Macross 7 (1994) s01e52 Episode Script

Fleet of The Strongest Women

1
[song playing]
When I look up at the purple panorama ♪
The galactic highway ♪
A SHOOTING STAR pierces my heart ♪
When I match my quickening heartbeat ♪
To the sleepless city ♪
Praying to an uncertain tomorrow ♪
I hear that melody ♪
A mysterious voice
That won't let me go ♪
Tell me, SEVENTH MOON ♪
Where are you taking me ♪
And this troubled heart of mine? ♪
Palely shimmering, SEVENTH MOON ♪
I'm just looking for an answer ♪
In the rhythm
With this crazy dance of mine ♪
[music stops]
Do you remember? ♪
Captain! Defold detected ahead!
What? [screams]
The moment our eyes met ♪
[Basara in distance] COME ON PEOPLE
I want you to believe me ♪
-[alarm blaring]
-[gasps]
For I will ♪
Never ever change ♪
The moment our fingers touched ♪
That was the first time ♪
I set out on the journey of love ♪
Captain, we're receiving
combat video feed from the vanguard.
Putting it on screen.
[alarm beeping]
[grunts] That's
Objects of great mass detected ahead
at 55,000.
Presumably the main enemy force.
It seems to be a rogue Meltran fleet.
Hmm.
I didn't think a remnant fleet
of this magnitude still existed.
FLEET OF THE STRONGEST WOMEN
I LOVE YOU SO ♪
[narrator] In 2009,
humanity encountered the Britai fleet of
the Zentradi under Bodolzaa,
sparking interstellar war.
The Zentradi are a race of
genetically engineered giants
created by the ancient interstellar
civilization known as the Protoculture.
They were bred for war
and procreate not through marriage,
but by cloning.
They do not have music
or any other kind of civilian culture
and don't even have any
knowledge of what a kiss is.
Then the first Macross ship announced
the interspecies marriage
of the human Maximilian Jenius
with the Meltrandi Milia Farina.
And after the idol singer Lynn Minmay
caused a culture shock
within the Zentradi fleet,
the two sides were able to make peace.
But Bodolzaa was intent on eliminating
the human race and its culture,
so the U.N. Military
and the Britai fleet joined forces
to fight the Bodolzaa main fleet,
ultimately defeating them.
After the war,
though there were exceptions,
most Zentradi chose to Miclonize
and start a new life
of coexistence with humans.
But
[alarm beeping]
Captain!
Sound Force is charging the enemy.
Sound Boosters, launch!
Let's go!
POWER TO THE DREAM ♪
["POWER TO THE DREAM" playing]
[groans]
[screams]
What?
[music stops]
-Basara!
-They're fast.
Even Basara can't dodge them?
They're better than Mom.
Listen to my song!
-Basara, we're falling back!
-No way!
I haven't sung to them yet!
Your booster's damaged,
and you can't hit them with Speaker Pods.
How are you going to sing to them?
[grunts]
[alarm blaring]
[gasps] That suit Is that
Captain, we're outside
the enemy fleet's firing range.
Good. Maintain this distance.
Were you able to contact the enemy fleet?
We've been hailing them in Zentran,
but no response.
-Continue hailing them until you get one!
-[Saint Ford] Yes, sir.
Can we talk them down, though?
[machinery clanking]
Hey! It's not fixed yet?
Basara, calm down, okay?
How am I supposed to calm down?
There's a huge audience out there
waiting for me to sing!
Huge audience, huh?
Well, that may be the case,
since they outnumber us
five hundred to one.
Yeah! That's a crowd worth singing to!
[drumsticks tapping]
I understand the situation.
To prevent needless bloodshed, we have
to enter peace negotiations at once.
We need your help, Mayor Milia.
Well, I guess you and I are
the only people fit for the job.
Thank you.
Captain, we've contacted
the enemy fleet's commander!
Good! Put it up on the monitor.
Chlore! I thought it was you!
Zanto Milia!
Gantz paragell.
[Saint Ford]
Activating interstellar translator.
I was wondering why the Miclones
were hailing us in our language,
and now I know.
I am the commander of the U.N. Spacy
7th Emigration Fleet Macross 7,
Maximilian Jenius.
Please listen to me.
[Chlore] I do not negotiate with Miclones.
Listen, Chlore!
The Zentradi have chosen
to coexist with the Miclones!
There are over 100,000 Zentradi
living in this fleet!
[laughs]
I see even the great ace Milia
resorts to begging for mercy
after being miclonized.
I beg your pardon?
Very well. I will give my fellow Zentradi
time to consider their surrender.
If you do, your lives will be spared.
Wait, Commander Chlore!
But we will not accept surrender
from the Miclones! That will be all!
[sighs]
There's no room for a truce then.
Chlore.
Mayor Milia, you seem to know her.
Chlore was the ace of her fleet,
just as I was mine.
We competed endlessly on enemy kills.
I see.
We've received orders
from the U.N. Spacy HQ.
They deem the Zentradi remnants
to be a rebel fleet,
so we are to destroy them.
What? Without even negotiating?
Without Lynn Minmay,
creating a culture shock among them
will be quite difficult.
Halt all ships!
Do not strike unless instructed to!
Commander Chlore,
we've identified Records Archivist
as a former member of Britai's fleet.
Britai the traitor.
By the way, Staff Officer Tranquil,
why do you think Milia was
with those males?
I do not know. It is unprecedented.
[sighs]
[controller] The enemy flagship
has launched two combat machines.
What?
This is Milia Farina Jenius.
Commander Chlore, I am surrendering
to you. Permission to board!
This is dangerous!
They're obviously planning something.
Considering Milia, that's very possible.
Direct them to Hangar 3!
-[controller] Yes, ma'am!
-Commander Chlore.
I'd like to see
what Milia the Ace is going to try.
Mr. Exsedol! Emergency fold communiqué
from HQ incoming!
-Put it up on the monitor.
-[Saint Ford] Yes, sir!
Mr. Exsedol, have the rebels
been eliminated?
Captain Maximilian and Mayor Milia are
on their way to negotiate with them.
[representative] Negotiate?
Peace negotiations have never
succeeded against Zentradi remnants!
[Exsedol] But
[representative] The U.N. Military HQ
has made its decision!
Begin the attack at once!
Yes, sir.
Battle 7 is to detach from City 7,
and begin transformation.
Relay the order
to all relevant sections at once!
Mr. Exsedol?
[Exsedol] Relay the order.
Yes, sir!
Battle 7, detaching from City 7
to execute transformation!
-That will do. Yes.
-Contact the City Office
and inform all city citizens.
Rechecking docking lock system.
After separation
-What? Mom and Dad went to the enemy ship?
-[Gubaba mews]
They've probably gone
to try the culture shock strategy.
Culture shock?
They're done repairing Unit 2 and Unit 3.
What about mine, Ray?
[Ray] They're still
having trouble fixing it.
Are you kidding me, man?
Ray, I want you to deploy
with just Unit 2 and Unit 3 today.
-What?
-Seriously?
Well, Sound Force should handle this one
according to the history books.
By history, you don't mean
That's right!
The so-called "Minmay Attack"!
Only Lynn Minmay can work
against Zentradi!
[sighs]
What a pathetic sight
you've become, Milia.
And I see you've
risen up the ranks, Chlore.
[scoffs]
Why are you surrendering,
Chief Aviator 1st Class Milia?
Tranquil, that is no longer Milia the Ace.
She's just Milia Farina now.
No! I am Milia Farina Jenius!
I am wife to this man, Maximilian Jenius!
"Wife"? What is a wife?
We came to understand each other,
and are bonded by marriage!
Yes, and we have children!
"Marriage"? "Children"?
Reproduction not through cloning,
but through the laws of nature!
Ha! Nonsense.
[sighs]
Fine. I have something to show you.
[gasps]
Max, let me make myself clear.
I'm only doing this as a last resort
to avoid meaningless bloodshed,
so don't get any ideas.
[chuckles] I know.
What's this? What is the meaning
What?
[gasping]
-[Chlore gasps]
-[Tranquil gasps]
[Milia grunts]
Stop! Stop! Stop!
You saw it right? That was a kiss,
the Protoculture's symbol of love!
"Love"? "Kiss"?
No! We'll be tainted by the Protoculture!
[Milia gasps]
-Chlore!
-Good work, Staff Officer Tranquil.
Now you can watch as I destroy your fleet!
[Milia gasps]
Battle 7 has completed
separation from City 7!
Mr. Exsedol! We've lost contact
with the captain and the mayor!
That should make things very clear.
Peace with them is an impossibility.
Attack at once!
Start transformation sequence
and charge the Macross Cannon reactor.
All ships are to stand by
in assault formation.
Mr. Exsedol! We have yet to confirm
the safety of the captain or the mayor!
Lt. Miho, relay the order.
Yes, sir!
Battle 7, beginning transformation.
-Battle 7, transformation time limit 7709!
-[alarm blaring]
Fighting won't solve anything!
When will the military learn?
[controller] The enemy ship
is transforming.
I think that's
Yes, they're transforming to battle mode.
[scoffs]
They mean to oppose us.
Eighty seconds to complete transformation!
Mr. Exsedol! Incoming call
from Dr. Chiba. Relaying to monitor.
Mr. Exsedol! Repairs
to the Sound Boosters are complete.
Permission for Sound Force to deploy.
You have some kind of plan?
Yes! The Minmay Attack!
I won't let them fire the Macross Cannon!
Right now, I can hear your voice ♪
Saying "Come over here" ♪
As the loneliness becomes
Too much for me to bear ♪
Why did they deploy the Queadluun-Rau
squadrons without orders?
[controller] They're reporting that
the pilots launched of their own accord
upon hearing irregular sound waves
from the enemy fighters.
Irregular sound waves?
Pilots launching at
the sound of Mylene's song?
What's going on?
I don't know. Maybe the effect was
different than that of Lynn Minmay's.
I'm not alone anymore ♪
Because I have you ♪
What are they doing?
Are they toying with us?
["Do You Remember Love" continues]
[gasps]
Ray, looks like my singing isn't working!
[music fades]
-Transformation complete!
-[alarm beeping]
Mr. Exsedol! Fire the Macross Cannon!
Target coordinates 09EX-21FY-88SZ!
But Mr. Exsedol, that would
[Exsedol] Relay the order.
Yes, sir!
Macross Cannon, targeting
coordinates 09EX-21FY-88SZ!
Defold detected
ahead of the enemy flagship!
[gasps] No! A surprise attack!
Now this is how you make someone listen!
What?
Is it a dud?
Hit it!
LET'S GO straight on through ♪
To the daybreak we dreamt of ♪
[Basara] It's still far away, but ♪
MAYBE things will turn out fine ♪
[gasps]
[Basara] As long as we have love ♪
If you listen to my ♪
This is
[Chlore grumbles]
[Tranquil] Commander Chlore!
To intertwine our two hearts ♪
[Chlore groans]
Loveheart racing across the night sky
Go with burning passion ♪
What the heck, Basara?
Minmay never did this!
There's a loveheart inside of you, too
Meet your destiny ♪
-[Mylene squeals]
-[Gubaba shrieks]
Now look what you've done!
head-on ♪
Charge ahead for billions of light-years
TOTSUGEKI LOVEHEART ♪
What the hell is going on?
LET'S DANCE
The stars sing too ♪
[screams]
And even a moment can be stretched out ♪
Flap your wings and ROCK WITH ME ♪
[screams]
BABY I'll work this out somehow ♪
So don't let go ♪
-Listen to my song ♪
-LISTEN TO MY SONG ♪
And put your back into it ♪
Macross Cannon, ready to fire!
Begin countdown to fire Macross Cannon!
Counting down to firing.
[in English] Ten, nine
[in Japanese] Paint a crimson streak ♪
-six, five
-You! What's your name?
-Basara Nekki!
-[in English] four,
-three, two, one.
-Kan'trande, Basara culture!
[in Japanese] Macross Cannon, fire!
Macross Cannon, fire!
[Basara] A crackling telepathy ♪
Overwhelming passion
Flows like a streamline ♪
TOTSUGEKI LOVEHEART ♪
Damage to enemy, zero.
The shot missed them by a mile.
[Zentradi] Basara!
Basara!
In any case,
it looks like Basara's a big hit.
Loveheart racing across ♪
Mr. Exsedol, what is the meaning of this?
It would seem I missed as I am
inexperienced in commanding battles.
[grumbles]
Oh, dear. There go my ambitions
for becoming fleet commander.
You were excellent in command,
Mr. Exsedol!
Let's go on a date some time.
You embarrass this old man.
Loveheart racing through tomorrow
Paint a crimson streak ♪
And spread elation ♪
Deculture! Basara!
[Zentradi cheering]
There's a loveheart in all of us
A crackling telepathy ♪
Overwhelming passion
Flows like a streamline ♪
TOTSUGEKI LOVEHEART ♪
[song playing]
[Mylene] But BABY!!
I'm still not satisfied!! ♪
Unless I can feel the love
Flowing through my body, it's bye-bye!! ♪
But BABY?!
It's still not enough!! ♪
My heart begins to spin radically
AH-HA? ♪
Whenever you say
"More than anyone else" ♪
OH! It always feels a bit ♪
Like you're reading off a manual
NO! ♪
Laughing beneath the sun again today ♪
He's a very gentle gentleman ♪
But BABY!!
I'm still not satisfied!! ♪
Unless I can feel the love
Flowing through my body, it's bye-bye!! ♪
But BABY?! ♪
[music stops]
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