While Fire Bomber prepares for their "Sound Force" duties, Sivil for some reason is encased in a bubble hidden in a City 7 park. Gamilin is promoted to Lieutenant and given command of the Diamond squad. He requests being assigned to protecting the Sound Force, but instead is placed under the command of Millia, and charged with protecting the city.
To help with the moral in City 7 Milia arranges to have a "Valkyrie Carnival" where citizens can see old and new Valkyries and Destroids. Hoping to fortify the military, she also holds try outs where people can test their skills in Valkyrie simulators. Things get out of hand when a Varauta attack spills over into the Carnival.
Mylene is casted as the lead in the "Linn Minmei story". Mylene is excited about the opportunity, but Basara is, of course, oblivious to this. Mylene's co-star, Bobby, tries to take advantage of her, but he is stopped when a Varauta soldier breaks into their hotel. With Bobby now in a Spiritia coma, Basara is forced to take over the co-staring role.
The band get its first taste of real succes when their song "Planet Dance" makes it to 194 on the top 200 list. Mylene meets famous singer Alice Holiday. The Varauta attack and take Alice's spiritia. The movation behind their attacks begin to be revealed when Gepernich cryptically mentions the "Spiritia Farm Project".
Basara contemplates removing the missile system on his Valkerie. Ray's friend Akiko buys a song Fire Bomber recorded on a hunch that it will become a hit. Gigil confronts Gepernich as to why they are wasting their time on small skirmishes when they could take the whole fleet in one big attack. Gepernich hints that what they learn from the humans could change everything.
After constant pressure from her daughter, Millia agrees to let Mylene stay in the band. Millia, however makes one consession that Mylene go out on a date with Gamilin. Mylene is aprehensive, but agrees. Meanwhile, Gamilin tries to find out more about Basara and his Valkerie. As Basara and the band wait for their turn to play at the band competition, the fleet is attack yet again by Gigile and the mysterious fighter group.
Mylene and Ray convince Basara that they should ent er the Super Nova Live show for new bands. Tentions rise between Max and Millia when they, as the two leaders of the fleet, get into an argument about the new threat while being interviewed. Macross 7 is attacked yet again, and much to the dismay of the defence forces, Basara flies into the fray to spread his music.
As the crew and colonists of Macross 7 fleet deal with the threat of their mysterious new enemy, something return to business as usual. Aside from the constant threat of attack, now Mylene must deal with her mother Millia, who is also the Mayor of the city, and her plans for an arranged marriage for Mylene.
Basara and his band "Fire Bomber" are a struggling up and coming group on the Macross 7, an intergalactic colony ship traveling through space looking for a new planet to call home. During one of their concerts, the colony is attacked by a mysterious enemy with an even more mysterious weapon that leaves its victoms in a catatonic state. Basara, yearning to have his music heard, flies into the battle zone in his Valkerie to spread the message of music.