Disclaimer: I do not now or have I ever owned the characters of Sailor
Moon, Robotech. People I want to say something about Miss Lynn Minmei. I
don't like her. I like the Rick/Lisa romance and Minmei just gets in the
way. So if you like her don't read this, however, if you want to see a new
bitchy side to Minmei please enjoy! At first she'll be nice until the Miss
Macross pageant then watch out people Rick will leave her in the dust for
Lisa don't worry I slowly bring Rick and Lisa together. Again I want to
thank Chibi Halo who wrote 'Sailor Moon Macross' without this story
wouldn't have existed. As always please R&R this so I know how it is coming
across to people! Chibi Halo I would like to know what you think as well!
Chibi Halo there might be a few scenes in my story but I pray you won't
mind. One more thing for the beginning of the first few chapters I will use
your chapter names, I will come up with my own after the last chapter you
named. People who haven't read her story yet please do it is a great read!
Please enjoy and now on with the story! This is the only Disclaimer I will
write! This chapter will help develop the girl's boyfriends. I just want to
thank Chibi Halo for being my Beta reader!
Just so you know! Kevin- Kunzite Nathan- Nephrite Justin- Jadite Zack- Zoicite
Robotech Warriors Book 1 By thunderbird with Sections From Chibi Halo
The motorcade made its way down the streets of Macross City. Everyone in the entire city wanted to get a glimpse of the car carrying such an important political figure. Inside the vehicle the atmosphere was less than friendly. The two occupants of the backseat of the vehicle had different opinions about how the events of the day should be handled. The short stocky balding gentleman with the pencil thin mustache thought the eyes of the world should be watching the momentous occasion taking place that day. His companion next to him who was taller thinner and had what some would call a thick cheesy mustache would disagree. He didn't want to draw any unnecessary attention that would alert any possible enemies. The two gentlemen let their opinions be known to not only each other but also the driver and bodyguard in the front of the car.
"Captain you don't seem to understand the historical significance of this day." The short man said.
"I understand it very well. What you don't understand Mr. Mayor is I am about to take an untested crew into space for the first time. A crew that has had very little combat experience." The captain tried to get across.
"Captain Gloval it appears to me that you tend to forget that without the people of Macross City your precious ship would not even be ready for launch today." The mayor replied.
"Without that ship and the military crew she possesses there would be no Macross City." Captain Gloval argued as he took a puff from his pipe.
"Oh your no fun Gloval!" The mayor told him.
"I wasn't trying to be funny mister mayor!" Gloval retorted.
Both men sat silent in the car as the pipe smoke hung in the air. Neither man wanted to carry the conversation they were having any farther.
Captain Henry Gloval was a man in his early fifties. Born during the early stages of the cold war Captain Gloval was brought up believing that the Americans were the enemy of the great Soviet Empire. It was said many times by his father that the date of his birth determined Henry's path in life. Henry Gloval was born on the day the Soviet military launched the rocket containing the Sputnik satellite.
Growing up in the midst of the great space race Henry Gloval trained to become a great hero of the Soviet people. As the years passed on and the cold war continued the young Gloval entered the military and saw time in the Baltic Sea. When the cold war began to die down and the Soviet Union and Communism faded into history Captain Gloval stayed in the Russian military as a naval officer. It was because of his impressive naval career that he was not only made a commanding officer in the UN military but in the RDF as well.
The silence in the vehicle continued for nearly five minutes. With neither man acknowledging the presence of the other one the atmosphere was less than cheery. The mayor, after having enough of the perpetual silence, finally spoke up to the Russian.
"You know Gloval the least you could do is smile once in a while." The mayor said.
"I will smile only when the SDF1 is successfully launched into space." The captain replied.
"Fine you big party pooper the least you could do is wave!" The mayor said.
"Fine I'll wave but that's all I will do mister mayor!" Gloval mumbled to himself.
The mayor has no idea about the possible threat to our world; none of them do they're all so naïve, the captain thought. They all believe nothing will ever happen to them again.
The mayor could tell something was bothering the captain by the way he was puffing on his pipe. He decided the current topic of discussion wasn't one Gloval wanted to talk about. The mayor decided to change the subject for the rest of the ride. Nothing was going to spoil his perfect day.
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Part Two: Launch Day
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The crowd gathered around for the day's events would soon get a real treat. In the air would soon be flying four members of the Skull Squadron. While on the ground the freshly graduated cadets stood at attention down in front of the stage while Rei, Mina, and Michelle went to the bridge of the ship to prepare to launch the ship. Their family members all sat down to watch to spectacle. Next thing that happened surprised everyone including Serena and Sammy. On the stage next to Lt. Commander Fokker was Serena and Sammy's father, Kenji Tuskino. At first Serena thought he was just there to say hi but now it appeared that he was there to also talk about the new Veritech fighters to the civilians there to see the launching of the SDF1.
"Ladies and gentlemen good morning and welcome to not only the graduation of these fine new soldiers but the launching of the massive ship that you see behind me now! For those of you who know me my name is well known, however, for those who don't. My name is Captain Kenji F. Tuskino. I am one of the men behind the development of those fine Aircraft you see over in the Tarmac to my right. These fighters have three modes to protect our world. The first you see before you. It is the main form of the Veritech Aircraft. Lt. Commander if you will please have the four pilots take off so we may begin the show!" Kenji asked.
"Yes Captain Tuskino!" Roy then proceeded to speak into his mic to tell the four fighters to take off.
"As you can see they can maneuver very well and fast. As you can see in Fighter mode the Veritech acts and feels like a normal jet. You get easy maneuverability in Fighter mode."
The pilots executed a perfect bank turn and headed back towards the airfield. As they did they manipulated a few controls and pulled a switch marked G. the fighters lost their tails and sprouted arms and legs and were now holding large cannons.
"The pilots have now gone into Guardian mode. In this mode the pilots can return back to Fighter mode quickly to be able to engage in full air combat. The arms and legs do make it a bit difficult to maneuver in flight but they allow for easy use of the cannon you see in the hands of the Guardian." Captain Tuskino explained to everyone.
The pilots manipulated the controls once more and pulled a lever marked B. The Guardians grew in size and lost any resemblance to jet planes. The large robots were around forty feet in height and had the cannons strapped over their shoulders. The whole group stared in awe at the Battleoids.
"Man I still can't get over those things size." Amara said.
The captain continued his explanation of the Veritech. "What you see before you is the full Battleoid mode. In this mode we can engage the enemy in hand to hand combat. Here we will be around the same height as the enemy. Our research has shown that the enemy will be around forty feet in height. With the Battleoid we can be prepared for anything that enemy might throw our way."
The Pilots reverted back into Guardian mode and took off high enough to change back to Fighter mode. Once the Veritech was in Fighter mode they prepared to land the planes and return it to the tarmac.
As the four planes reached were about to land they saw a small plane headed right for them. "This is Skull 3 to SDF1 control, SDF1 control come in please!" the pilot called over the radio.
"Commander Hayes Skull 3 is calling over the radio!" Michelle told her.
"This is Commander Hayes go ahead corporal!" Lisa told the pilot.
"Commander beg your forgiveness but we've got a small plane headed right at us!" He asked.
"Hang on a moment! Corporal Kaiou put me through to that ship now!" Lisa ordered.
"I'm patching you through now ma'am!" Michelle said.
Lisa was mad for the simple fact that this flyboy was about to ram right into four Veritechs. On top of that the idiot wasn't suppose to be there.
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Meanwhile down on the ground the audience was watching the whole scene play out right in front of them. Serena, Darien, Lita and Amara along with the other graduates watched in horror as the little plane kept coming towards the base and appeared to refuse to stop, turn around or pull up. Their family and friends wondered if anyone would do something to stop the pilot of the small plane before they crashed into the four Veritech fighters. Amy and her mother thought that the way things were going there might be injured. So they both got ready just in case they'd be needed.
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Meanwhile the small experimental aircraft flew across the sky with a slight hum from the propeller. The rear propeller looked more like a large oversized fan than something that would fly a plane. On either side of the propeller were boosters similar to the ones found on a fighter jet. The plane may have been small but it was extremely fast and easy to maneuver.
The pilot of the small aircraft was heading towards Macross Island for the launching of the SDF1. He knew only those with a ticket would be allowed onto the military base. He also knew the best pilot the RDF had to offer Roy Fokker. Roy was his ticket into the biggest event in RDF history.
As the pilot of the small plane continued towards Macross Island he failed to notice the flight demonstration taking place in front of him. Continuing on his path towards the island the pilot of the small experimental aircraft was about to fly head on into the tight formation held by four members of the Skull Squadron. At the last second the formation broke loose and rocked the tiny plane.
Right after the formation was broken up a voice came over the young pilot's radio. "You in the unauthorized plane do you know how darn close you came to getting turned into a damn splatter on one of those fighters?" the voice roared over the radio.
"I'm sorry ma'am I wasn't paying attention!" the pilot whimpered from her voice.
"You weren't paying attention! You weren't paying attention! What the hell do you mean you weren't paying attention? Who can someone who flies a plane not pay attention?" the person boomed over the radio.
"Jeez lady calm down! No harm was done!" he told the woman on the other end of the connection.
While the two argued back and forth Roy decided it was time to end this little fiasco. So he pardoned himself away from Captain Tuskino and ran to his fighter. After he took off he flew up next to the little experimental plane to see just who the heck it was that almost wrecked four of his men's planes. "Rick is that you in there? You mind telling me why the hell you almost wrecked four of our most expensive planes every built? I'll have you know that the creator of those planes is down there right now probable fuming out of his mind that you almost destroyed a demo of his Fighters unveiling!" Roy yelled through the radio.
"Lt. Commander do you mean to tell me you know this imbecile?" the woman yelled.
"Yes Commander Hayes unfortunately I do! I'll take full responsibility for him ma'am!" Roy told her.
"Hey Roy who is that old nag?" Rick asked.
"Old nag! Why you little!" she said before she cut off communications.
"Rick that old nag as you so delicately put it is my superior officer!" Roy told him, "Now I think it's time to land and calm down our nerves!"
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A few minutes later after Rick and Roy were on the ground Captain Tuskino walked up to them. "Young man do you know how long it took me to design those planes?"
"No sir not really!" Rick said taking a big gulp of air.
"Let's put it this way. I think you weren't even born yet when I thought up those designs!" Kenji told the young man in front of him.
"Father please calm down! I'm sure he's sorry! Right?" A woman in her early twenties said coming up to the group.
"Thank you corporal Tuskino! Captain why don't you relax while I go talk to my friend here?" Roy asked.
"Sir I really am sorry!" Rick apologized.
"Fine just don't let it happen again okay?" Kenji told the boy. After Serena and her father left Roy and Rick took a walk. To discuss this and that and anything else they felt like.
As the two long time friends walked around the airfield they noticed a small lunch cart not too far from the grandstands set up for the day's events. Standing next to the cart was a young Asian woman and a little boy. The girl appeared to be no older than fifteen and the boy no older than eight. The girl had long dark hair and dark chestnut eyes and a smile that lit up any area she was in. She wasn't as beautiful as a super model or a movie star but she had an adorable innocence about her. Roy smiled when he saw her. Rick looked over at his friend and knowing Roy took his smile to mean that Roy was interested in this girl.
"Hey Roy are you in love with her?" Rick teased.
"It's not like that at all Rick. I happen to be in a very steady relationship right now." Roy replied.
"Yeah I bet your plane is great kisser Roy." Rick joked.
Upon hearing Rick's latest remark Roy whapped him upside the head.
"Hey what was that for?" Rick demanded to know.
"That was for calling my girl a plane." Roy replied with a devilish grin on his face.
Rick decided to back off any more remarks about women and planes. He knew better than to push the two buttons that got Roy going. Women and planes ranked tops in Roy's odd little fantasy world. Roy either had to have a woman or a plane in his life to feel complete. If he had both Roy was on top of the world. And being in the RDF with Claudia left Roy feeling like a giddy little schoolboy.
Roy was feeling so good at the moment he decided to give Rick something he would talk about for the rest of his life. Roy knew there was an unused Veritech sitting near one of the hangers and he was bout to let Rick sit in one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world. He knew nothing else could go wrong as long as Rick was on the ground.
"Hey Rick how would you like to see an actual Veritech fighter up close?" Roy asked him.
"You know I would." Rick answered showing all the excitement in his voice.
"Come on I know where we can find one for you to look at." Roy said.
Rick was like a little kid in a candy store when he saw the Veritech. In all the years Roy had known Rick Hunter and his family Rick was the only other person Roy knew who had the same love for planes he did. Because of that love Rick came to idolize Roy and everything Roy did made Rick want to be just like him. Everything except join the military. Rick wasn't too fond of the military but he never let that get in the way of his friendship with Roy.
"Wow wait till the guys back home hear about this!" Rick exclaimed over the radio.
"Yep they'll certainly be jealous of you Rick. You got to sit in an actual Veritech." Roy said.
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The bridge of the SDF1 was quiet since the incident with Rick's plane. Claudia and the others knew it was best to let things die down on their own when Lisa was in one of her moods. The best thing to do was leave Lisa alone and let her calm down before talking to her again. This was one of those days when Lisa demanded absolute perfection from the members of the bridge crew. As first officer of the SDF1 Lisa had a lot riding on her shoulders.
The door to the bridge opened and Captain Henry Gloval stepped onto the bridge of the SDF1 for the first time. The entire bridge crew turned to see who was coming onto the bridge. Lisa knew right away that it was the captain of the SDF1.
"Captain on the bridge." Lisa announced signaling the crew to use proper protocol.
Everyone stood at attention and waited for the captain to speak.
"At ease ladies." He began, "Lisa is everything going well in here?"
"We had a minor incident sir but Lt. Commander Fokker has taken care of the problem." Lisa reported.
"Good. Are we ready to begin launch procedures?" the captain wanted to know
"We are ready to begin launch procedures on your word captain." Lisa replied.
"Alright then ladies let's bring this ship to life." The captain told them.
"All personnel prepare to begin launch procedures." Lisa called out over the ship wide communications system.
The protoculture surged through the long idle battle cruiser bringing it to life. All over the ship the various systems came to life as the long process of preparing the ship for launch began.
"Engine room reports engines are on line captain." Mina reported.
"Communications?" the captain asked.
"Communications are up and running sir." Michelle replied.
"Radar?"
"I feel a great evil approaching." Rei said.
The captain, Lisa, and Claudia looked at each other with obvious confusion. They had no idea about Rei's precognitive skills. Mina and Michelle on the other hand looked at each other with sheer terror on their faces. They knew all too well what Rei meant when she had one of her flashes.
True to Rei's ominous premonition the alarm system began to sound off in the bridge. Claudia scrambled to see what she could do to shut it off. As she tried to get things under control she found out she was locked out of her control station. Looking at the screen Claudia could see the main guns begin to go on line in preparation to fire.
"Captain the main guns are preparing to fire!" Claudia called out over the sound of the alarm.
"What?! That's impossible!" the captain yelled back to her.
"Sir, I'm locked out of my terminal." Mina told him.
"Claudia shut down the main guns now." Captain Gloval ordered.
"I can't captain. Believe me I've tried and my station's not responding." Claudia replied.
"What about communications Michelle?" the captain needed to know.
"Nothing sir the system won't respond to anything I try to do." She told him.
Why did Amy have to go into medical training, Rei thought.
"Sir I can't get any response from the radar systems either." Rei reported.
"Lisa what are you getting?" the captain asked her.
"Nothing sir. I can't get anything on my screen and like the others my station is not responding." Lisa replied with obvious fear in her voice.
Outside the SDF1 the main guns began find their target. Locking in on the target the guns powered up and prepared to fire. All at once the guns went off and an explosion could be seen in the sky over Macross City. The people gathered at the airbase began to get out of there as the government officials began scrambling for answers.
On the bridge of the SDF1 Captain Henry Gloval was none too pleased with their current situation. The ship they thought they knew everything about was actually a booby trap. As the main guns went off line the ship's systems came back under control.
"They have sent us to our deaths." The captain commented with a chuckle.
"Sir?" Lisa asked him.
"The ship obviously has some built in self defenses set to detect when the enemies of whomever built her are nearby and their so called experts knew nothing about them." The captain told them.
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When then SDF1 fired its main guns the blast shot out and went into outer space. What they were aimed at no one knew, however, that would all change as soon as the intended target decided to because the blast itself was of no concern to the moon base, the two ships, or the space station. Only the alien ship seemed to have any concern over what had just taken place. The SDF1 had just taken down their scout ship and they were none to pleased.
On board the large alien ship the commander of the mission was looking over the information displayed on the screen in front of him. The enormously tall individual with blue gray skin bald head and a faceplate covering the right portion of his head wasn't happy.
"Exedore report." He ordered.
The smaller of the pair on the ship's bridge, Exedore, had muddy brown skin and reddish orange hair. Compared to his companion he was a full head shorter.
"The blast from the surface of the planet defiantly came from the ship we've been tracking Lord Breetai." Exedore told him.
"It appears the people of this planet have learned how to use it." Breetai commented. "The Zentreadi shall take back what is rightfully ours. Exedore send the battle pods to attack that planet."
"As you command Lord Breetai." Exedore replied.
A full compliment of Zentreadi battle pods made their way to the surface of the planet. Along the way the two space cruisers noticed the alien attack but before either of them could alert the troops on the surface the Zentreadi ship destroyed both of them. Little did the Zentreadi know that by destroying the small space cruisers they made themselves known.
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The bridge of the SDF1 was scrambling to try and figure out what had triggered the main guns to fire. Mina was running a full systems diagnostic while Rei was doing a radar sweep of the area. Michelle was gathering reports from the various parts of the ship and the moon base, space station, and ships in orbit above the Earth. She was about to contact one of the two ships when they both exploded from the initial Zentreadi attack. The enemy was now upon them.
"Sir, I can't seem to reach our ships in orbit." Michelle told the captain.
"Try using a different frequency Michelle." The captain suggested.
"That's just it sir no matter what frequency I use I can't contact them." She replied.
"Rei try getting them on the long range radar." Captain Gloval said.
"They're not on the long range radar sir." Rei responded
"What?!" the captain demanded.
"They're gone." Rei told him.
Once again Rei got another premonition and stiffened. She quickly turned around to check the radar screen in time to see forty blips on the screen heading straight towards the SDF1.
"Sir, we've got forty incoming unidentified bogeys headed this way." Rei called out.
"Long range sensors indicate these things are packing a lot of fire power." Claudia reported.
"Lisa call out the Veritech squads now!" the captain ordered.
"Aye, aye sir." Lisa began, "Red alert all Veritech squads report for duty now this is not a drill repeat this is not a drill."
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All hell was breaking loose all around Rick. Everywhere he looked he could see numerous Veritech fighters scrambling to get into the air. And everywhere he looked he could see strange pod like ships descending from the sky and emerging from the water.
"Looks like I'm going to have to cut our tour short Rick. Duty calls." Roy told him.
Roy took off in his Skull fighter to join the rest of his squad and fight the invading forces. As Rick sat there wondering what to do next when another voice came over the radio.
"You there in the Veritech get up there and join your squad." She ordered.
Rick froze at the sound of the voice and tried desperately to explain his situation.
"But I'm not a..."
"Get up there now before I have you thrown into the brig that's an order!" she cut in.
Rick quickly looked over the controls and started the plane. Except for some odd levers to his right Rick found the controls of the Veritech to be pretty much like the ones in his own plane. As Rick taxied to the runway he could see the cause of all the commotion. Up in the sky and on the ground Rick could see at least fifty strange looking pod like spacecraft attacking the Veritechs. Taking a deep breath Rick launched the Veritech and joined the others.
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The day they had all been training for was finally here. This was their first battle with the enemy. Even though most of them had some combat experience they weren't prepared for this, a full out invasion from space. The pods they faced had as much firepower as a Veritech. The two guns on either side of the pod packed quite a punch.
Roy joined the members of the Skull Squadron and quickly formulated a plan of attack. He knew they would need to brake up into three groups of four one taking the left side, one taking the right side and one going straight up the middle. Roy even knew which pilots to put in each group. From what he had seen Serena, Darien, Lita, and Amara were the obvious choice to be in one group because they seemed to work well with each other.
"Alright boys and girls you wanted action you got it. You wanted an adventure you got it. You wanted to defend the world from the alien scum of the universe well here's your chance. We're going to do a simple run and gun plan here. There'll be three groups of four one to the left one to the right and one straight up the middle." Roy began.
"Okay Mendez, Clark, Harris, and Anderson go left. Clark you take lead. Tuskino, Shields, Kino, and Ten'ou you go right. Tuskino you take the lead. The rest of you are with me. We're taking them head on. Good luck and good hunting everyone." Roy ordered.
The Skull Squadron broke up into three groups each going their respective ways. Each Head pane took point and lead the way through the storm of attacking pods. Down on the ground the city people along with the members of the audience that was attending the graduation and launching of the SDF1 had to run for cover as the alien force attacked the island. The families and friends of the scouts along with the people of Macross made it into the emergency shelters just as the pods started to rip apart the city.
Meanwhile up in the air the three parts of the skull squadron were battling the enemy pods with such resilience that they were starting to drive them back that was until from out of nowhere the enemy had received back up. Over with Serena and the others, they were managing to stave off the alien pods as best they could and out of the corner of her eye Serena saw a lone Veritech fighter get hit in the tail section which caused it to plummet towards the bridge of the SDF1. Serena wasted no time in what she knew she had to do next. "Lt. Commander please come in! There was a Veritech fighter hit in its tail section and it's headed straight for the bridge of the ship!" she said over the radio.
"I read you corporal and I'm on it! Tuskino has command until I come back! Fokker out!" Roy said while he headed towards the falling fighter.
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Inside the fighter Rick knew he was in big trouble, however, he had no idea how he'd get out of this one. Rick thought he'd die for sure this time and for once he was hoping that he knew what the heck he was suppose to do in this ship.
On board the SDF1 in the bridge Lisa thought the pilot in the Veritech was a nutcase either that or stupid. She figured there was only one way out of this predicament.
"Michelle please hurry and put me through to that fighter headed directly for us!" Lisa ordered.
"Aye! Ma'am!" Michelle said following orders.
"Go ahead ma'am!" she told her.
"Okay pilot why are you not pulling up yet?" Lisa asked the pilot of the fighter headed right at them.
"I don't know how ma'am!" Rick said over the loud speaker.
"What you don't know how? Why not?" Lisa asked.
"Simple really ma'am! I'm not in the military!" Rick yelled.
"Then why the hell are you in that ship?" Lisa yelled.
"EXCUSE ME YOU'RE THE ONE WHO ORDERED ME TO TAKE OFF IN THIS THING REMEMBER?" Rick yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Rick shut up! You do not yell at a person for a simple mistake!" Roy yelled out that order.
"I'm sorry Roy but she pushes my buttons!" Rick told him.
"Still anyway! Commander I'll take care of this!" Roy said.
"Well see that you do Lt. Commander!" Lisa said signing off.
"Okay Rick I'm going to help you pull out of this!" Roy said.
"Okay Roy well what do I do first?" Rick asked.
"Do you see the two buttons to your left?" Roy asked.
"Yes I do! What next?"
"Hit the G button!" Roy ordered.
"Oh you mean this one!" Rick asked but just before he could push it an explosion rocked the fighter and Rick accidentally pushed the B button.
"No Rick not that button!" Roy said following after Rick.
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Down in the streets of Macross not all of the citizens were safe yet and the family of a local Chinese restaurant was running for one of the nearby doors to the underground shelter. The family was running when the younger of the woman turned around and ran back to the building. "Minmei where on earth are you going?" Minmei's aunt asked.
"I forgot something in my bedroom I want to go get it!" Minmei told her aunt.
"I'm coming too!" her little cousin said.
"No Jamie!" Lynn told her young son.
A few moments later as Minmei and Jamie ran into the room a large explosion rocked the surrounding area and the next thing they knew some giant robot tore a hole in the side of the wall. The side of the wall came crashing down around the teenage girl and her young cousin; however, they were lucky that out of nowhere came another robot to shield them from the debris. "Miss are you alright?" Roy asked the teenager.
"Yes sir! How's your friend?" she asked.
"He'll be fine! Listen you better go to the underground shelter while you can!" Roy told her. Just as he said that her aunt came in and took the young boy while telling Minmei to follow her. When she got down to the street, however, an alien pod came out of nowhere and grabbed her.
Just then Rick came out of the stupor he went into when he hit his head on the joystick after he hit the ground. "Roy what the heck happened?"
"Tell ya later right now we need to save that young lady!" Roy said over the radio causing Rick to look at the giant pod with Minmei in its arms.
"Okay Roy what's the plan?" Rick asked.
"Well first hit that G button on your left side! Then I want you to shoot a warning shot across that pods side!" Roy ordered.
"What are you going to do?" Rick asked.
"Why come up behind it and knock the little lady free of that monster of course! Then you grab her!" Roy ordered.
"Let's do it Roy!" Rick said hitting the G button to his left side, which switched his fighter from battleoid into a guardian.
Soon after Rick fired the shot scaring the alien pod into watching him so when Roy came up behind it the thing didn't see when Roy blew off the arm holding Minmei. Roy quickly grabbed her and then finished by blowing the pod up.
"Good job Rick now come with me so we can check this little girl out okay!" Roy said.
******
Meanwhile on board the bridge of the SDF1 the crew was about to get a special guest. One of the higher ups, an ambassador decided to kick the SDF1 and her crew off the planet for the Earth's safety supposedly. But he was bound and determined to do it just the same. Lisa was trying her hardest to remain clam and in control during the entire situation. Without her knowing it she had sent a civilian into battle and almost got him killed. If it hadn't been for Roy the young daredevil pilot would have been shot at by one of the enemy ships. Add to that the ambassador giving the orders to launch the SDF1 before it was ready. The captain was not too pleased with that order. Now Lisa was given the task of getting all the Veritech pilots back to the ship in one piece. Things were going okay until Roy Fokker's voice was heard over the radio system.
"This is Lt. Commander Fokker requesting permission to land." He said.
Claudia was about to give him the go ahead when Lisa decided to give Roy a piece of her mind.
"Lt. Commander Fokker do you know how irresponsible it was to allow a civilian access to one of the Veritech fighters." She yelled at him.
"Nothing happened." Roy tried to explain.
"Nothing happened? He could have killed everyone on the bridge." She shot back.
"But he didn't. In fact he helped me rescue a civilian from an enemy pilot." Roy told her.
"Listen mister hot shot fighter pilot I'm going to have a few words with you when you get on board this ship." Lisa said with a biting tone of voice.
"Gee Roy who's the old sourpuss?" Rick asked his best friend.
"Old sourpuss. I'll show you who's an old sourpuss." Lisa said as she got off Roy's channel.
"Rick I already told you that is my commanding officer now shut up already!" Roy told him.
"Roy you and your companion are clear to land in hanger three." Claudia let him know.
"Thanks Beautiful." Roy replied.
Lisa who was a bit calmer wondered why Claudia sent Roy and the civilian pilot to hanger three.
"Claudia why did you send them there?" she asked.
"Well that's were they put the plane that civilian was flying earlier. I thought he might want to at least see it again. And besides it just might keep him occupied for a while." She explained.
"Claudia what would I ever do without you?" Lisa said not expecting an answer.
"Probably lose your mind!" Claudia said jokingly.
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The two Veritech fighters landed in hanger three without any problems. Roy put Minmei who had blacked out after the rescue because she was scared they were going to shoot her down and got out to check on her. After waking her up he watched as Roy went over to the flight crew chief to get an update on their current situation. As Roy stood talking with the crewmen. He continued to not look too happy.
"Listen Rick I'm afraid you and the young lady are going to have to stay on board the SDF1 for a while. Things just aren't safe out there for you." Roy said when he finished talking to the crew.
"But how are we going to get home?" Rick demanded to know.
"Don't worry we'll get you two back down to island when everything is over." Roy told them.
"My family doesn't even know I'm up here." Minmei said.
"We'll find a way to contact your family miss." Roy reassured her, "Right now you two should sit back and enjoy yourselves. Besides Rick we saved something for you." Roy said as he pulled on a white tarp that revealed Rick's experimental racer.
"My plane! Gee thanks Roy." Rick said with renewed enthusiasm and hope.
"No problem kid it's the least we could do." Roy told him as he left for the briefing room.
Rick was on cloud nine now that he had his plane back. Jumping into the cockpit he checked all the controls and gauges. The plane had enough fuel to get them back to the island and to safety. In the back of his mind Rick was formulating a plan. If he wasn't going to do something right in the eyes of the military he would do something right in the eyes of Minmei's family and return her to Macross City.
"Listen I've got enough fuel in there to get me back to island." Rick said as he jumped out of the plane, "If you want I'll be more than happy to take you with me. It'll be a tight squeeze but I think we can manage it. What do you say?"
"Really you could get me off this awful ship and back to my aunt and uncle?! That would be great. Okay I'll go with you." Minmei said as she once again turned into the Rick hunter groupie.
Rick hopped into the plane and helped Minmei up onto his lap. Closing the canopy and turning on the propeller Rick taxied the small racer into takeoff position. He had never performed a mid air takeoff before but Rick was willing to give anything a try once. The small plane burst out of the side of the SDF1 and headed for the island below. Rick hoped his adventure with the SDF1 was over and done with.
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The crew of the SDF1 was busy trying to ward off the onslaught of Zentreadi invaders. It seemed no matter what they did the battle pods kept coming towards the huge battle cruiser. Captain Gloval tried to think of a way to shake off the alien invasion forces and gain the upper hand in the battle. At this pint in the battle he was open and desperate enough to try anything to save his crew from being slaughtered.
As the captain thought about every possible escape plan imaginable he came to the same conclusion the SDF1 just wouldn't be able to get away fast enough. In his mind the only way to get away from the aliens was to perform a space fold jump to the far side of the moon. It was a risk worth taking and Henry Gloval was willing to take it he just hoped his crew would be too.
"Mina contact the engine room and tell them to prepare the space fold engines we are going to execute a space fold jump and outrun the alien ships." The captain told her.
"Aye, aye sir." Mina replied before beginning to contact the engine room.
"Sir, are you sure it's wise to use the space fold engines when we've never tested them?" Claudia wanted to know.
"I don't know what might happen but that's a risk I'm willing to take in order to save the lives of thousands of innocent people." The captain explained, "Now then, Mina tell the engine room to have the space fold engines on standby. Lisa I want you to begin a decent towards the surface of the planet when we reach one thousand fee above the surface we will engage the space fold engines and execute the jump."
"Captain that's suicide." Claudia protested.
"As I said before that is a risk I'm willing to take." He restated.
"Captain, what's our intended jump destination?" Mina needed to know.
"The far side of the moon Mina." The captain told her.
Mina relayed the information the captain gave her to the engine room to have the space fold engines on standby and allow the bridge to execute the jump.
Lisa then sent the message to the entire crew of the SDF1 to prepare for the space fold jump.
"All personnel standby to prepare for a space fold jump. Repeat all personnel standby to prepare for a space fold jump."
The SDF1 began its decent towards the surface of the planet. As it descended closer and closer to the planet's surface Lisa began watching the altimeter for the intended jump height.
"Captain, we've reached eleven hundred feet above the surface." Lisa informed the captain.
"Begin the jump sequence, when we've reached one thousand feet execute the space jump." The captain ordered.
"Aye sir. We are now at one thousand fifty feet and closing." She replied.
"Execute the jump on my mark." The captain said, "NOW!"
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Meanwhile as this was going on outside the people in the underground shelter were worried about what was going on outside. Amy's mother was busy tending to the wounded while the guys helped keep the others calm. Hotaru as staying near Sammy and the rest of Serena's family since she really didn't want to bother Amy's mother while she did her work. All was peaceful until the ground started to shake and then all of a sudden it got really cold. Everyone huddled together for warmth. Sammy swore he saw Serena and Mina's cats Luna and Artemis cuddled around Hotaru, which to him meant she must know them. Then just as suddenly the earthquakes stopped but it got ever colder and Amy's mother began to thing hypothermia would occur she only hoped help would come soon.
One thousand feet above Macross Island a great sphere of light encircled the SDF1. As the light engulfed the battle cruiser it began to grow ever larger surrounding all that was in its path. The small orange experimental aircraft that was moments earlier inside a hanger on the SDF1 had no chance to escape the light of the fold. The island below was also left without a way to escape the impending doom. A few minutes after the order to begin the space fold jump was given by Captain Henry Gloval on board the SDF1 the battle cruiser, a small experimental airplane, two large aircraft carriers, and an entire island disappeared from the face of the earth.
On board the bridge of the SDF1 Corporal Rei Hino had a vision of impending doom.
TBC
Please tell me what you think so far! Remember to Read Sailor Moon Macross by Chibi Halo. And if this story looks somewhat like hers, well remember it is because I used some of her idea's, However, I was given permission to use them so don't go doing it yourself unless you ask her please!
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Robotech Warriors Book 1 By thunderbird with Sections From Chibi Halo
The motorcade made its way down the streets of Macross City. Everyone in the entire city wanted to get a glimpse of the car carrying such an important political figure. Inside the vehicle the atmosphere was less than friendly. The two occupants of the backseat of the vehicle had different opinions about how the events of the day should be handled. The short stocky balding gentleman with the pencil thin mustache thought the eyes of the world should be watching the momentous occasion taking place that day. His companion next to him who was taller thinner and had what some would call a thick cheesy mustache would disagree. He didn't want to draw any unnecessary attention that would alert any possible enemies. The two gentlemen let their opinions be known to not only each other but also the driver and bodyguard in the front of the car.
"Captain you don't seem to understand the historical significance of this day." The short man said.
"I understand it very well. What you don't understand Mr. Mayor is I am about to take an untested crew into space for the first time. A crew that has had very little combat experience." The captain tried to get across.
"Captain Gloval it appears to me that you tend to forget that without the people of Macross City your precious ship would not even be ready for launch today." The mayor replied.
"Without that ship and the military crew she possesses there would be no Macross City." Captain Gloval argued as he took a puff from his pipe.
"Oh your no fun Gloval!" The mayor told him.
"I wasn't trying to be funny mister mayor!" Gloval retorted.
Both men sat silent in the car as the pipe smoke hung in the air. Neither man wanted to carry the conversation they were having any farther.
Captain Henry Gloval was a man in his early fifties. Born during the early stages of the cold war Captain Gloval was brought up believing that the Americans were the enemy of the great Soviet Empire. It was said many times by his father that the date of his birth determined Henry's path in life. Henry Gloval was born on the day the Soviet military launched the rocket containing the Sputnik satellite.
Growing up in the midst of the great space race Henry Gloval trained to become a great hero of the Soviet people. As the years passed on and the cold war continued the young Gloval entered the military and saw time in the Baltic Sea. When the cold war began to die down and the Soviet Union and Communism faded into history Captain Gloval stayed in the Russian military as a naval officer. It was because of his impressive naval career that he was not only made a commanding officer in the UN military but in the RDF as well.
The silence in the vehicle continued for nearly five minutes. With neither man acknowledging the presence of the other one the atmosphere was less than cheery. The mayor, after having enough of the perpetual silence, finally spoke up to the Russian.
"You know Gloval the least you could do is smile once in a while." The mayor said.
"I will smile only when the SDF1 is successfully launched into space." The captain replied.
"Fine you big party pooper the least you could do is wave!" The mayor said.
"Fine I'll wave but that's all I will do mister mayor!" Gloval mumbled to himself.
The mayor has no idea about the possible threat to our world; none of them do they're all so naïve, the captain thought. They all believe nothing will ever happen to them again.
The mayor could tell something was bothering the captain by the way he was puffing on his pipe. He decided the current topic of discussion wasn't one Gloval wanted to talk about. The mayor decided to change the subject for the rest of the ride. Nothing was going to spoil his perfect day.
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Part Two: Launch Day
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The crowd gathered around for the day's events would soon get a real treat. In the air would soon be flying four members of the Skull Squadron. While on the ground the freshly graduated cadets stood at attention down in front of the stage while Rei, Mina, and Michelle went to the bridge of the ship to prepare to launch the ship. Their family members all sat down to watch to spectacle. Next thing that happened surprised everyone including Serena and Sammy. On the stage next to Lt. Commander Fokker was Serena and Sammy's father, Kenji Tuskino. At first Serena thought he was just there to say hi but now it appeared that he was there to also talk about the new Veritech fighters to the civilians there to see the launching of the SDF1.
"Ladies and gentlemen good morning and welcome to not only the graduation of these fine new soldiers but the launching of the massive ship that you see behind me now! For those of you who know me my name is well known, however, for those who don't. My name is Captain Kenji F. Tuskino. I am one of the men behind the development of those fine Aircraft you see over in the Tarmac to my right. These fighters have three modes to protect our world. The first you see before you. It is the main form of the Veritech Aircraft. Lt. Commander if you will please have the four pilots take off so we may begin the show!" Kenji asked.
"Yes Captain Tuskino!" Roy then proceeded to speak into his mic to tell the four fighters to take off.
"As you can see they can maneuver very well and fast. As you can see in Fighter mode the Veritech acts and feels like a normal jet. You get easy maneuverability in Fighter mode."
The pilots executed a perfect bank turn and headed back towards the airfield. As they did they manipulated a few controls and pulled a switch marked G. the fighters lost their tails and sprouted arms and legs and were now holding large cannons.
"The pilots have now gone into Guardian mode. In this mode the pilots can return back to Fighter mode quickly to be able to engage in full air combat. The arms and legs do make it a bit difficult to maneuver in flight but they allow for easy use of the cannon you see in the hands of the Guardian." Captain Tuskino explained to everyone.
The pilots manipulated the controls once more and pulled a lever marked B. The Guardians grew in size and lost any resemblance to jet planes. The large robots were around forty feet in height and had the cannons strapped over their shoulders. The whole group stared in awe at the Battleoids.
"Man I still can't get over those things size." Amara said.
The captain continued his explanation of the Veritech. "What you see before you is the full Battleoid mode. In this mode we can engage the enemy in hand to hand combat. Here we will be around the same height as the enemy. Our research has shown that the enemy will be around forty feet in height. With the Battleoid we can be prepared for anything that enemy might throw our way."
The Pilots reverted back into Guardian mode and took off high enough to change back to Fighter mode. Once the Veritech was in Fighter mode they prepared to land the planes and return it to the tarmac.
As the four planes reached were about to land they saw a small plane headed right for them. "This is Skull 3 to SDF1 control, SDF1 control come in please!" the pilot called over the radio.
"Commander Hayes Skull 3 is calling over the radio!" Michelle told her.
"This is Commander Hayes go ahead corporal!" Lisa told the pilot.
"Commander beg your forgiveness but we've got a small plane headed right at us!" He asked.
"Hang on a moment! Corporal Kaiou put me through to that ship now!" Lisa ordered.
"I'm patching you through now ma'am!" Michelle said.
Lisa was mad for the simple fact that this flyboy was about to ram right into four Veritechs. On top of that the idiot wasn't suppose to be there.
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Meanwhile down on the ground the audience was watching the whole scene play out right in front of them. Serena, Darien, Lita and Amara along with the other graduates watched in horror as the little plane kept coming towards the base and appeared to refuse to stop, turn around or pull up. Their family and friends wondered if anyone would do something to stop the pilot of the small plane before they crashed into the four Veritech fighters. Amy and her mother thought that the way things were going there might be injured. So they both got ready just in case they'd be needed.
******
Meanwhile the small experimental aircraft flew across the sky with a slight hum from the propeller. The rear propeller looked more like a large oversized fan than something that would fly a plane. On either side of the propeller were boosters similar to the ones found on a fighter jet. The plane may have been small but it was extremely fast and easy to maneuver.
The pilot of the small aircraft was heading towards Macross Island for the launching of the SDF1. He knew only those with a ticket would be allowed onto the military base. He also knew the best pilot the RDF had to offer Roy Fokker. Roy was his ticket into the biggest event in RDF history.
As the pilot of the small plane continued towards Macross Island he failed to notice the flight demonstration taking place in front of him. Continuing on his path towards the island the pilot of the small experimental aircraft was about to fly head on into the tight formation held by four members of the Skull Squadron. At the last second the formation broke loose and rocked the tiny plane.
Right after the formation was broken up a voice came over the young pilot's radio. "You in the unauthorized plane do you know how darn close you came to getting turned into a damn splatter on one of those fighters?" the voice roared over the radio.
"I'm sorry ma'am I wasn't paying attention!" the pilot whimpered from her voice.
"You weren't paying attention! You weren't paying attention! What the hell do you mean you weren't paying attention? Who can someone who flies a plane not pay attention?" the person boomed over the radio.
"Jeez lady calm down! No harm was done!" he told the woman on the other end of the connection.
While the two argued back and forth Roy decided it was time to end this little fiasco. So he pardoned himself away from Captain Tuskino and ran to his fighter. After he took off he flew up next to the little experimental plane to see just who the heck it was that almost wrecked four of his men's planes. "Rick is that you in there? You mind telling me why the hell you almost wrecked four of our most expensive planes every built? I'll have you know that the creator of those planes is down there right now probable fuming out of his mind that you almost destroyed a demo of his Fighters unveiling!" Roy yelled through the radio.
"Lt. Commander do you mean to tell me you know this imbecile?" the woman yelled.
"Yes Commander Hayes unfortunately I do! I'll take full responsibility for him ma'am!" Roy told her.
"Hey Roy who is that old nag?" Rick asked.
"Old nag! Why you little!" she said before she cut off communications.
"Rick that old nag as you so delicately put it is my superior officer!" Roy told him, "Now I think it's time to land and calm down our nerves!"
******
A few minutes later after Rick and Roy were on the ground Captain Tuskino walked up to them. "Young man do you know how long it took me to design those planes?"
"No sir not really!" Rick said taking a big gulp of air.
"Let's put it this way. I think you weren't even born yet when I thought up those designs!" Kenji told the young man in front of him.
"Father please calm down! I'm sure he's sorry! Right?" A woman in her early twenties said coming up to the group.
"Thank you corporal Tuskino! Captain why don't you relax while I go talk to my friend here?" Roy asked.
"Sir I really am sorry!" Rick apologized.
"Fine just don't let it happen again okay?" Kenji told the boy. After Serena and her father left Roy and Rick took a walk. To discuss this and that and anything else they felt like.
As the two long time friends walked around the airfield they noticed a small lunch cart not too far from the grandstands set up for the day's events. Standing next to the cart was a young Asian woman and a little boy. The girl appeared to be no older than fifteen and the boy no older than eight. The girl had long dark hair and dark chestnut eyes and a smile that lit up any area she was in. She wasn't as beautiful as a super model or a movie star but she had an adorable innocence about her. Roy smiled when he saw her. Rick looked over at his friend and knowing Roy took his smile to mean that Roy was interested in this girl.
"Hey Roy are you in love with her?" Rick teased.
"It's not like that at all Rick. I happen to be in a very steady relationship right now." Roy replied.
"Yeah I bet your plane is great kisser Roy." Rick joked.
Upon hearing Rick's latest remark Roy whapped him upside the head.
"Hey what was that for?" Rick demanded to know.
"That was for calling my girl a plane." Roy replied with a devilish grin on his face.
Rick decided to back off any more remarks about women and planes. He knew better than to push the two buttons that got Roy going. Women and planes ranked tops in Roy's odd little fantasy world. Roy either had to have a woman or a plane in his life to feel complete. If he had both Roy was on top of the world. And being in the RDF with Claudia left Roy feeling like a giddy little schoolboy.
Roy was feeling so good at the moment he decided to give Rick something he would talk about for the rest of his life. Roy knew there was an unused Veritech sitting near one of the hangers and he was bout to let Rick sit in one of the most advanced fighter jets in the world. He knew nothing else could go wrong as long as Rick was on the ground.
"Hey Rick how would you like to see an actual Veritech fighter up close?" Roy asked him.
"You know I would." Rick answered showing all the excitement in his voice.
"Come on I know where we can find one for you to look at." Roy said.
Rick was like a little kid in a candy store when he saw the Veritech. In all the years Roy had known Rick Hunter and his family Rick was the only other person Roy knew who had the same love for planes he did. Because of that love Rick came to idolize Roy and everything Roy did made Rick want to be just like him. Everything except join the military. Rick wasn't too fond of the military but he never let that get in the way of his friendship with Roy.
"Wow wait till the guys back home hear about this!" Rick exclaimed over the radio.
"Yep they'll certainly be jealous of you Rick. You got to sit in an actual Veritech." Roy said.
******
The bridge of the SDF1 was quiet since the incident with Rick's plane. Claudia and the others knew it was best to let things die down on their own when Lisa was in one of her moods. The best thing to do was leave Lisa alone and let her calm down before talking to her again. This was one of those days when Lisa demanded absolute perfection from the members of the bridge crew. As first officer of the SDF1 Lisa had a lot riding on her shoulders.
The door to the bridge opened and Captain Henry Gloval stepped onto the bridge of the SDF1 for the first time. The entire bridge crew turned to see who was coming onto the bridge. Lisa knew right away that it was the captain of the SDF1.
"Captain on the bridge." Lisa announced signaling the crew to use proper protocol.
Everyone stood at attention and waited for the captain to speak.
"At ease ladies." He began, "Lisa is everything going well in here?"
"We had a minor incident sir but Lt. Commander Fokker has taken care of the problem." Lisa reported.
"Good. Are we ready to begin launch procedures?" the captain wanted to know
"We are ready to begin launch procedures on your word captain." Lisa replied.
"Alright then ladies let's bring this ship to life." The captain told them.
"All personnel prepare to begin launch procedures." Lisa called out over the ship wide communications system.
The protoculture surged through the long idle battle cruiser bringing it to life. All over the ship the various systems came to life as the long process of preparing the ship for launch began.
"Engine room reports engines are on line captain." Mina reported.
"Communications?" the captain asked.
"Communications are up and running sir." Michelle replied.
"Radar?"
"I feel a great evil approaching." Rei said.
The captain, Lisa, and Claudia looked at each other with obvious confusion. They had no idea about Rei's precognitive skills. Mina and Michelle on the other hand looked at each other with sheer terror on their faces. They knew all too well what Rei meant when she had one of her flashes.
True to Rei's ominous premonition the alarm system began to sound off in the bridge. Claudia scrambled to see what she could do to shut it off. As she tried to get things under control she found out she was locked out of her control station. Looking at the screen Claudia could see the main guns begin to go on line in preparation to fire.
"Captain the main guns are preparing to fire!" Claudia called out over the sound of the alarm.
"What?! That's impossible!" the captain yelled back to her.
"Sir, I'm locked out of my terminal." Mina told him.
"Claudia shut down the main guns now." Captain Gloval ordered.
"I can't captain. Believe me I've tried and my station's not responding." Claudia replied.
"What about communications Michelle?" the captain needed to know.
"Nothing sir the system won't respond to anything I try to do." She told him.
Why did Amy have to go into medical training, Rei thought.
"Sir I can't get any response from the radar systems either." Rei reported.
"Lisa what are you getting?" the captain asked her.
"Nothing sir. I can't get anything on my screen and like the others my station is not responding." Lisa replied with obvious fear in her voice.
Outside the SDF1 the main guns began find their target. Locking in on the target the guns powered up and prepared to fire. All at once the guns went off and an explosion could be seen in the sky over Macross City. The people gathered at the airbase began to get out of there as the government officials began scrambling for answers.
On the bridge of the SDF1 Captain Henry Gloval was none too pleased with their current situation. The ship they thought they knew everything about was actually a booby trap. As the main guns went off line the ship's systems came back under control.
"They have sent us to our deaths." The captain commented with a chuckle.
"Sir?" Lisa asked him.
"The ship obviously has some built in self defenses set to detect when the enemies of whomever built her are nearby and their so called experts knew nothing about them." The captain told them.
******
When then SDF1 fired its main guns the blast shot out and went into outer space. What they were aimed at no one knew, however, that would all change as soon as the intended target decided to because the blast itself was of no concern to the moon base, the two ships, or the space station. Only the alien ship seemed to have any concern over what had just taken place. The SDF1 had just taken down their scout ship and they were none to pleased.
On board the large alien ship the commander of the mission was looking over the information displayed on the screen in front of him. The enormously tall individual with blue gray skin bald head and a faceplate covering the right portion of his head wasn't happy.
"Exedore report." He ordered.
The smaller of the pair on the ship's bridge, Exedore, had muddy brown skin and reddish orange hair. Compared to his companion he was a full head shorter.
"The blast from the surface of the planet defiantly came from the ship we've been tracking Lord Breetai." Exedore told him.
"It appears the people of this planet have learned how to use it." Breetai commented. "The Zentreadi shall take back what is rightfully ours. Exedore send the battle pods to attack that planet."
"As you command Lord Breetai." Exedore replied.
A full compliment of Zentreadi battle pods made their way to the surface of the planet. Along the way the two space cruisers noticed the alien attack but before either of them could alert the troops on the surface the Zentreadi ship destroyed both of them. Little did the Zentreadi know that by destroying the small space cruisers they made themselves known.
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The bridge of the SDF1 was scrambling to try and figure out what had triggered the main guns to fire. Mina was running a full systems diagnostic while Rei was doing a radar sweep of the area. Michelle was gathering reports from the various parts of the ship and the moon base, space station, and ships in orbit above the Earth. She was about to contact one of the two ships when they both exploded from the initial Zentreadi attack. The enemy was now upon them.
"Sir, I can't seem to reach our ships in orbit." Michelle told the captain.
"Try using a different frequency Michelle." The captain suggested.
"That's just it sir no matter what frequency I use I can't contact them." She replied.
"Rei try getting them on the long range radar." Captain Gloval said.
"They're not on the long range radar sir." Rei responded
"What?!" the captain demanded.
"They're gone." Rei told him.
Once again Rei got another premonition and stiffened. She quickly turned around to check the radar screen in time to see forty blips on the screen heading straight towards the SDF1.
"Sir, we've got forty incoming unidentified bogeys headed this way." Rei called out.
"Long range sensors indicate these things are packing a lot of fire power." Claudia reported.
"Lisa call out the Veritech squads now!" the captain ordered.
"Aye, aye sir." Lisa began, "Red alert all Veritech squads report for duty now this is not a drill repeat this is not a drill."
******
All hell was breaking loose all around Rick. Everywhere he looked he could see numerous Veritech fighters scrambling to get into the air. And everywhere he looked he could see strange pod like ships descending from the sky and emerging from the water.
"Looks like I'm going to have to cut our tour short Rick. Duty calls." Roy told him.
Roy took off in his Skull fighter to join the rest of his squad and fight the invading forces. As Rick sat there wondering what to do next when another voice came over the radio.
"You there in the Veritech get up there and join your squad." She ordered.
Rick froze at the sound of the voice and tried desperately to explain his situation.
"But I'm not a..."
"Get up there now before I have you thrown into the brig that's an order!" she cut in.
Rick quickly looked over the controls and started the plane. Except for some odd levers to his right Rick found the controls of the Veritech to be pretty much like the ones in his own plane. As Rick taxied to the runway he could see the cause of all the commotion. Up in the sky and on the ground Rick could see at least fifty strange looking pod like spacecraft attacking the Veritechs. Taking a deep breath Rick launched the Veritech and joined the others.
******
The day they had all been training for was finally here. This was their first battle with the enemy. Even though most of them had some combat experience they weren't prepared for this, a full out invasion from space. The pods they faced had as much firepower as a Veritech. The two guns on either side of the pod packed quite a punch.
Roy joined the members of the Skull Squadron and quickly formulated a plan of attack. He knew they would need to brake up into three groups of four one taking the left side, one taking the right side and one going straight up the middle. Roy even knew which pilots to put in each group. From what he had seen Serena, Darien, Lita, and Amara were the obvious choice to be in one group because they seemed to work well with each other.
"Alright boys and girls you wanted action you got it. You wanted an adventure you got it. You wanted to defend the world from the alien scum of the universe well here's your chance. We're going to do a simple run and gun plan here. There'll be three groups of four one to the left one to the right and one straight up the middle." Roy began.
"Okay Mendez, Clark, Harris, and Anderson go left. Clark you take lead. Tuskino, Shields, Kino, and Ten'ou you go right. Tuskino you take the lead. The rest of you are with me. We're taking them head on. Good luck and good hunting everyone." Roy ordered.
The Skull Squadron broke up into three groups each going their respective ways. Each Head pane took point and lead the way through the storm of attacking pods. Down on the ground the city people along with the members of the audience that was attending the graduation and launching of the SDF1 had to run for cover as the alien force attacked the island. The families and friends of the scouts along with the people of Macross made it into the emergency shelters just as the pods started to rip apart the city.
Meanwhile up in the air the three parts of the skull squadron were battling the enemy pods with such resilience that they were starting to drive them back that was until from out of nowhere the enemy had received back up. Over with Serena and the others, they were managing to stave off the alien pods as best they could and out of the corner of her eye Serena saw a lone Veritech fighter get hit in the tail section which caused it to plummet towards the bridge of the SDF1. Serena wasted no time in what she knew she had to do next. "Lt. Commander please come in! There was a Veritech fighter hit in its tail section and it's headed straight for the bridge of the ship!" she said over the radio.
"I read you corporal and I'm on it! Tuskino has command until I come back! Fokker out!" Roy said while he headed towards the falling fighter.
******
Inside the fighter Rick knew he was in big trouble, however, he had no idea how he'd get out of this one. Rick thought he'd die for sure this time and for once he was hoping that he knew what the heck he was suppose to do in this ship.
On board the SDF1 in the bridge Lisa thought the pilot in the Veritech was a nutcase either that or stupid. She figured there was only one way out of this predicament.
"Michelle please hurry and put me through to that fighter headed directly for us!" Lisa ordered.
"Aye! Ma'am!" Michelle said following orders.
"Go ahead ma'am!" she told her.
"Okay pilot why are you not pulling up yet?" Lisa asked the pilot of the fighter headed right at them.
"I don't know how ma'am!" Rick said over the loud speaker.
"What you don't know how? Why not?" Lisa asked.
"Simple really ma'am! I'm not in the military!" Rick yelled.
"Then why the hell are you in that ship?" Lisa yelled.
"EXCUSE ME YOU'RE THE ONE WHO ORDERED ME TO TAKE OFF IN THIS THING REMEMBER?" Rick yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Rick shut up! You do not yell at a person for a simple mistake!" Roy yelled out that order.
"I'm sorry Roy but she pushes my buttons!" Rick told him.
"Still anyway! Commander I'll take care of this!" Roy said.
"Well see that you do Lt. Commander!" Lisa said signing off.
"Okay Rick I'm going to help you pull out of this!" Roy said.
"Okay Roy well what do I do first?" Rick asked.
"Do you see the two buttons to your left?" Roy asked.
"Yes I do! What next?"
"Hit the G button!" Roy ordered.
"Oh you mean this one!" Rick asked but just before he could push it an explosion rocked the fighter and Rick accidentally pushed the B button.
"No Rick not that button!" Roy said following after Rick.
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Down in the streets of Macross not all of the citizens were safe yet and the family of a local Chinese restaurant was running for one of the nearby doors to the underground shelter. The family was running when the younger of the woman turned around and ran back to the building. "Minmei where on earth are you going?" Minmei's aunt asked.
"I forgot something in my bedroom I want to go get it!" Minmei told her aunt.
"I'm coming too!" her little cousin said.
"No Jamie!" Lynn told her young son.
A few moments later as Minmei and Jamie ran into the room a large explosion rocked the surrounding area and the next thing they knew some giant robot tore a hole in the side of the wall. The side of the wall came crashing down around the teenage girl and her young cousin; however, they were lucky that out of nowhere came another robot to shield them from the debris. "Miss are you alright?" Roy asked the teenager.
"Yes sir! How's your friend?" she asked.
"He'll be fine! Listen you better go to the underground shelter while you can!" Roy told her. Just as he said that her aunt came in and took the young boy while telling Minmei to follow her. When she got down to the street, however, an alien pod came out of nowhere and grabbed her.
Just then Rick came out of the stupor he went into when he hit his head on the joystick after he hit the ground. "Roy what the heck happened?"
"Tell ya later right now we need to save that young lady!" Roy said over the radio causing Rick to look at the giant pod with Minmei in its arms.
"Okay Roy what's the plan?" Rick asked.
"Well first hit that G button on your left side! Then I want you to shoot a warning shot across that pods side!" Roy ordered.
"What are you going to do?" Rick asked.
"Why come up behind it and knock the little lady free of that monster of course! Then you grab her!" Roy ordered.
"Let's do it Roy!" Rick said hitting the G button to his left side, which switched his fighter from battleoid into a guardian.
Soon after Rick fired the shot scaring the alien pod into watching him so when Roy came up behind it the thing didn't see when Roy blew off the arm holding Minmei. Roy quickly grabbed her and then finished by blowing the pod up.
"Good job Rick now come with me so we can check this little girl out okay!" Roy said.
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Meanwhile on board the bridge of the SDF1 the crew was about to get a special guest. One of the higher ups, an ambassador decided to kick the SDF1 and her crew off the planet for the Earth's safety supposedly. But he was bound and determined to do it just the same. Lisa was trying her hardest to remain clam and in control during the entire situation. Without her knowing it she had sent a civilian into battle and almost got him killed. If it hadn't been for Roy the young daredevil pilot would have been shot at by one of the enemy ships. Add to that the ambassador giving the orders to launch the SDF1 before it was ready. The captain was not too pleased with that order. Now Lisa was given the task of getting all the Veritech pilots back to the ship in one piece. Things were going okay until Roy Fokker's voice was heard over the radio system.
"This is Lt. Commander Fokker requesting permission to land." He said.
Claudia was about to give him the go ahead when Lisa decided to give Roy a piece of her mind.
"Lt. Commander Fokker do you know how irresponsible it was to allow a civilian access to one of the Veritech fighters." She yelled at him.
"Nothing happened." Roy tried to explain.
"Nothing happened? He could have killed everyone on the bridge." She shot back.
"But he didn't. In fact he helped me rescue a civilian from an enemy pilot." Roy told her.
"Listen mister hot shot fighter pilot I'm going to have a few words with you when you get on board this ship." Lisa said with a biting tone of voice.
"Gee Roy who's the old sourpuss?" Rick asked his best friend.
"Old sourpuss. I'll show you who's an old sourpuss." Lisa said as she got off Roy's channel.
"Rick I already told you that is my commanding officer now shut up already!" Roy told him.
"Roy you and your companion are clear to land in hanger three." Claudia let him know.
"Thanks Beautiful." Roy replied.
Lisa who was a bit calmer wondered why Claudia sent Roy and the civilian pilot to hanger three.
"Claudia why did you send them there?" she asked.
"Well that's were they put the plane that civilian was flying earlier. I thought he might want to at least see it again. And besides it just might keep him occupied for a while." She explained.
"Claudia what would I ever do without you?" Lisa said not expecting an answer.
"Probably lose your mind!" Claudia said jokingly.
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The two Veritech fighters landed in hanger three without any problems. Roy put Minmei who had blacked out after the rescue because she was scared they were going to shoot her down and got out to check on her. After waking her up he watched as Roy went over to the flight crew chief to get an update on their current situation. As Roy stood talking with the crewmen. He continued to not look too happy.
"Listen Rick I'm afraid you and the young lady are going to have to stay on board the SDF1 for a while. Things just aren't safe out there for you." Roy said when he finished talking to the crew.
"But how are we going to get home?" Rick demanded to know.
"Don't worry we'll get you two back down to island when everything is over." Roy told them.
"My family doesn't even know I'm up here." Minmei said.
"We'll find a way to contact your family miss." Roy reassured her, "Right now you two should sit back and enjoy yourselves. Besides Rick we saved something for you." Roy said as he pulled on a white tarp that revealed Rick's experimental racer.
"My plane! Gee thanks Roy." Rick said with renewed enthusiasm and hope.
"No problem kid it's the least we could do." Roy told him as he left for the briefing room.
Rick was on cloud nine now that he had his plane back. Jumping into the cockpit he checked all the controls and gauges. The plane had enough fuel to get them back to the island and to safety. In the back of his mind Rick was formulating a plan. If he wasn't going to do something right in the eyes of the military he would do something right in the eyes of Minmei's family and return her to Macross City.
"Listen I've got enough fuel in there to get me back to island." Rick said as he jumped out of the plane, "If you want I'll be more than happy to take you with me. It'll be a tight squeeze but I think we can manage it. What do you say?"
"Really you could get me off this awful ship and back to my aunt and uncle?! That would be great. Okay I'll go with you." Minmei said as she once again turned into the Rick hunter groupie.
Rick hopped into the plane and helped Minmei up onto his lap. Closing the canopy and turning on the propeller Rick taxied the small racer into takeoff position. He had never performed a mid air takeoff before but Rick was willing to give anything a try once. The small plane burst out of the side of the SDF1 and headed for the island below. Rick hoped his adventure with the SDF1 was over and done with.
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The crew of the SDF1 was busy trying to ward off the onslaught of Zentreadi invaders. It seemed no matter what they did the battle pods kept coming towards the huge battle cruiser. Captain Gloval tried to think of a way to shake off the alien invasion forces and gain the upper hand in the battle. At this pint in the battle he was open and desperate enough to try anything to save his crew from being slaughtered.
As the captain thought about every possible escape plan imaginable he came to the same conclusion the SDF1 just wouldn't be able to get away fast enough. In his mind the only way to get away from the aliens was to perform a space fold jump to the far side of the moon. It was a risk worth taking and Henry Gloval was willing to take it he just hoped his crew would be too.
"Mina contact the engine room and tell them to prepare the space fold engines we are going to execute a space fold jump and outrun the alien ships." The captain told her.
"Aye, aye sir." Mina replied before beginning to contact the engine room.
"Sir, are you sure it's wise to use the space fold engines when we've never tested them?" Claudia wanted to know.
"I don't know what might happen but that's a risk I'm willing to take in order to save the lives of thousands of innocent people." The captain explained, "Now then, Mina tell the engine room to have the space fold engines on standby. Lisa I want you to begin a decent towards the surface of the planet when we reach one thousand fee above the surface we will engage the space fold engines and execute the jump."
"Captain that's suicide." Claudia protested.
"As I said before that is a risk I'm willing to take." He restated.
"Captain, what's our intended jump destination?" Mina needed to know.
"The far side of the moon Mina." The captain told her.
Mina relayed the information the captain gave her to the engine room to have the space fold engines on standby and allow the bridge to execute the jump.
Lisa then sent the message to the entire crew of the SDF1 to prepare for the space fold jump.
"All personnel standby to prepare for a space fold jump. Repeat all personnel standby to prepare for a space fold jump."
The SDF1 began its decent towards the surface of the planet. As it descended closer and closer to the planet's surface Lisa began watching the altimeter for the intended jump height.
"Captain, we've reached eleven hundred feet above the surface." Lisa informed the captain.
"Begin the jump sequence, when we've reached one thousand feet execute the space jump." The captain ordered.
"Aye sir. We are now at one thousand fifty feet and closing." She replied.
"Execute the jump on my mark." The captain said, "NOW!"
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Meanwhile as this was going on outside the people in the underground shelter were worried about what was going on outside. Amy's mother was busy tending to the wounded while the guys helped keep the others calm. Hotaru as staying near Sammy and the rest of Serena's family since she really didn't want to bother Amy's mother while she did her work. All was peaceful until the ground started to shake and then all of a sudden it got really cold. Everyone huddled together for warmth. Sammy swore he saw Serena and Mina's cats Luna and Artemis cuddled around Hotaru, which to him meant she must know them. Then just as suddenly the earthquakes stopped but it got ever colder and Amy's mother began to thing hypothermia would occur she only hoped help would come soon.
One thousand feet above Macross Island a great sphere of light encircled the SDF1. As the light engulfed the battle cruiser it began to grow ever larger surrounding all that was in its path. The small orange experimental aircraft that was moments earlier inside a hanger on the SDF1 had no chance to escape the light of the fold. The island below was also left without a way to escape the impending doom. A few minutes after the order to begin the space fold jump was given by Captain Henry Gloval on board the SDF1 the battle cruiser, a small experimental airplane, two large aircraft carriers, and an entire island disappeared from the face of the earth.
On board the bridge of the SDF1 Corporal Rei Hino had a vision of impending doom.
TBC
Please tell me what you think so far! Remember to Read Sailor Moon Macross by Chibi Halo. And if this story looks somewhat like hers, well remember it is because I used some of her idea's, However, I was given permission to use them so don't go doing it yourself unless you ask her please!
