>That's assuming when the Macross came down that the technology
>transfers would continue - with all the Machiavellian politicking at
>the time, I could easily see those transfers getting held up to keep
>the Japanese under control.
>
>Obviously, it didn't happen in the story, but I've just studied this
>period enough (exact dates elude me right now, but that was a VERY
>busy time in Japanese history, starting with the Black Ships in 1856)
>that I know it would have been incredibly nasty behind closed doors.

You may wish to consider the possibility that a story subtitled "A Romance of the Age of Wonders" might not concern itself with these matters in such detail.

--G.
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