Robotech (1985–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Spacefold - full transcript

[Narrator]: Ten years ago a gigantic
space battle fortress of unknown origin

[Narrator]: blasted through a warp fold in
hyperspace and crash landed on Earth

[Narrator]: Alerted to the threat of invasion from space

[Narrator]: The people of Earth united to learn the secrets of the mysterious ships' advanced technology

[Narrator]: The space fortress's design and capabilities are still not completely understood

[Narrator]: But what Earth scientists have learned

[Narrator]: Has led to a combination of computer and robotic technology called Robotech

[Narrator]: The alien race known as the Zentradi have followed the SDF-1 and now the Earth is under attack

[Narrator]: Rick Hunter, an amatuer flier caught up in the planet wide war

[Narrator]: Has become an unwilling veratech fighter pilot

[Narrator]: And he has rescued a beautiful young girl named Minmei



[Narrator]: His old friend Lieutenant Commander Roy Fokker

[Narrator]: Has reason to believe that young Rick may be in trouble

[Roy]: Rick! Come in Rick!

[Roy]: The poor kids' just had to take on more than he can manage. Well I can't leave him behind

[Roy]: Skull leader to control

[Roy]: Lisa, I'm going back to pick up something I left down on the island

[Roy]: Captain Kramer will take command of the fighter group until I return, over

[Lisa]: Why are you returning? Over

[Roy]: Rick Hunter in fighter VT-102 is still back on the island and I have to go pick him up now

[Lisa]: That pilot is an imposter! I've gone through the enitre registry and I find no record of such a person!

[Roy]: Well that's easy enough to explain. He's a civilian so he isn't listed in the military registry

[Lisa]: What?!? A civilian! But I thought! Uh! Oh!

[Sammie]: Huh?!
[Kim]: Civilian?!

[Sammie]: Who is he?



[Rick Moans]

[Rick]: Huh? Thank heavens she's alive

[Rick]: Uhhh. Uh oh!

[Rick]: The alien!

[Rick]: I gotta go! She might panic if she sees that

[Rick]: Hope this thing will still fly

[Rick whimpers in Fear]

[Minmei]: Oh, what happened?

[Rick whimpers in Fear]
[Minmei]: What's wrong? Why you trembling like that?

[Minmei]: Haan? What are you looking at out there?

[Minmei]: What's there...
[Rick]: No! You musn't look out there!
[Minmei]: Why?! What is it?! What's wrong?!

[Rick]: Oh my gosh!

[Minmei]: What is it?!
[Rick]: Oh!

[Roy]: I hate to interrupt you two but you can't sit around here forever. Come on let's go

[Roy]: Huh? Ha ha ha

[Roy]: That big paluga seems to have formed a permanent attachment to you guys

[Rick]: No! Shhhh!
[Minmei]: ohh

[Rick]: Amazing isn't it!

[Rick]: Boy...
[Minmei]: It's really incredible

[Roy]: How's that for convenience

[Roy]: Hang on you two!

[Rick and Minmei shout in fear]

[Lisa]: This is SDF-1 shifting to horizontal propulsion

[Lisa]: Standby for firing gun. All planes return to carrier bays, over

[Flight Group]: This is CBR-3. Roger control. Returning to carrier bay

[Captain Gloval]: Lisa! See if all the fighters are safely aboard the ship now

[Lisa]: Yes, Sir

[Lisa]: That's the last two, Sir. All fighters are accounted for except Commander Fokker and VT-102

[Captain Gloval]: Good! I don't think we have to worry about Commander Fokker

[Captain Gloval]: Vanessa, show me the positions of Armor 01 and Armor 10 on the monitor screen

[Vanessa]: Yes Sir. They're both approaching rendezvous point now

[Vanessa]: We should be making contact with them in about half an hour.
[Captain Gloval]: Very good

[Captain Gloval]: Any sign of enemy craft, Claudia?

[Claudia]: No Captain, its all clear

[Lisa]: Excuse me Captain, but isn't that strange?
[Captain Gloval]: What?

[Lisa]: After launching such a massive attack from orbit. Why isn't the enemy continuing their attack? It just doesn't make sense does it?

[Captain Gloval]: That's bothering me too

[Captain Gloval]: There has to be a reason they're just playing with us
[Lisa & Claudia]: oh!

[Lisa]: Do you really think they're just playing with us, Captain?
[Captain Gloval]: Yes

[Captain Gloval]: They have the advantage but they don't attack

[Captain Gloval]: They must have a reason
[Lisa & Claudia]: Huh!

[Rick]: She doesn't want to go to the ship Roy. She wants
to go back to Macross Island [Roy]: Are you crazy?!?

[Roy]: The place is crawling with aliens! It
would be suicide for her to go back there!

[Roy]: Did she give any reason for wanting to go back?

[Rick]: Well...
[Minmei]: Well, I'm worried about my aunt and uncle back in the shelter with the invaders all around them

[Roy]: They're perfectly safe there

[Roy]: The shelters are impregnable

[Minmei]: But I still want to go back to the Island. It's my home!

[Roy]: I promise! As soon as the war is over I'll take you back there personally

[Minmei]: Ohhhh
[Rick]: What do you mean you'll take her back?!? I will!

[Minmei]: Huh?
[Rick]: Huh? oh!

[Roy]: Hold on a minute, Rick. This is skull leader calling SDF-1, over

[Lisa]: Did you find him?

[Roy]: He was annoying a young lady. I had to rescue her as well

[Rick]: You rat!

[Lisa]: So that's our civilian pilot! I wondered why he didn't know how to fly his plane

[Lisa]: So that's our civilian pilot! I wondered why he didn't know how to fly his plane
[Rick]: Who's that old sour puss, Roy?

[Lisa]: Old Sour Puss!!

[Roy]: Aha ha. That old sour puss is our control operator Lisa Hayes

[Roy]: And if she looks like an old sour puss to you, you're not as grown up as I thought you were Rick
[Roy Laughs]

[Lisa]: Now listen Commander Fokker! You'd better have a good explanation for turning a Veratech fighter over to an amatuer civilian pilot!

[Captain Gloval]: He he he, ahem!
[Lisa]: You could be court-martialed for this you know!

[Roy]: Oooh! She's mad
[Lisa]: As for you Rick Hunter. You're in a lot of trouble whether you know it or not!

[Rick]: This whole thing is her fault

[Minmei]: I think I'd apologise to her if I were you, Rick. Women her age can get awfully mean you know

[Roy]: Bridge control, this is skull leader requesting landing instructions. Give us a bay number. You old sour puss

[Bridge crew laughs]
[Lisa]: Ahhhh!

[Bridge crew laughs]
[Lisa]: Roger! Bring your plane into bay 504!

[Lisa]: Ehh! Ahem!

[Breetai's Crew]: Recon force now returning to report with you

[Exedore]: It appears only half of them came back!

[Breetai]: Where is the battle fortress now?

[Breetai's Crew]: It's passing through the atmospheric ranges presently. Apparantly it's on it's way to rendezvous with the other ships

[Exedore]: What's your plan Breetai?

[Breetai]: We could shoot them down now but I don't want that ship damaged

[Exedore]: Once they're out of gravity they can execute a hyperspace fold taking them beyond the range of our guns

[Breetai]: You have a point there, Exedore. Perhaps I could apply a little restraint in force in order to slow them down a bit

[Breetai]: Prepare a laser bombardment!

[Breetai's Crew]: Ready all guns! Massive laser bombardment

[Breetai's Crew]: Repeat, all gunnery crews ready your lasers for total bombardment of target area

[Breetai's Crew]: Standby for order to fire

[Roy]: I got a little surprise for you, Rick. Wait till you see it! He he

[Roy]: Huh!

[Rick and Minmei shout in shock]

[Rick and Minmei]: Oh!

[Roy]: Here we are

[Roy]: Come on!

[Rick]: Was that really necessary, Roy? She could've been hurt

[Minmei]: Golly Rick! Look at that!

[Roy]: Somebody left this thing behind so I stashed it here

[Rick]: Oh!

[Rick]: Wow!

[Rick]: My racer! I thought I'd never see it again!

[Rick]: You saved it! Oh! Thank you, Roy! Thank you! Thank you! Thank...

[Roy]: Hey cut it out, Rick!
[Rick]: ...you! Oh!

[Roy]: Take it easy

[Roy]: I just thought you'd feel more comfortable flying in this than one of our Veratechs

[Roy]: It doesn't turn into a battloid

[Rick]: Oh golly, Roy!

[Minmei]: I've seen...
[Rick]: Huh?
[Minmei]: ...that plane before

[Minmei]: It was in the air show this morning wasn't it?
[Claudia]: Attention all hands. We are approaching rendezvous with Armor 01 and 10

[Claudia]: Report to your docking stations immediately! All hands report to your stations!
[Roy]: I have to get going now. Ah!

[Roy]: You two stay here and don't wander around. If you start exploring you'll get lost!

[Roy]: You can't imagine how enormous this ship is so stay put!

[Vanessa]: We have perfect docking alignment

[Breetai's Crew]: The enemy ships are docking, Sir
[Breetai]: Alright! Tell your gunners to fire the beams between the ships

[Breetai]: I don't care how many of the smaller ones are destroyed but the large one must not be damaged!

[Breetai's Crew]: Yes Commander! Attention all gunnery crews. We will commence massive barrage

[Breetai's Crew]: Take particular care not to damage the battlefortress! Gun commanders may fire when ready

[SDF-1 Bridge Crew Screams]

[SDF-1 Bridge Crew Screams]
[Captain Gloval]: Brace yourselves!

[Captain Gloval]: Vanessa! What's their position!

[Vanessa]: The current attack is from the exact same location as the first one, Captain Gloval. Their orbit is 10,000 miles from here

[Lisa]: Reporting! Miranda Sersey and Armor 03 were destroyed.
[Captain Gloval]: They're tearing our fleet to shreds! What about our damages?

[Sammie]: We've taken no direct hits, Captain.
[Kim]: No damage shown anywhere, Sir

[Captain Gloval]: What is our position?
[Vanessa]: Ummmm

[Vanessa]: We're just closing our initial orbit approaching our original position over Macross Island at an altitude of 100 miles

[Captain Gloval]: Claudia, steer for a landing on Macross Island.

[Captain Gloval]: At 2,000 feet altitude activate the fold system for a position jump

[Claudia]: Are you sure you want to do that, Captain?
The fold system hasn't even been tested yet! [Captain...

...Gloval]: I realise how risky it is, Claudia but if we
stay in this position we'll be totally defenseless!

[Captain Gloval]: Eh?
[Lisa]: But we're not even sure how the system works!

[Captain Gloval]: We can't just surrender, Lisa! We have to try everything first!

[Captain Gloval]: Ready the fold system for a position jump targeting the area behind the moon

[Captain Gloval]: Get your radar busy on an access check, Lisa. We'll make the jump from precisely 2000 feet above the island

[Claudia]: Huh? Don't we need permission from headquarters?

[Captain Gloval]: This is an emergency. We don't have time for that

[Claudia]: But Captain! You know the regulation specifically...Uhh, sorry, Sir

[Captain Gloval]: I know what the regulations say but I appreciate you bringing it to my attention

[Claudia]: I just wanted to...
[Captain Gloval]: Claudia! You've got my order!

[Claudia]: Yes, Sir! Captain!

[Claudia]: Attention all hands! Priority! Fold system standby. Readying maximum green energy at all power stations

[Shipwide Announcement]: All hands to emergency positions!
Repeat, all hands to emergency positions.

This is not a drill! Prepare for fold
in T minus 5 minutes and counting! Mark

[Jason]: I'm getting worried about Minmei arn't you? I
wonder where she went [Jason's Father]: She Just went...

...to another shelter that's all [Uncle]: Nothing's going
to happen to anyone as smart as Minmei, Isn't that right

[Jason]: Yeeaahhh

[Minmei]: Are you planning on going somewhere?

[Rick]: I'm going to take you back to the Island like I promised

[Rick]: You still want to go don't you? Because I'm not going to hang around here one way or the other.

[Minmei]: Hold it?
[Rick]: Thanks
[Shipwide Announcement]: Attention all hands! Fold T-3 Minutes and counting

[Shipwide Announcement]: Attention all hands! Fold T-3 Minutes and counting
[Minmei]: What's a fold?

[Rick]: Oh nothing to do with us. Come on lets go.

[Minmei]: It's so small. Will it hold two people?

[Rick]: If they're very friendly it will

[Rick and Minmei Grunt]

[Rick]: Here put this on
[Minmei]: Oh!

[Minmei]: Unhh! Unhh! Wow! Uhun

[Minmei]: Unhh! Unhh! Wow! Uhun
[Rick]: It's so cute on you Minmei you could start a whole new fashion!

[Rick Laughs]
[Minmei]: Oh you!

[Minmei]: Ohhh!
[Rick and Minmei Grunt]

[Rick]: Ok! Hang on to me

[Minmei]: It's awful close
[Rick]: Hey! I can't see to fly if you sit there!

[Rick]: Hey! I can't see to fly if you sit there!
[Minmei]: I'm sorry Rick but it's so tight!

[Rick and Minmei]: Whoa!

[Rick]: There's nothing to be afraid of Minmei! I'm an expert pilot

[Rick]: There now! Ok
[Minmei]: Oh!

[Minmei Giggles]

[Shipwide Announcement]: We will enter fold in 10 Seconds

[Claudia]: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0

[Captain Gloval]: Execute hyperspace fold jump!

[Alarms Blaring]

[Breetai]: A fold! I don't believe it!

[Exedore]: Impossible at that altitude!

[Breetai]: It may be impossible but they did it!
[Exedore]: What'll we do now Commander?

[Breetai]: Uuuuunnnggghh!

[Breetai]: I want to be informed of their exact location immediately!

[Breetai's Crew]: Now, Sir?
[Breetai]: Now!

[Minmei & Rick]: Huh?!? Ohhhh!

[Captain Gloval]: Let's have some light in here

[Claudia]: Switching to backup generators, Sir

[Vanessa]: Radar shows an extremely large object just beneath us, Sir.

[Captain Gloval]: Our jump target was the moon, that's what your large object is

[Vanessa]: No, its too small to be the moon, Sir. I'll put it on the monitor screen for you

[Vanessa & Captain Gloval Exclaim in Surprise]

[Vanessa]: It's coming at us!
[Captain Gloval]: No, we're moving towards it!

[Vanessa & Captain Gloval Exclaim in Surprise]

[Kim]: It's Macross Island, Captain Gloval!
[Captain Gloval]: Enter rockets, Claudia! Maximum thrust!

[Claudia]: It's no go! I'm getting no response whatever from the computer!

[Lisa Shipwide]: Emergency! Emergency! Prepare for impact! Prepare for impact!

[Sammie]: It's covered with ice, Captain!

[Civilian]: Hey we're floating!
[Civilans Shout in Panic]

[Rick]: Oh wow!
[Minmei]: Ohhhh!

[Minmei]: Look how beautiful it is!

[Minmei]: Whoa!

[Rick]: (I'm getting no response at all from the fan jet)

[Rick]: (Somehow we seem to have drifted out into deep space. And that means we're in deep trouble)

[Minmei]: Oh my! Isn't it romantic?

[Rick]: Yes it is

[Rick & Minmei Shout in Fear]

[Minmei]: Whoa!
[Rick Sneezes and Laughs with Minmei]

[Minmei]: Oh! What's that hissing sound?

[Rick]: Oh its perfectly alright. Don't get upset about it

[Rick]: Oh its perfectly alright. Don't get upset about it
[Rick Laughs]

[Rick]: We hear all kinds of weird noises in these things

[Rick]: We hear all kinds of weird noises in these things
[Rick Laughs]

[Rick]: Huh

[Rick]: (I don't dare tell her it's our oxygen is leaking out. Maybe this'll hold it temporarily)

[Minmei]: Let's get out of here ok.
[Rick]: Hey! What's your hurry? Just relax and enjoy the view

[Rick]: (If the boosters don't work we're sunk!)
[Minmei Grunts]

[Rick]: Comfy?
[Minmei]: Ahan

[Rick]: We better try to find the battle fortress. Something funny's been going on around here!

[Minmei]: There it is! Looks like they're still fighting down there

[Rick]: Don't worry

[Minmei Shouts in Fear]

[Rick]: I forgot they closed the landing bays during combat.
[Minmei]: Hunh!

[Rick & Minmei Shout in Fear]

[Rick]: Maybe...

[Rick]: Maybe...
[Rick]: Maybe we can go through the whole he made

[Minmei & Rick Grunt]

[Rick & Minmei Laugh]

[Sammie]: We just shot down the last enemy battlepod, Sir

[Captain Gloval]: Very good!

[Kim]: The civilian refugees from the shelters are being brought on board now, Sir

[Kim]: The civilian refugees from the shelters are being brought on board now, Sir.
[Kim]: And the medics report they are in good shape

[Kim]: And the medics report they are in good shape
[Captain Gloval]: Thank you, Kim

[Captain Gloval]: Any contact with Headquarters yet?

[Claudia]: No Captain, I've tried but I haven't been able to raise them

[Sammie]: Are you sure there's no system malfunction?

[Sammie]: Are you sure there's no system malfunction?
[Claudia]: Negative!

[Vanessa]: None at all. It's operating perfectly

[Captain Gloval]: Give me the reading on our position

[Captain Gloval]: Give me the reading on our position.
[Vanessa]: The planet pluto's orbit according to the computer plot

[Vanessa]: The planet pluto's orbit according to the computer plot.
[Captain Gloval]: The planet Pluto!

[Lisa]: Is that possible?!?
[Claudia]: It can't be!

[Claudia]: It can't be!
[Claudia]: I was against this fold system all along!

[Claudia]: I was against this fold system all along!
[Lisa Gasps in Surprise]

[Claudia]: I was against this fold system all along!
[Lisa]: Captain!

[Kim]: Ohh!
[Sammie]: What can we do?!

[Sammie]: What can we do?!
[Captain Gloval]: Now, now, now. Settle down. Don't panic.

[Captain Gloval]: Now, now, now. Settle down. Don't panic. All we have to do is re-fold to get right back where we started

[Captain Gloval]: There's absolutely nothing to worry about

[Lisa]: I hope not, Captain

[Lisa]: I hope not, Captain
[Bridge Intercom Rings]

[Captain Gloval]: Now What!
[Lisa]: Who is it!

[Captain Gloval]: Yes

[Captain Gloval]: Hmmm

[Captain Gloval]: What!?!

[Captain Gloval]: It can't be!

[Captain Gloval]: Impossible!

[Captain Gloval]: I'll be right there!

[Captain Gloval Sighs]

[Lisa]: Captain?

[Lisa]: What's happened?

[Captain Gloval]: Chief Engineer Lang tells me the fold system has vanished into thin air!

[Captain Gloval]: Chief Engineer Lang tells me the fold system has vanished into thin air!
[Bridge Crew Gasps]

[Lisa]: Sir, did you say vanished?!?

[Captain Gloval]: That's what he told me

[Claudia]: We'll never get back!

[Sammie]: Oh No!

[Kim & Sammie Cry]

[Captain Gloval]: Hmmmm

[Captain Gloval]: Well now

[Captain Gloval]: Gonna be a long trip