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Got 'em!
All right, we got 'em!
Damn!
Tonight, reporting a scandalous rendezvous!
Who the devil...?!
Hibiki Kanzaki, reporter for SNN News!
Mind if I get an interview?
Tonight we have U.N. Spacy supreme commander Exxegran...
and ace pilot Silvie Gena.
Goddamn muckraker!
And as for the very lovely...
Uh oh!
And so we're left to wonder what exactly...
U.N. Space ace pilot Silvie Gena and...
supreme commander Exxegran were doing in this hotel!
Lt. Silvie Gena is seventeen years old...
and in the last Solar System Valkyrie competition...
she left the male pilots in the dust.
In a recent SNN poll asking who they'd like to marry...
viewers rated Ms. Gena as number one...
Oh, man, I can't believe Silvie would do this!
Another stupid scandal, huh?
Capt. Nexx!
I feel so sorry for him.
This'll probably break him and the chief up for good.
Oh, Saori, you'd just love that to happen, right?
Hey, it could be my big chance.
Don't you even dare think about that!
Sixty, seventy, We actually pulled a seventy-five share!
Morning!
Oh, Hibiki. Is that the scar from your latest victory?
I'd say you landed the prize for this month's hit story.
Yeah, well. We'll have to wait and see about that.
Bullshit.
You don't know anything about being a journalist.
I don't?! What the hell's that supposed to mean?!
It isn't just about grabbing the highest ratings.
You still haven't figured that out.
- What was that?! - Never mind him.
Who is he?
Dennis Lone. Cameraman over in hard news.
Great on the battlefield, useless in peacetime.
I'd give anything to be a war correspondent!
Hibiki!
Morning, sir!
Can I see you two in my office?
Write an apology letter?
You broke a story without checking the facts. Not good.
The military filed a claim, huh?
What the hell is there to check?!
A man and a woman don't go to a hotel to plan military strategy!
Protecting an individual's privacy is a reporter's duty.
You'll do anything for ratings.
Ratings are not all that matter!
People live to be entertained! You told me that yourself!
You'll live to eat those words.
Why do you think we hired you?
Well...
You got lucky with your first scoop. That's all.
The highest rated scoop you've ever had!
I suppose you may be a star at the moment...
but if you continue with these antics...
your career will be a short one.
What's the difference as long as the ratings are high?!
If you want to be a pro newsman then you'd better change!
Quit bullshitting me...
the military's making you whitewash it!
If you wish to continue working here...
then you WILL write an apology letter.
The military aren't better than anyone!
What makes them immune to a scandal?
- I hate getting jerked around! - My sentiments exactly.
I want to talk.
You're a disgrace! scandal after scandal, can't you get enough!
News is the truth!
Your military censorship is...
a hell of a lot more disgraceful than what I did!
Don't play dumb! The military always throws its weight around!
That's not...
Macross Warning!
All visitors close to the ship are advised to return...
to the Culture park immediately!
All visitors close to the ship are advised to return...
to the Culture park immediately!
I should have brought more batteries with me!
Holy. The discharge is even stronger than the last one!
- Is it going to discharge again? - Scramble orders?
What's going on?
Hey! Where are you going?!
You're not the only enemy I have to deal with!
We'll have to settle this later!
Defold detected in the vicinity of Jupiter.
An unidentified fleet at coordinates N-P608.
Establish the front line at Mars orbit.
And scramble cruiser fleets 17 and 18 from the #2 battle group.
Recon drone 1 reports they've assumed an offensive position.
Begin scan.
They appear to be a cruiser-based strike force.
Composition: Twenty-two cruisers, two carriers...
four landing, and two support craft.
Just thirty ships? Nothing we can't handle.
Probably just a stray Zentraedi fleet.
They're Zentraedi, all right.
Mars orbital coordinates MA-224. Stand by for Operation Minmay.
Data link active with cruiser fleets 17 and 18 at Mars orbit.
Strike teams 2, 3, and 4 hold at coordinates MA-200.
Ten years since the last battle...
I can go! Please sir, send me out to cover this!
No, it's too much for you.
Please! I'll get you the most sensational footage!
I'll get you footage that'll have 'em glued to their TV's!
I'll have them weeping with joy in their living rooms!
I remember how moved I was ten years ago. I was just seven!
The Minmay Attack throwing the enemy into chaos...
and U.N. Spacy totally defeating them!
I will never forget it!
I want to move people like I was!
Gotcha.
Hibiki, you have a Valkyrie license, don't you?
I do! I do! Of course!
Then go!
Yes, sir!
But as a Valkyrie pilot, not a reporter.
Uh, okay.
SNN Valkyrie, stand by to launch.
Hi there, I'm... You?!
Yeah, it's me. Give me a smooth ride, kid.
It WOULD be this guy!
Hey, driver, get going!
You're bombed!
Drinking in the middle of the day! You think we're on vacation?
You got me. Sorry about this.
We're going to cover a battle. If you don't like it, get out!
I know what we're headed for...
Is that an excuse?!
All right, just take off!
You shouldn't be drinking on the job!
Get off my back and fly!
Report from the front! Defense system standing by!
This will destroy their will to fight, then we'll finish them!
Initiate first strike! Activate!
Could it be the Alus?
Dangerous, their culture!
This enemy also sings
Sing loudly Lady Ishtar, motivate us!
Hey, Chief, looks like they won't need us after all.
Yeah...
Lord Ingues
The aliens have developed music.
I sense a dangerous culture.
The Minmay Defense isn't working...
Come on!
GO!
I know that U.N. Spacy has always been able to defeat the Zentraedi.
But the Minmay Attack, won't work forever!
We've grown soft with victory...
and have forgotten what we're fighting for!
The song attack won't work forever.
They possess music as well...
We're at the limit! This looks bad.
The Zentraedi have developed a music defense?
They don't look like your run of the mill Zentraedi.
This could be tricky.
- What do we do?! - Keep your head on!
Take us closer to the battle!
Faster!
You idiot! Quit flying like a scared rabbit!
Gimme a break!
Okay, take us to our next target.
The next one?!
This will turn into a battle between capital ships.
We'll see the flagship Heracles, pride of the fleet, in battle.
A fleet battle? But that's...!
Stop whining!
We came to cover a war! This isn't a game!
If you're scared, then get the hell out!
Like I could?!
I can do this!
STOP IT!!!
Don't tape our guys getting destroyed!
You think our viewers want to see a scene like this?!
They want to watch TV and enjoy seeing our forces winning!
What the hell are you doing?! Shut up and fly, kid!
What the hell do you think war is?!
It's not some variety show! War is misery!
We're not writing some series to get big ratings!
We record the truth, as it is, as it happens!
Open your eyes and take a good look.
The U.N. Forces aren't invincible.
Space is vast, and it's utter presumption to think that...
the universe revolves around the Earth.
You think we've achieved the heights of culture?
Like hell! What does any of us know about culture?
Don't be so arrogant!
The Heracles!
Now I am truly pissed off. Stay outta my way!
All right! Way to go!
So, Chief, what WERE you and Exxegran doing in that hotel?
This is a hell of a time to be asking me that!
But it's bothering us!
If you wanna worry about something worry about those bandits!
Yes, ma'am!
Silvie!
Capt. Nexx!
I want to know as well.
None of your business.
You and the commander weren't fighting in there.
Now come clean. What happened in the hotel?
Never gossip in battle.
Certain fools may overhear and slap you with a court martial.
"Certain fools...?"
OH! I get you!
It's nothing to laugh about!
It's just so like you to do this, Silvie.
Wake up! Bandit on your six!
That got the blood pumping! I could fight 24 hours straight!
Shit! This is it.
Ishtar, retreat now!
Okay, driver, there's our next shot!
I'm getting footage of the enemy ship. Take us inside!
You scared?
You kidding? After this I think I could fly anywhere.
That's the spirit. An objective reporter shows both sides of the battle.
THAT'S journalism!
I think I've met a damn fine driver today.
Great shot!
Are you nuts?! We could of been killed!
Good point. The body may fear death...
but after a while, you don't feel it anymore.
- Let's get out of here! - Dennis, look!
A microne?
I think we've found a scoop.
Is she alive?
I think so. She's beautiful, isn't she?
Let's bring her back.
What are you doing?! Are you serious?!
Jesus, what's he thinking?
This is only a two-seater.
She's a girl, I'm a guy, and it's a tight fit. What's the problem?
Dennis!
Hibiki...
Dennis!
Get our footage back to the network...
It's not our footage. It's YOUR footage!
No, I couldn't have gotten it without you.
That footage is as much yours as it is mine.
Think of the ratings, you earned them...
DENNIS!!!