AD 2045. It's 35 years after the war with the Zentreadi. The Macross 7, a Macross class battleship with a long-distance colonizing fleet, encounters an unknown enemy during a mission. The enemy is the Protodevlin, an alien race that isn't interested in attacking or invading the Macross 7 fleet. Instead they aim to steal a life force called "Spiritia" that dwells within the bodies of humans and all other living things, including plant life. The Macross 7 ship is in two parts, Battle 7 and City 7. Battle 7 and all of the M7 fleet is commanded by none other than the super-ace pilot from Macross Maximillion Jenius. And the Mayor of City 7 is none other than ex-Zentraedi ace from Macross Millia Falina Jenius, now separated from Max. Along with them on the Macross 7 is Max and Millia's 7th daughter, Mylene Jenius. Who, getting tired of her parents fighting, has rebeled and joined a rock band called Fire Bomber in which she plays the bass guitar. Fire Bomber's lead vocalist and guitarist, Nekki Basara, is a pacifist who belives he can "touch anyone's heart" with his songs instead of having to fight them. On many occaisions Basara is defending himself and sings instead of fighting back physically. In Basara's possesion is a red, guitar-controlled VF-19 Kai (custom) Valkyrie, which was given to him by another member of Fire Bomber, Ray Lovelock who once was an ace pilot with the UN Spacy. The VF-19 was given to Basara to test it's capabilities before it was produced in larger numbers. When the Protodevlin attack the UN Forces fight back with their VF-11's and the elite pilots of Diamond Force using VF-17's. Lt. Gamlin Kanzaki is a member of this elite force. As well as the UN Forces attacking the enemy, Basara flies his VF-19 and sings while dodging fire. In the begining, Basara doesn't do much more than piss off Gamlin and confuse the Protodevlin with his "unusual spiritia".