On the launch day of Earth’s Super-Dimension Fortress (the SDF-1), Earth is attacked by mysterious aliens. The SDF-1 is eventually forced to space-fold into space – but takes a chunk of Macross City with them (the city and its citizens are now inside the massive SDF-1). The SDF-1 is now in the midst of a long journey back to Earth.
During a fierce space battle, the SDF-1 was forced to execute a modular transformation – causing considerable damage to the city within it. The humans won – but Captain Gloval’s body was found buried und the SDF-1’s internal wreckage…