Synther wrote:Chris0013 wrote:It could be that the ASC is actually more akin to a colonial militia that has the responsibility of defending Earth and the surrounding space...much like what I assume any colony has....the UEEF is a Spacy/Marine force projection service that would respond to any and all requests for assistance that a colony world may need...however being spread too thin fighting the Invid they could not send support to back up the ASC.
This actually holds closer to true as far as what the ASC really was in Super Dimensional Calvalry (before it was reworked, chopped up, and became Robotech Masters Saga). It was not earth they were on, but a "distant colony world."
Epsilon Eridani, IIRC. And Liberté (i.e., Space Station Liberty) was located in the Proxima system. Given Yune's penchant for drawing heavily on the original series (even dipping into preproduction stuff), I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Chris0013's supposition is correct as to the functional nature of the ASC - and I also wouldn't be surprised to learn that Space Station Liberty orbits Proxima Centauri, or that Epsilon Eridani has a habitable (if harsh) world orbiting it, with the physical characteristics of Glorie (the world on which Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross took place). Heck, the Tristars are fold-capable; a particularly fun nugget to include would be to surmise that the UEG established a colony on said world during the heyday of the ASC, and that that colony is still alive and well and harboring the last remnant of the ASC as of 2044.