The SDF-1 has been in the midst of a long journey back to Earth. Along the way, the SDF-1тАЩs Captain, Henry Gloval, was killed under mysterious circumstances and Lisa Hayes took over his positionтАж Rick appears to have gone blind, but has somehow developed a different kind of vision тАУ possibly connected to the Protoculture that powers Robotechnoloy. He is now concerned that Minmei has also been affectedтАж and she has indeed begun to display strange abilitiesтАж
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Rick believes that his тАШbrotherтАЩ Roy is dead тАУ unaware that Roy is being held prisoner by Dr Lazlo ZandтАж Roy came across Gloval in a cloning chamberтАж A small group of Zentraedi aliens decided to shrink themselves down and defect to the SDF-1тАж Dolza threatened the people of Earth with destruction and then obliterated Los AngelesтАж