In 1999, an armored alien spaceship crashes on Earth near Macross Island. Scientists and the military utilize its complex "Robotechnology," to create Veritechs--planes that transform into robots, for superior combat ability. Ten years later, the rechristened SDF-1 (Super Dimensional Fortress) is about to relaunch...
#1 - BOOBYTRAP 1st Appearance: Rick Hunter, Roy Fokker, Capt. Henry Gloval, Lisa Hayes, Lynn Minmei, Lynn Jason, Breetai, Exedore. At SDF-1's launch, young pilot Rick Hunter meets his friend Roy Fokker, now a Veritech pilot. The Zentraedi arrive to steal the SDF. Rick sneaks into a Veritech fighter, and joins the ensuring battle.
#2 - COUNTDOWN Rick Hunter meets young Lynn Minmei on the deserted streets of Macross City, and tries to impress her with his flying. Captain Golval prepares to take the untested SGF-1 into battle against the Zentraedi, and Rick discovers the Zentraedi are giants.
#3 - SPACE FOLD Trapped aboard SDF-1, Rick and Minmei try to leave the battle. But Captain Gloval attempts an emergency hyperspace jump, and the resulting space-fold pocket takes Macross Island with it! The SDF and Macross Island are now orbiting Pluto.
#4 - THE LONG WAIT Stranded in the vacuum of space with Minmei, Rick manages to make it back aboard SDF-1, but they get lost in the immerse ship. Love blooms. Meanwhile, the 70,000 Macross survivors are brought aboard the SDF-1.
#5 - TRANSFORMATION The citizens of Macross City adapt to their new life aboard the SDF-1. Orbiting Earth, the Zentraedi discover troubling links between Earth and an ancient race of creatures know as "Micronians." The Zentraedi attack SDF-1, but it transforms into a large robot.
#6 - BLITZKRIEG The newly-configured SDF-1 repels the Zentraedi armada and hires in the rings of Saturn. Rick joins the Robotech Defense Force and becomes a Veritech fighter pilot, working under Commander Lisa Hayes.
#7 - BYE-BYE MARS 1: Claudia Grant, Khyron. Deathy: Sara Base, Karl Riber. Breetai, the Zentraedi Khyron. Near Mars, SDF-1 discovers that observation post Sara Base has been destroyed, and Lisa Hayes' fiancee was stationed there.
#8 - SWEET SIXTEEN 1: Max Sterling, Ben Dixon. SDF-1 orbits Mars. Rick is given command of a squad, but can only think of Minmei's birthday party. Khyron's accelerated attacks most win until Breetai forces him to pull back, lest he destroy the SDF.
#9 - MISS MACROSS 1: Rico, Bron, Konda. Macross City holds a beauty pageant, and Minmei wins. Three spies are dispatched to do reconnaissance on the Zentraedi are aaghast that the humans mingle their sexes.
#10 - BLIND GAME Khyron disobeys Breetai and attacks SDF-1, knocking out much of its equipment. Lisa Hayes volunteers to fly a radar vessel into Zentraedi space. Rick's Vermilion Squad protects her. The United Earth Defense Headquarters forbids SDF-1 to return home.
#11 - FIRST CONTACT 1: Dolza. Lisa, Rick, and Ben are captured by the Zentraedi and interrogated by Dolza, the supreme commander. Later, Dolza tells Breetai and Exedore that the Zentraedi were Micronians, but that their society evolved due to protoculture, and its secrets are in SDF-1.
#12 - THE BIG ESCAPE 1: Azonia. The Zentraedi trio of Rico, Bron and Konda are shrunken in size to infiltrate SDF-1. Lisa and Rick use kissing to distract the Zentraedi, and Max Sterling rescues them disguised as a guard. A disgraced Breetai is replaced by Azonia.
#13 - BLUE WIND Back on the SDF, Rick and crew report on Zentraedi and protoculture. Minmei has become a singing star. Khyron and Azonia fight about how to recapture SDF-1, and Captain Gloval takes the giant ship to Earth. The Zentraedi spies take Micronian life.
#14 - GLOVAL'S REPORT Back on Earth, Captain Gloval prepares a report to his superiors, encapsulating the first 13 episodes.
#15 - HOMECOMING 1: Lynn Kyle. Gloval and Lisa ask the government for a truce with the Zentraedi, but they refuse, ordering the SDF to take off again. Rick takes Minmei to see her parents, where they pick up her cousin Lynn Kyle. The government has reported that Macross City was destroyed by guerillas.
#16 - BATTLE CITY SDF-1's civilians don't want to return to space, and Lynn Kyle organizes them against the military. Khyron ignores Azonia's orders yet again and attacks the battlefortress, almost capturing it. Rick is critically injured, accidentally shot down by Lisa's command to fire.
#17 - PHANTASM Rick is in a coma and has feverish dreams about the last two years...and about his feelings for both Minmei and Lisa Hayes.
#18 - FAREWELL, BIG BROTHER 1: Miriya. D: Roy Fokker. Rick emerges from his coma and is visited by Lisa. Azonia's Zentraedi attack, including beautiful fighter pilot Miriya, who engages Max Sterling in battle within SDF-1. Roy Fokker dies of internal injuries sustained in battle.
#19 - BURSTING POINT D: Ben Dixion. Captain Gloval tries to relocate the civilians to Earth's Ontario quadrant. Miriya is shrunk to Micronian size to stalk Max. Khyron and Azonia launch opposing attacks on SDF-1, causing the SDF to malfunction, accidentally obliterating an Earth City and killing Ben.
#20 - PARADISE LOST The Earth government exilesSDF-1 and its inhabitants. After Azonia's failures, Breetai is put back in charge of one million ships! The Zentraedi spies return home to make reports. Minmei's words unite the SDF-1 military and civilians for the battles ahead.
#21 - A NEW DAWN Minmei and Kyle's anti-Zentraedi martial arts movie premieres. Intercepting the transmission, Breetai and Exedore believe Kyle to be a super-weapon, and find the love scenes disturbing. Rick and Lisa leave the film, and find solace together.
#22 - BATTLE HYMN With the help of a stolen Minmei doll, Bron, Rico, and Konda defect to the humans' side, and take others with them. Khyron strikes on his own, assaulting Macross City while Lynn Minmei gives a concert.
#23 - RECKLESS Khyron's troops are deserting him to meet Minmei. The Zentraedi are found to be genetic matches for humans, and Captain Gloval grants the deserters political asylum. Exedore is afraid that the humans have deployed a secret weapon foretold by Zentraedi legends.
#24 - SHOWDOWN In light of the defectors, Lisa Hayes plans to secretly return to Earth to persuade her military father and other commanders to make peace with the Zentraedi. Maz Sterling is enhanced by video arcade whiz Miriya, who plans to kill him. Kyle proposes to Minmei.
#25 - WEDDING BELLS Miriya tries to kill Max, but he defeats her and proposes. The human-Zentraedi wedding immediately takes place. Dolza orders the Zentraedi to attack, but Miriya helps the Veritech fighter pilots cripple their enemy without killing them. More Zentraedi desert.
#26 - THE MESSENGER A truce is called, and Beetrai sends Exedore to SDF-1 to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Exedore now believes that Dolza may be their common enemy.
#27 - FORCE OF ARMS D: Dolza, his armada, many Earth cities. Dolza's entire Zentraedi invasion force attacks Earth. Minmei's singing has a disorienting effect on them. Many Earth cities are vaporized, until Gloval rams SDF-1 into Dolza's ship and oliterates them. The SDF crashes to Earth.
#28 - RECONSTRUCTION BLUES Two years later, Earth begins to rebuild. Rick and other Veritech pilots patrol the desolate land, protecting the human survivors. The wreck of SDF-1 has been transformed into a city. Rick and Lisa are close friends. Minmei and Kyle are not.
#29 - THE ROBOTECH MASTERS 1: The Robotech Masters. In a galaxy far, far away, the Robotech Masters learn that the SDF (the lost battlefortress of Zor, who delevoped prototype and Robotechnology) is on Earth. The surviving Zentraedi warriors grow restless, and Khyron plots to attack Earth.
#30 - VIVA MIRIYA 1: Dana Sterling. The Robotech Masters try to resurrect Zor. Breetai and Exedore plot with several Earth warriors--including new intergalactic parents Max and Miriya Sterling--to capture the final remaining Robotech Factory to fool the Robotech Masters.
#31 - KHYRON'S REVENGE Khyron attacks near New Detroit City, stealing the last protoculture chamber. He uses it to restore malcontent Zentraedi to their giant warrior size again, and gains back many deserters.
#32 - BROKEN HEART Khyron kidnaps Minmei and Kyle, hoping to trade for SDF-1. Rick and Lisa launch operation "Star Saver" and attack the renegade Zentraedi troops. their rescue works, and Minmei realizes her feelings for Rick
#33 - A RAINY NIGHT Lisa is despondent that her relationship with Rick may end now that Minmei has re-entered the picture. Claudia Grant does her best to console her friend, telling Lisa about her own stormy relationship with the late Rick Fokker.
#34 - PRIVATE TIME Rick and Lisa are preparing to go on a picnic, but Rick goes away to meet Minmei instead. Later, when Rick returns to Lisa, the scent of Minmei's perfume on Rick's scraf sends the proud woman away.
#35 - SEASON'S GREETINGS Minmei tells Rick she wants to spend her life with him, and Lisa decides she can't compete with a star like Minmei. Khyron launches another devastating attack during Christmas, but his actions merely boost morale.
#36 - TO THE STARS 1: Grel. D: Almost everyone. Lisa Hayes commands the new SDF-2 and tells Rick her true feelings. Rick dumps Minmei. The SDFs attack Khyron's ship and collide, destroying pretty much everything. Rick and Lisa plan to start a life together and construct a new SDF-3 so future generations can see the stars.