>Well, I recall from a Robotech novelization I read once upon a time
>warp that the 'main gun' <what they refered to the reflex cannon as>
>activated and fired on the Zentraedi<sp?> fleet as soon as said fleet
>folded into the Sol system <someplace out by Neptune or Pluto> and
>destroyed 2 of the Zentraedi ships. That would give an SDF-1 reflex
>bolt an effective range spanning at least half a system.
>

Sorry, but you're not correct. Those ships folded in on the far side of the moon, then Breetai dispatches two ships to scout ahead. Apparently, the auto systems of the SDF-1 detects them somewhere between mid and low earth orbit and blasts the two.

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