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Honestly the extended background for the secondary characters like Gramia or Ernst is probably my favorite part of the novel, along with the bits about Windemere and their war for independence. Given the volume ends on episode 12 I think there could have been a third or fourth one. I wonder how they would have handled things like the Epsilon foundation or the events at the end of the war, but we’ll never know. Or even: If one day we get a 262 master file (fingers crossed) I see a great potential for the short stories with the mercenary work windemerians did prior to the series.

Finally, the volume is finished. Intermission 2 and chapters 6 and 7 are out. Plus the interview with Yuma Uchida, Hayate's VA The battle over Ragna begins. Some more interesting things here: Hope you guys have enjoyed it, later this week I’ll upload a compiled version. I would like to tackle other projects after this one, as said previously I would be really interested in reading Macross the Ride, but for the foreseeable future I will have to postpone it as I don’t have the funds to import the books from Japan. It’s been a pleasure to share the project, thanks a lot for the corrections and the discussion, this is what really makes the community. Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lQZj29_c7hsn19Gqg62OKAmrs5MJbiZyQ5ImyQdemDk/edit?usp=sharing and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0i27zxhwRqjvrQdcmN2t6YbRUfQIkq19fH-Eh0SDtE/edit?usp=sharing and here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WtVTdQnx0DekY4nzXX-RgptRCQzYkhTHkOUlOiicZ9I/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks a lot seto for the corrections. With regards to the vf-31B I had conflciting accounts on both translations so I decided to go with the most conservative option and have It being an A like on the series. However It nakes a lot of sense it's a B and adds even another reference to my beloved máster files so that's great. Also with the VIP calibur I did not take my time to revise the master file and got the designation wrong, my fault. I will implement the changes right away, thanks again. Also I agree It makes little sense NUNS allows xaos to have all that gear but not the VIP. Perhaps un the future we could have got a better explanation of how épsilon works and how they blocked the sale, but we Will never know. Last two chapters coming out next week.

Chapter 5: AXIA The battle over Voldor reaches a dramatic climax. Along with 4, one of the best ones so far. This time it has even more interesting tidbits. Overall, this one has been my favorite one to work on the description of the dogfight is beautiful and even poetic. Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sojvLpYFUh0vFxFN8BAZPAJbd9KK6Bd7Rm9Q5vzXuxE/edit?usp=sharing

Yes indeed, in fact I'm cross referencing between two translations, one with Google docs (the main one) and another one I did previously with a image translator and Deep seek. It still has problems and I try to do as much correction as possible, when I finish I plan to do a compete revision for the definitive PDF. For example It switches constantly between first and second person. In chapter 6 I'm going crazy.

True, problem solved

Chapter 4 Singer of The Wind One of my favorites in all of Kodachi's works. The battle over Voldor begins. This chapter has really cool details: Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y8vH9l1skdym-2n9vaE8LaGoTaB6Tq0CqbScH8b5zDk/edit?usp=sharing

Chapter 3 The big Escape is UP! This is the first of three chapters that cover episode 8 of the series, the only one scripted by Kodachi himself. We get a glipse into Keith's character and things start heating up: Avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KaIKJpvf52E8816HZQnyCvBO_sCISJyDWG3FHC8kmL8/edit?usp=sharing

Thanks for the correction. Blanchet plays a huge role on the novels and serves as a reinforcement for the idea of dimensional resonance between singers and Valks. However the characterization changes a lot from the M30 novel.

Also, Chapter 2 is UP: Jungle Conspiracy With the infiltration in Voldor and some details about their feline phisiology. Hope you guys enyoy it https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ubS_ySYcrqW-RLZA2UUiiPghexhb6e5PuwHkpA-cbKY/edit?usp=sharing

Yes, with the master files I've been experiencing a massive overhaul in OCR. However I find most models still have difficulties with verticaltext in japase, especially with images. I've been also translating some Kawamori interviews and sometimes it get's messed up. And regarding Windemere I agree, in their own manga motivations are way clearer. I supose like many thing with Delta there were a lot of ideas and chracters but not enoguh time or perhaps talent on the part of the several writers to get everything developped.

Yes indeed, with machine translation a whole world of possibilities has oppened, but I fear it kinda makes these fan works les valuable. When it comes to Kodachi, I feel rather than adding new elements to the story the value of his novels is his ability to connect everything to past works. In the following chapters there are even more interesting stuff, but nothing new at the end of the day.

First Intermission is up, featuring a cameo from Macross The Ride and curious political thriller tone. Hope you enyoy it. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KLpHzXEXkhn_IKHcN8Y-Xv4Ae4Np3zDPqorG5dg7D_g/edit?usp=sharing

Hi everyone, after finishing Gubaba’s translation of the first volume of the Macross Deta novelization, I decided to give it a go and try reading the rest. After buying the novel on bookwalk and being able to read it in the form of some horrible translated images, I found It had quite a bit of interesting details and recontextualized some scenes with wonderful characterization. Hence, I decided to do a better translation and improve the presentation to share it with the community. There are however two disclamers: First, this is a machine translation, my only merit here is working on the presentation and revising errors and spelling. Full respect to all the guys that have been translating directly from Japanese all these years, you are my inspiration to bring this here. Second, if this post violates any rules regarding copyright and piracy in the server let me know. I plan on uploading semi-regularly the rest of the chapters once I can streamline the translation and revision process. I can also share the methods I use and the ones I’m trying, furthermore, I would like to see more people contributing to translations. I’m aware the use of machine translation poses some dilemmas, but being able to understand the master file books, interviews and now Ukyo Kodachi’s novels has made me fall in love again with the franchise. Now I just want to share it and help enrich the fandom and the overall conversation. Any sort of corrections critiques will be really appreciated as it is my first-time sharing content like this. first chapter Avaliabe here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lUzru6LZZWIbHzAacsI8n-0ZYuW2_w-gt1OwkJ8v0mw/edit?usp=sharing Full translation of all the chapters in the volume avaliable here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14IawQPb-RvEpsR0chEMLw4yQTa2hPXcZVlyOLTPwHyU/edit?usp=sharing

Apparently as @itachi_neko points out, the battroid pilot hatch gimmick is still present. I find it wierd it's not present in the manual, just a little easter egg. It seems the Yamcadia DNA runs even deeper than I thought. https://x.com/itachi_neko/status/1982369012760940786/photo/2