VF-15 Banshee

Wow, I don't think they did this much for the Gundam 30th, did they?

Some other suggestions: Wraith Specter Flamberge Loke Odin Seraph Banshee

It's intentional. Anywho, the next chapter is up. That's the last of the old Gundam 00ME chaps that are now converted. Also, you can check out the story on this site, http://archiveofourown.org/

Ooh, Xiphos. I'm liking that one.

Made a slight correction to the prologue. You can see the full story at http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6115188/1/Macross-Effect Also, first chapter is up.

Which Fleet is Macross Oympia?

And in episode 3, is it just my imagination or did I see Prometheus and Daedalus ships flying alongside ARMD-01, ARMD-02 and the Oberth-class destroyers?

It's also a name for a son of Poseidon and the name of a sword and the oldest name for Great Britain. Personally, I just think it sounds cool.

I'm up to something new. Check it out. MACROSS EFFECT A Macross/Mass Effect crossover Prologue Recent History In the year 1999 AD an alien spaceship crash-landed on Earth and forever changed the fate of the human race. The new United Nations Government quickly began rebuilding the ship and plumbing the secrets of its construction. This paid off ten years later when aliens known as the zentradi entered the solar system searching for the lost ship. Unfortunately, computer systems on the newly named SDF-1 Macross opened fire on the zentradi and ignited humanity’s first interstellar war. In a desperate attempt to lead the aliens away from Earth, the Macross attempted a space fold and ended up near Pluto, where they discovered how the zentradi had entered the Solar System. What was once thought to be Charon, a moon of Pluto, turned out to be a device that was identified as a Super Dimension Relay. Unable to examine the device in detail, the Macross then began to make its way back to Earth. In March 2010 the war was brought to end, largely thanks to the crew of the Macross who were able to bridge the gap between human and Zentradi. During the period of reconstruction that followed, the reorganized UN government determined that best way to protect humanity from the threat of extinction would be to spread itself out among the stars. This Space Emigration Plan was finalized in September 2011 and the following September the first of the long-range colony ships, the SDF-2 Megaroad-01 was launched from Macross City, Alaska. Thereafter the UN Spacy (United Nations Space Navy) would launch one or two Megaroad ships every year. The plan suffered both success and failure. Onboard the Megaroad-01 were Space War One heroes Captain Misa Hayase Ichijo, her husband Valkyrie ace Hikaru Ichijo and songstress Lynn Minmay and soon after the Megaroad-01 departed Earth, the planet Eden was discovered and colonized. Due to its proximity to Earth, it quickly became the second most populated planet in the UNG. Soon afterwards, the Megaroad-01 encountered a race of aliens known as the turians as it attempted to reactivate a dormant Super Dimension Relay. The turians belonged to a collective of races called the Citadel Council, and it was against their laws to reactivate dormant relays. Instead of negotiating, the turians opened fire but thanks to the heroic efforts of Hikaru and his Skull Squadron and the Megaroad-01’s escorts, they were not destroyed. Although the incident threatened to ignite another war, the Megaroad-01 followed the relays to the Citadel and opened up diplomatic relations with the Citadel. Not long after this, humanity and zentradi were welcomed into Citadel space. Despite this rocky start, the seeds of humanity slowly began to spread throughout the galaxy, alongside their zentradi brethren. In September 2030, the first of the New Macross-class colony ships entered service. Capable of carrying millions of colonists instead of the thousands that the Megaroad ships could, the New Macross-class quickly became the cornerstone of the colonization efforts. Arguably one of the most famous of these fleets was the Macross 7, commanded by another legendary war hero, Maximillian Jenius. In 2045 they encountered a race of mysterious beings known as the Protodeviln that threatened not only the Macross 7 fleet but possibly the entire known galaxy. Thanks to the actions of Macross 7 resident and rock musician Basara Nekki, the Protodeviln returned to the dimension they had come from, never to threaten the galaxy again. Humanity and zentradi alike continued to march onwards through the wilds of the galaxy. This expansion didn’t come without cost however. Humanity had mostly moved out into the areas of the galaxy identified by the Council as the Skyllian Verge and the Attican Traverse. This region was being developed by a race called the batarians, members of the Citadel and they were highly resentful of the intrusion. They attempted to petition the Council to declare the area a “zone of batarian interest.” The Council said that the humans had as much right to be there as they did. Because of this, the batarians cut off all contact and closed their embassy. Human colonies began to come under attack by batarian-funded pirate gangs and slavers, the worst incident of which was the raid on the colony of Mindoir. Horrified by the atrocities inflicted at Mindoir, UN Spacy conducted several assaults against pirate and slaver bases, culminating in the Siege of Torfan. This extended campaign fully illustrated UN Spacy’s combined human/zentradi war-fighting capabilities and while it impressed, and in some cases unsettled, many Council worlds, it led to humans and zentradi earning the everlasting hatred of the batarians. The UNG also faced its own internal problems. In 2040, in what became known as the Sharon Apple Incident, several high-ranking UN Spacy officers conspired with scientists of the Macross Consortium and created not only an AI network for virtual singing idol Sharon Apple, but also one for the prototype Ghost X-9 unmanned fighter. This was against Council law, but when Sharon went off the deep end during a concert for the thirtieth anniversary of the armistice between UN Spacy and the zentradi, two test pilots from the New Edwards base on planet Eden flying the YF-19 and YF-21 prototypes from the Project: Supernova Advanced Variable Fighter competition, engaged both the X-9 and Sharon Apple, who had hypnotized the inhabitants of Macross City, Alaska with high frequency sound and holograms. Both the X-9 and Sharon were destroyed, the conspirators rooted out. However, the UNG still faced heavy sanctions from the Citadel; scars from the Geth rebellion against the quarians in 1900 AD were still felt. In 2051, a certain UN Spacy admiral orchestrated a plot to force the military into a confrontation with the batarians. Secretly organizing a terrorist force known as Vindirance, he set them against several batarian worlds. Fortunately, before the batarians could declare war, UN Spacy’s special operations unit, VF-X Ravens, tracked the terrorists back to the admiral who then commandeered the Battle-class space stealth attack carrier Battle 13 and took it towards the batarian home world, Kar’Shan. The Ravens, their carrier Saratoga and the Macross-class SDFN-7 Enterprise pursued and were able to destroy Battle 13 before it could attack Kar’Shan. This incident, coupled with many cases of social unrest across UNG space led to the reformation of the United Nations Government into the New UNG and the UN Spacy into the New UN Spacy (N.U.N.S.). In 2059, the Macross Frontier fleet (Macross 25) encountered the alien race known as the Vajra. An insectoid, super-dimensional life form, the Vajra aggressively attacked the Frontier fleet, just as they had done the Council centuries before. The Vajra Wars had nearly led to the toppling of Council space and it had taken the uplifting of the krogan to finally turn the tide. Frontier fought back until it was learned that a conspiracy from the Macross Galaxy fleet (Mac21) was intending to use the Vajra to basically take over the minds of all living beings in the universe. Fortunately members of the private military company Strategic Military Services discovered the source of the conspiracy and in an epic battle over the new Vajra home world, which included a surprise backup fleet made up of UN Spacy, zentradi, SMS, turian, asari and salarian ships, the Galaxy conspirators were defeated, the Battle Galaxy carrier was destroyed and the Vajra disappeared. The year is now 2063. Some of the social unrest that prompted the development of the New UN Spacy and the reorganization of the United Government still persists. Humans and zentradi are respected, feared and derided in almost equal measures as they continue to push to have a greater role in galactic politics. There are still rogue zentradi fleets roaming the dark corners of the galaxy and other threats may lay hidden in the galactic reaches that humanity and its allies have yet to explore. Now, in an attempt to earn more legitimacy from the Council, NUNS is pushing for elite soldiers to become part of the Citadel’s SPECial Tactics and REconnaissance operatives. The Spectres. -Macross Effect- “Well, what about Shepard? He’s a spacer, been raised on all sorts of ships since he was young.” “He was assigned to Eden when the Blitz occurred. Rallied the defenders and struck back at the invaders, helping to hold them long enough so that the UN Spacy forces could arrive.” “A bona-fide war hero. We couldn’t ask for a better candidate.” “Is that the kind of person we want protecting the galaxy?” “That’s the only kind who can.” “We can’t question his courage.” “I’ll make the call.”

Dude, I'm totally going to watch this when I get around to Mac7 again.

How about the Albion?

You are an evil man. I started re-watching SDFMacross last night and I don't think I ever noticed this while watching Macross the first time but in episode 1, Hikaru's VF-1D totally demolishes Studio Nue. An in-joke directed at the studio by the staff perhaps?

In that picture I'm guessing that Sayaka is sitting on Megumi's right, Aya Endo on the left, Shou Hayami is the dude in the suit and Mika Doi is standing on... his right?

I dunno about the mountain, but he sure moved a few hundred thousand Meltrandi. Isn't that kinda what you said to that one guy on episode 5 of the SpeakerCast?

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm kicking my anniversary celebrations off by re-watching all of Macross through the month of September to October 3. Well maybe not all of Macross. Don't know if I want to go through all of 7 again, it's not my favorite one out of the bunch. Definitely going to watch Fleet of the Strongest Women though.

So what exactly is going to be happening in this Megaroad Launch Ceremony? Besides Megumi Nakajima, Aya Endo, Mika Doi, Tomo Sakurai and Shou Hayami being there?

For me, the Top 3 are as follows-- 1. VF-1 Valkyrie This guy just screams "I'm the X-Wing of Macross," to me in all it's forms. I particularly like the Strike Valkyrie, because if you're gonna kill, kill with missiles, machine guns, beam cannons and beam guns... all at once. 2. YF-21/VF-22 Sturmvogel II This sexiness... mm-mm, that's some good stuff man. It's just too bad the Sturmvogel didn't show up until the end of M7. 3. VF-4 Lightning III I just like the way this one looks. It's almost like a cooler Y-Wing. Honorable mentions: VF-14 Vampire.

Who will be there for Mylene, Chie Kajiura or Tomo Sakurai?

Tochiro, I'm really damn jealous of you right now.

Sounds like he's a pretty chill guy.

Who's that random dude on the left? Isamu?

A reluctant hero who always believed he was just doing his job. If it wasn't for my love of the space program and the inherent possibilities, I probably wouldn't be a fan of stuff like Macross and Gundam. And as a poster on Gundamn! put it, "Farewell Neil, your soul is no longer weighed down by gravity."

Hey, would you guys mind terribly if I advertised your podcast on mine?

That's awesome! Sort of.

Did she kick your dog?