[quote=PKMNB0Y]Aaand shenanigans break out. I'd think that SE shenanigans should be kept out of this storyline... At least, for a while. Not everyone needs to be fighting, after all.
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To be honest, the reason I set up Misaka in Macross is because that world could quite reasonably defend itself from whatever the Shadow Eternity could throw at it. I mean, they're not Gunbuster OP, but they're decently advanced. And they have the power of song!