Episode Guide
The Macross Saga
Episode 3: Space Fold
Lieutenant Commander Fokker
returns to bring Hunter and Minmei to the safety of the SDF-1. Captain Gloval
tries to determine the Zentraedi strategy while Breetai puzzles over how to
capture the SDF-1 with the least amount of damage. Exedore warns his commander
that, once free of the planet’s gravity, the ship can execute a hyperspace
fold that will carry them beyond the reach of Zentraedi weapons. Breetai
reluctantly increases the laser bombardment.
On board the SDF-1, Fokker shows
Rick that they have managed to salvage the young man’s flying circus aircraft.
Rick is happy to give up the Veritech in exchange for his old familiar racer –
a vehicle that doesn’t change shape or fire laser. His first taste of battle
was more that enough; Rick has no desire to become a fighter pilot. Fokker
returns to duty, leaving Rick and Minmei with the little plane. Minmei wants to
return to her aunt and uncle in the evacuation shelter on Macross Island. Rick
still wants to impress the girl and, although he has promised Fokker he won’t
wander off, he decides to fly back to the island so that girl can rejoin her
family.
In the interim, Captain Gloval
has decided to make an emergency jump into hyperspace at an altitude of 2,000
feet above Macross Island. To the Zentraedi’s amazement, the SDF-1 executes a
space fold maneuver that places them beyond reach of battle. In minutes, the
besieged SDF-1 and her crew find themselves in the icy expanse of deep space,
but they also discover that their proximity to Earth during the fold has caused
Macross Island to be transported with them. Disaster piles on disaster as they
find themselves orbiting the planet Pluto instead of the moon. Then, when they
prepare to re-fold to get back to earth, they discover that the fold system has
vanished into thin air.
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