Timeline: Macross Island Era

## 1999

**July 18**

* Zor's Battle Fortress emerges from hyperspace and enters Earth's atmosphere. During it's controlled decent, San Francisco is damaged by its shockwave and Diane Wilbur is killed. The ship crashes on Macross Island in the south Pacific Ocean.

**July**

* A temporary cease-fire is called in response. Under the aegis of the Internationalist Coalition, numerous nations including the Eastern United States, NEACAP, France, China and the Eastern Soviet States are invited to investigate the crashed vessel.
* An expeditionary mission led by Henry Gloval and including Roy Fokker, T.R. Edwards (acting as a representative of NEACAP) and Doctor Lang enters the ship. They find evidence of highly advanced technology, as well as remains of its giant-sized crew.

**August**

* Cease-Fire brings a halt to the Global Civil War. Various nations unite to investigate the crashed vessel, now dubbed 'The Visitor'. The Internationalist Coalition act as the *de facto* leaders of the group.
* Doctor Emil Lang appointed head of Visitor research. Various scientists from across the world are bought in to study the ship including Lazlo Zand, Harry Penn, Kaaren Napperson and Doctor Osmund.

**September**

* Investigations confirm that the vessel was intended as a warship and that it and its crew possessed highly-advanced weapons. The governments of the world unite to pool their resources to learn more about the ship and to plan for a possible alien attack.
* Giles Vaudell steals technology from the Visitor for his own research.

**October**

* Formal end to the Global Civil War.

## 2000

* Amu Pollard is born.

**January**

* Lazlo Zand discovers a mysterious but potent and highly adaptable power source (ie, Protoculture) on board the Visitor.
* Development begins of weapons for use against a potential alien threat.

**June**

* Reconstruction of the Visitor, now formally dubbed the SDF-1, is announced to the world.
* Framing for the official United Earth Government is proclaimed, using the Internationalist Coalition as its framework.

**July**

* Constriction of Moon Base Luna begins.
* Construction of Mars Base One, the first permanent habitat on Mars, begins.
* Civilians flock to Macross Island to work on the SDF-1 project.

## 2001

* An experiment with a Protoculture power cell on Assent Island goes wrong, resulting in an explosion that kills seven scientists and nearly kills Dermott Vaudell.
* Absolute Zero forms with lead singer, Nina Lang.

**January**

* United Earth Government is formed, with its capitol in Geneva, Switzerland. Alphonse Russo is elected spokesman of the UEG. Wyatt Moran becomes a part of the government.
* Formation of the United Earth Defence forces, an umbrella agency with control over world military forces. Donald Hayes is appointed commander of the force. Henry Gloval, Roy Fokker and Anatole Leonard all join the UEDF. T.R. Edwards and Nigel Aldershot become part of the UEDF's intelligence agencies.
* Several nations including the NEACAP and Central African Union refuse to join the UEG. The instead form their own loose alliance, the Anti-Unification League. Covertly, T.R. Edwards, Anatole Leonard and Wyatt Moran support the AUL.

**June**

* Sara Hayes is killed in a terrorist attack by Anti-Unification League forces in Geneva.

**July**

* Construction of the first phase of Mars Base One, later renamed 'Sara', is completed.

**September**

* Project Excalibur, the first tests of weapons using Robotechnology occur. These weapons are ground based and lead to the development of the Destroids and other systems.

**November**

* Theoretical physics behind the SDF-1's Reflex Cannon explained. Efforts begin to duplicate the weapon.

## 2002

* First-generation Robotechnology weapons such as the Centaur Hovertank, Slepnir Tank and Cestus Battlesuit enter service with the UEDF.

**February**

* Project Valkyrie, a project aimed at creating variable-configuration, all-purpose Robotech combat systems, begins.

**March**

* Grand Cannon theory is completed.

## 2003

* Anti-Unification forces attack urban centers across the world.
* Conrad Wilbur creates the Faithful, a religious group opposed to the use of Robotechnology who see the SDF-1 as being a trick played on humanity by the Devil. Anatole Leonard and Wyatt Moran are among their members.
* Angelo Dante is born.

**April**

* Construction of first ARMD Space Carrier begins.
* AUL terrorist bombing of a UN delegation kills over thirty people in Yokohama. Riots break out as AUL supporters clash with police.
* Lisa Hayes is accepted into the newly-formed UEDF Military Academy.
* Kar Riber is assigned to Mars Base.

**May**

* Construction of the UEDF command center in Alaska begins in secret. The site includes the first Grand Cannon.
* Construction begins of *Prometheus* and *Daedalus* submersible warships.

**July**

* Proposal to construct additional Grand Cannons is accepted.

## 2004

* Jack Baker is born.
* Karen Penn is born to Harry Penn.

**September-December**

* A vigilante known as the Knight of Knives kills Nadia Malanova and four other scientists from the Robotech Research Centre on Macross Island.

**October**

* Construction of a second Grand Cannon begins in French Guiana. The weapon is never completed.

**November**

* Anti-Robotechnology riots caused by the Faithful on Macross Island. Conrad Wilbur steps down as the leader of the movement.

**December**

* The Knight of Knives is captured by the UEDF.

## 2005

* Testing begins of the VF-1 Veritech on MacMartin island. Roy Fokker is a part of the test program.
* Anti-Unification forces stage airborne attacks across the world.
* Famine in the North Africa sector.
* Johnathan Wolfe graduates from UEDF Academy.

**January**

* United Earth Government is officially established as having executive authority over all of Earth's nations.

**February**

* With the aid of T.R. Edwards, the Lemurians attempt to attack the Grand Cannon construction site in Alaska. The attack is a trap, and the *Lemuria* is destroyed along with all hands, including their leader, Moira Burrows.

**March**

* First *Oberth*-Class ships are launched.
* Exclusionist forces attempt to retrieve a Neo-Tsarist bioweapon in space using a Pegasus Long-Range Shuttle. The effort is foiled by Roy Fokker.
* Agents from Assent Island attempt to steal information from the SDF-1.
* Geoff Davies becomes the new leader of the Faithful.

**April**

* Nina Lang becomes a spokeswoman for the Faithful.
* Anti-Robotechnology demonstrations increase worldwide.
* A radical faction of the Faithful lead by Anatole Leonard assassinates Conrad Wilbur and kidnaps Nina Lang. She is later rescued by Roy Fokker.

**May**

* UEDF Commodore Amanda Bennington is given control over Macross Island's security. Under her orders, UEDF forces are given broad security and oversight powers. UES *Prometheus* and UES *Daedalus* are permanently assigned to Macross Island for security purposes.

**June**

* Rise in federalist movements across the world, such as Nova Roma. UEDF intelligence suspects links between federalist groups.
* The *Oberth*-class UES *Achilles* launches under the command of Captain Louise Mayhew.

**July**

* Colonel Wendell Hamilton is elected spokesman of the New European Commonwealth. He advocates for less centralised UEG control and privatization of various defence projects including the SDF-1.
* A team consisting of Gerald McBain, Toshiro Nagata (former head of NEACAP intelligence), Janus Criswell (a student of Dr. Lang) and Virgil Smythe (UEDF engineer) kidnap Admiral Hayes and take control of the UES *Achilles.* However, the ship is disabled by its chief engineer before they can use its systems. The plotters are captured (save for Smythe who is killed while trying to escape) and Hayes is released, but not before Captain Mayhew is killed by them. The conspirators are later linked to the Anti-Unification League.

**August**

* An investigation finds Federalist operatives within the UEDF.
* UEDF units under the command of Henry Gloval launch worldwide strikes against Federalist enclaves.
* A failed terrorist attack targeting Lisa Hayes on Macross Island kills Lory Hill instead.
* A Zentraedi scout ship under the command of Captain Krohn arrives in the Sol system. The vessel attacks Mars Base Sara, destroying its life support and defensive systems. The *Oberth*-class *Odysseus* responds, only to also be destroyed. Colonel Rodriguez and Karl Riber, the last surviving staff, sacrifice themselves to destroy the Zentraedi ship with an experimental Reflex cannon.
* The UEG covers up the attack and blames it on on Anti-Unification forces instead.

## 2006

* Sean Phillips is born.
* Earl 'Pop' Hunter dies.

**March**

* Testing of the VF-X-1's Guardian and Battloid modes begins with Roy Fokker at the controls.

**June**

* Tomahawk Destroid enters service with the UEDF. Other Destroids follow shortly afterwards.

**July**

* The Veritech program is temporarily suspended on orders from Anatole Leonard. It is later restarted on orders of Admiral Hayes.
* ARMD-01 is hijacked by AUL agents led by mercenaries led by UEDF Lt. Shawn Arnold. The ship is disabled by Roy Fokker piloting a protype VF-1, but not before launching a nuclear missile at Macross Island. However, the missile is then shot down by Roy Fokker.
* T.R Edwards and Anatole Leonard distance themselves from the AUL.
* UEG uses the incident to increase defence spending while being given greater powers.

**August-October**

* Anti-Unification forces suffer several major losses. A number of governments previously aligned with the AUL switch sides to support the UEG.

## 2007

* Macross Island is placed under quarantine.
* Johnathan Wolfe Jr ("Johnny") is born to Johnathan and Catherine Wolfe.
* Remaining AUL supporting nations such as NEACAP are folded into the United Earth Government. AUL forces remain active worldwide, but now lack backing and support.
* President Omaa of the Central African Union is deposed in a coup. He flees the country, ultimate fate unknown.

**March**

* Mass-production of the VF-1 Veritech begins. Units are limited to fighter mode under most circumstances for operational security.

## 2008

* Mark Landry is born.
* Darryl Taylor is born.

**Mid-2008**

* Last remnants of Anti-Unification forces are defeated.

## 2009

* Louie Nichols is born

**February**

* Official launch ceremonies are held to celebrate the maiden version of the SDF-1.