SDF-1 - Space Fold by preeder

Poser • Science Fiction • posted on Mar 20, 2012

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The attacking forces are the Zentraedi, a race of huge genetically engineered warriors specifically bred for war. As the battle rages on the ground around the battle-fortress, the captain makes the decision to use the ships primary drive to lift the ship to a safe distance before using it’s Space-Fold technology to jump the ship through hyperspace to the far side of the Moon in an attempt to escape the invaders and save the city surrounding the fortress from further damage. Lifting the ship into Earth’s atmosphere the battle-fortress is once again attacked by the full might of the invading armada forcing it back down toward Macross Island. As the fortress nears the ground the space-fold technology is activated enveloping not only the SDF-1 but a large part of the city and the surrounding ocean. Also transported with the island and ocean are the super-carrier CVS-101 Prometheus and the battle-carrier SLV-111 Daedalus. Historical Note (Adapted from the Wikipedia write-up – Why create it again when someone else has already gone to the time and trouble of making an excellent job of it). Robotech (Macross) is a story originally adapted by Harmony Gold with edited content and revised dialogue from the animation of three different Japanese mecha anime series for American TV: 1. Super Dimensional Fortress Macross 2. Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross 3. Genesis Climber MOSPEADA. Harmony Gold's cited reasoning for combining these unrelated series was its decision to market Macross for American weekday syndication television, which required a minimum of 65 episodes at the time (thirteen weeks at five episodes per week). Macross and the two other series each had fewer episodes than required, since they originally aired in Japan as weekly series. This combination resulted in a storyline that spans three generations, as mankind must fight three destructive Robotech Wars in succession with various invading forces, each of which is motivated in one way or another by a desire for a powerful energy source called "protoculture." While each of the three animated series used for its footage informs its content, the Robotech storyline is distinct and separate from each of them. • The First Robotech War (The Macross Saga) concerns humanity's discovery of a crashed alien ship and subsequent battle against a race of giant warriors called the Zentraedi, who have been sent to retrieve the ship for reasons unknown. In the course of this chapter, Earth is nearly annihilated, the Zentraedi are defeated, and humans gain knowledge of the energy source called protoculture. Humanity also learns of the Robotech Masters whose galactic empire the Zentraedi protected and patrolled. • The Second Robotech War (The Masters) focuses on the arrival in Earth orbit of the Robotech Masters, who have come seeking what turns out to be the sole means in the universe of producing protoculture. Through a combination of mistrust and arrogance, their attempts at retrieving this meet with opposition from the humans and unleash a war that leaves the Masters defeated and Earth awash in the spores of a plant called the Flower of Life -- the source of protoculture and a beacon to the mysterious Invid who scour the galaxy for its presence. • The Third Robotech War (The New Generation) begins with the arrival on Earth of the Invid, who are lured by the Flower of Life and rapidly conquer the planet. References in the previous two chapters explain to viewers that many of the heroes of the First Robotech War had left Earth to seek out the Robotech Masters on a preemptive mission, and it is this Robotech Expeditionary Force that sends missions back from across the galaxy to attempt liberation of their homeworld. The storyline follows one group of freedom fighters as they work their way towards the final battle with the Invid. I am going to add further historical notes as the picture series continues.