I wouldn't be surprised if it is at least alluded to at some point. Even the possibility that the SV-51's are somehow involved in the hijacking of the Tsiolkovsky.
As to the weapons, it works if the ship is designed for an anti-capital ship mission, since those things are expected to take place at long ranges and every will have plenty of time to manuever into position. But to have a limited amount of armament against smaller craft is just silly, even for the fictional world of Macross. The VF series itself was implemented in the expectation of having to fight it out with the giant-sized aliens hinted at on the ASS-1. Why wouldn't one also assume that those same aliens will have a fast and nimble fighter as well?
A lot of ideas Studio Nue comes up with are pretty neat-o. But this one is generic and a little naive to state the least.
Not that I don't like it. But overall the concept, not the physical design, could've used some work.
yeah, but the Tiz was hijacked by the anti-UN in 2005, MZero takes place in 2008.