Macross the First REBOOT! (#5 daidalos attack)

#5 daidalos attack

(previous synopses: #1, #2, #3, and #4)

It’s come to my attention that the new chapters aren’t viewable on phones or other devices. However, if you go to the site on your PC or laptop, you can view them. I have no idea why they’re doing it this way.

THE SYNOPSIS
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Page 1
The narration says it’s now been two months since the ship folded away from Earth. And (as you can see) they are now approaching Saturn.

Pages 1-7
Under Focker’s directions, Hikaru comes in for a landing. Aboard the bridge, the crew says that they’ve spread out sensor pods to improve the ship’s picket line. Global is concerned that even though they can use the main gun again now, it’s only a matter of time before the aliens get them. Misa says that in attack mode, the SDF-1’s speed is way down, so it will be difficult to escape. Global hatches a plan to break through the enemy line, transform back into cruiser mode, and escape.

Back on the deck of the Prometheus, the crew is checking the heat-dissipation system on Hikaru’s Valk. Some officers ask him what he thinks of the fighter, and he says it’s just okay. They tease him that he won’t be as smug after his first battle. After Hikaru leaves, one of the officers says that Hikaru is one of the best new pilots they have, and mentions another, named Maximillian, who may be even better.

Pages 7-9
As Hikaru is changing, Focker, taking a shower, accosts him and demands to know if anything’s going on with that Minmay girl. Hikaru says he probably won’t see her again. Focker yells at him for being petty, and says that since they might never come back from a mission, Hikaru should really live for today. Hikaru flashes back to seeing Minmay out with the other guy, and feels glum.

Pages 10-11
The pilots are being briefed on their mission. Once the Macross reaches the Cassini Divide, the Valkyrie will launch and break through the weakest point on the enemy line. He also says that they’ll launch at 0600 hours, so if there’s anyone the pilots want to see, they should do it tonight. Hikaru looks at his phone, and sees a large amount of unopened, unanswered texts from Minmay.

Pages 11-12
Major Gina Baltrow explains the pinpoint barrier system, in dialogue mostly lifted directly from the TV episode.

Pages 12-15
A ship-wide announcement is made, saying that there will be an attack, and that all civilians should be cautious. Hikaru is waiting in the park, idly watching other pilots on their date. Then Minmay shows up, in her high school uniform, and asks Hikaru what he thinks of it.

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Pages 1-7
Minmay says she wanted Hikaru to at least see her uniform, and complains that he hasn’t answered her texts. She also says she can’t stay long, since she has to help out with closing up the restaurant for the night. She mimics calling an operator, saying, “I keep texting a Mr. Hikaru Ichijo, but he never answers. Is something wrong?” Hikaru looks down, and she snaps a picture of the two of them. She says it’s the first time she’s gotten a picture with a soldier before his first mission. He asks if she’ll send the picture to him, and she refuses, saying she never looks good in photos.
She wants to know why he never responds to her texts, and asks if it’s because he’s so busy. Somewhat nastily, he flings back that she seems really busy too, what with the restaurant, and… other things… She seems genuinely confused. She says that the little neighbor boy, Yot-chan, is helping out with the restaurant, which frees her up a bit.
She looks closer at him, and asks if he’s actually sulking, and says, “So that’s why you’re not texting me back?” She poses, winks, and says, “People are petty, Hikaru Ichijo!”
Hikaru narrates the rest of the date. Minmay had said that she had to leave soon, but they walked around for a while, and she never stopped talking. Hikaru says he wasn’t really listening, because he was so entranced with her smile. He also think that the Mayor might have been wrong about Minmay having a lot of guys.
She looks up at the image of Saturn on the city’s ceiling and can’t believe that that’s where they are right now. Hikaru thinks about how looking at her, he forgets all about his worries.

Pages 8-9
Global looks at a photo of himself and his wife Miho, and asks Misa is she has anyone special in her life. Misa says no, and Global says that he heard about her tragedy. She dismisses it, and then he start briefing her on the upcoming operation.

Pages 9-11
Minmay sent Hikaru the photo after all. He’s looking at it when Focker barges in, asking if he’s stolen Minmay away from any other guys yet. Hikaru pretends to be asleep. Focker knows he’s pretending, and tells him to count sheep or something, because he really needs a night’s rest. And tells him that he absolutely must promise to survive the mission.

Pages 11-17
The next day, the Valkyries launch. Misa chides Hikaru for flying recklessly. He complains about her being a snooty old lady, and she puts two and two together and realizes that he’s the civilian pilot who was in VT-102.
Global commands the Macross to rise and fire the main gun. Claudia notices with alarm that the main gun isn’t powering up. They can’t fire it, and the alien pods are quickly drawing closer.

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Pages 1-4
Hikaru fights off some pods, but ends up inside a Zentradi battleship.

Pages 5-7
The pinpoint barrier is activated, and the three girls with trackballs are having difficultly keeping up with the enemy barrage.

Pages 8-10
Misa says that the pinpoint barrier looks like a video game. Kim says she’s never heard of a game like that, and Vanessa says that she think it was a game from the 1980’s. Shammy wonders how Misa knows old-fashioned stuff like that, and Misa says it’s because she a soldier’s daughter.
The barrage continues, and the ship is beginning to get damaged. Global demands to know what’s happening with the main gun, and Maj. Baltrow says that the pinpoint barrier is interfering with it somehow, but that she can probably fix it in about thirty minutes. Global says that they don’t have that much time, since a enemy battleship is nearly upon them. Valkyrie Green and Brown squadrons have been wiped out, and Rose squadron has taken heavy losses.

Pages 11-17
Claudia worries about Focker, who says that the Valkyries can’t keep the enemy at bay forever, and that the ship needs to attack.
Misa, formulating a plan, tells Maj. Baltrow to organize the pinpoint barriers at the bow of the Daedalus. She tells Kim and Shammy to gather the destroids also at the Daedalus’s bow. Then she tells Claudia to head the Macross right at the enemy battleship and ram it with the Daedalus. She counts down, three, two one… and then says, “Daedalus Attack!”
The Macross punches the alien ship.

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Pages 1-5
The Daedalus opens up and all the destroids fire their missiles.

Pages 6-13
Hikaru thinks that this is the end, and that he’l never see Minmay again. He flashes back again to her out with the other guy and gets angry. Then the blasts catch up to where he is a kill the Zentradi soldiers around him. He uses the chaos to make his escape, as the battleship blows up.

Pages 14-15
Everyone congratulates Misa on her quick thinking. The Valkyries are mopping up the last of the battle pods, and the other enemy battleships are withdrawing. The Macross’s path is cleared. Global orders the ship to set course for Mars. Misa thinks, “Mars……” and narration says that it’s the location of a base that’s been abandoned since the Unification Wars.