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ASS-1 (Alien StarShip One)
Alien StarShip One crashing to Earth
(SDF Macross, 1983)
Alien StarShip One on Earth
(flashback sequence Macross Delta, 2016)
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Alien StarShip One
Ship Type: medium-scale gun destroyer
Government: Supervision Army
Manufacturer: unknown
Dimensions: length 1,200 meters
Mass: unknown
Power Plant: heat pile system cluster
Primary Systems: macro nozzle cluster (main thrusters); vernier nozzle cluster; gravity control system; fold system cluster
Armament:
1 x heavy super dimension converging energy beam cannon
Spaceplanes: none
Mecha: unknown
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On July 17, 1999 a super-light-velocity spaceship from beyond the solar system fell to Earth, crash-landing upon South Ataria, an Island at the southermost tip of the Ogasawara Islands above the Tropic of Cancer. The United Nations investigates the crash and the discovered alien spacecraft is designated the code name Alien StarShip-1. In the years that follow the investigation yields many incredible discoveries concurrent to an ambitious project to rebuild the entire space vessel in February 2001. Soon it was discovered the ship is Gun Destroyer crewed by a race of giants and belonged to a faction called the Supervision Army. The reconstruction barely changes the overall dimensions of the craft but much of the shape and appearance of the vessel is significantly altered. Once the spaceship is rebuilt, the United Nations Government (U.N.G) christens the remade vessel the SDF-1 Macross in January 2009.
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Debut: Macross Delta, Episode 19 [line art was first published in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross Model Hobby Handbook 1 (1983) but was not animated for 33 years until Macross Delta was released in 2016]
Crew: no notables
Other Appearances: none
Original mechanical designer: Kazutaka Miyatake
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Information Courtesy of the Macross Compendium: www.macross.anime.net/wiki/Main_Page
Images From - Macross Perfect Memory and other macross books
C. Wilson - Writer, Editor and Colorist
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