It seems so enjoyable... Is this the "love song"?
Thank you, Wendy Ryder!
And now the U.N. Spacy presents its latest fighter:
The Metal Siren!
And the pilot is Lt. Silvie Gena!
Thanks, everyone!
Go!
I wish I could sing like Wendy does.
You will, Ishtar.
Will you sing for me someday?
I wish to sing a love song...
When I return to the Marduk, I want them all to hear it.
What the...?
Huh? What's wrong?
Hang on!
What maneuverability!
That's... The Marduk!
Ishtar!
Hibiki...
Hibiki, what's happening? We just lost our feed!
The enemy's after Silvie in the Metal Siren.
Wendy's in there, too!
No shit? Okay, we've got a Valkyrie up there. Use it!
I'll get you a scoop for sure!
Show those army boys how it's done, Hibiki!
We can't afford any embarassments on this one.
I'm counting on you, Nexx!
Roger!
Isn't this going a little far?! Hurry up and shoot them down!
Can't. We aren't carrying any live ammo.
What?! No way!
This isn't part of the show. These guys are for real!
What?! No way!
Ishtar!
I want you to wait for me with Mash.
- No. I'm coming, too. - Absolutely not.
It's my fault they're in danger.
I must convince the Marduk... To convince Feff to stop!
The guy who came after you before?
We mustn't fight!
If I tell the Marduk about Earth, about its music...
Then I might be able to end this war!
End the war?
Take me to the Marduk!
Get my story and end the war...
All right, let's do it!
They're taking us prisoner?
What's going to happen to us?!
Dunno, but it looks like we get to live for now.
That's...! Well, I guess that's it for us.
Sorry I'm late, Silvie.
Nexx!
Can't let the bad guys have my partner!
All units, move in! Time for the grand finale!
Roger!
Nexx must have started!
Gotcha!
Hurry! Save us!
- Silvie! You okay? - Hibiki?!
Yup, and I'm here to save you for a change!
Don't be an idiot!
Ishtar!
What are you trying to do, Hibiki?!
I WILL come back, with the scoop of the century! See ya!
Do you have a death wish?!
Chief, are you okay?!
Nastasha, form up over me!
We're switching planes!
Chief, what are you going to do?
- Sorry! - Chief!
So these are the Marduk...
I ask again. What is your mission? What is this "SNN"?
SNN is a civilian news network. I just work for them.
So it's a propaganda dissemination agency?
No!
That guy!
Were you the one who contaminated Ishtar?
Contaminate?
Did you operate on her to control her thoughts?
Are you nuts?! I'd never do that to her!
Whatever your contamination, Ishtar shall be reborn!
Very soon!
Surface alarm cut off. Looks okay.
I've gotta find that idiot's homing signal somehow.
Is that...?!
Good, he isn't on it.
I'd better get moving!
Hibiki...
Oh, well, better make the best of it!
SNN scoop maker Hibiki Kanzaki here.
I have successfully infiltrated a Marduk ship!
And I'm about to remove the veil of secrecy from...
Silvie?
What are you doing here?
No time for explanations. Come on!
Move it!
Careful, Hibiki. The Zentraedi are close by.
That idiot!
Dammit, if they catch you this time it won't just be boring!
Silvie, something's wrong. I've never seen Zentraedi like this.
Mind control!
My God...
Silvie, we need to talk.
I know. You want to get her. But how do we do it?
Here we go... Huh?
That's right. The ship that launched...
That's it! Let's go, Silvie!
Right...
There's some stuff I want to see here, too.
What's the deal? This is the emergency storage trunk!
Just shut up.
...that our war with them is wrong!
Ishtar, all they have done is confuse you.
It would appear the Alus Nova is needed after all.
Come...
Hibiki...
I'll show you just how tough a Valkyrie can be!
I can't guarantee your life from here on in.
Right.
Ishtar, the wavelength is unstable.
Calm yourself. You're disturbing your entire brainwave pattern.
Lady Elensh, that world is the world of the Alus.
I discovered the Ship of the Alus there.
The Ship of the Alus? Impossible.
That's only a myth.
I have touched the soul of the Alus!
The world of the Alus holds a magnificent culture.
And it contains so many songs!
Deceptions!
No, they were not!
Songs of joy... Songs of sorrow...
And above them all, songs of love.
Even we, who possess only one type of song...
We can make them, too!
It's Ishtar!
It's definitely her!
- Silvie, she's straight ahead! - Okay, you're the navigator.
I don't want to fight you guys right now!
Ishtar, peace for the Marduk means domination of our enemies.
Without this, chaos and confusion will reign throughout all space.
No, the love song still resonates within my heart.
Lady Elensh, forgive me!
I cannot! Ishtar, return your thoughts to what they were!
You must not defile this most sacred place!
I cannot! Lady Elensh, I cannot ever go back!
The songs of the world of the Alus resonate within my soul!
Ishtar, no!
This'll take forever.
- Outstanding, Silvie. - Wait a second.
This is getting impossible.
It's a miracle we've gotten this far.
We should be grateful to my grandma.
Your grandma?
I'm one-quarter Meltrandi.
I inherited my recklessness from her.
Silvie...
You're as reckless as I am.
Uh-huh. I guess neither of us can beat the other there.
I can't forgive these guys. You saw those Zentran.
Maybe they were only born to fight...
...but they never gave up their right to be free.
They're people, not just weapons!
That's why I'm betting on the possibility Ishtar presents.
Thanks, Silvie! You trust her then?
Yeah. And I even trust her sleazy reporter friend.
That was just...
Shall we go?
Can you get a shot of me?
Sure...
Report from U.N. Spacy Valkyrie pilot, Lt. Silvie Gena.
We have penetrated a Marduk ship. Position weak, outlook poor.
Perhaps this record will survive if we don't...
I guess you can say we're caught like rats in a trap!
Thanks...
That's Ishtar!
- Let's go! - Okay!
She has told me of you.
But peace for the Marduk...
...will come only with the destruction of all other worlds.
That is the divine destiny we hold to!
No!
There have been those who felt it was wrong, but that is heresy.
No, what we know must be forgotten. The will of Emperor Ingues is all!
Those who have been contaminated must be punished!
That is the Marduk way!
- Hibiki! - Ishtar!
Careful!
Ishtar!
That son of a...!
- Hibiki, we have to go! - What about Ishtar?!
There's nothing we can do!
Shit, if only he didn't have her in there!
This must be that "Ingues" guy's punishment!
Hang on!
Made it!
It's the chief! Chief, do you read me?!
Chief! Chief, do you read?
Nastasha? I read you!
Chief, I suggest you thank dear Cmdr. Exxegran in a big way!
It's hard getting the keys to this thing!
Don't ask me how, but we're saved.
Yeah...
Now, will you tell me what happened out there?
Yes, sir.
That I went in to save that civilian newsman is the truth.
But there was a girl in that Valkyrie as well.
Her name is Ishtar. She is an Emulator for the Marduk.
And you...?
I knew what she was.
Go on.
The newsman brought her back with him during our First Contact.
What's his name?
Hibiki. Hibiki Kanzaki.
Him...
Ishtar apparently felt she could end this war.
End the war?
Yes, sir. They use their Emulators' song...
...to control the minds of the enemy Zentran.
She felt that, if she could just sing them an Earth song...
But the song has to be sung by one of their Emulators.
She was able to confuse them...
...but not enough to change the course of the war.
But we have a chance, Silvie.
You've done a good job. Thank you, lieutenant.
- Launch Thunder One! - Inoperative!
We interrupt this program for a special report.
The U.N. Spacy has been deceiving all of you!
The Zentraedi who have invaded Earth's space...
...are under the mind control of a race called the Marduk.
This is footage taken inside a Marduk warship.
These Zentran have been conditioned to fight better...
...when they hear a special song sung by their "Emulators".
What the hell's going on?! Kill that broadcast!
What the hell is the Media Bureau doing?!
Sir, it's being sent by the military emergency broadcast system!
Impossible!
Kill it now!
And arrest that journalist!
We've traced the transmission... It's the SubCom Room, right here!
What?
We have the right to know about the danger the Earth faces.
The fate of the world, the lives of each and every one of us...
...cannot be left to military control! Every...
Grab him!
That hurts!
Enemy Zentraedi engaging us at defense line two.
Where did you get the footage?
On the enemy ship. It's for real.
You will not deceive the civilians with that fake footage of yours!
I believe he escaped that enemy ship...
...with one of your people, Cmdr. Exxegran.
Yes, they went in to rescue this civilian.
A foolish risk!
Who was it? Have them brought here!
I accept responsibility for the actions of my command.
Was the person who filed the report Lt. Silvie Gena?!
If that's the case, we can't leave you in charge of this matter.
There's already enough scandal linked with you two.
I suggest you leave Lt. Gena's disposition up to us, Exxegran!
So where is she?
On standby alert with the rest of Faerie Team.
Lt. Gena will be imprisoned for three days, as will this civilian.
Macross Cannons moving into position.
- Four of them? - Aye, but two more are on the way.
Unnecessary. Four will be enough.
Situation critical at defense line two.
We read losses at 85%.
Number of enemy ships estimated at 1300.
But the actual number is unknown. It could be triple that.
They've come...
We'll draw them all in, then destroy them in one blow!
Distance to enemy fleet: 126,000.
26,000 to maximum impact range of the Macross Cannons.
Large numbers of enemy fighters approaching at high speed.
Launch Valkyrie teams. They must keep them away from the cannons!
Firewolf and White Ox teams, all units launch!
Operation code: D-38
Valkyrie teams engaging enemy battle mecha!
Burt! Gimme some back-up! Come on, now!
Battlezone moving back to D Field.
White Ox team: All units offline.
Enemy fleet still 2000 from maximum impact range.
Firewolf defenses have fallen.
Large numbers of enemy units approaching the Macross Cannons.
Defend the Cannon at all costs! Bring air defense systems online!
Enemy fleet now in Macross Cannon range.
Valkyrie teams, fall back to B Field!
Macross Cannons... FIRE!
Reading 60% of enemy fleet destroyed.
Excellent. Prepare to fire a second round!
Detecting multiple defold reactions at 12 o'clock!
What?!
Second enemy wave has appeared! Balzae's fleet is engaging them!
Roger! Metal Siren, launch!
It doesn't matter. Launch!
I don't want to sing the song of war!
Hibiki, tell me... What should I do?
Where did you get the footage?
I told you, one of the enemy helped me out.
Oh, one of them just "helped you out. "
Cut the crap, kid! Who told you to do this?!
I didn't do this under anyone's orders!
I just wanted everyone to know the truth!
If we don't do something... Earth will be destroyed!
You're saying our forces are going to lose?
At the rate we're going, we'll definitely lose.
I've seen them... They haven't begun to fight!
God damned Marduk... You'll pay for this!
This is gonna take forever!
No matter how many come, you're not getting to Earth... To Silvie!
- No, not that song! - Ishtar, why are you here?
Ingues fears that world.
He will destroy the Marduk entirely to annihilate it.
Ridiculous. This battle is nearly over.
At the end of this battle lies another, and another!
And even more of our people will die!
What are you saying? It is by war the Marduk build their history!
War isn't everything!
The world of the Alus is teaching us that!
That is what Ingues fears!
Lord Feff...
I am the law here!
Launch all Zentran and link them with the other ships' song.
I will hold Ishtar here!
These orders are all that need concern you.
Even if I have to use this ship as a shield...
...they're not getting to Earth!
Take us in towards them!
Main engines, ahead full!
Capt. Nexx, the Gloria's headed into the enemy fleet!
What?! The Gloria?!
Capt. Balzae!
Captain, this is pointless! Pull back!
I can't run! I gamble this ship for the fate of Earth itself!
But sir... They're still...
Captain! CAPTAIN BALZAE!
I am a warrior of the Marduk, loyal to Lord Emperor Ingues.
My death will come only on the field of battle.
Feff...
Go now, Ishtar, before I come to my senses.
I will say I killed you for your crime of rebellion.
I dared to love what I could never have.
Out!
You're excused.
Cmdr. Exxegran, what's...?
This is an unofficial meeting. There will be no records.
Just like at the hotel.
Exactly, only without any indiscrete reporters, I hope!
Commander, at this rate our forces can't win.
I'm afraid you're right.
It's just a matter of time before they breach our final defense line.
Do the civilians know?!
No. We may have the courage to die in battle...
...but not admit when we're losing.
The enemy truly lies within.
But then...
In a regular battle, our forces may be destroyed...
...but you mentioned there might still be a path to peace.
Yes, sir.
The Marduk are led by an absolute dictator, Ingues.
He keeps his people fighting by means of rule by terror.
If we can topple him from power, we can join with...
...those Marduk who desire peace and somehow end this war.
Launch a surgical strike on their mothership?!
Exactly. A sneak attack!
What?!
Commander, I have a proposal.
Use the Ship of the Alus!
Hibiki... I'll try to sing.
The song of the Alus...
The enemy will soon be here.
It's not the military's fault or the media's fault.
It's just the truth...
So many people will die.
On their side and ours... Who'll die not knowing what's happening.
Everything will end. And no lessons will be learned.
Humanity once again makes the same mistakes of history.
But after it ends, it's too late! I see the truth at last...
I think about them all, and then I...!
Defense line 1, Area A: Enemy contacted and engaging.
Fleet 2 at Area 2 reports 70% losses, including the flagship.
Confirming defold reaction in Area A.
All transmissions have ceased from battle group twenty.
Enemy units in Area C moving from point P to point Q.
There's no stopping them now.
This unannounced relocation of our defense line to a...
...closer point has been decided to be in our best interests.
The effect of this will be a slight risk to the surface.
As a precautionary measure, we have begun evacuating...
...citizens of this city into the underground shelters.
This is to guarantee your safety.
Good work, men.
I'll take him from here.
But we weren't...
Lieutenant!
Silvie!
What are you doing, Silvie?
Getting some payback.
What do you want to do?
The U.N. Spacy doesn't have the strength to beat these guys.
We have just one gamble left. We're going to the Macross.
Use those energy spikes, you mean?
The main gun should still work.
But there's too many of them.
We'll just shoot their mother ship.
And then we'll see if it really is their "Ship of the Alus".
Sounds like fun. Count me in!
Too many!
Saori! Thank you!
No time to celebrate. You've got 5, 6, 7 bandits on your six!
- Huh? Where? - You're surrounded!
- Where?! - I've got 'em, Amy! Calm down!
We'll hold out even if the chief isn't here!
That's as far as you go!
Capt. Nexx! Proceed to Cannon Base Two!
But if I move from here we'll leave them an opening!
Captain, this is a gamble for the fate of the Earth!
Understood.
Auto-Lock System, standing by.
Over there.
Looking good... The Macross is coming back to life!
Can we really run this thing?
I read the manual.
Maybe I should get out and push?
Attack!
Subsystem #4: Operational.
Reactor output at 85%. Safeties off, linking to main system.
Way to go, Silvie!
Hibiki, open a com channel. Wavelength four.
I'm getting data from UNS headquarters.
Are they in on this?
No. Only Cmdr. Exxegran and I know about this plan.
We need intelligence on the mothership's position to shoot it.
We can't fail. We're betting everything on this one shot!
Blue Liqueur team proceed to ZS-5 and counterattack!
Sir, incoming message from Lt. Gena.
- Put it through. - Number four.
Lieutenant, is the Macross operational?
Sir, give me the data on the mothership's position.
They have a number of ships in the atmosphere already.
Destroying the mothership may change the situation.
We're counting on you, Silvie.
Roger!
People used to live here! Their love song remains even now.
Macross, lifting off!
The Macross?! What the hell?!
Receiving video. On left main screen.
Who's flying it?! I was never told of this!
- What is it? What's happening? - The Macross! Look!
Datalink established. Enemy mothership coordinates confirmed.
Attack coordinates: GT-200.
RC-98. Speed: 70.
- Look alive, Hibiki. - Gotcha...
Energy level rising from eighty to ninety.
Distance to attack coordinates: 10,000.
Energy level to full power!
Macross standing by to fire main cannon!
Please... Let this end it!
Got it!
That is not the Ship of the Alus!
Coordinates calculated.
What would be the point? All on this world will be destroyed!
We've lost...
Silvie...
If they'd just listened to us sooner, this all wouldn't be...
It's no one's fault.
We all just got a little too used to having peace.
We closed ourselves into our little Earth...
...and never bothered to look at the world outside.
And mankind IS little.
We're conceited. And lazy...
People in general are pretty disgraceful.
And when people finally come together, it's usually too late.
Come together?
Yeah. Like us.
But we managed to come together... And it's still not too late!
Silvie...
Hibiki!
Ishtar!
This is the power of the Alus!
This is love, isn't it?
We've broken their main force.
Why, Ishtar? Why does this world fascinate you so?
What deceives you so that you sense the Ship of the Alus?!
The enemy mothership has penetrated the atmosphere.
We've no more time to waste!
This is the final plan, our gamble on humanity's future.
Correct.
Take us into the battlezone!
Roger!
Everything's being destroyed!
It's all over...
No! This is the Ship of the Alus.
We're here only because it led us here.
But we have nothing left to try.
The main gun's useless.
The power of the Alus isn't that.
It's the power that brought you and Hibiki together.
And it's brought us together. That is the power of the Alus.
I'll send it to them. So that the Marduk...
...and your wonderful Earth can come together as we did.
Hibiki, I'm going to try!
Okay.
What's the point?
Open all com channels. Let's give it a try, Silvie!
We're here because we believed in the Macross's power.
Let's try another bet on our Ship of the Alus.
We must not fight!
We must not destroy this world!
I am Ishtar, Emulator of the Marduk.
There is culture here that is worth defending.
In saving it we will create something more.
Destroy it, and we will never be able to recreate it.
This world has taught me the sorrow of destruction.
The Marduk way teaches destruction to all things.
And it teaches there is no room for any other teaching.
We can draw no inspiration from our destruction.
We create nothing!
Ishtar!
We must not fight!
We can come together!
Sing, Emulators! And let all be destroyed!
It is the deception of an inferior race!
Do not be fooled!
The Marduk are fated to control the cosmos!
Sing, Emulators! Do not be deceived!
Not that song!
It is on Earth that true songs exist!
Songs of happiness! Songs of sorrow!
And songs of love!
Taste my fire!
Behold, the punishment for those who would contaminate us.
Utter annihilation!
Sing, Emulators! Sing the Song of Death!
Sing for all the Marduk!
No, Lord Ingues!
This world lies in ruin.
Surely you desire nothing more!
You will not sing?
Pathetic fools!
The Marduk way must be preserved at any cost!
I must now once again teach you all this!
What's happening?!
The end of everything...
Is this punishment for the sake of the Marduk?!
We can't let him do this!
I still believe... This is the Ship of the Alus!
What's this?
What?
Sing, Emulators! Or be punished with death!
Stop it, Lord Ingues!
You'll destroy the Marduk as well!
Don't say never again. That melody prayer you say again...
Is this... "singing"?
I've never heard anything like it. It feels so good...
No matter how far apart we are, I'll be sending it to you.
She's sending everyone the gentleness of her own heart.
You would destroy us as well!
No! The Marduk are not yours alone!
They're killing their own kind?!
Captain, the mothership is locked on past the terminator!
Open all cannons! Destroy the mothership!
FIRE!
Inferior scum!
This disgusting race still exists?! It does not deserve to live!
Destroy them! Destroy them all!
Just once more, dream again...
We must save ourselves!
In the name of all the Marduk!
You fools!
Against me...
They dare turn against me?!
It has been three days since the defeat of the dictator Ingues...
...and between the Earth and the Marduk has been signed...
...an eternal peace treaty.
- You're really leaving? - Yes.
I want to build a new culture with everyone else.
There are so many wonderful songs here on Earth.
When I sang, I sang from my heart.
Of sadness, of pain... And finally of hope!
I want to remain an Emulator so that I may...
...teach my people about the feelings the Macross gave me!
Ishtar!
Glad I caught you. Here, I want you to have this.
Thank you. I'll treasure it.
Silvie... Take care of Hibiki.
You were a wonderful rival.
Ishtar!
A wonderful rival...
She'll create a magnificent culture for them.
I know...
But the search for what "real" culture is... Is our job as well.