If anyone wants to get more background on some of the foundations of UF, it seems RetroCrush has got you covered. I've also seen Robotech in the wild over at Funimation (not Macross, just the... edited US release) for some additional research potential.
-={(Astynax)}=- "Sometimes fanfic is a love letter to canon, sometimes it's a polite disagreement, and sometimes it's 95 things canon did wrong nailed to a door."