Episode Guide
The Macross Saga
Episode 15: Homecoming
After two years of fighting its
way back to Earth, the SDF-1 is home. Captain Gloval and First officer Lisa
Hayes prepare to meet with the United Earth Defense Government at its secret
headquarters in the Alaskan wilderness. Their mission is crucial. They want to
convince the governing council to work towards a truce between the Zentraedi and
the people of Earth.
Lisa and Gloval are met with a cool reception. The council hears them out, then
dismisses them with a vague promise to consider their proposal. Gloval is
convinced that something is very wrong.
While the two officers puzzle over the council’s seeming indifference, Rick
Hunter and Lynn Minmei encounter a mystery of their own. Rick flies Minmei back
to Japan so that she can visit her parents in the Chinatown section of Yokohama.
Minmei’s parents are shocked – but delighted – to find their daughter
alive. Minmei’s cousin, Lynn Kyle, hears the commotion and comes into find out
what is going on. Rick and Minmei learn that the Earth government has circulated
the story that everyone living on Macross Island had been killed. Kyle is
pleased to learn that his parents, Minmei’s aunt and uncle, are alive.
Although Minmei’s parents would prefer that the girl remain with them, she
persuades them to let her return to her career on board the SDF-1. Reluctantly,
they agree to let her go, but they send Lynn Kyle to accompany his young cousin.
Kyle is a cynical opportunist. War has made him a bitter young man. He can see
only the negative sides of situation. Kyle and Rick are not destined to be
friends.
Captain Gloval and Commander Hayes are called back in to the council meeting,
where they are advised that their request for a peace negotiation has been
rejected. Gloval demands to know how the council thinks it can win against the
Zentraedi forces. The council wants to know why Gloval thinks they can’t.
Their decision is based on insufficient knowledge regarding the alien culture.
They cannot be sure the Zentraedi would participate in a piece settlement in
good faith.
To Gloval’s additional dismay, the Earth council refuses to allow the 70,000
inhabitants of Macross City to return to the planet. Press censorship had been
exercised from the day the Robotech battlefortress disappeared. The government
did not want anyone to know that the world was at war with invading aliens. In
an effort to circumvent global panic, they released a story that a guerrilla
force had attacked and destroyed Macross Island after the ship had left on its
test flight. They do not want their propaganda invalidated by the return of
70,000 supposedly dead friends and relatives. The council concludes that it is
more crucial that the SDF-1 draw the enemy forces away from the planet - at any
cost.
Next Episode: Coming
Soon!