Robotech

A New Threat

Part 1: Introduction

2099, the centennial of the crash landing of the SDF-1. Lt. Commander Seth Maine watched the fire works explode from his apartment window, finishing a glass of champagne, alone. Except for the fireworks and champagne, this was the usual setting in his military standard apartment in New Macross. Seth had joined the military 7 years earlier with his neighbor and long time friend Mitch Johnson.

Although they joined together, Mitch moved up the ranks faster than Seth did. Mitch was the smarter of the pair and things seemed to come easier to him than they did Seth. Seth and Mitch were friends and still are, but Seth couldn't help but feel some kind of resentment towards Mitch. Mitch, I guess you could say, was also more handsome than Seth. Seth was around 6'4'', largely built with brown eyes and brown hair. Mitch was somewhat of a small guy with blue eyes and blond hair. The ladies seemed to like the blond hair and blue eyes better. The only thing Seth was better at than Mitch was his piloting skills.

Seth was the best the United Republic of Planets Defense Force had. That was probably one of the reasons Mitch had moved up to a command position and Seth hadn't. Not that he wanted it. Flying was his passion. Seth was chosen to fly the new Veritech model, the Delta One Advanced variable fighter. It was one of the first military advances since the end of The Third Robotech War. After their defeat, the Invid gave up and returned to Toril. Left in devastation, Earth had to rebuild almost the whole planet. After the Rebuilding, the remaining leaders of Earth decided to reinstate the old borders before the Global Civil War. The old countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Russia, and China had returned. The only difference was that these countries were ruled under the United Earth Alliance. In 2082, the new NASA began space exploration programs. This was made much easier than the time before the Global Civil War thanks to Robotechnology. Thus, the United Earth Alliance had started to colonize other planets and in 2093, the UEA became the United Republic of Planets, with 13 colonized planets under its rule.

The Zentradi had a more difficult time recovering from the last century of defeat. After the Invid's defeat, the remaining Zentradi populous, and there wasn't much, decided to return to Toril. The UEA gladly gave them a transport ship a small squadron of Alpha One Variable fighters for defense purposes. Once they returned to Toril, they saw that their home planet was in ruins because of the Invid's attacks. They grew angry and rallied up the surviving Zentradi to overthrow the Robotech Masters that survived the Invid. After the overthrow of the Robotech Masters, the Zentradi set up their own government, and, realizing that it was the Robotech Masters that first attacked the Invid, they signed a peace treaty with the new Regis. Since the Invid had been beaten on Earth and wanted revenge, they accept and thus creating the Invid-Zentradi Alliance (IZA).