Macross Delta (マクロスΔ（デルタ）)

Mikumo generated bio-fold waves so powerful that they warped spacetime

and destroyed both the Protoculture structures and the original Voldorian ruins.

The Windermereans then retreated.

The army and the civilians were freed from their mind control.

Two days have since passed, but we have had no further reports of the song of the wind.

I suppose it's safe to assume that this particular part of the field covering the globular cluster has collapsed.

That means capturing the Protoculture structures is the key to retaking the cluster.

How are Mikumo and Hayate?

Still unconscious.

We know for sure that Hayate and Freyja resonated with each other again.

However, that's all we know.

What about Mikumo?

Did the medical team from HQ find anything?

Nothing.

There hasn't been a change since she was taken on board the medical vessel.

Any word from Lady M?

She's stubbornly silent regarding Mikumo.

I don't like this at all.

Kumo-Kumo...

Freyja.

Freyja!

Mirage?

Ah.

Are you from Walküre and the Delta Platoon?

Who are you? This area is off-limits to non-personnel.

I was here to resupply ammo and other goods, but got lost on my way out.

I'll show you the way then.

Thank you.

By the way, has Mikumo Guynemer regained consciousness?

Ah, pardon me. That was classified.

Who are you?

I was watching as the situation got out of hand on Voldor.

I am Berger Stone, the head of the Epsilon Foundation's Brisingr branch.

The Epsilon Foundation? You're involved in thousands of companies across the galaxy.

You have a hand in everything, from food to warfare.

Indeed. The Windermere Kingdom is one of our clients as well.

Is that what brought you to Voldor?

I figured it was you who gave them the SV-262s.

We have a team of mechanics who follow in the footsteps of

the engineers who developed the first Variable Fighter during the Unification War.

They have produced a great machine, if I may say so myself.

You don't happen to be a Windermerean spy, do you?

The Windermere Kingdom is a valuable client of ours, but our relationship is strictly a professional one.

I actually came here to complete an order that you have placed.

I didn't know our suppliers were your affiliates.

Why are you so interested about Mikumo?

I doubt you're a fan.

Stalker.

Out of personal interest.

The tactical sound unit, Walküre...

Chaos has created a great product indeed.

Product?!

This guy ticks me off.

During the battle on Voldor the other day,

the Protoculture structure reacted to Mikumo Guynemer's singing and was subsequently destroyed.

A Siegfried pilot resonated with Freyja Wion's singing,

temporarily granting him superhuman abilities before going berserk.

As I watched such a scene unfold, a particular hypothesis of mine bubbled closer and closer into the realm of certainty.

Are you implying you know what happened to them?

I have a theory.

Please do share.

I have been wondering about this for a long time.

Singing might be the ultimate weapon.

Weapon?

Nothing seems to be wrong.

He just needs some rest.

I'll leave him in your care.

I shall provide an update later.

Very well.

Let's go.

That's one thing less to worry about.

I wasn't told the experiment on Voldor would be that risky.

It seems that I was in too much of a hurry to end the war.

The enemy's singing destroyed the structure, and with it, a pillar of the absolute Starwind sector.

It does not affect the bigger picture.

That's why I picked Voldor.

That's not all.

During the battle, something was happening to us too.

It felt like something was trying to enter me through my rune.

Walküre was singing.

Do they have a Wind Singer too?

That's not the case.

His Majesty's singing is the only means to activate the ruins.

The Protoculture gifted only us, Windermereans, the song of the wind.

The Protoculture...

1999 AD.

A certain object crashed into the Earth.

The alien starship ASS-1.

By investigating ASS-1, the humans of Earth learned that space harbored other sentient lifeforms.

They analyzed and restored the technology of ASS-1

and developed their own weapons for space combat.

In 2009 AD, earthlings came in contact with extraterrestrials for the first time.

For a while, terrestrial civilization seemed to be on the path to collapse.

However, mankind was saved by a quality particular to them: singing.

The entire Zentradi culture revolved around war.

Songs had an immense effect on their minds, which was named the "yack-deculture."

The Minmay attack.

Minmay as in Lynn Minmay?

Everyone knows that.

They even turned it into a galaxy channel drama series.

The Lynn Minmay Files. Recorded every episode.

What's that gotta do with Hayate and Mikumo?

Please, all will be clear once I finish.

At that point, it was thought to be a mere culture shock.

But is that really the case?

What if music itself had some power?

Power?

Indeed.

There have been other high- profile incidents involving music.

The AI-driven virtual idol Sharon Apple became self-aware

and tried to brainwash and control the capital of Earth, Macross City, with its beautiful singing

in what came to be known as the Sharon Apple Incident.

In 2045 AD, the colonization fleet with Macross 7 at its center

came under attack by mysterious creatures that fed on the life energy of humans.

This time, a special ops unit called Sound Force was formed and fought them off utilizing music.

Fire Bomber...

Ah, that is correct.

If I recall correctly, your grandparents were the captain and mayor of Macross 7,

and your aunt was a member of Sound Force and Fire Bomber.

Isn't that right, First Lt. Mirage Farina Jenius?

Then eight years ago, the Vajra War.

The Vajra are a collective life form connected through

a hyperspace network they create in symbiosis with the fold bacteria they host.

In 2059 AD, the Macross Frontier fleet came in contact with the Vajra,

and war erupted.

However, it eventually became clear that they react to singers who also host fold bacteria,

and contact was established.

The Vajra understood that humans are an advanced intelligent life form and not an enemy.

To avoid further conflict, the Vajra departed to another dimension.

When the Vajra left our dimension, a number of the fold bacteria they hosted were left behind.

They folded themselves and sought new hosts.

Those new hosts happened to be humanoids.

While before they only lived in the intestines,

now they occasionally infest cell nuclei as well.

This results in what we know as...

The Var syndrome.

I see Chaos was aware of that much as well.

I had no idea the Var Syndrome and the Vajra were related!

Only high-ranking officers were told, since it's only still just a theory.

That's discrimination.

Fold bacteria react to strong emotions and emit them as telepathic waves.

Those affected lose control of their emotions and reason,

reverting them into a violent mob.

At the same time, people with a natural immunity to fold bacteria appeared.

That would be you, the members of Walküre.

You have fold receptors.

The UN Government does not make it public,

but the number of people with fold receptors is rising across the galaxy.

However, their strength varies by the person.

The condition for receptor bearers to generate bio-fold waves

appears to be a powerful activation of vital signals.

In other words, their lives must be in danger.

When your lives are at risk and your minds are excited,

the emitted fold waves grow ever stronger.

At this point after various experiments, singing while risking one's life appears to be the most effective.

The music of Walküre is a power they acquired through fold bacteria and receptors.

It is fundamentally different from our song of the wind.

We are born with fold quartz and receptors in our runes, though they are weak.

This is the proof that we are the true heirs of the Protoculture.

Furthermore, His Majesty is the descendant of the legendary Star Singer.

Windermereans are the ultimate humanoids.

His Majesty might eventually become the king of the Protoculture.

He might transcend from the Wind Singer to the Star Singer.

But why music?

I keep wondering if that was also planned by the Protoculture.

The song that earthlings used during Space War I

turned out to be a hit from 500,000 years ago.

It appears that the Protoculture enjoyed music as well.

However, their focus eventually shifted to music's effects on the mind

and its potential as a weapon.

The Protoculture gave rise to a number of humanoid races we see today.

What if they inserted some code related to music into our DNA?

What if music is a weapon created by the Protoculture to interfere with our minds?

That's horrible...

Music allows you to put others under your control while making them feel good about it,

and also without any deaths or collateral damage to the environment.

What if you could influence the hearts of many at once?

What if it was not only a mental influence, but also granting them powers even beyond that?

When you resonated with Second Lt. Hayate Immelmann,