Chapter 1: "a world apart."

(A/N: Thank you for your comments "the huntress (or trees)". And no it does not have to be your username; I will try to put you in, in the next few chapters. Now if only others would enter…. I may try and post these stories on Fan because one of my friends can't use this site for some unknown reason (refuses to use anything but his phone) any way please Read, rate and review)

*As Artemis entered the enormous building he was met by a full-scale Veritec that had been decommissioned to be placed in the station as a reminder of the brave men and women who died protecting the original earth on the SDF-01 Macross. An old VFX-00 the last fighter to run on conventional jet fuel of the UN Spacey, it was also the last fighter to take off and fight other humans.*

Commemorative plaque: "Here is the memory of those left behind on earth during the break the world war between the UN spacey and the anti UN Spacey. This fighter is a VF-00 Phoenix, the last Veritech to use conventional jet fuel because at the time it was needed they had not finished the Type 100 thermo nuclear jet engines. We remember the proud men and women who defended earth in our darkest hour aboard the S(super)DF-01 Macross, and lost their lives. We also recognize the loss of Battle-7 in its efforts to protect the galaxy from the Proto-Devils. Finally we recognize the S(Shadow)DF-3 in its efforts to take back earth from the Invid. May there sacrifices not be in vain."

*The fighter was enormous; nearly 10 feet tall, not including the booster on its tail end, also it seemed to be close to 19 meters long. On its front was a cockpit, but there were no controls, even the seat was missing. There was a small canard (this is very relative to the size of the plane, as the canard itself was probably 2 meters in length on either side of the aircraft. Near its back was 2 variable geometry wings connected to the aircraft, and the large booster which also had wings of its own. Under each wing was 6 (fake) missiles. The rear of the aircraft was different from any type of aircraft he had seen before, the booster ha d normal exhaust but the fighter itself had 2 cones leading out; each of them was covered in small slits for the exhaust. After a small amount of thought he realized he HAD seen something like this before, the Skunk-works F-117 stealth fighter had exhaust like these, but it's were permanently in place instead of maneuverable.*

*The lane was painted white with its booster painted blue; on its side was the symbol of the original UN spacey a blue circle with 2 red figures that when looked at from a distance resembled a spaceship. Despite this it was simply 2 red triangles separated by a blue line. *

*A young man walked up from behind Artemis and placed a hand on his shoulder; until he had done this Artemis hadn't noticed him.*

Roy: "Beautiful sight aint it."

Artemis:" it is quite respectable, form a technical standpoint. I'd be interested to know how it operates." *Artemis turns around and faced Roy, trying the best he could to act unaffected like he always does.* "Might I ask of your assistance, I seem to have gotten myself… lost in this underground city of yours."

*Roy is a tall blond man with hair going over one of his eyes; he is wearing a grey jumpsuit that has black stripes along its shoulders. On his shoulder was a skull and crossbones, with Skull-01 written underneath it. *

Roy: "I know, I've been tracking you since you landed, no one had used that port in a long time, but the security systems kicked in. let e guess you want help getting back right?"

Artemis: If you've known I was here all along how come I was allowed to stay?"

Roy: "What use would that do, you already know where we are, and this is a civilian city, not a military instillation, there is absolutely no reason to remove you from the city so long as you did not cause trouble. We haven't had visitors in such a long time, I was wondering if anyone would ever find us. It's a bit late, but welcome to city 13."

Artemis: "City 13… It doesn't have a name?"

Roy: "No it doesn't… I suppose you could also call it the Saratoga II, but that would be more of the name of battle 13, so it still doesn't really fit…"

Artemis: "In any case, does that mean that I may return to the surface, and if so would you please show me how to return to the port I came in?"

Roy: "you may leave, but you will have to be escorted for a few weeks, don't worry you won't even notice the escorts they will be watching you form the sky. Please ensure that you tell no one about us, for we will be able to tell EVERYTHING you say."

Artemis: *Suddenly a little concerned* "Alright, please show me the way back then."

*Roy takes him to a car, it is low to the ground with a small electric contact leading up to the car form the road, but it was very clear that there was a gas engine in the back. This was probably how they would be powered when not on the road, as it was rather clear that old road would not have the power strip and thus would need an alternative power source,*

Roy: "worried about the engine on the back? You are way too strict kid, it's a protoculture engine not a gas engine, and the only emission it's got is water."

Artemis: "ok then…."

*The two of them get into the car and Ray starts its engine, it turns out this was Artemis's First major mistake today… letting Roy drive was a horrible idea. Roy is your typical flyboy, he likes to go fast… EVERYWHERE, he sped around corners nearly missing every building in sight on the turns. By the time they got to the destination Artemis was just about ready to throw-up. *

Roy: "All right here we are, the rear civilian port. If you ever want to find the pace again, simply use this communicator and it will tell you the location of the main port. We would prefer if next time you went through customs instead of through a civilian sector."

Artemis: "Ok… well then good bye, and thank you for your assistance."

Roy: "man, would it kill you to lighten up, kids aint supposed to be this stuck up."

*On that note Artemis decided it would probably be best to leave right then and there, without having someone (other than his mother) who points out how different he is from other "Children" his age.*

*As he entered the facility another hologram appeared and guided him back through to the old hanger. When he entered the hanger there was another ship in there, this one was large the size of a Nimitz class carrier, but it was not shaped like said carrier. It was a large ship with 3 sections, 2 forward launch decks and the rear section had a large amount of cannons and what looked like its command center. "SDF-717 S.M.S. Macross" was etched into its side, on its deck was 7 aircraft that looked like the ones in the entrance to the UN Spacey building, but they were more streamlined and didn't have the booster on their backs. From this distance he was unable to see exactly what they looked like but he was sure that they must be fairly new, maybe 5 years if not less, especially from the look of the paint and the shine they gave off. *

*Artemis was led further along to his aircraft, which was held suspended in the air b multiple claws. A bridge extended to his plane and he got in. the claws took him to the deck of that carrier, and despite being completely surprised he was put into contact with the tower.*

Bridge: "Attention turbine engine aircraft proceed to runway 4 and begin launch preparations."

Artemis: "Ok, heading to runway 4."

*Artemis maneuvers the aircraft using the pulley system on the carrier. When he was there the runway began to light up. 30 pulsing yellow arrows facing towards the end of the catapult began pulsing again, and a large orange circle appears in front of him. The circle begins to pulse the word "Ready" and Aretmis braces as a count is initialized and the engine starts. When his engine reaches the proper speed Artemis is slowly accelerated to flight speed and flies out of the docking bay. Finally back in control of his aircraft he flies home, wondering what to do about his new knowledge.*

(A/N: Inserted later for fan : Alright I know I'm gona pay for this by no one even doing anything but. I'm doing the same thing with this one as I did with "A Past, But Not My Past". I am not really good with coming up with characters, so I use real people as examples (mainly my friends EX: Lancelot Albion) so because of this I'm asking if anyone wants to be a part of this. if so please just post your desired name, age(no restrictions this time), description/personality, and if you would like to be a pilot, engineer, CIC officer, member of LEP, or simply a civilian. Thank you in advance if anyone participates.