This is one of the most intriguing and artistically dazzling installments of the Macross series.

Three decades after the great wars between the humans and the Zentraedi, the United Nations Space Program (UN Spacey) is developing new technologies to use in their transforming fighter aircraft. Two great pilots, the loose cannon Isamu Dyson and the Zentraedi half-breed Guld Goa Bowman, are selected to test the new aircraft, but their own personal grudges disrupt the tests and wreak havok on the program.

Their rivalry really heats up when a mutual friend, Myung Fan Lone shows up. Myung was a childhood friend to both of the pilots, but the three of them had grown apart after suddenly. Myung is now producer of Sharon Apple, the hottest entertainer in the galaxy, who just happens to be an AI hologram.

When Myung's life is in danger, can Isamu and Guld set aside their differences in time to save her? What happened in their childhood that drove them apart and caused them to hate each other?