Bruno J. Global



Bruno J. Global (ブルーノ・J・グローバル) is the fictional captain of the SDF-1 Macross in the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross. He is named Henry J. Gloval in the Robotech English-dubbed adaptation. Captain Global is an Italian (ex-Soviet/Russian in Robotech) submarine skipper who was involved in the refit of the crashed Alien Space Ship-1 into SDF-1 Macross. He is the ship's plankowner and sees her through many adventures and hardships battling the Zentradi during the series. In both Macross and Robotech, he regularly pulls out and lights up his smoking pipe when he feels nervous.

Macross
Before commanding the Macross, Global's commanding officer during the Earth Unification Wars was Misa Hayase's father. He was the captain of the U.N. Navy submarine Marco Polo and the UN Spacy Oberth class space destroyer Goddard, which engaged and destroyed her hijacked sister ship Tsiolkovsky in the first ever use of reaction weaponry in real ship-vs-ship space combat.

After Space War I, he took an administrative position in the U.N. Government and designed the Human emigration project, a space colonization scheme followed by the U.N. for the following years, to ensure the survival of mankind and its culture in case of further appearances of Zentradi and Supervision Army fleets. In both Macross, he became an admiral, as well as commander of the UN Spacy, after the battle against Boddole Zer (Robotech's Dolza). He survives the Macross series to become U.N. Representative in 2014, and retiring from the Spacy as a full Admiral.

In Macross, he married Miho Global in March 2003. It's unknown if they had any children, or if they survived the Battle with the Boddole Zer Main Fleet.

Robotech
Captain (later Admiral) Henry J. Gloval is a major character in the First Saga of Robotech (1999-2014). Although the Robotech television series reveals little about Gloval prior to the launch of the SDF-1, Wildstorm's Robotech comic series "From the Stars" provides considerable detail about Gloval's life and successes in the late 1990s and following the crash-landing of the SDF-1 in 1999. Details of Henry J. Gloval's personal life have never been revealed, although he never makes any mention of a wife, children or family and is depicted as being dedicated to his job and duties above all else.

During the Global War which raged on Earth in the late 1990s, American forces moved to stabilize an out-of-control political and military situation in the Asian Pacific. The Russian Navy was ordered to deter American forces, which pitted Gloval against former allies he had worked with during the hopeful days following the end of the Cold War.

It was while leading an American carrier task force on a chase across the Pacific Ocean that Gloval was caught up in the most important event in human history up until that point - the crash landing of an enormous alien battlefortress, later named the SDF-1. After surviving the initial shockwave, Gloval and the crew of his nuclear submarine, the Minsk, were the first humans to arrive on the crash scene and were responsible in securing the site before an international team of scientific experts could arrive to examine the wreckage. Knowing that his own government would not be able to control the site, Gloval defied orders and allowed an international team of experts to investigate the wreckage. This precedent helped to broker an international ceasefire, and eventually helped lead to the formation of the United Earth Government. Gloval became a leading figure among Earth’s military, and his unblemished reputation allowed him to reach consensus among fellow military officers around the world. Among his key supporters was Donald Hayes, who had been both ally and adversary in the past. Hayes' daughter, Lisa Hayes, would become Gloval's first officer on the SDF-1.

For 10 years, Gloval marshaled the resources of the entire planet to rebuild the battlefortress. It was only natural that Gloval was appointed as commander of the Earth’s first Super Dimension Fortress. When the Zentraedi arrived to reclaim their lost ship, Gloval launched the SDF-1 into the First Robotech War. In 2009, Captain Gloval is chosen to command the refitted SDF-1, which had crashed on Earth 10 years earlier. Gloval's bridge crew, all of whom are women, regard him as a father figure and a source of advice and inspiration. Gloval commands the SDF-1 throughout the First Robotech War, leading the the ship, and the people aboard, through numerous battles against the Zentraedi. Gloval routinely clashes with the United Earth Government (UEG) regarding their belligerent and uncompromising attitude toward the Zentraedi and their refusal to try and make peace. In addition, Gloval is visibly furious when the UEG refuses to allow the 70,000 civilians aboard the SDF-1 to return to Earth. Gloval makes a plea for peace with the Zentraedi as he speaks at the wedding of Max Sterling and Miriya Parina. Gloval eventually helps facilitate a truce with Breetai and the Zentraedi under him. Although Gloval is unable to stop Dolza's Grand Fleet of 4.8 million ships from devastating Earth, he develops and commands an operation, utilizing the singing of Lynn Minmay and the Daedalus attack developed by Lisa Hayes, in a daring operation which ultimately leads to Dolza's defeat and the destruction of virtually the entire Zentraedi fleet.

Gloval becomes an Admiral following the defeat of Dolza's grand fleet and oversees the reconstruction of Earth and the reestablishment of the United Earth Government (UEG). Gloval continues to provide leadership against the new challenges faced by the survivors, including Zentraedi rebellions, the military threat posed by Khyron's rebels and the capture of the Zentraedi factory satellite. Gloval appoints Lisa Hayes to command the newly built SDF-2.

In the final battle against the rebel Zentraedi under Khyron, Gloval leads the bridge crew of the SDF-1 into battle. Using all of the SDF-1's remaining power, it is able to fire one shot which cripples Khyron's warship. However, Khyron is determined to have his revenge against Gloval and the SDF-1, even in death and rigs his warship for a suicide run at the SDF-1. The resulting collision destroys both ships. Admiral Gloval, along with Vanessa Leeds, Sammy Porter, Kim Young and the rest of the crew aboard theSDF-1 die in resulting explosion. Gloval's last act before the impact is to push Lisa Hayes into the last functioning escape pod on the bridge. Gloval becomes a hero, and even 15 years later (during the Second Robotech Saga), he and his crew are still held as examples for new military recruits to follow.

The voice of Captain Global/Gloval in the Japanese Macross was provided by Michio Hazama and in Robotech by Greg Finley.

Legacy
- As a tribute to the series, the character design for Nemo in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, looks almost exactly like Global. In the AD Vision English dub of the series, it is taken a step further as the voice for Nemo resembles Gloval from Robotech.

- The Battlecruiser Captain of StarCraft and StarCraft: Brood War bears some minor resemblance to Global, and speaks in a manner and tone similar to him as well.

- In the 25th anniversary of the Macross Saga series, Macross Frontier episode 13, the ruins of a Super Dimensional Fortress, bearing striking similarity to the original SDF-1 is found and was christened Global.