Macross VF-X2 Mission 3: Die Zauberflöte (English Subtitled)

Macross VF-X2 was a 1999 tie-in video game for the PlayStation set in the Macross universe, taking place chronologically after Macross Dynamite 7 and before Macross Frontier. While a dub of the game was planned, the original game has never been fully translated into English - until now.
Mission 3: Die Zauberflöte
The VF-X Ravens defend the transport ship Embatelion from a group of unknown attackers seeking to acquire its experimental Fold Transmitter.
Lore Notes:
Thanks to the Macross Frontier novels, the "Hyperspace Resonance Crystals" mentioned in this mission are officially established as Fold Quartz, featured in Macross Frontier, Macross 30, and Macross Delta. It's my personal speculation that when developing the setting of Macross Frontier, the events of VF-X2 were taken into account, and this is one of those elements.
Read-Along Translated Script:
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Game Manual:
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An excellent GameFAQS guide:
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Credits:
Translation & Typesetting: daburuwosagase @ pyroxenescanni...
Gameplay Recording & Funding: PixelatedShinobi @ pixeldoesthings.bsky.social
Timing: getterdrill @ macrosscape.gi...
Add. Funding: CharMayCry @ charmaycry.bsky.social
Add. Gameplay Footage: @MacrossGameCh
Caption Reference: @taso651
Special Thanks:
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J_Wong on GameFaqs @ gamefaqs.games....
The Macross Wiki
The Macross Fans Discord
Shoji Kawamori
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Die Zauberflöte - "The Magic Flute," but it sounds much cooler in German. Die Zauberflöte is an opera where the Queen of Night asks the Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from the priest Sarastro. Instead Tamino and Pamina choose to join Sarastro's society and undergo many trials and eventually overcome the Night Queen. Foreshadowing, perhaps?

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You'll just have to see and find out, I suppose. Next four missions go up Sat. the 8th.