Timeline: First Robotech War

## 2009

**Late February**

* Zentraedi fleet commanded by Breetai Tul enters the Sol system and approaches Earth. SDF-1 main guns automatically activate and fire, destroying two Zentraedi ships.
* **Start of the First Robotech War**
* Zentraedi fleet engage UEDF orbital defences. UEDF ships prove ineffective in combat.
* Zentraedi forces invade Macross Island.
* SDF-1 lifts off, executes emergency space fold. Aiming for the dark side of the moon, it instead arrives in the orbit of Pluto. Macross Island as well as the naval ships *Prometheus* and *Daedalus* are bought along with the ship. SDF-1 fold drives disappear.
* Zentraedi fleet fold to pursue the SDF-1.

**March**

* Macross City and is population are transferred to the interior of the SDF-1. *Prometheus* and *Daedalus* are attached to the ship to serve as supplemental mecha carriers.
* On Earth, the UEG covers up the alien attack, claiming that the SDF-1 and Macross Island were destroyed by Anti-Unification League Forces.
* Numerous weapons programs such as the VA-1 Thunderstrike are cancelled to focus on space-based systems. Construction of the Grand Cannons is accelerated.
* SDF-1 Modular Transformation developed to allow firing of the Main Gun.

**April 14**

* Marie Crystal is born.

**May**

* Rick Hunter enters active UEDF service
* Development of the Pinpoint Barrier system
* **Battle of Saturn's Rings**. SDF-1 engages a Zentraedi task force. The Daedalus Maneuver is first used.

**October**

* Breetai Tul summons the Botoru Battalion commanded by Khyron Kravshera as reinforcements.
* **Battle of Mars**. SDF-1 lands at the abandoned Mars Base Sara to resupply. The ship is ambushed by Khyron's forces, but is able to escape through destruction of the base.

**November**

* Due to high combat losses, infantry personnel are re-trained as Destroid pilots, while existing Destroid pilots are re-trained as Veritech pilots.
* In order to keep forces in combat, SDF-1 Destroids are being built and repaired with below-spec inferior parts. This leads to accelerating combat losses.

**December**

* SDR-04 Phalanx enters service onboard the SDF-1
* Lynn Minmei is crowned Miss Macross. Footage of the pageant is recovered by a Zentraedi Cyclops reconnaissance scout ship and reported to Breetai.

## 2010

* Jim Austin is born

**January 19**

* Nova Satori is born to Persephone "Percy" Satori in Macross City.

**January**

* While the SDF-1 hides in the asteroid belt, Khyron attacks the ship and destroys its long-range radar systems.
* SDF-1 Operations Officer Lieutenant Commander Lisa Hayes, Lieutenant Rick Hunter and Corporal Ben Dixon are captured by Zentraedi forces while on a recon mission. Corporal Max Sterling is believed dead.

**February**

* Hayes, Hunter and Dixon are transported to the Zentraedi central command and are interrogated by Dolza. Humans encounter the term 'Protoculture' for the first time.
* Max Sterling leads an escape, allowing Hayes, Hunter and Dixon to return to the SDF-1.
* Due to his failure to recapture the escapees, Breetai is relieved of command of the operation to capture the SDF-1. Command is instead passed to Azonia Lamiz.
* Miriya Parino inserts three Zentraedi spies into the SDF-1.

**March**

* An investigation discovers serious shortcuts being taken in Destroid construction and repair. SDF-1 command attempts to rectify the problem and enforce standards.
* SDF-1 punches through Zentraedi blockade and returns to Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean.
* Captain Henry Gloval and Lisa Hayes travel to UEDF command in Alaska base to petition to have the Macross City population disembarked and relocated. Their requests are rejected by UEDF leadership, including Admiral Donald Hayes.
* Khyron launches an unauthorised attack on the SDF-1. His ship is destroyed using the Daedalus Maneuver, but Rick Hunter is injured by friendly fire.

**April**

* Miriya Parino leads an unuathorised attack against the SDF-1. She is nearly defeated by Max Sterling and forced to retreat. During the battle, Skull Squadron Commander Roy Fokker is fatally injured and Captain Steven Kramer is killed.

**May**

* Rick Hunter is assigned command of the Skull Squadron.
* Captain Gloval begins a protest against the UEG by flying the SDF-1 over population centres, publicly disproving the official cover story.
* Ontario Quadrant agrees to take the refugees from the SDF-1.
* **Battle of Toronto**. Khyron attacks the SDF-1 as it moves to offload its civilian population. The newly-developed Omni-Directional Barrier overloads, destroying much of Khyron's fleet as well as Toronto. Ben Dixon is killed.
* Miriya Parino is inserted into the SDF-1 by Seloy Deparra. Officially she is acting as a spy, but her actual mission is one of personal revenge.
* Ontario Quadrant rescinds its offer to accept SDF-1 refugees.

**June**

* SDF-1 is ordered back into space by the UEDF.
* Breetai returns to Earthspace with a million-ship fleet and relieves Azonia of command.
* Zentraedi spies return to Breetai's fleet and begin to infect it with Earth culture.

## 2011

**January**

* *Small White Dragon*, the first movie produced in space, premiers on board the SDF-1. It stars Lynn Minmei and Lynn Kyle.
* Grand Cannon is completed at Alaska Base Earth Defence Command Centre.
* Anatole Leonard is reassigned the the UEDF Antarctica Base for cold-weather exercises.

**March**

* Breetai attempts to use the Daedalus Maneuver to insert an assault force into the SDF-1. The plan backfires when many of the troops defect, while others fight among themselves.
* Zentraedi defectors are granted asylum on board the SDF-1.
* Using information gained from the defectors, Captain Gloval sends Lisa Hayes to petition the UEDF to negotiate with the Zentraedi for peace. The offer is rejected, and Lisa is reassigned to Alaska Base.

**May**

* Miriya Parino's attempt to kill Max Sterling fails. Instead, they fall in love and are married.
* Having seen the wedding, Dolza orders the destruction of the SDF-1. Breetai's fleet instead mutiny and refuse to attack the ship.
* Chloe Burns is born in Washington D.C.
* Breetai sends Exadore Formo to petition Captain Gloval for a ceasefire, realising that the situation has become untenable.
* **The Rain of Death**. Dolza's Grand Fleet of 4.8 million ships folds into the Sol system. Fleet bombards Earth, destroying over seventy percent of the surface.
* Alaska Grand Cannon fires, inflicting massive losses on Dolza's fleet. Counter-fire destroys the cannon; Admiral Hayes is killed, T.R. Edwards severely injured.
* SDF-1 along with Breetai and Azonia's fleets lead counter-attack on Dolza's fleet, using Minmei's singing as a weapon. Dolza's fleet is destroyed; Dolza is killed.
* **End of the First Robotech War**