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| "First Contact" | |
| The Macross Saga, Episode 11 | |
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| Air date | 18 March, 1985 |
| Written by | Steve Kramer |
| Directed by | Robert V. Barron |
| Adaptations | |
| Comic adaptation(s) | Robotech: The Macross Saga 11: First Contact Robotech 8 Robotech 9 |
| Novel adaptation(s) | Battle Cry |
| Episode Guide | |
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"First Contact" is the eleventh episode of Robotech: The Macross Saga.
Summary[]
Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes and Ben Dixon are captured by the Zentraedi and brought before their supreme commander, Dolza.
Synopsis[]
While performing their mission, Lisa, Rick, and Ben are captured by the Zentraedi. Max Sterling managed to escape, later infiltrating the ship with a disguise that barely fits.
The captured trio are interrogated by Breetai, Exedore, and Dolza, the supreme commander of the Zentraedi armada. In the course of the questioning, the Zentraedi officials demand that the Micronians tell them what they know about protoculture – something the humans protest they have never heard of. The Zentraedi want to learn about Micronian customs and are shocked to learn that human children are born from a female parent. Rick and Lisa provide an example of the affection humans demonstrate for each other by kissing. The Zentraedi are so shocked that they have the prisoners removed to other quarters.
After the prisoners are gone, Dolza tells Breetai and Exedore that the Zentraedi were once the same size as the Micronians and that both sexes lived together before they abandoned the custom and evolved through the use of protoculture. Dolza described protoculture as “the essence of Robotechnology developed by our ancestors” and, although those secrets have been lost, he suspects that they are somehow stored within the SDF-1. That is why the battlefortress must be regained!
Minmei, although shocked to learn that Rick is missing in action, performs her song at the theater in Macross city.
Memorable quotes[]
to be added
Background information[]
"First Contact" was based off of an original Japanese episode of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross entitled "Fāsuto Kontakuto" (Meaning "First Contact" in English) that originally aired 19 December 1982 in Japan.
Robotech Remastered additions/changes[]
to be added
Cast[]
- Cam Clarke as Max Sterling
- Tony Clay as Breetai
- J. Jay Smith as the Narrator
- Lara Cody as Kim Young
- Greg Finley as Henry Gloval
- Rebecca Forstadt as Lynn Minmei
- Robin Levenson as Sammie Porter
- Ted Layman as Exedore
- Wendee Lee as Vanessa Leeds
- Melanie MacQueen as Lisa Hayes
- Iona Morris as Claudia Grant
- Tony Oliver as Rick Hunter
- Mike Reynolds as Dolza
- Dan Woren as Roy Fokker
External links[]
 For the Macross equivalent, visit First Contact. |
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