NEW MACROSS DEFENCE INSTITUTE - GENESIS : GLOBAL CIVIL WAR Part 04
Under UN banner, a unification campaign - known as globalization - is launched, upon implementation, will renders socio-economic barriers obsolete upon which integrates most, if not all, world economies into one cohesive, beneficial economic entity. It is not long; however, for various groups ranging from environmentalists, fundamentalists, extremists, nationalists, economists, even terrorists are up against that very idea, which has been implemented with mixed results. Riots are organized throughout the world against the injustices of globalization - which some are justifiable - but little to no effect to the unification process.
Unfortunately, although peace has been brokered, conflicts begin anew as several nations, such as US & China, continue to remain headlock over several issues, particularly of Taiwan. In Middle East, a new Intifadha - Uprising - in Palestine is launched after an ultra-Orthodox Israeli leader visits a sacred site for Muslims. However, even though peace process between India & Pakistan is successful, several terrorist groups threaten the fragile peace process. In South East Asia, an intricate network of terrorists launches a campaign of terror in southern Phillippines, southern Thailand & Indonesia. Piracy along international waters namely the Malacca Straits & South China Sea increases dramatically, thus threatening the world's buoyant sea trade. Several nations continue to struggle against domestic insurgencies that threatening their sovereignties.
In June 2000 CE, an official announcement is made in lieu of the framing a unified terrestrial government under UN auspices. Construction of the Super Dimension Fortress-1 (SDF-1) is formally announced to the world, though the true nature of its underlying alien technology is kept "top secret". As plan is under way, an earlier top secret project of military nature are begun months before at the site of SDF-1 where weapons programmes against alien goliaths were carried out. Under UN banner, a new military organization, as oppose to former UN Peacekeeping Force, is established as United Nations Defense Forces (UNDF). Thus, the first of Robotech Defense Forces come into being.
Technology continues to grow faster with many technological wonders gained from deciphering new alien technology aboard SDF-1 paving the way for Robotechnology. Under the new United Nations Robotech Research Centre established by Dr. Emil Lang, a top German scientist, several ambitious projects are carried out, especially military technical advancement in weapons platform (Excalibur Destroid programme), Earth's first starship project, but perhaps the most ambitious of all, the construction of Mars Base Sara in 2001 CE.