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1	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2241483/1/Scoop Scoop]]'' is a ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' fanfic, written in first person, about a reporter who goes to Macross City to cover the launch of the SDF-1 ''Macross''.
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4	!!This page contains examples of the following tropes:
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6	%%* AcePilot: Jenna Murphy and Angus Beckett.
7	%%* BigBadDuumvirate: Samir Atta Nidal and [[spoiler: Khyron]].
8	* BigBrotherMentor: Beckett, to the pilots of Knight Squadron.
9	* ChekhovsGun: In the SDF-1 launch celebration, a terrorist tries to bomb the festivities and is captured. [[spoiler: A few months later, he successfully bombs a casino on board the ship, and much later, his terrorist group forms an alliance with Khyron]].
10	%%* ColonelBadass: Beckett.
11	* DeskJockey: [[spoiler: This is Beckett's fate in the story, due to the wear and tear on his body due to flying the Valkyries]].
12	* {{Expy}}: Angus Beckett is an {{Expy}} of Roy Fokker, at least with respect with his role in Knight Squadron. Unlike Roy, Angus is a family man who is married with children.
13	* ElsewhereFic: Though the protagonist/narrator witnesses canon events at times.
14	* ExternalRetcon: The renegade Zentraedi allied themselves with native insurgent groups, [[spoiler: including Khyron allying with Samir Atta Nidal and the Blood Martyrs' Brigade]].
15	* FanVerse: This story takes place in the same FanVerse as ''Valkyrie Nights'', ''Spreading Their Wings'', ''Another New World'', and ''Dire Straits''. Notably, Angus Beckett appears in ''Valkyrie Nights'' and ''Dire Straits'', and Katie Taney and Kevin Landry appear in ''Spreading Their Wings'' and ''Another New World''.
16	%%* MacrossMissileMassacre
17	%%* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Averted with Angus Beckett, but played straight with Dan Colmes]].
18	* NoNameGiven: %he protagonist/narrator
19	%%* NumberTwo: Dan Colmes [[spoiler: until he was killed in the Battle of Saturn]].
20	* OCStandIn: Colonel Maistroff, a minor canon character is given an expanded role due to his position as commander of the ''Macross's'' Space Marine detachment and Beckett's immediate superior.
21	%%** Vince Grant, who does not appear in canon materials until ''Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'', is another example.
22	* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: Samir Atta Nidal]] had transformed to this [[spoiler: when he was macronized by Khyron]].
23	%%* OriginalCharacter
24	* ShellShockedVeteran: Jenna, especially after [[spoiler: Lani's death.]]
25	* SpaceMarine: The pilots of Knight Squadron are these.

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