The year is 2044. The people of Earth are finally free from their alien occupiers and prepare to search for Admiral Hunter's missing fleet. But a deadly new adversary threatens to test the limits of the Expeditionary Force's use of Shadow Technology... Included here is everything fans are looking for - series history, plot, character, and mecha guides, plus page after page of detailed film art and drawings - assembled by the film's director and other production insiders.

When a mysterious space battleship crashes onto Macross Island in the South Pacific, the future of mankind is changed forever! Realizing that there are hostile forces in the universe, the people of Earth race to rebuild the SDF-1 as their first line of defense against a possible alien attack!

Fifteen years of peace are shattered when a new invasion force - the Robotech Masters - wage war against the Earth's struggling survivors. The victor's prize is control of the mysterious Protoculture Matrix - the secret powerhouse of Robotechnology.