Episode 00 - Prologue

In June of 2009, an alien space craft crashed into the South Pacific island of Macross. The realization that we are not alone in the universe sparked massive riots and global civil war. Now the ship has been rebuilt and the world unified under a central government. The Earth is ready - but where are the aliens?

The year is 2019. Humanity's last hope is FENRIS Team 3.

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A lot has changed in the past decade. The Unification War was especially brutal and even now remnants of the Anti-UN forces are using terrorist tactics against the UN. The UN has developed new walking tanks called "Destroids" which now comprise the majority of the armored divisions of the UN. A new aerospace fighter craft has recently completed development and entered production - the VF-1 Valkyrie. There are rumors of a new, smaller vehicle being developed by UN R&D but if so the UN is keeping it tightly under wraps.

With the dissolution of the traditional four service military into a two service set up, the typical Special Forces units of the various old nations no longer exist. There are no US Navy SEALs, British SAS, etc. In their place the UN has implemented the FENRIS project. A FENRIS team is equal parts infantry, armor, and aerospace superiority. They are intended to be jack-of-all trade military units able to complete missions that a normal military unit could not. They are trained in espionage, stealth, and unexpected mecha tactics.

It is now February 15th, 2019. The SDF-1 commencement ceremony is moments away and Lt Cmd.  Roy Fokker is giving his speech. FENRIS Team 3, 555th Special Operations Division, is providing security for the event on concern of anti-UN insurgent activity. A fly by exhibition of the Valkyrie fighter streaks overhead as Commander Fokker highlights the key (unclassified) points of their design. He starts into the commencement portion of his speech:

"We christen this vessel the UNS Mjolnir, after the weapon of the mythical god of ancient Norse Mythology. For, as the legend tells, when Thor was bested by his brother Loki, his weapon feel from Asgard to the Earth - as this ship as fallen to the Earth. Mjolnir was a great weapon, capable of great feats of strength - this vessel, likewise, is a great weapon capable of great feats of strength. And much like Thor and his hammer, our Mjolnir will be heralded and protected by the Valkyries - mythical warriors of Valhalla. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you ... "

Without warning, an ear piercing siren sounds. The UN officials look at each other, bewildered. The siren continues blaring as Commander Fokker turns to face the refurbished space craft, staring in disbelief. The cause for the disbelief becomes evident as the forward two-thirds of the ship begin to separate into two halves along the dorsal axis. Rotating in place, the two halves separate until they have just cleared either side of the Mjolnir. The siren ceases, only to be replaced by an ominous hmmmm - lightning crackles between the two newly formed spars on the ship. Suddenly, a coherent beam of energy shoots forth from the vessel and appears to arc away from the earth and into space - an optical illusion due to the curvature of the earth. The beam maintains its existence for about ten seconds, and then vanishes as quickly as it appeared.

A hush has fallen over the assembled crowd; the spars are slowly rotating back into their original place. A UN official is whispering something into Fokker's ear but the attending FENRIS members already know what's being said because they were just notified over their secure radio:

                Contact has been lost with Luna Base ...

Kicking the Tires

You should all have gotten an email from me recently about getting this thing moving. It's been two months in planning/building, now it's time to play.

If you haven't yet, please either build your characters in the next two weeks or tell me that you need me to build them based on character concepts.

If you haven't yet, please send me a character name so I can start working on introductory posts.

Expect a scene-setting post shortly.