Macross Frontier Character Discussion - Ranka Lee

[Zap]

Originally Posted by sheebo

Could Ranka be the love child between Guld Goa Boaman (half-zen) and Myung (songestress) one nighter? [after he saves her from the fire] of macruss plus??
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and it would make her 1/4 zentran (but the age doesnt add up, she should be 18 not 15)

Maybe space folding is like faster-than-light travel in that time gets warped?

[CaptGloval]

Originally Posted by cerrian

You got to wonder though, if she regains her memories will it strengthen her or will she break first and then rebuild her resolve?

She could do a Guld

[4Tran]

Originally Posted by cerrian

You got to wonder though, if she regains her memories will it strengthen her or will she break first and then rebuild her resolve?

Ranka was all of five years old when the 117th Exploration Fleet was attacked; I doubt that getting her old memories back would change her character all that much.

Originally Posted by Zap

Maybe space folding is like faster-than-light travel in that time gets warped?

With Zentradi fold technology, time is dilated so that a single day that passes in foldspace will mean that ten days have passed in real space. I don't know if human fold technology is the same, but I would presume so.

[Jimmy C]

In shows, there's always something important hidden inside those locked-away menories.

[glyph]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

Ranka was all of five years old when the 117th Exploration Fleet was attacked; I doubt that getting her old memories back would change her character all that much.


With Zentradi fold technology, time is dilated so that a single day that passes in foldspace will mean that ten days have passed in real space. I don't know if human fold technology is the same, but I would presume so.

Well, fold operations apparently don't normally spend significant periods of time in foldspace.

The accidental fold from Earth to Pluto in SDF Macross was near instantaneous.

Isamu's fold from Eden to Earth arrived the same day for the final battle in Macross Plus, and if the map of the colonization routes in Frontier is to scale, Eden is relatively far from earth.

Likewise, the NUNS recon squadron in Episode 06 executed a ''short-range" 12 lightyear fold and arrived at most hours later in real time.

The reason for the 10 days from the long range fold was that the Bodolle Zer fleet was stationed in a far remote sector of the galaxy.

[4Tran]

Originally Posted by Jimmy C

In shows, there's always something important hidden inside those locked-away menories.

While that's certainly a possibility, I don't think that it'll make much difference to Ranka's personality. Given the way she's been characterized, there's tons of better devices for accomplishing that. On a personal note, I'd prefer it if her past doesn't have much impact at all to her character. She's too interesting for such ham-fisted storytelling to work very well.

Originally Posted by glyph

Well, fold operations apparently don't normally spend significant periods of time in foldspace.

Before the introduction to episode 6, I would have thought that the time spent in foldspace was determined entirely by the distance travelled. This is a little less certain now, but I think that it's still the most important factor. We haven't seen all that many long-distance folds, so it's a bit speculative for now.

[Wesley84]

Where does Ranka go to school? I heard it was private school, but she was there at Alto's when the military was taking blood samples.

[4Tran]

Ranka probably still goes to an exclusive all-girls school (if they don't kick her out for her side job). Alto was kidnapped by Cathy to some military facility to take the blood test, so it stands to reason that Ranka was there for the same reason.

[Tabris]

There's also a sample of blood saying R. Lee next to A. Saotome

[ReddyRedWolf]

Originally Posted by 4Tran

Ranka probably still goes to an exclusive all-girls school (if they don't kick her out for her side job). Alto was kidnapped by Cathy to some military facility to take the blood test, so it stands to reason that Ranka was there for the same reason.

Screams Sara Nome to me.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by ReddyRedWolf

Screams Sara Nome to me.

what? Sara nome went to an All girls school?

when?

[ReddyRedWolf]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

what? Sara nome went to an All girls school?

when?

Sigh.. The reason why she was against blood test was...

Spoiler for Macross Zero:

she took one herself. The Anti-UN proffessor tricked her into taking her blood breaking taboos of her people.

[Tak]

Oh uh, this may be a bit belated, but Ranka's official romanized spelling is well, Lanca.

- Tak

[C.A.]

Originally Posted by Tak

Oh uh, this may be a bit belated, but Ranka's official romanized spelling is well, Lanca.

- Tak

Hmmm what's your source?

Because its spelled Ranka Lee in the ED sequence.

[Realist_Classic]

For those of us who have seen Episode 7...

Spoiler for :

just what was the thing that protrudes from Ranka's lower body at 13:12?

[Westlo]

Spoiler for 7:

I have no idea... that was weird as fuck.. stay away from her Alto lol...

[TwilightHack]

Spoiler for 7:

I asked that question in the episode thread awhile ago! I was hoping someone had an answer.

[Realist_Classic]

Yes, it seems like our up and coming songstress is alot more than meets the eye.

Originally Posted by Westlo

Spoiler for 7:

I have no idea... that was weird as fuck.. stay away from her Alto lol...

TwilightHack: Must've missed it. Waiting for the inevitable sh**storm to happen...

[Zekori]

Originally Posted by Realist_Classic

For those of us who have seen Episode 7...

Spoiler for :

just what was the thing that protrudes from Ranka's lower body at 13:12?

I dunno, but imho I think we just ruled out her being an anima spirit user or whatever from m7.

Spoiler for maybe, naaaaww:

Ranka = Vajra hive queen/Kerrigan from Starcraft j/k.. maybe

[Tak]

Originally Posted by C.A.

Hmmm what's your source?

Because its spelled Ranka Lee in the ED sequence.

You are right. Then we got this

http://gabrielarobin.com/191/macross...through-amazon

Welp, its actually not that big of a deal. After all, the name Maxmillian Jenius have been spelled in numerous ways, such as Janus, Janis, or even Genius.

- Tak