Disclaimer:
Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes, Claudia Grant, Sammie Porter, Vanessa Leeds, Kim Young, Admiral Gloval, General Maistroff, General Reinhardt, Max, Miriya, and Dana Sterling, Vince, Jean, and Bowie Grant and all other characters named in the original Robotech cartoon/books/comics/etc belong to their respective owners: Harmony Gold, Tatsunoko, whoever else, etc. I don't own them nor claim to own them so don't sue me because I don't have any money anyways, all you'll get is to inherit my huge amount of credit card debt.

The timeline for this story is very very skewered. It takes place around the time before Lisa goes to earth (the 2nd time) to try and talk her father into negotiations with the Zentraedi. (This occurs after Rico, Konda, and Bron arrive on the SDF-1, episode.... 25? 26? I don't remember, but you know what I'm talking about :) ) Roy is still alive, and Max and Miriya have just gotten married. Rico, Konda, and Bron are still wandering around the SDF-1 so they haven't met with Gloval yet, so Lisa doesn't need to go back to earth again right at the moment.

I don't know how long this story will be or how it will end up, I just had the preliminary concept for it. Like Aikiweezie and I'm sure other people, I was annoyed that the Bridge crew and Lisa in particular never got so much as a bruise on them. You'd think with all the battering that the SDF-1 took, that there'd be some type of damage to the bridge at least once. I also have a somewhat similar/alternate beginning for this story that I might post as a sidescript since it is a minor change really.

This story is a 'what if...' type of deal more than anything and I would not want to see this replace any part of the Macross timeline, it's just a 'what if?...' :) Enjoy!