Hi Everybody!

	(winces as ffml yells 'Hi!'back)

Seems like I am overflowing with fic ideas lately, but most of them are new
ideas, not related to fics I'm already working on.  With the addition of
this story, I'm working on a grand total of three fics.  However, this one
and Ranma goes fishing will be fairly short, only a few parts apiece.
Shoki's Saga is continuing, and I have no idea how many parts it will
finally have.  But enough about that.

All characters and mecha designs contained in the following are
copyrighted, patented, registered, folded, spindled and branded by people
such as R. Takahashi, Viz, Kitty, FHE, Harmony Gold, Carl Macek and a bunch
of other folks.  I have merely borrowed the characters for a brief flight
of fancy.

BTW this is a Robotech/Ranma crossover with a bit of Tenchi thrown in for
good measure.  (if you prefer, you could call this a Ranma/Macross:Do you
remember Love? crossover, as the parts of the Robotech/Macross saga I will
be using are similar enough in detail not to worry about)

Somewhere near Saturn's Rings:

	As the battle flared around him in the starry sky, Ryoga took a
moment to collect his thoughts and check his mecha for damage.  A quick
glance at all of the screens confirmed that while the paint was scorched in
places, his Veritech was basically unharmed.  Then his gaze came to rest on
the armaments screen.

	"Damn, no missiles, auto cannon out of ammo, and I burned out the
lasers on that last battlepod!  What am I going to do now?"

	Two bolts of light energy flashed by Ryoga's canopy just as he
looked up.  Bearing down on him at full speed was an enemy battlepod.  He
could see the twin particle beam cannons on the plastron focusing in on
him.  Before he could even think about getting his hands back on the
controls, the battlepod exploded.

	"Hey, Ryoga!  Quit messing around!  You're gonna get nailed if you
just play sitting duck like that!"

	"What's it matter to you Ranma?!"  Ryoga screamed back over the
open channel.

	"Simple, Akane will never forgive me if I get back and P-Chan never
shows up again.  It's tough enough getting along with her without her
blaming me for letting her pet get killed!"

	"Okay you two,"  came an older voice over the net.  "That's quite
enough.  Both of you quit messing around and get back into the
furball.....just a minute.  New orders.  Attention Skull Squadron.  We are
being vectored in to attack the enemy cruisers.  Skull seven and Skull
eight I read you out of ammo.  Proceed back to base to rearm."

	"But Commander Fokker,"  Ryoga pleaded desperately, "I don't want
to leave a man to man, I mean man to alien, fight unfinished."

	"Belay that Skull seven.  You aren't running, there will be plenty
of fight left when you get back.  You will be more useful if you have a
full load of ammo.  When you return somebody else will need to rearm and
you can take their place.  Now move it!"

	"C'mon Ryoga.  You heard the commander.  Lets get goin'.  The
faster we load back up, the faster we can get back into the fight."

	"Just a minute Ranma, I want to try something."   Ryoga turned his
veritech towards the nearest of the enemy cruisers.  It was one of the
smaller ships, only 1/2 of a mile long.  It was a Salan Class Scout
Cruiser, though they didn't know that.  In fact at this point in the
robotech war, nobody aboard the SDF-1 even knew the enemy were called the
Zentraedi.  Of course, it didn't really matter.

	"Hmmm......"  Ryoga thought to himself.  He cleared his mind and
looked at the ship.  "Right about.....there!"  In his mind a glowing dot
appeared on the ship, smack in the middle of the bow.  Ryoga accelerated
straight towards it and changed from fighter to Battaloid configuration.

	"Hey Ryoga!  Don't do it!  You don't have any ammo left!"   Ranma
booted up the afterburner and blazed after Ryoga.  He noticed that Ryoga
was so focused on the cruiser that he didn't see the powered armor that was
closing on him from the side.  Just before his erstwhile sparring partner
got to the cruiser Ranma understood what he had up his sleeve.  But if
something weren't done about the powered armor, he was going to be dead
before he could do it.

	"Damn, I'm out of everything too!  Well, if Ryoga can do it so can
I!"  Switching to Battaloid mode, Ranma grabbed the suit of powered armor
from behind and spun it around.  Bringing back the massive fist of the
forty foot tall mech he screamed "Kachuu Tenshin Amaguriken!".  The
Battaloid's fist became a blur as it hammered into the enemy's armor.  The
Battaloid's fist held up to the punishment, but the Zentraedi's armor
didn't.  It exploded with a bright flash before the stunned pilot even
realized what was happening to him.  "Heh," said Ranma, "piece of cake!"
He looked up to see how Ryoga was doing.

	Ryoga's yellow and black Battaloid was poised right in front of the
cruiser.  It looked ridiculously puny against it's adversary.  A war cry
came over the tac net, "Bakusai Tenketsu!"   The right arm of Ryoga's
battaloid shot forward with the index finger stretched straight out.  It
jabbed straight to the heavy armor plating of the cruiser and sank in to
the fist.  For a moment seemingly frozen in time it just hung their like
that.

	Having done that which he set out to do, Ryoga pushed off from the
cruiser's bow and changed back to fighter form.  He noticed that Ranma's
red and black veritech was also changing to a fighter.  An expanding debris
cloud marked the demise of some kind of enemy mecha.  Wing to wing they
went to full throttle and sped away from the enemy cruiser.

	In the command bubble Commander Varl looked at the tableau before
him in amusement.  "Bah, what did that inferior Micronian think to
accomplish with such  a feeble attack?"  Just then the deck underneath his
massive body began to quiver.  A rumbling noise then began, and warning
sensors started going off everywhere.  A moment later he saw that the hull
plates were shattering and and the debris flying  in all directions.  A
bright flash of light was the last thing he saw as the devastation reached
the engines.

	"Good one Ryoga!  I hate to say it, but nice job!  But you've gotta
learn to pay more attention to what else is tryin' to kill you out here."

	"It worked didn't it.  Besides I did see that powered armor.  I
just figured you'd take it out so I could get the cruiser.  Wasn't sure
that would work though...."

	"Skull seven and Skull eight.  Get your butts back to the SDF-1 and
rearm!  I don't want to ever have to repeat an order to either of you in
combat again!"  Commander Fokker's usually calm voice sounded very pissed
right now.

	"YES SIR!"  Chorused Ranma and Ryoga.

	"And gentlemen.......good job."

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The visual images kinda came to me one day.  I just loved the image of a
veritech doing a breaking point on a Zentraedi cruiser.  I'm going to be
having some fun with this so look out!

Thanks for reading this, and as always, C&C appreciated.

Thanks again!

Big Bore and the Nitro Express!


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