Macross Class Super Dimensional Fortress

(Version 1.00 - Last Modified: 10/09/2004)
Background information inspired by ARMD-class Sub-light Carrier by Pieter Thomassen, with Peter Walker on the Unofficial Robotech Reference Guide.
Macross Class Super Dimensional Fortress

Prior to its crash landing on Earth the name vessel of the Sian Macross Class of Battle Fortresses, the Macross, had been converted into a vessel specifically suited for Zor's seeding attempts on other planets. These seeding missions were the only source of protoculture for the Tirolian Mercantile Empire. Consequently, a large Zentraedi force had been assigned to guard Zor and his ship. However, Zor had managed to modify his ship, replacing much of the Tirolian crew, apart from a Bioroid and Clone soldier detachment specially assigned to guard him and a skeleton crew, with Zentraedi. Using their gullibility and natural loyalty to the Tirolians, he hid the only supply of fertile Protoculture seeds deep within the ship and replaced the computer's AI with Ih'va, an powerful artificial intelligence that was loyal to Zor. This gave Zor almost total control over his ship. It was his plan to desert the dying empire with the ship and his seeds and to travel to the genetic home world of the Terran races, whose approximate location Ih'va had discovered in the vast Haydon IV libraries. He idealistically reasoned that this world, untouched by the greed of the Masters and the wars with the Disciples of Zor and the Invid, would have remained a peaceful oasis. That planet was Earth.

Unfortunately, during an Invid raid in 1974, Zor was killed, taking the secrets of developing the infertile Protoculture seeds he created for the Robotech Masters with him. The Macross, controlled by Ih'va, operating under instructions provided by Zor in case of his death, ejected the command tower and most of the Zentraedi and Tirolian crew and folded for parts unknown to the Robotech masters. A faint fold trace detected by the hyperspace sensors on one of the Masters' ships could only give the roughest indication of distance and direction, but a huge Zentraedi fleet was sent after it, or more precisely, after its seeds and secrets. As is widely known, the Macross did make it to Earth, where it crash-landed. Because Zor's Tirolian escort died with him, there were no Bioroids or Assault Carriers onboard the wreck, and these weapons would therefore give the Southern Cross a nasty shock 30 years later. The exploits of the SDF-1, as the ship was later named, are well known, as is its destruction on the in 2013.

The Humans, in an attempt to increase the size of their fleets, designed a ship based on reverse engineering the Macross. Construction started on Earth's moon in 2003, but was temporarily stopped in 2011 following the Zentraedi Holocaust. The ship was not finished until 2013 and was transferred to New Macross City to take on crew and supplies. However, Kyron, the most powerful of the rogue Zentraedi warlords that became established following the Zentraedi Holocaust, launched a surprise attack against New Macross and both the SDF-1 and SDF-2 were destroyed, along with Kyron and his partially functional Rineunadou Lojmeuean Class Monitor.

The SDF-1 Macross, and subsequently the SDF-2, are virtually identical in design to the Sian Macross Class Battle Fortress used by the Tirolian Border Fleets. While the design remains the same, much of the internal space was removed and replaced with equipment from Earth. Without the need to fit a crew of giants onboard, the RDF found they had an enormous amount of space on the ship, much of it unused at the time of its launch. The leg sections of the ship were virtually empty except for cargo areas and mecha factories. The reconstructed SDF-1 was drastically changed by the presence of 50,000 civilians who were given permission to rebuild Macross City in the leg sections of the ship. The city continued to expand and grow and eventually all free space in the leg sections was used for the city. Another change was the construction of the Pin Point Barriers and the Omni-Directional Shield from the remains of the Hexagonal Force Field Generator originally installed on the Sian Macross class. These new force fields, while not as powerful as the original shield, were original and unique to Human ship designs.

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Ship Information:

Vehicle Complement: (SDF-1 Macross)

Vehicle Complement: (SDF-2 Megalord)

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Statistical Data:

Weapon Systems:

  1. Heavy Particle Cannon
  2. Converging Beam Cannon Clusters (8)
  3. Reflex Electro-Magnetic Rail Guns (4)
  4. Retractable PB-3 Particle Beam Cannons (16)
  5. Retractable Laser Turrets (60)
  6. Retractable Howitzer Turrets (48)
  7. Pepperbox Missile Turret
  8. Pepperbox Missile Turrets (48)
  9. Heavy Missile Launchers (12)
  10. Attached Aircraft Carriers (SDF-1 only)
  11. Special Missile Launchers (SDF-1 only)

Shield Systems:

  1. Pinpoint Barriers (3)
  2. Omni-Directional Barrier System

Special Systems:

  1. Electronic Warfare System
  2. Mecha Production Facilities
  3. Auxiliary Production Facilities
  4. Weapon Production Facilities
  5. Missile Production Facilities
  6. Missile Storage

Standard Systems:

  1. Life Support System
  2. Communication Systems
  3. Sensor Systems
  4. Targeting Computer System

Combat Summary: