Robotech Blooper Reels

[Alpha 11]

Scott Bernard slumps into the nearest seat in the local diner, disoriented and wiped out and semi-conscious(how he drove there, don't ask), and asks for coffee, hot, keep it coming, even if you have to pour it over me, thank you, please.
The waitress(or waiter; Scott doesn't notice), having gotten the request before, rushes off to comply.
A few minutes later, having his first cup of coffee in him, he becomes aware of another man next to him, ordering the exact same thing...Having regains some semblance of rationality, he looks over, curious-
"Lancer?"
Lance Belmont, aka Yellow Dancer, looks blearily eyed over at him..."Scott?"
Recognizing something familiar about the devastated fellow ex-freedom fighter, Scott ventures: "Sera?"
Lancer gets a half goofy smile/pained grimace on his face. "Yeah."
Lancer then looks at Scott, "Orange juice trick?"
"Yeah."

OUCH.

I think they would call that a good ouch.

Scott Bernard slumps into the nearest seat in the local diner, disoriented and wiped out and semi-conscious(how he drove there, don't ask), and asks for coffee, hot, keep it coming, even if you have to pour it over me, thank you, please.
The waitress(or waiter; Scott doesn't notice), having gotten the request before, rushes off to comply.
A few minutes later, having his first cup of coffee in him, he becomes aware of another man next to him, ordering the exact same thing...Having regains some semblance of rationality, he looks over, curious-
"Lancer?"
Lance Belmont, aka Yellow Dancer, looks blearily eyed over at him..."Scott?"
Recognizing something familiar about the devastated fellow ex-freedom fighter, Scott ventures: "Sera?"
Lancer gets a half goofy smile/pained grimace on his face. "Yeah."
Lancer then looks at Scott, "Orange juice trick?"
"Yeah."

WORST case scenario they'd die happy

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

Dido.

[taalismn]

"Talk dirty to me, Kyhron.....!"
"Very well! The latest model Lojredbeth Deuawhaug anti-capital ship torpedo, the AST4-30C, has a thirty-kurn burn powerplant, producing eighty-hundred t'or of pure thrust for no less than forty xyar, resulting in an effective long range of seven hundred ecal, or improved penetration characteristics of over forty chrin at-"
"........OOOOOoooooHHHHHHHHHHH.....!!!!"

[Rathorc Lemenger]

Ummmm.... I do NOT want to know how that would work. Now I'm gonna go wash out my brain. Maybe with Acid. *Walks away while looking for acid to clean the image out of Kyhron and Azonia*.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

[taalismn]

"What's a Minmay and what are its ballistic characteristics?!"
"I dunno...that means only one thing...we find it..."
"AND FIND OUT!!!! GUNNERY RANGE TRIP!!!!"

[drewkitty ~..~]

"What's a Minmay and what are its ballistic characteristics?!"
"I dunno...that means only one thing...we find it..."
"AND FIND OUT!!!! GUNNERY RANGE TRIP!!!!"

So that is what they have for young Zents instead of field trips.

[Alpha 11]

"Talk dirty to me, Kyhron.....!"
"Very well! The latest model Lojredbeth Deuawhaug anti-capital ship torpedo, the AST4-30C, has a thirty-kurn burn powerplant, producing eighty-hundred t'or of pure thrust for no less than forty xyar, resulting in an effective long range of seven hundred ecal, or improved penetration characteristics of over forty chrin at-"
"........OOOOOoooooHHHHHHHHHHH.....!!!!"

Ummmm.... I do NOT want to know how that would work. Now I'm gonna go wash out my brain. Maybe with Acid. *Walks away while looking for acid to clean the image out of Kyhron and Azonia*.

Signed,
Rathorc Lemenger.

"What's a Minmay and what are its ballistic characteristics?!"
"I dunno...that means only one thing...we find it..."
"AND FIND OUT!!!! GUNNERY RANGE TRIP!!!!"

"What's a Minmay and what are its ballistic characteristics?!"
"I dunno...that means only one thing...we find it..."
"AND FIND OUT!!!! GUNNERY RANGE TRIP!!!!"

So that is what they have for young Zents instead of field trips.

Another one of those little mysteries soulved.

[taalismn]

"NNNNNooooooooo......."
*SPLAT*
...
"Okay...ballistic characteristics of a Minmei: it really sucks..."
"Agreed...but we only tried one test...WE need another for comparison...Hand me another."
'There was only one, and we just used it. Sorry."
"Darn!"

[Alpha 11]

"NNNNNooooooooo......."
*SPLAT*
...
"Okay...ballistic characteristics of a Minmei: it really sucks..."
"Agreed...but we only tried one test...WE need another for comparison...Hand me another."
'There was only one, and we just used it. Sorry."
"Darn!"

Well, if they know Clones R US they can solve that problem. Though Minmei IMO, does not worent that. She is no were near Edwards or Gendo.

[taalismn]

On the other hand, she's still got a positive balance in the Clone Bank....whereas Edwards and Gendo are pushing it into the red, having gone through their free complimentary introduction clones LOOOOOOOOOnnnnnnnggggggg ago...

[Alpha 11]

On the other hand, she's still got a positive balance in the Clone Bank....whereas Edwards and Gendo are pushing it into the red, having gone through their free complimentary introduction clones LOOOOOOOOOnnnnnnnggggggg ago...

[taalismn]

Music CDs you'll never see...

"Evita: As Sung by Lynn MInmei"
"Lynn Kyle's Favorite Martial March Music(As performed by the United States Marine Corp Band, the United States Air Force Academy Choir, and the Russian Republic Navy Vladivostok Philharmonic)

[Alpha 11]

Music CDs you'll never see...

"Evita: As Sung by Lynn MInmei"
"Lynn Kyle's Favorite Martial March Music(As performed by the United States Marine Corp Band, the United States Air Force Academy Choir, and the Russian Republic Navy Vladivostok Philharmonic)

[taalismn]

"The Cat in the Hat: As Read to the Children of the SDF-1 by Colonel Maistroff"

[keir451]

Music CDs you'll never see...

"Evita: As Sung by Lynn MInmei"
"Lynn Kyle's Favorite Martial March Music(As performed by the United States Marine Corp Band, the United States Air Force Academy Choir, and the Russian Republic Navy Vladivostok Philharmonic)

Theme from Titanic: as sung by Lynn Minmei
"I will survive" by Claudia Grant & Roy Fokker
"Numa Numa" by Cpt. Henry Gloval
"Don't go chasing waterfalls" (TLC) by the Bridge Bunnies
"Call Me" (Blondie) by Lynn Minmei
"Blow Me Away" By Lynn Kyle
"Highway to Hell" By Rick Hunter
"Bleed it out" by Roy Fokker
"Dirty Deeds..." By Khyron the Destroyer
"Caramell Dansen Swedish version" by the Bridge Bunnies

[drewkitty ~..~]

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."


"Then he flew out"
and, Flew back in fast"
"Fast in his VT"
The Cat in the Hat"
Came back with a lifepod"
"A big white lifepod"
"It was shut tight.
against the vacuum..."

[taalismn]

Music CDs you'll never see...

"Evita: As Sung by Lynn MInmei"
"Lynn Kyle's Favorite Martial March Music(As performed by the United States Marine Corp Band, the United States Air Force Academy Choir, and the Russian Republic Navy Vladivostok Philharmonic)

Theme from Titanic: as sung by Lynn Minmei
"I will survive" by Claudia Grant & Roy Fokker
"Numa Numa" by Cpt. Henry Gloval
"Don't go chasing waterfalls" (TLC) by the Bridge Bunnies
"Call Me" (Blondie) by Lynn Minmei
"Blow Me Away" By Lynn Kyle
"Highway to Hell" By Rick Hunter
"Bleed it out" by Roy Fokker
"Dirty Deeds..." By Khyron the Destroyer
"Caramell Dansen Swedish version" by the Bridge Bunnies

[taalismn]

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."
.."

Actually, you know...I COULD see Maistroff doing a turn like this in a 'kinder, gentler Maistroff' setting...

[Alpha 11]

"The Cat in the Hat: As Read to the Children of the SDF-1 by Colonel Maistroff"

Cat in the Hat. Did not see this coming at all.

Music CDs you'll never see...

"Evita: As Sung by Lynn MInmei"
"Lynn Kyle's Favorite Martial March Music(As performed by the United States Marine Corp Band, the United States Air Force Academy Choir, and the Russian Republic Navy Vladivostok Philharmonic)

Theme from Titanic: as sung by Lynn Minmei
"I will survive" by Claudia Grant & Roy Fokker
"Numa Numa" by Cpt. Henry Gloval
"Don't go chasing waterfalls" (TLC) by the Bridge Bunnies
"Call Me" (Blondie) by Lynn Minmei
"Blow Me Away" By Lynn Kyle
"Highway to Hell" By Rick Hunter
"Bleed it out" by Roy Fokker
"Dirty Deeds..." By Khyron the Destroyer
"Caramell Dansen Swedish version" by the Bridge Bunnies

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."


"Then he flew out"
and, Flew back in fast"
"Fast in his VT"
The Cat in the Hat"
Came back with a lifepod"
"A big white lifepod"
"It was shut tight.
against the vacuum..."

And now the Cat in the Hat SDF-1 styile.

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."
.."

Actually, you know...I COULD see Maistroff doing a turn like this in a 'kinder, gentler Maistroff' setting...

Talk about paralar universe there.

[drewkitty ~..~]

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."
.."

Actually, you know...I COULD see Maistroff doing a turn like this in a 'kinder, gentler Maistroff' setting...

It's Cat in the hat.
Besides, it would be part of the civilian ed. space safety program. Making the dry and not fun of training learning how to live in space, not so dry and not fun.
And it is punishment detail for Maistroff, for when gets to uppity.

[taalismn]

[

It's Cat in the hat.
Besides, it would be part of the civilian ed. space safety program. Making the dry and not fun of training learning how to live in space, not so dry and not fun.
And it is punishment detail for Maistroff, for when gets to uppity.

"Little BAS*%&&*% tried to bite my kneecaps off! QUIT DROOLING ON MY JACKET!!!! LET GO OF THAT!!!! ARRGGHHH!!! Let's see how YOU like being kicked in the shins, huh, punk! YEAH, hurts doesn't it?! Doesn't i----Uh, hello, ma'am....wasn't expecting you beck so soon....er...we were just having a little horseplay here.... "
(several hours later in the SDF-1's sickbay)
"...ack....how the hell...was I supposed...to know....that kindergarten teacher...was...an ex-soldier?"
"Oh, armored cavalry...spent her time learning to kill tanks with tanks..."
"...where the hell...did she get the...saddle and bit?"
"Tanks, horses...who knows...cavalry troopers...now try to avoid sitting down for a couple of days...and be grateful you didn't tick off the music teacher...He's an ex-Marine."

[Alpha 11]

[

It's Cat in the hat.
Besides, it would be part of the civilian ed. space safety program. Making the dry and not fun of training learning how to live in space, not so dry and not fun.
And it is punishment detail for Maistroff, for when gets to uppity.

"Little BAS*%&&*% tried to bite my kneecaps off! QUIT DROOLING ON MY JACKET!!!! LET GO OF THAT!!!! ARRGGHHH!!! Let's see how YOU like being kicked in the shins, huh, punk! YEAH, hurts doesn't it?! Doesn't i----Uh, hello, ma'am....wasn't expecting you beck so soon....er...we were just having a little horseplay here.... "
(several hours later in the SDF-1's sickbay)
"...ack....how the hell...was I supposed...to know....that kindergarten teacher...was...an ex-soldier?"
"Oh, armored cavalry...spent her time learning to kill tanks with tanks..."
"...where the hell...did she get the...saddle and bit?"
"Tanks, horses...who knows...cavalry troopers...now try to avoid sitting down for a couple of days...and be grateful you didn't tick off the music teacher...He's an ex-Marine."

An excerpts from "The Cat in the Hat", as Read by Colonel Maistroff"


"Have no fear!" Said the Cat
"I won't let you out the airlock"
"I will hold you right here"
"As I check your space suit"
"With one hand on ...."
.."

Actually, you know...I COULD see Maistroff doing a turn like this in a 'kinder, gentler Maistroff' setting...

It's Cat in the hat.
Besides, it would be part of the civilian ed. space safety program. Making the dry and not fun of training learning how to live in space, not so dry and not fun.
And it is punishment detail for Maistroff, for when gets to uppity.

YA!

[batlchip]

Mmmpop:by Yellowdancer and Lynn Minmei
The sound of music:by Kyron

[AuroraKet]

The sound of music:by Kyron

Eyyyaaagh. *digs out her brain bleach quickly and uses large quantities*

Even trying to imagine that might scar me for life, thanks.

Not to mention that the CO for the division our unit is in, for War and Peace, is from the same clone line, and I'll probably imagine him doing it now. *shudder*

At least the current iteration of Seren for W&P knows darned well she can't sing, and doesn't try heehee.

[taalismn]

The sound of music:by Kyron

Just visualizing a panning open shot of Khyron, in uniform, on some flower-covered mountain slope, singing that, makes my eyeballs pop...
Until I picture the aerial point of view being Rick Hunter in his VF looking for signs of life, and him being mindblown by what he sees flying overhead that he fails to pull up in time and brickwall-stalls into a neighboring mountain...and then my sense of the absurd is reset...

[Alpha 11]

Mmmpop:by Yellowdancer and Lynn Minmei
The sound of music:by Kyron

The sound of music:by Kyron

Eyyyaaagh. *digs out her brain bleach quickly and uses large quantities*

Even trying to imagine that might scar me for life, thanks.

Not to mention that the CO for the division our unit is in, for War and Peace, is from the same clone line, and I'll probably imagine him doing it now. *shudder*

At least the current iteration of Seren for W&P knows darned well she can't sing, and doesn't try heehee.

The sound of music:by Kyron

Just visualizing a panning open shot of Khyron, in uniform, on some flower-covered mountain slope, singing that, makes my eyeballs pop...
Until I picture the aerial point of view being Rick Hunter in his VF looking for signs of life, and him being mindblown by what he sees flying overhead that he fails to pull up in time and brickwall-stalls into a neighboring mountain...and then my sense of the absurd is reset...

[taalismn]

"Exedore: Live in Concert"


'nuff said.

[drewkitty ~..~]

T-shirt
"I survived a Kyron concert"

[taalismn]

"Regent's NIght Out: On Stage at the Comedy Club"

"Three Robotech Masters walk into a bar, which is really funny, because you'd think with that 'THree are as One' thing, the other two would know enough to duck..."

[drewkitty ~..~]

"Regent's NIght Out: On Stage at the Comedy Club"

"Three Robotech Masters walk into a bar, which is really funny, because you'd think with that 'THree are as One' thing, the other two would know enough to duck..."

Comedy Club owner:"Don't quit your day job bub."

[Alpha 11]

"Exedore: Live in Concert"


'nuff said.

T-shirt
"I survived a Kyron concert"

"Regent's NIght Out: On Stage at the Comedy Club"

"Three Robotech Masters walk into a bar, which is really funny, because you'd think with that 'THree are as One' thing, the other two would know enough to duck..."

"Regent's NIght Out: On Stage at the Comedy Club"

"Three Robotech Masters walk into a bar, which is really funny, because you'd think with that 'THree are as One' thing, the other two would know enough to duck..."

Comedy Club owner:"Don't quit your day job bub."

[taalismn]

More fun with the Cosmic Harp:
Bowie:(trying to calm Musica down while he runs the scales on the Cosmic Harp) "Hey...sounds like you need to get this thing tuned...though you probably sing Barry White to it as is....
I've been really trying now baby
Trying to hold back this feeling for so long
And if you feel like I feel
Come on

Let's get it on
Let's get it on..."

He doesn't notice Musica suddenly standing up straight and getting a LOOK in her eyes.

(sometime later)
An armored Dana and Louie are ridding along, looking for their missing teammate..

"YIIEEEE!!"
When he suddenly runs by them, wearing only his boots and a naked Tirolian Muse wrapped around his waist.

Dana and Louie share a look and confirm, yes, they both just saw that.
"Bet ya a week's pay he used his Barry White imitation."
"Not taking it...I've heard his Barry; he's GOOD."

[Alpha 11]

More fun with the Cosmic Harp:
Bowie:(trying to calm Musica down while he runs the scales on the Cosmic Harp) "Hey...sounds like you need to get this thing tuned...though you probably sing Barry White to it as is....
I've been really trying now baby
Trying to hold back this feeling for so long
And if you feel like I feel
Come on

Let's get it on
Let's get it on..."

He doesn't notice Musica suddenly standing up straight and getting a LOOK in her eyes.

(sometime later)
An armored Dana and Louie are ridding along, looking for their missing teammate..

"YIIEEEE!!"
When he suddenly runs by them, wearing only his boots and a naked Tirolian Muse wrapped around his waist.

Dana and Louie share a look and confirm, yes, they both just saw that.
"Bet ya a week's pay he used his Barry White imitation."
"Not taking it...I've heard his Barry; he's GOOD."

So....., Dana and Bowie are more then friends?

[taalismn]

No...He's just got a REALLY deep voice when he sets his mind to it. Plus it's something he inherited from his father.
Besides, it was Louie who made the second comment; anything(legal) that gets the ladies over to the ATACS' side of the bar is considered a GOOD thing.

[Alpha 11]

No...He's just got a REALLY deep voice when he sets his mind to it. Plus it's something he inherited from his father.
Besides, it was Louie who made the second comment; anything(legal) that gets the ladies over to the ATACS' side of the bar is considered a GOOD thing.

[taalismn]

"Well, I managed to hit a vital target on the Masters' ship!"
"Main powerplant?"
"Nope."
"Computer core?"
"No."
"Bridge?"
"Not at all."
"Main munitions bay? Manufactory? Protoculture reserves? Cloning works?"
"None of those."
"WHAT DID YOU HIT!?"
"Hairspray supply...Man, that stuff almost took out the whole rest of the ship!"

[Alpha 11]

"Well, I managed to hit a vital target on the Masters' ship!"
"Main powerplant?"
"Nope."
"Computer core?"
"No."
"Bridge?"
"Not at all."
"Main munitions bay? Manufactory? Protoculture reserves? Cloning works?"
"None of those."
"WHAT DID YOU HIT!?"
"Hairspray supply...Man, that stuff almost took out the whole rest of the ship!"

Yes, I did find that rather funny.

[taalismn]

Karno: (upon seeing the Hairspray Reservoir going up) "NNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooOOOOO!!!!"

[Alpha 11]

Karno: (upon seeing the Hairspray Reservoir going up) "NNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooOOOOO!!!!"

[taalismn]

Karno:(glaring at the 15th ATACS) "Okay...which one of you bastards submitted my name as an 'emergency case' to 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'?! I don't know HOW the hell they got on the Mothership, but they keep harassing me wherever I go!!!! QUIT LAUGHING!!!!"

(from off-screen)"Hey, Karno! Joan Jett just called! She wants her hair back!"

[Alpha 11]

Karno:(glaring at the 15th ATACS) "Okay...which one of you bastards submitted my name as an 'emergency case' to 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'?! I don't know HOW the hell they got on the Mothership, but they keep harassing me wherever I go!!!! QUIT LAUGHING!!!!"

(from off-screen)"Hey, Karno! Joan Jett just called! She wants her hair back!"

Ouch!

[drewkitty ~..~]

Messanger clone walks in to deliver a memo-(i)pad to the masters and beats a hasty retreat.
"what does it say?"
"They did it again."*hands over the pad to the others*
"What is this "What Not to Wear"?"

[taalismn]

"Yo! Robotech Masters! Ringling Brothers wants their clown suits back!"

OR

'Blackwell's List of the Worst Dressed Alien Invaders in Earth History."

[Alpha 11]

Messanger clone walks in to deliver a memo-(i)pad to the masters and beats a hasty retreat.
"what does it say?"
"They did it again."*hands over the pad to the others*
"What is this "What Not to Wear"?"

"Yo! Robotech Masters! Ringling Brothers wants their clown suits back!"

OR

'Blackwell's List of the Worst Dressed Alien Invaders in Earth History."

[taalismn]

(Nova confronts the 15th at their favorite watering hole, after she's figured out they smuggled somebody back to Earth)
"And who might THIS be?"
Dana: "Ah, she's Bowie's date! She's a musciain too! I think she plays the squeezebox or something...why are you looking at me like that?"
Nova: "'Squeezebox'? Aren't you supposed to say 'cello'?"
Musica(picking up on the screwup): "No, she got it right! Tirolian polkas are known across the galaxy!"
(Angelo, Sean, and Louie mime playing accordians, and Bowie launches into a piano version of the Polish National Anthem as Nova and Dana lose it)

[Alpha 11]

(Nova confronts the 15th at their favorite watering hole, after she's figured out they smuggled somebody back to Earth)
"And who might THIS be?"
Dana: "Ah, she's Bowie's date! She's a musciain too! I think she plays the squeezebox or something...why are you looking at me like that?"
Nova: "'Squeezebox'? Aren't you supposed to say 'cello'?"
Musica(picking up on the screwup): "No, she got it right! Tirolian polkas are known across the galaxy!"
(Angelo, Sean, and Louie mime playing accordians, and Bowie launches into a piano version of the Polish National Anthem as Nova and Dana lose it)

[taalismn]

"Attention, Micronians! We are the Robotech Masters! Heed our w-"
"I could never figure that out."
"What?!"
"Why do we call ourselves the Robotech Masters?"
"Because we've mastered Robotechnology, of course! Now, where was I? Right; Heed Our Warn-"
"But if we've mastered Robotechnology, why can't we make a new Matrix?"
"ERgh! Well, obviously there are SOME aspects of Robotechnology that the traitor Zor kept from us! Now, back to-"
"And for that matter, why do the micronians have all the COOL looking designs, like Varitechs, when WE'RE supposed to be the masters of the techn-"
"The Micronians are getting their arses beat off by us! Now, will your PLEASE shut up and let me finish my speech!? 'Micronians! Heed our warn-'"
"THey still have the cooler looking stuff..."
"Do NOT!"
"Do too."
"NOT! 'Micronians! Heed our---'...what the hell was I going to say? Shaizan, what was I supposed to say?"
"Don't look at me; I don't have your notes!"
" Argh! Listen, Leonard, don't go anywhere! We'll call you back! (pzzbt!)"

[Alpha 11]

"Attention, Micronians! We are the Robotech Masters! Heed our w-"
"I could never figure that out."
"What?!"
"Why do we call ourselves the Robotech Masters?"
"Because we've mastered Robotechnology, of course! Now, where was I? Right; Heed Our Warn-"
"But if we've mastered Robotechnology, why can't we make a new Matrix?"
"ERgh! Well, obviously there are SOME aspects of Robotechnology that the traitor Zor kept from us! Now, back to-"
"And for that matter, why do the micronians have all the COOL looking designs, like Varitechs, when WE'RE supposed to be the masters of the techn-"
"The Micronians are getting their arses beat off by us! Now, will your PLEASE shut up and let me finish my speech!? 'Micronians! Heed our warn-'"
"THey still have the cooler looking stuff..."
"Do NOT!"
"Do too."
"NOT! 'Micronians! Heed our---'...what the hell was I going to say? Shaizan, what was I supposed to say?"
"Don't look at me; I don't have your notes!"
" Argh! Listen, Leonard, don't go anywhere! We'll call you back! (pzzbt!)"

[taalismn]

Leonard: "This is my answer to you so-called 'Robotech Masters'! ----THIS BATTLESTATION IS FULLY OPERATIONAL!"
(cue one of the craters on the Moon lighting up DeathStar Superlaser style and firing...)
Robotech Masters: (going popeyed) "OH S##-!"


Alternately:
Moon Superlaser fires, striking the Masters' fleet, and utterly annihilates it....
But the beam keeps on going...directly for Earth.
Leonard:(looking outside his office windows) "Oop---"

[Alpha 11]

Leonard: "This is my answer to you so-called 'Robotech Masters'! ----THIS BATTLESTATION IS FULLY OPERATIONAL!"
(cue one of the craters on the Moon lighting up DeathStar Superlaser style and firing...)
Robotech Masters: (going popeyed) "OH S##-!"


Alternately:
Moon Superlaser fires, striking the Masters' fleet, and utterly annihilates it....
But the beam keeps on going...directly for Earth.
Leonard:(looking outside his office windows) "Oop---"

[taalismn]

"Micronians! The Invid are coming! You have only ten days to evacuate your planet or face extinct-- Technician! Why did the signal cut out?!"
"It's not the signal that's gone, milord! It's the whole planet!"
"What do you mean?!"
"The Earth! It's gone! One moment it's there, the next it's NOT!"
"Don't be preposterous! Planets don't just disappear! It must be a sensor malfunction!"
"I got some of the Guard Triumvirate to go to a window and check! I even had somebody stick their head out a hatch! The planet's GONE! And their Moon too!"
"That's not possible!"
***
"How long until you think until they realize that we're simply on the other side of the Sun?"
"Figure another eight minutes for light lag. "
"Coulda just zipped over to Alpha Centauri."
"Not until we figure on a way to adjust for the sunlight spectrum. Plants are finicky about their light."
"You know, I normally don't like running from a fight, but even an old warhorse like me knows that retreat is sometimes the best solution. And I'm glad we devised those planetary Fold Engines! I just wish I could see the looks on those aliens' faces when we just vanished!"
"Stroke of genius, Field Marshal. Sorry I doubted you."