On the launch day of Earth's Super-Dimension Fortress, Earth was attacked by mysterious aliens and SDF-1 was eventually forced to space-fold into space – taking a chunk of Macross City with them. The SDF-1 is now in the midst of a long journey back to Earth. As the journey proceeded, Captain Henry Gloval died during the ship's modular transformation. Heading to Mars base to fetch supplies, Captain Lisa Hayes encountered an attack from aliens – led by the arrogant Khyron. Lisa also met up with a ghostly image of her former lover, Karl…
