Robotech

Zentraedi forces attack the island before SDF-1 can lift off; Rick rescues a girl named Minmei and attempts to escape in a Veritech fighter plane, but struggles to pilot the alien vessel, which can also transform.

After a successful liftoff, SDF-1 enters Earth orbit, but a Zentraedi ambush forces a desperate jump into hyperspace with disastrous consequences for Rick, Minmei and the crew.

The hyperspace jump strands the SDF-1 in deep space and the crew must rescue thousands of survivors from Macross Island; after crash-landing in a deserted section of the SDF-1, Rick and Minmei face starvation as they struggle to survive.

The citizens from Macross Island build a new home for themselves within SDF-1; Roy Fokker convinces Rick to join the Robotech Defense Force; a Zentraedi attack forces Capt. Gloval to risk transforming the ship into a humanoid form to fight back.

As the crew rebuilds Macross City with the ship's transformation procedure in mind, Rick decides to join the Robotech Defense Force; the forces take the fight to Saturn's rings, where they hope to break through a Zentraedi blockade.