Macross SEED

[Evil Midnight Lurker]

What about the psi stuff that snuck in during M7? And other story elements from that, for that matter? Not necessarily speaking up for them, you understand, just raising the question.
Anima Spiritia ... could be taken or left. I liked it better, frankly, when it was just a matter of pure culture-clash that had the Zents so vulnerable.
The Inspection Army/Patrollers, though, in some form or other...
Bringing it back to basics: what should the story behind this batch of aliens be? Same basic "soldier-race with no one left to tell them to stop fighting" deal? Or is their ancient enemy still around?
Are there any other sentient species, or have the Zentradi been wiping them out wherever they find any?
In Original Macross, as far as I can tell, the Zentradi didn't want to just blow up the SDF-1 because they needed to find out how the microns could have repaired it--their own network of fully-automated construction systems was breaking down and they didn't have a clue how to fix things on their own.
There's also the overall theme of "each side assumes, incorrectly, that the other side knows where its towel is."
--Sam
"Gravity is a harsh mistress."