Battle of Saturn's Rings

Battle of Saturn's Rings
Part of the First Robotech War
File:Battle of Saturn's Rings.jpg Veritech Fighters Destroying remaining Zentraedi Battlepods in the Battle of Saturn's Rings
Date May 2009 Location Saturn's Rings Result Terran Victory
Belligerents
Zentraedi	SDF-1 Forces
Commanders and leaders
Breetai	Captain Henry J. Gloval Liutenant Lisa Hayes
Strength
1 Zentraedi Frigate Unknown number of Battlepods	SDF-1 Unknown number of Veritech fighters At least 30 destroids.
Casualties and losses
Zentraedi Frigate destroyed	Unknown

The Battle of Saturn's Rings is a Fictional Battle depicted in the episode 6 of the Robotech animated series. In the Robotech timeline, it was the first major engagement in space between the two armies and took place before the Battle of Mars.

Prelude

The SDF-1 is now capable of transform itself into a huge humanoid figure. While in this form, it can fire the Main Weapon. However, the modular transformation The modular transformation destroyed much of the city, due to the radical effects on the fortress’s basic structure. In the months that followed, the citizens pull together and repair the damage. Once again, they try to lead normal lives. During this time Rick Hunter joined the Robotech Defense Force.

The Battle

The Zentraedi tracked the SDF-1 to its hiding place in the rings of Saturn. Captain Gloval attempted a blitzkrieg maneuver to take them past the alien armada. As the SDF-1 battles its way through, Rick Hunter takes part in his first official combat duty.

The fighting soon became too hard for the Terrans army, and battlepods began to attack the Battlefortress finding light opsition. For the first time, the Terrans used the "Pinpoint Barrier System", a mobile energy shield capable of deflecting attacks. As Zentraedi attacks bounce off the Battlefortress, they began to attack much more fiercely, and soon the Pinpoint Barrier System operators are overwhelmed by the constant fire. However, Lisa Hayes came up with an offensive strategy of her own to stop the main Zentraedi vessel: the Daedalus maneuver. Concentrating all of the Pinpoint Barrier's energy into the tip of the Daedalus ship, the SDF-1 is able to penetrate the Zentraedi Destroyer, and a group of destroids launch a barrage of missiles inside the ship, effectively destroying it from the inside, and bringing the battle to an end.

Aftermath

The Daedalus Maneuver and the Pinpoint Barrier System proved to be very effective means of attack and defense respectively. However, those maneuvers incremented the interest of Commander breetai in securing the battlefortres intact, which would lead to the Battle of Mars.