finally found themselves face to face. Zeraal congratulated him for being a worthy adversary and reaching as far as he had done. However, then He began to rejoice, claiming that even if Archer managed to kill him, he could never return to Earth and die far from home. Archer simply replied: "If that's what it takes to get you off my planet, so be it."

It was the words I heard from Archer before losing contact with him. In that final battle, Archer killed the conqueror, and was adrift through space. During what he and all of us from the earth perceive as his last moments, what appeared to be a Zentraedi ship thawed near his wick. In this sense, we will not know if it was a rescue ship or an enemy ship.

Archer was lost in space, I can not imagine the anguish he must have felt as he moved farther and farther away from his beloved land, unable to say goodbye to his friends, to his loved ones, to Sam, his fiancee with whom he was expecting his first child , after declaring him dead in combat, Sam disappeared, I renounced the militia and before leaving in the SDF-3 we did not know anything about her, we did not know if she had her son or not, if she survived or not, "A great pilot , a good friend and an ally "I said finishing writing my memories about him on the computer, as part of my memories," I hope, somewhere, whether it's heavenly or, wherever he has turned to Sam and finally know his son "I closed the computer I stood up and walked to the window looking at the stars, at some point he will be there, I thought, I gave a loud sigh and before I could emit another thought remembering Jack Archer my phone rang, from the base a message from Reggie.

"Sir, that, that came from the sky has just hit the north of Europe, in Norway and sir, it is, it is an Invid ship"