Episode 14: Blitz, Prelude to Victory

[Episode begins with Robotech3:Dark Odyssey Theme and scenes from the previous episode.]

Narrator: In our last episode of Robotech3: Dark Odyssey, the campaign of Optera were not faring well as the appearance of the Invid Collective Ace, Ocampa'Shea devastated one fighter group after another and moral begins to sink low as the hellish conflict escalates. Roy Hunter then faces the Kulagi ace for a showdown that may decide the outcome of the Optera campaign.

Ocampa'Shea: Well come on then, I'm not going anywhere.

[Roy Hunter unsheathed his Energy Blade and rushes towards Ocampa'Shea who raises his Energy Blade Staff in anticipation of the enemy.]

Roy Hunter: RRAAAAAAAA!!

Ocampa'Shea: GGGRRRRAAAAA!!!

[Energy Blades impact one another as both prepare their weapons for the next blow. Ocanpa'Shea begins to sideswipe his opponents legs, but Roy Hunter leaps into the air and kicks into Ocampa'Shea's head. Ocampa'Shea lightly recovers from the blow and raises his arm to fire his Plasma cannon. Roy Hunter activates the shield device in his fore arms and reflects the plasma disk back at Ocampa'Shea, who makes a martial arts flip out of the path of the plasma disk.]

Ocampa'Shea: You are highly trained human.

Roy Hunter: Likewise, I think?

Ocampa'Shea: But not trained ENOUGH!!!!

[Ocampa'Shea makes a full thrust strike with his energy blade staff towards Roy Hunter.]

Ocampa'Shea: DDDDDIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Roy Hunter ducks and grabs the warlord's feet when he was several feet passed him and tossed the battloid upon the ground. Ocampa'Shea rose from the dust and fired all of his weapons at Roy Hunter.]

Roy Hunter: Oh shit!

[Roy Hunter barely misses the bombardment and fires his Energy Gunpod at Ocampa'Shea and his missiles and attack drones. The gunpod blew up all but one of the attack drones, all of the missiles and half if the warlord's chest.]

Ocampa'Shea: Insolent insect!

Roy Hunter: Fagget slug!

[Both then rushed towards each other with Energy Blades blazing and clashed as each tries to score a blow at his enemies mecha. The energy blade fight lasted for several minutes until their mecha were on the verge of overheating and primed to explode. Roy Hunter grabbed his Gallant 95 and Energy Blade and was the first to deactivate his VAF-8's and get out of the overheated mecha.]

Ocampa'Shea[VO]: So, did you decide to surrender to the Invid Collective?

Roy Hunter: In your dreams, flower breath.

[Int. shot of Ocampa'Shea's cockpit]

Ocampa'Shea: Then you die- What the?

[His screens showed him that his mecha was overheated and is primed to explode.]

Ocampa'Shea: This isn't happening. It's not happening! IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN!!!!

[Ocampa'Shea places the helmet of his body armor on, grabbed the Invid hand gun and jumped out of his Warlord Battloid.]

Roy Hunter: I guess that we do this the old fashion way.

Ocampa'Shea: But we battle none the less.

[Ocampa'Shea creates his psysword in his hand and rushes towards Roy Hunter. Roy Hunter activates his Energy Blade and prepares to take the blow of Ocampa'Shea's Psysword. The two blades clashed and clashed again as the two combatants used their energy blades against one another. Roy Hunter and Ocampa'Shea fired energy projectiles from their weapons and, strange and impossible as it seems, the energy projectiles impacted one another and dissipated. Ocanpa'Shea leaped into the air and attempted to perform a drop kick, but Roy Hunter folded his arm's together to block and absorb the blow. The maneuver knocks both to the ground and the two quickly got up to their feet and performed hand to hand combat while using their energy blades and weapons(Think of it as a mixture of an old Western Shoot out with Medieval Sword fights and Martial Arts hand to hand.) in an attempt to kill the other.]

[From a distance, the squadrons and swarms of the combatants were looking for their lost comrades. First we see Skull Squadron.]

Max Sterling: Geez, where is that kid?

Miriya Sterling: He should be court marshaled for leaving us like that.

Max Sterling: I told him not to answer that distress signal but nooo, he had to be the hero and save those Tyrolian/Atlantian Hipolites.

Miriya Sterling: You can't blame him, most of the pilots were anxious for battle.

Max Sterling: Yah, well I suppo- What the?

Miriya Sterling: What is it?

Max Sterling: His mecha is on my scanners, but it is also accompanied by some Invid mecha. It reads to be a Warlord Battloid and both show to be overheated.

Miriya Sterling: It's a bit hard to believe that an Invid Mecha could get overheated.

Max Sterling: Well, what ever it is, we got to help him. All fighters, follow Roy Hunter's IFF and prepare for skirmish.

[Skull squadron uses afterburner and accelerated towards Roy Hunter. Ocampa'Shea's Swarm spots their leader's mecha on their scanners, still and motionless.]

Kimana: Our lord is in distress! We must rescue him at once!

Shuo: He has ordered us to stay here as reserve until he calls us.

Katough: Besides, he doesn't seem to be in distress and-

Kimana: Look, I am in command in Lord Ocampa'Shea's place and I say that we go to his position and assist him! Is that understood?

Swarm: Afermative!

Kimana: Good, now move out.

[The Swarm trusts towards Ocampa'Shea's position, meanwhile, Shuo and Katough switch to a private communications channel.]

Katough: Something's strange with Kimana's behavior.

Shuo: Affirmative, the actions she has taken lately have given us reasons to worry. What could be the cause of her recent actions?

Katough: From my observations on human behavior-

Shuo: Gomazh, again with the humans?

Katough: Just here me out-

Shuo: I swear by the rising Tzuptum that I believe that you think that your human!

Katough: Well we do have their form, as I was speaking, ever since her majesty, the Regis, has given us these human forms and minds, several of our Sulagi brethrens have experienced sudden appearances of alien feelings and emotions.

Shuo: What feelings and emotions?

Katough: Human feelings and emotions. His majesty, the Regent foresaw this event when he created the Kulagi and has given the mandate to bring all unstable Sulagi to containment immediately.

Shuo: And all this evolves Kimana by what?

Katough: She may be infected by the emotion the humans called "Love".

Shuo: Love? This has got to be the most idiotic hypothesis that you have ever came up with Katough! How can Kimana be blinded by love, and to whom?

Katough: From my observations of Kimana, I believe that her affections are towards our Lord Ocampa'Shea.

Shuo: Lord Ocampa'Shea? That's it, you are officially what the humans called "Mentally Unstable". You have gone beyond stupidity and-

Kimana: Swarm prepare for combat!

Katough and Shuo: What?

[Roy Hunter finally brought down Ocampa'Shea by slicing of his arm. Green blood splattered everywhere as Ocampa'Shea fell to he knees. Roy Hunter points his Gallant 95 towards Ocampa'Shea's head.]

Ocampa'Shea: Are you humans so dishonored in striking a wounded enemy?

Roy Hunter: You should talk. You attacked an Assault Carrier when it's weapons were blown.

Ocampa'Shea: They were the enemy, they must be destroyed. You should know that human.

Roy Hunter: And that's why I got a gun pointed strait towards your head. Say hello to Haydon for me bastard.

[Roy Hunter was shortly startled when he saw a bead of sweat run from Ocampa'Shea's forehead and down the side of his face. He was about to pull the trigger when he was struck by the huge hand of an Assault Battloid.]

Roy Hunter: What the fuck!

[Before the two of them, a battle had erupted between Skull Squadron and Ocampa'Shea's swarm. Kimana took hold of Ocampa'Shea while Shuo and Katough grabed Ocampa'Shea's Warlord and blasted out of the battle and covered by the rest of the swarm. Skull squadron were able to strike down several Invid Mecha as the swarm retreated.]

Max Sterling: You have a lot of explaining to do Corporal.

[Int. shot of Max Sterling's office. Roy Hunter was standing in attention while Max Sterling explains to him the punishment of his actions.]

Max Sterling: -and just because the Assault Carriers were in trouble doesn't mean that you can rush off into battle without my authorization. Your arrival could have endangered those men and you could have gotten yourself killed by it. But, since you've actually fought the Red Barron in and out of your mecha, I guess that you deserve something. So I have reduced your punishment from three days of mess hall duty to just one. Just try not to do that again, is that clear?

Roy Hunter: Yes sir.

Max Sterling: Good, you're dismissed.

[Roy Hunter saluted and left the office. When he left the office door, several pilots ran towards him.]

Pilot1: I've heard that you actually fought the Red Barron single handedly, is that correct?

Roy Hunter: Basically yes.

Pilot2: You also had the chance to kill the Red Barron?

Pilot3: And blew it.

[Most of the pilots began to laugh at Pilot3's antics.]

Roy Hunter: I did not blew it, it was just a temporary set back. I'll get him someday.

Pilot4: Yah, and pigs can fly in the air.

Pilot5: Admit it, you were beaten by him, were you?

Roy Hunter: I don't think that cutting off the enemy ace's arm would be considered a victory to him.

Pilot3: Well, you could have just shot him, what the fuck make you hesitate?

Roy Hunter: He started to sweat, the Invid never sweat.

Pilot5: What the fuck, you mean that you lost all the glory of killing the Red Barron because of stupid sweat?

Roy Hunter: In a word. But I won't let him get away next time.

Pilot2: Looks more like you're going to face something worse that the Red Barron, the angry girlfriend.

[Roy Hunter can see that Lynn Minmei was approaching him with an angry face.]

Pilot1: Hell, I'm not going to get in the middle of this.

Pilot4: You said it.

[The pilots began to break up as Lynn Minmei approaches Roy Hunter.]

Roy Hunter[thinking]: Gees, first my commanding officer and now this?

[Lynn Minmei was about to slap her hand at Roy Hunter, but he grabbed her hand before he was slapped.]

Roy Hunter: I already have enough bruises for one day Minmei.

Lynn Minmei: You could have gotten yourself killed Roy!

Roy Hunter: [thinking] Surprise, surprise.[Speaking] Well I'm not, am I. I'm still alive, don't you think that that's enough.

Lynn Minmei: But when will that last? Tell me, when will that last?

Roy Hunter: Well I have no idea how long-

[Lynn Minmei slaps him.]

Roy Hunter: Yeow! [Thinking] Attack the enemy while he's distracted. Man, I'd never thought Minmei would be the military type.

Lynn Minmei: I'll see you later.

[We cut to a scene of an observation deck showing Optera inside one of the Command Space Hives. Ocampa'Shea was facing the window with his back to his subordinate, Kimana.]

Ocampa'Shea: Sulagi Kimana, you have disobeyed my orders and violated the sacred combat between me and that human. I could have died a warrior's death, but instead you have deprived me of that and left me with this wounded body. How do you explain your actions?

Kimana: ...

Ocampa'Shea: Maybe you don't need to Sulagi. Several of your Sulagi comrades have observed strange behavior patters and poor judgment and concluded that some human emotion has contaminated you and is clouding your judgment. They say that your attraction of me is the reasoning of those misjudgments.

[Kimana looked surprised to see that her hidden secret had been revealed. Ocampa'Shea faces her.]

Ocampa'Shea: This attraction of me must cease immediately. By saving me you could have risked the survival of the Invid Collective.

Kimana: But my lord, you are a skilled pilot. Your skills are much needed by the Invid Collective, if you have been killed-

Ocampa'Shea: The Collective will find another ace to represent the Invid strength. The needs of the Collective outweigh the needs of my own survival, or in your case, your need for me to live. You must understand that I am a warrior. My destiny is to fight and die for the Regent and Regis, you cannot change that. So as punishment, I have assigned you to the 125th Defense Swarm in the homesystem.

Kimana: The 125th? But that's the swarm-

Ocampa'Shea: For the betrayers and dishonored, and you fit in both categories.

Kimana: ...

Ocampa'Shea: You should be considered fortunate young Sulagi, for I could send you to the mentally infected Sulagi who have been contaminated by human emotions. From where which you will spend the last of your days. And I believe that living in dishonor will be a more fitting punishment than the traditional sentence of death.[Ocampa'Shea returns to the window overlooking the world of Optera.] You will be leaving for the homesystem in the seventh call of the next solar cycle(Tomorrow at seven o'clock), be prepared to leave before then. Now leave me and my sight for the remaining length of your useless existence.

[Kimana begins to build tears in her Invid eyes as she is overwhelmed with grief and heartbreak. So much that she is not alarmed of this new, alien and inexperienced emotion. Ocampa'Shea can see Kimana's tears forming in her eyes through the reflection of the window. He becomes sickened and ashamed that a member of his own species would become so childish in such a manner.]

Ocampa'Shea: Oh, and one last thing. Please remove those tears from your eyes, they sicken me. The Invid do not shed tears, is that understood!

[Kimana can only nod since her grief is overwhelming and her voice becomes utterly useless.]

Ocampa'Shea: You may leave now, and for the last time.

[Kimana turn and fled from the observation room, leaving Ocampa'Shea alone to view the planet. Alone with his thoughts.]

Ocampa'Shea[Thinking]: Disturbing emotion, this love, I just hope that it is that Sulagi is the only one corrupted or it will be the end of the Invid Collective. It is nothing but a paradox. From my studies, it shows that it can amplify the human's ability to fight, but it also blinds their judgment and causes their deaths. It gave birth to literature and grants them offspring, but it also gives rise to jealousy, vanity, and stupidity, the emotions that gives rise to conflicts and wars. It's amazing that the humans can actually survive with this emotion without killing each other.

[Shot of Kimana running down a corridor. The corridor leads to a currently unused cargo bay. She stumbles upon a cargo pod and lands upon her face. She then buries her grief stricken fade in her arms and begins to weep from both heartbreak, despair, and betrayal. Each one that she has never felt previously in her existence.]

Kimana[Thinking]: Why? Why dose he hate me so? Why dose the Kulagi that I served and cared for many orbital cycles hate me? Why?

Narrator: As unknown and unanswered questions run through the inexperienced mind of the heartbroken Invid Sulagi, another set of questions are also being asked[Screen fades. Shot of SDF-3A.], questions not born from the betrayal [Int. shot of SDF-3A warroom], but those that must be answered to gain victory over the enemy.

Rick Hunter: This is our current situations gentlemen, [A grid hologram of Optera and both friendly, neutral, and enemy fleets orbiting the planet appears over the command table.] our enemy has not made any offensive attacks against our fleet but both sides are conducting both offence and defense operations against each other on the planet. Intel has concluded that the enemy is trying to delude us so we may be led to believe that their fleet is incapable for offensive attacks of our fleet and we become lazy in defense, a thought that could cost us this campaign.

Max Sterling: So what do we do about it?

Rick Hunter: Keep the enemy believing that we think that they are incapable of offensive attacks. So that we may have the advantage.

Bretai: It is a perfect advantage but how do we take it general?

Rick Hunter: Unfortunately, that's as far as I've gotten. That is why I've called this meeting so give me your best ideas.

Cornel Hammertoe: Why don't we place a surprise force behind them?

Rick Hunter: That was a good idea, but flawed. Both side have control of half of Optera Space and hiding behind the potential attack fleet wouldn't be helpful.

Bretai: What about ordering a strike force away from the planet and have them jump behind the enemy fleet when the do attack?

Rick Hunter: Yes, but what about timing and strategy. We have to know when to call back the strike force and to know if they have anticipated the tactic also. Plus there's always the possibility that they will attack while we send the strike force away, completely ruining the plan.

Exadore: I believe that raids against the enemy fleet will be potent enough for use.

Rick Hunter: What do you mean Exadore?

Exadore: I suggest that we send out several raids of the enemy fleet to both weaken their forces and make the enemy strike sooner then they have originally intended.

Max Sterling: And what would be the advantage of that Exadore?

Exadore: Well, it's quite elementary Captain Sterling. If we do not weaken their forces by constant raids, then they will strengthen their fleet and secretly construct new ships in aiding in the attack, an attack that even the element of surprise will not work efficiently. But if we weaken their forces enough and do not have the time or patients to repair and rebuild...

Bretai: Then they'll be weak enough to be fully destroyed, excellent work Exadore.

Rick Hunter: Yes but still, there is the chance of them calling in for reinforcements from the Crongus and even they don't need the element of surprise considering their firepower and shier numbers.

Bretai: We can simply jam their communication frequency so we will have the advantage of strength and numbers.

Max Sterling: And speaking of the enemy, have any of you ever noticed that there is a severe lack of Crongus forces, or any other forces other than the Invid.

Exadore: Strange indeed. It feels like that they will be planning an ambush of us and are just waiting just the right moment to strike.

Bretai: Yes, and there is also another strange phenomenon in this conflict.

Max Sterling: Oh, and what would that be?

Bretai: I have read several skirmish and battle reports and from my judgment, there seems to be less activity of Zandrini, Tories, Quasar Raiders. and Siblinghood forces. They were seen in many battles in the early years of the war, but now they seem to be nonexistent.

Rick Hunter: Say, I've noticed that too. I may not know who or what the Tories or Siblinghood fleets look like, but I'm sure that they are never neglected to fight in a major campaign. Something's definitely wrong with the situation, it may be a relief to many since we have fewer enemies to battle, but this could indicate a surprise attack.

Max Sterling: It could be possible, but what would they be held up in reserve for? From recent reports, it shows that the Zandrini were mass producing untested AI soldiers to replace the Warrior Clan which became one of our recent allies. The Tories were addicted to some drug and are totally helpless without it. The Quasar Raiders have been broken up when their main base was overrun several years ago and one armada sided with us and the Siblinghood are as ancient in technology and tactics as they get. Why would they be held up in reserves when they can't even keep themselves up with the war?

Exadore: Holding them for a major attack when they are in this much disarray is highly illogical even to the Crongus. So there must be another reason.

Cornel Hammertoe: Could they be removed from the Crongus Alliance?

Exadore: It is possible, but it doesn't truly fit. Although the Crongus have every reason to remove them from the alliance, and more likely destroy them and take over their empires, but if that would have happened the Invid, Lalouk and Tl'Am would take themselves out of the alliance and begin to wage war with the Crongus because of the destruction of the other weak allies and the war would end with the disarray of the Crongus Alliance.

Rick Hunter: So there are two possibilities; the first possibility is that they are being held in reserve for some operation.

Bretai: Which is proven to be irrelevant as a scenario.

Rick Hunter: Yes, and the second possibility is that they have destroyed their former allies-

Max Sterling: Excuse me Rick, but didn't Exadore explain that theory?

Rick Hunter: Yes, but the Crongus, Invid, Lalouk, and Tl'Am may have worked out a deal that showed that they were worthy allies and would not be betrayed, but the question is what?

Bretai: That would be the "Thousand Dollar Question".

Max Sterling: Um, Bretai, it's Million dollar question, not thousand.

Bretai: Sorry, I'm still confused about your culture.

Rick Hunter: Let's get back on track here people, we were talking about how to deal with the Invid Collective, if any of you remembers.

Bretai: Right, I say that an ambush attack is the most probable plan of success. We go with Hammertoe's strike force idea but have them jump in when the Invid least expects it.

Cornel Hammertoe: Don't forget about Exadore's raids.

Max Sterling: And the jammed frequency.

Rick Hunter: Great, looks as if we got ourselves an attack. Exadore, can you do a probability check on the battle plan.

Exadore: Just a few moments General[Exadore punches in information and strategy of the attack into the computer.] The computer shows that the probability will improve if we send the ships half and Astronomical Unit away from the intended strike zone towards the Invid Occupied space area where they will be hidden by the third planet and that we draw the enemy towards the lighten side of the planet for a more effective surprise when the enemy fleet emerges from the glare of the star and jam their communications the moment the strike force arrives.

Rick Hunter: Good, when can we begin the raids?

Exadore: As soon as possible, but may I suggest that the first raid should be the Izumo ship "Aquarius" and it's weapon and mecha systems and its target to be the command ship of the Invid.

Max Sterling: Why begin the first raid at a heavily guarded area? Shouldn't we begin at a more weaker area?

Exadore: That's what they will be expecting, they may have heavily guarded the command ship, but they would least likely expect a raid, especially the first one, to be at the very center of the fleet. No one will ever expect it and it would be a complete surprise.

Rick Hunter: It could be a good idea, yes it just might work. So let Operation- What should we call this anyway?

Max Sterling: Operation Stalemate?

Rick Hunter: Too negative.

Bretai: Operation Nova.

Cornel Hammertoe: Doesn't fit right. I got it, Operation Draco- no, no, no, too extreme.

Exadore: How about- Oh drat, I forgot what it was called.

Rick Hunter: What Exadore?

Exadore: It just slipped my mind. Something about the sport football.

Cornel Hammertoe: Football?

Exadore: A maneuver or tactic that involves the players rushing in before the receiver-

Rick and Max: Operation Blitz?

Exadore: Yes, that's the one.

Cornel Hammertoe: Sounds alright to me.

Rick Hunter: Alright then, let Operation Blitz begin.

[Above the Opteran surface, the orbiting Invid Collective Command Hive and along with many Mollusk Mecha Carriers, Space Troopers, Combat Troopers, Attack Scouts, Strike Units, Assaut Battloids, and 35 Warlord Battloids. Each of the Warlord Battloid are leading several Swarms around the Orbital Space Hive while Invid Collective Cargo Ships transport Protoculture Supplies from the hidden homeworld to the Command Hive.]

Cargo Ship[VO]: This is homeworld supply ship Gatol'Lock, number 24795-A to Command Hive, requesting permission to dock and unload protoculture supplies.

Invid[VO]: This is space cargo manager Ouday'Ga to supply ship Gatol'Lock. You have permission to dock at cargo bay 12.

Gatol'Lock[VO]: Affirmative Ouday'Ga, I am in route to cargo bay 12-

Gamun(Assult Battloid) Pilot[VO]: Gatol'Lock, there are enemy veritechs in your scanner shadow. I repeat, there are enemy veritech in your scanner shadow!

Gatol'Lock[VO]: What-

[The Cargo Ship rocked as several missiles exploded upon its hull, causing ruptures and several canisters of Protoculture flew into space. An element of VBF-2 Beta Veritech Fighters appears and launched several more missiles.]

Gatol'Lock[VO]: I've got hull breaches all over the ship, where are they coming from?

[An Izumo Battle Fortress decloaks and fires its weapons. A wing of VAF-9 Alpha Fighters fire Disruptor bursts and creates a breach of the Command Hive's force fields.]

VAF-9 Pilot: This is 141st Squadron Leader to ATC, the shield is breached and wide enough to fire the Reflex Cannon.

ATC[VO]: This is ATC, the "Aquarius" is beginning Reflex Cannon charging sequence, get your fighters to disable all enemy defenses until we are ready to fire.

141st Squadron Leader[VO]: Rodger that.

[The "Aquarius" charges up its Reflex Cannon. The Veritech Wings begin attack runs upon Mollusks ships.]

Kulagi[VO]: All Mollusk Carriers, defend the Command Hive. All Assault Carriers and Cannon Spikes, attack the enemy fortress. All Command Hive drones, prepare for evacuation of Command Hive.

[The Cannon Spikes charges and prepares to fire while Assault Carriers attacks the "Aquarius". The Battle Fortress' defense cannons and laser generators aimed at the huge scorpion warships and fired multiple volleys in an attempt to damage the ships. Defense Veritechs and Destroids combat Invid Mecha attempting to destroy the defense turrets and assault lasers. Int. shot of the "Aquarius" bridge.]

"Aquarius" Captain: Is that reflex cannon ready yet? We are on a tight schedule.

Weapons Control Officer: I'm sorry sir, we are still several percentages short from effective Reflex damage. It will take five more minutes to fully charge the weapon.

"Aquarius" Captain: Get me the fighter squadrons.

Communications Ensign: All done sir.

"Aquarius" Captain: This is Captain Jonathan Brawtmyer of the Izumo Battle fortress "Aquarius" to all Veritech fighters, you are to keep the enemy at bay for the minimum of five minutes before the reflex cannon can be fired. All VAF-9 veritechs must keep that breach of the force fields open for the Reflex beam to destroy the Command Hive.

[Multiple wings of Veritech Fighters began to make counter strikes upon the attacking Invid Mecha and VAF-9 fighters kept firing disrupter bolts upon the Invid force fields and keeping the large hole in the yellowish barrier open and large enough to have the maximum effect of the Reflex Cannon beam. Several betas began to make attack runs and dropped(launched) bombs upon the Command Hives cannon spikes and after endless runs, only two of the six spikes were destroyed, the lost of the spikes weaken the force field and laser blasts can make minor damage to the hives surface. A flight of VAF-8 fired lasers at what seemed to be a major hangar and there were multiple explosions that rocked the space-born hive. When the clouds dissipated the only damage that the laser volley had done was destroy the mecha and the repair equipment within the hangar.]

"Aquarius" Captain: Get the fifth, sixth, ninth, and twelfth squadrons to make attack runs on the hive's hangars, that should weaken those attacks.

[View of the four squadrons in an attack run of the Command Hive.]

Squadron Leader[VO]: You heard the man, attack the hangars and destroy everything in them!

[The attacking squadrons fired volley after volley of laser attacks which weakened the hives hangars and rendered the hangars useless and unable to repair and energize the Invid Mecha. Int. shot of the command deck of the hive.]

Kulagi: How many hangars are left?

Invid: Only fifteen sir.

Kulagi: Evacuate the hive, we must keep our hold over our half of Optera, we will build a new Command Hive and take revenge of this indignity.

Invid2: If we survive that long.

[Another explosion rocked the hive. The cause were VBF-3 Betas carrying huge long range missiles which penetrated the skin of the hive and sending objects and helpless Invid into space where they die from either radiation exposure or freezing solid instantly. Several cargo ships carrying Command Hive personnel.]

Pilot1: ATC, this is Pilot Richen Holmygir of the 14th Aquarius Attack Wing, I have spotted several Invid ships leaving the command hive. Request permission to attack and destroy the enemy ships.

ATC[VO]: This is ATC, we are now scrambling the first, fifth, and tenth squadrons to attack those ships. You are not to engage the enemy ships until reinforcements have arrived. I repeat, do not engage until reinforcements have arrived.

Richen Holmygir: Rodger that ATC.

[After several seconds, the first, fifth, and tenth squadrons arrived and begun making attack runs at the escaping Invid cargo transports. After a minute of strikes, fifteen out of thirty transports have been destroyed.]

ATC[VO]: This is ATC to all pilots, the "Aquarius" has powered up its weapon. Evacuate the area. Repeat, evacuate the area.

[The Veritech Wings scrambled to escape the path and blast radius of the Reflex Weapon. The forward section of the Izumo started to glow with reflex energy and after several seconds of crackling energy, it formed into a bean and blasted the Command Hive out of the sky and into oblivion.]

[Int. shots of a recording studio upon the SDF-1, Lynn Minmei was recording her latest album.]

Man[VO]: Okay Miss Lynn, we are ready to record, are you?

Lynn Minmei: Yes, I am.

[The Man pressed the record button. He first showed his fingers in the form of three, two, one and he have the thumbs up. The band plays a slow techno and after several seconds, Lynn Minmei joined in.]

Where were you when I called you name

Where were you when I lost my way

I waited for eternity, and found that you were not there

It began to pore, and reminded me the feelings I bare

You have not shown your loving face

I wonder if your love was fake

There were times when I begin to wonder

That I was nothing to you but a blunder

I know that I am not perfect in everyway

That I was never the girl you wanted everyday

I was never the love you loved

That you dreamed of a perfect flower bud

But that's no reason you should treat me the way you did

By ignoring me the time we had, pretended we never been

Thinking I was nothing but air, a nuisance that dishonored you

That my mistakes would embarrassed you, it maybe true

You disgusted my every being, despised my existence

Hopping that your friends will not see, your imperfect love

I had loved you(Chorus: Loved you), but you did not love me(Chorus: Did not love me)

I had walked a thousand miles(Chorus: Thousand Miles), but you did not care

I have wanted you to be at my side(Chorus: Be at my side), but you were always mean(Chorus: Always mean)

You wanted me to be your love, but why should I show the feelings that you, yourself cannot bare

When I last saw you, you were with another girl

Flirting everything to her that you had said to me

Saying that she was beautiful, and shattering my world

My heart had lost its beat, instead it started to bleed

All the love I had inside, as you went on with your new obsession

I went to another man, but you came for my repossession

You were angered at me, telling me that I should never leave

I told you that I saw that girl, you wanted me to believe

That nothing happened between you and her

I denied it and you struck me, saying that you'll get your share

I do not know why I fell, for a man that was cruel to my heart

You loved me for a short time, and then you began to part

I was ignored, abused, despised, looked down on, and you never cared

Never regretting the things you've said and done, all the while you've never shared

The feelings that I have shown to you and thought nothing of my feelings

I wondered why I'm still with you everyday, when you were never there

And when you are, you've pushed me around and dare

That you will find a way to redeem yourself of my imperfection and end my being

I had loved you(Chorus: Loved you), but you did not love me(Chorus: Did not love me)

I had walked a thousand miles(Chorus: Thousand Miles), but you did not care

I have wanted you to be at my side(Chorus: Be at my side), but you were always mean(Chorus: Always mean)

You wanted me to be your love, but why should I show the feelings that you, yourself cannot bare

Do you have no sense of honor, a man should be a protector

Not the abuser, he should be my true friend and not my punisher

You were never the man of my dreams, but the beast of my darkest fear

How can I love when you do not, always threatening my life so sheer

I will always run from you, away of everything that is dark

I never thought that love was so cruel, I wished that cupid had missed its mark

I want to end this abuse, I do not want to be your love

You have hurt my heart and not by body alone

Everything began to clear before me, you were not the man I fell for

You told me that you always wanted love, but you found it nothing but a bore

I know that you now hate me, I'm telling you that I hate you to

Because you have been a bad lover, never truly around when I needed you

Even when you abused me everyday and did nothing to comfort me

Never saying that you were sorry, just standing there and watching me cry

Crying my heart out, but not just the pain of my body, but the pain between we

I do not know why you bother, saying that we should just try

Try to salvage our relationship, when you were the one who shattered it all

I walk away from you, hoping to never see you again in my life

You tried to bring me back by grabbing my arm, thinking you have the gull

I then screamed and told you that you were my strife

I had loved you(Chorus: Loved you), but you did not love me(Chorus: Did not love me)

I had walked a thousand miles(Chorus: Thousand Miles), but you did not care

I have wanted you to be at my side(Chorus: Be at my side), but you were always mean(Chorus: Always mean)

You wanted me to be your love, but why should I show the feelings that you, yourself cannot bare

I had loved you(Chorus: Loved you), but you did not love me(Chorus: Did not love me)

I had walked a thousand miles(Chorus: Thousand Miles), but you did not care

I have wanted you to be at my side(Chorus: Be at my side), but you were always mean(Chorus: Always mean)

You wanted me to be your love, but why should I show the feelings that you, yourself cannot bare.

[The band takes over the rest of the song and then fade.]

Man: And cut! Great, that was beautiful Miss Lynn.

Lynn Minmei: Do you really think so?

Man: Yah, who wrote that song anyway?

[Lynn Minmei's cheerful face darkened and she hung her face down.]

Lynn Minmei: It was sent to me by mail from a fan. She was telling me that she had this horrible boyfriend who threaten her with her life and she wanted me to sing this song for her.

Man: What happen to her? Was she alright?

Lynn Minmei: Last I've ever heard from her, she was murdered by her boyfriend in a drunken rage.

[There was silence in that recording studio. After half a minute worth of sorrow, the recording director spoke up.]

Recording Director: W-what was her name?

Lynn Minmei: Cathie, Cathie Sorrento.

Recording Director: Should this song be in her memory then Miss Lynn?

Lynn Minmei: Yes, it should be. In her memory.

[Lynn Minmei then saw that there was a tear running down the director's cheek. He quickly rubbed it off.]

Recording Director: I believe that we should take a break? Excuse me.

[The Recording Director left the recording studio and left many of the staff bewildered. Then everyone started to leave for there break.]

Lynn Minmei[thinking]: I'm sorry Cathie, I'm sorry that you had to endure that pain to the very last. I wish that no one else will endure that pain and live in happiness and not sorrow. This entire universe is nothing but sorrow.

[After saying that prayer to her now diseased fan and instant best friend, she left to enjoy here break of singing with the best of her abilities.]

Narrator: Many things ran through Lynn Minmei's mind of everything that she had once believed to be true of the world. Love, peace, happiness, but all of those thoughts were somewhat dwarfed by the thoughts of many aboard the starships of the REF armada. Thoughts of war, death, destruction, defeat, sorrow, betrayal, hatred and the feeling of loss. As every soldier and personnel prepare themselves for the upcoming battle, all begin to face the terrible truth of war as people feel the lost of loved ones who have died in the hands of the Crongus, their minions and allies as they sought a way to live their now troubled lives.

[Int. shot of Voyager hangar bay with a UCE Military shuttle loading supplies. Nujokolo is seen in the shadows and watching the personnel finish loading of all items that were to be sent to the SDF-3A to be used throughout the fleet.]

Man1: Okay, everything's loaded, everyone aboard.

[Nujokolo ceases the chance and quickly uses a blur spell to get past the humans and board himself just before the doors closed.]

Man2: Did you see that?

Man1: See what?

Man2: It was, oh never mind.

Mind: Oi, what ever.

[As the door closed, Nujokolo can not help but relish the feeling of accomplishment of escaping Princess Kikia from his sight.]

Nujokolo[thinking]: Finally, I am freed of that female's curse. I am finally free. She will never find me, ever. I will live up my days and she will never find me. I will join the Robotech Expeditionary Force and be lost to her forever. I believe a foot soldier is my new calling now. If I am to die, I prefer to die in combat against my enemies. My blood spilt as I take my final blow against all who appose me and my adoptive homeworld, Earth.

[While the shuttle leaves Voyager, Princess Kikia searches the halls and corridors of the starship in search of her only love. A love who will not return anything.]

Princess Kikia[thinking]: Where can thou be? Thou is not in his quarters, nor in the simulation bay or the banquet hall. Where is thy love hiding? Thou and thy are destined to be together for all eternity. Where is thou?

B'Lanna Torres: Still looking for him eh?

[Princess Kikia was startled and turns to see the half human, half klingon standing right behind her.]

Princess Kikia: Oh, Lady Torres, thou hast startled thy.

B'Lanna Torres: Sorry, I think?

Princess Kikia: Dose thou knowith where thy Nujokolo is? Thy is finding thou and thou is not found.

B'Lanna Torres: Not sure,[thinking] Of where he is or what you're talking about[speaking], but don't you think that he would try to stowaway in a shuttle?

Princess Kikia: Why would thou think of that?

B'Lanna Torres: Well, if you haven't noticed, he has been avoiding you very violently for the past months and I don't think that he would want to be on the same ship as you.

Princess Kikia: Oh thou B'Lanna, you are such a jest. I believe that Nujokolo will speak of thou's love to thy but is too shy and proud to do so. Thou will eventually call to thy to be thou's love and bride. T'was meant to be.

B'Lanna: I'm not sure,[thinking] Of what the hell you're saying, [speaking] but maybe you should check the shuttle bay just to be safe.

Princess Kikia: Oh thou is wise beyond thou years, but thy think that thou will not go to such extremes.

B'Lanna: Oh well, I'll see yah later Kikia[thinking] But I'm not speaking to you until you learn to drop the Shakespearian junk and start talking proper Terran English.

Princess Kikia: Farewell Lady B'Lanna, till we meet again.

[B'Lanna waves back.]

B'Lanna[thinking]: Right, whatever you said.

Princess Kikia: Thou is so sweet and kind to thy. Thy wonder why thou has warrior blood in her vessels? Maybe Nujokolo will be like Lady Torres when thou confesses thou love and devotion to thy and we be in wedlock. Oh the happiness....

[Princess Kikia walks down the corridor and B'Lanna Torres walking the opposite way trying to figure out what she had just said(Hey, I'm confused here too, and I'm the one who wrote this stuff.), and in the meanwhile inside the cargo hold of the shuttle, Nujokolo makes preparations in his new existence as a UCE grunt.]

Narrator: As happy thoughts ran through Kikia's mind and bloody battles dreamed of by Nujokolo, other humans also think of the future and the outcome of the Opteran Campaign that has raged for several weeks of battles of offensive and defensive strikes of enemy forces and as always, the future is not a clear as many would wish to believe for there is always that unknown element of uncertainty that could change the fate of an entire army of dedicated warriors.

[Screen fades to black.]

Disclaimer: I do not own Robotech, Gundam Wing, South Park, Ren and Stimpy, Star Wars, Bevis and Butthead or Star Trek Voyager. Also most of the Mecha and starship designs belong to someone else.