Here's a thought.
If it's going to be the EDTO, go ahead and make the cast truly international. Mix up the names a bit. In the original, we had a Russian captain, an American first officer, etc. Keep that dynamic.
So, go ahead. 'Hikaru Ichijyo' the fighter pilot who doesn't like the war. 'Lisa Hayes' the cool, competant, first officer. 'Lin Minmei', the teen singer/waitress. Whatever. Make the names reflect the nationality and background we build for the characters.
Taking CMDR Hayes as our example. Let's look back on her Macross history. She's a military brat, which means she was raised around soldiers and is quite a competant officer herself to have reached this kind of rank at a relatively young age.
What does it mean, that she's advanced that fast? Just how old is she? Call her, oh, 28 at the start of the series. She's a focused, driven officer, determined to live up to her father the admiral's expectations. Combat veteran, she'd have to be to get promoted that fast, she probably got her start on wet-navy carriers for whatever side America was on in the last war. Might have just come off a destroyer command (do we have lighter spacegoing craft than the ARMD? Something in an escort role, perhaps, that she could have commanded?)
Personality: Competant and agressive. She takes responsibility for her duties and fulfills them to the best of her ability. We're looking at a young Honor Harrington here, really: She simply doesn't know how to say "I can't" or "I give up". She expects the same out of others, and has no problem with handing someone a job and expecting them to Get It Done. Initiative and imagination are traits she admires. Failure... if it was because you just couldn't do it, she's fine with you, if she thinks you gave up out of laziness or fear she'll come down on you like a ton of bricks. She doesn't have much of a personal life, some think she's a bit of a workaholic. She'd have been infuriated by Hikaru's behavior in the first battle if it went as it did in the original series. While her anger would have faded when she found out he wasn't trained for Valkyries, the bad first impression would still sour things until he'd had a chance to show some potential in combat and up close and personal. --
"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of General Zod has been approved."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
If it's going to be the EDTO, go ahead and make the cast truly international. Mix up the names a bit. In the original, we had a Russian captain, an American first officer, etc. Keep that dynamic.
So, go ahead. 'Hikaru Ichijyo' the fighter pilot who doesn't like the war. 'Lisa Hayes' the cool, competant, first officer. 'Lin Minmei', the teen singer/waitress. Whatever. Make the names reflect the nationality and background we build for the characters.
Taking CMDR Hayes as our example. Let's look back on her Macross history. She's a military brat, which means she was raised around soldiers and is quite a competant officer herself to have reached this kind of rank at a relatively young age.
What does it mean, that she's advanced that fast? Just how old is she? Call her, oh, 28 at the start of the series. She's a focused, driven officer, determined to live up to her father the admiral's expectations. Combat veteran, she'd have to be to get promoted that fast, she probably got her start on wet-navy carriers for whatever side America was on in the last war. Might have just come off a destroyer command (do we have lighter spacegoing craft than the ARMD? Something in an escort role, perhaps, that she could have commanded?)
Personality: Competant and agressive. She takes responsibility for her duties and fulfills them to the best of her ability. We're looking at a young Honor Harrington here, really: She simply doesn't know how to say "I can't" or "I give up". She expects the same out of others, and has no problem with handing someone a job and expecting them to Get It Done. Initiative and imagination are traits she admires. Failure... if it was because you just couldn't do it, she's fine with you, if she thinks you gave up out of laziness or fear she'll come down on you like a ton of bricks. She doesn't have much of a personal life, some think she's a bit of a workaholic. She'd have been infuriated by Hikaru's behavior in the first battle if it went as it did in the original series. While her anger would have faded when she found out he wasn't trained for Valkyries, the bad first impression would still sour things until he'd had a chance to show some potential in combat and up close and personal. --
"Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of General Zod has been approved."
--
Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.