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• "Glossary Sheet 10." Macross Chronicle. 12 Nov. 2009: 29-30.
• "Glossary Sheet 10A." Macross Chronicle Revised Ed. 09 Jul. 2013: 21-22.
A Mobile Weapon in the Meltrandi Forces, a female race hostile to the Zentrādi. It is a rare type of mecha, and it is said that not many of them were deployed in combat. The crimson Quadoran-Rō spurred on by ace pilot Miria 639 produced great military gains.
A single-seat fighter in the Zentrādi Forces for use both inside and outside the atmosphere. In the First Interstellar War, many were deployed as anti-VF weapons to secure air and space superiority.
A female pilot belonging to "Fairy Leader", a Valkyrie II unit in the Unified Forces. She is usually quiet and it is difficult to tell what she is thinking. When it comes to combat, however, she is a sharp and able woman who can switch from one situation to the next with ease, and is as skilled as Silvie Geena, her commanding officer.
He was an ace-class pilot in the Unified Forces at a young age. He lost his family in the Unification War and joined the Unified Forces in order to bring the war to an early end. Initially, however, he said he disliked the armed forces. He is known as the man who stopped the "Bird Man" (AFOS), a Protoculture relic, from running amok on Mayan Island. His life story was later made into a theatrical movie called "Bird Human -Tori no Hito-".
A Gurarashi that always takes action together with Mylene. Originally living on the fifth planet of the Pukirasesu star system, Gubaba was separated from its pack and was found near death by Max, who gave Gubaba to the young Mylene as a gift. From then on, Gubaba has followed her wherever she goes. Gubaba is also adored by Mylene, and is an irreplaceable part of her life.
A one-man Battle Pod in the Zentrādi Forces that was developed based on battle lessons learned in the initial stages of the Galactic Empire Fragmentation War. It is a rare weapon due to the decay of its automated production system. Due to its great practicality and versatility, it was used mainly as the pod for combat commanders.
A Zolan who lives on the planet Zola and is obsessed with killing the white Galactic Whale. In the past, not only was one his arms ripped off of him, but he also lost his beloved wife in battle with the Galactic Whales.
A Protodevilun in the shape of a gigantic monster. As one of the separated forms of Gabigura, Gurabiru has a powerful combat capability. However, its intelligence is almost non-existent and it cannot take orderly actions without the commands of Gabiru, the other separated form of Gabigura. Incidentally, Gurabiru's body size changes as it absorbs and releases Spiritia.
An operator in the 727th Independent Squadron VF-X Ravens, which was formed in 2050. She has a bit of a goofy personality, but behind the scenes she is a hard worker who studies harder than anyone else. With her precise instructions, she helped Aegis Fokker and the others during operations. [Source: Macross VF-X2]
A female pilot who serves as the commander of Pixie Platoon in the Private Military Provider S.M.S. She and Michael—a pilot belonging to S.M.S.—have known each other since childhood and have a secret fondness for each other.
A city on Earth that was rebuilt by surviving Earthlings and Zentrādi after the First Interstellar War. Lynn Minmei stopped by and held a touring concert in the city.
A wide-area attack system installed underground that utilized the main gun technology of the SDF-1 Macross and had the strongest firepower in the Unified Forces. The plan called for the construction of a total of five Grand Cannons, including the first that was built in Alaska attached to the Unified Forces headquarters.
A park facility located in the hills inside the Macross Frontier Fleet's Island 1 City Ship. It's a place modelled on the Griffith Observatory on Earth, and offers vistas of the city.
A female in the Macross Galaxy Fleet who was Sheryl Nome's manager. Grace, who was simultaneously a Colonel in the Galaxy Fleet, manipulated the memories of Major Brera Sterne—a member of the VF-27 Antares Platoon—to protect and monitor Ranka Lee. Grace had also been a scientist studying the V-type Infection and the Vajra in the 117th Large-scale Research Fleet, and she safeguarded Sheryl in the slums of Macross Galaxy for her own purposes. She infected Sheryl with the V-type Infection and studied the effects of the infection on a living person together with plotting to use Sheryl in Operation Carnival. However, when Grace concluded that Sheryl was useless, she used Ranka.
A female officer who served as the chief fire control officer on the SDF-1 Macross. She is the oldest of the operators on the Macross, and was a leader with a friendly personality and mature attitude. Claudia and Roy Fokker, who led the Macross's Skull Squadron, were lovers. After the First Interstellar War, Claudia was promoted to Major and worked in Macross City.
She was the SDF-1 Macross's chief fire control officer. Claudia excelled at situational judgment and decisiveness, and was a leader among the operators who did such things as make suggestions to Captain Global. Her colleague Misa Hayase has been a close friends since their days at the military academy, and Claudia has served as her advisor both professionally and privately.
A spaceport located near Macross City. There were many spaceships visiting the spaceport from Emigrant Planets waiting to land on the water when the 30th anniversary ceremony of the establishment of the New Unified Space Government was about to be celebrated, which was scheduled to also include a special live performance by Sharon Apple.
The flagship of the Unified Space Forces 12th Fleet, commanded by Baruzē. The Unified Forces Defence Fleet—led by Baruzē—was centred on this ship, and made a last-ditch effort to intercept the Mardūk Forces's main force.
A female fleet commander in the Lost Zentrādi. She was unaware of the existence of Earth's people and culture. When she encountered and fought the Macross 7 Fleet, Kurore was shown a kiss by Max and Miria and was extremely disturbed by it. She was also fascinated by Basara's singing.
A Zentrādi Fleet Command Battleship that has been in use since the middle of the Galactic Empire Fragmentation War. It has a unique mechanism where its bow can be detached and used on its own*. The ship has the characteristics of both a medium-sized battleship that is responsible for fleet command and an assault ship capable of descending into a planet's atmosphere.
* Translator's note: originally was: "This ship has a unique mechanism where ~."
A female army member in the Unified Forces Marine Corps. She is a highly capable fighter, and in battle she always acts calmly and without being swayed by her emotions. Her specialties are Aikido-like martial arts that are aware of her opponent's centre of gravity, and what pro wrestling calls the 'reverse half-Boston crab'.
A high school classmate of Myung Fang Lone and the others. She married Morgan, who was also a high school classmate, and became the mother of two children and lives on Eden.
He is a subordinate of Kamujin, the commander of the 118th Bodoru Main Fleet's 109th Branch Fleet's 7th Space Armour Division. He assisted Kamujin, who had a wild personality, and continued to take action with Kamujin even after the First Interstellar War.
A Zentrādi Command Division reconnaissance pod. Equipped with great thrust and heavy armour, the Kerukaria not only conducted reconnaissance and intelligence activities, but was also given the role of breaking through enemy defensive lines by making full use of the guns it is equipped with.
One of the large vessels that make up the core of the Macross 7 Emigrant Fleet. Its main focus is on fundamental research in such areas as astrophysics, gravity engineering, space engineering, and astrobiology. In reality, however, from all kinds of research to the prototyping of manufactured products were conducted in the ship.
A famous pianist aboard the Macross. He is also a composer, and wrote all of the early songs of Lynn Minmei—who later became a legendary idol singer—commencing with "My Boyfriend's a Pilot", Minmei's debut song.
One of the songs played during the Minmei Attack, which was used as a trump card against the Zentrādi Forces by the Earth Unified Forces in the 2080s. It was performed during the battle with the advance fleet led by Fefu, a commander in the Mardūk Forces, and caused temporary confusion in the enemy forces.
A song by a four-woman band that performed at a dinner-show-style live-performance held on the Mark Twain in 2045 AD. It was being sung just as First Lieutenant Gamlin Kisaki of Diamond Force arrived on the Mark Twain in pursuit of a suspicious aircraft. The next band was attacked by vampires.
A huge production plant that automatically produces armaments for the Zentrādi Forces. The size of the satellite varies depending on the production target, and for Mobile Weapons such as the Rigādo, the total length is about 1 km. The battleship building class is about 5–10 km. The flagship command ship class are said to be as long as 500 km. Millions of Factory Satellites like this existed throughout the galaxy, supporting the Zentrādi Forces in their battles over as many as 500,000 cycles.