(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/SDF-1_Macross_Ship_Small.jpg)<br/>The crew of the battle-fortress had begun the process of making the interior of the ship livable for the civilians, with their Veritech squadrons hastily put on high alert now that the ship is past Pluto. So far, there has been no attacks from the alien forces since the battle of Macross Island...But the question about the attack is not if, but when.<br/><br/>For the Vanguard Squadron's twelve pilots, the tense situation means that they're now Alert 1, the first wave out to meet any hostile forces. So their makeshift mess hall is right next to one of the Veritech launch hangars.<br/>Squadron leader is Flight Lieutenant Peter Cross, a veteran of the Global War and former Skull Squadron pilot.<br/>(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yR82NL7kRFs/UOlLF58o0ZI/AAAAAAAAIow/w9PFAoDOYnE/s640/Kaji+Ryoji.jpg)<br/><br/>The rest of the team, with the exception of our heroes are Mogura Hideo, Andrew McMillan, Alexander Sterling, Jenna Garfield, Nikita Aleksov, Jorgen Hansen and  Liu Xiang. All of them rookies fresh off the academy, who had the bad fortune of being stationed aboard the Daedalus when the attack came.<br/><br/>