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Ozma Lee is a veteran pilot and officer in the private military company SMS, where he holds the rank of major and leads the Skull squadron as its top ace aboard the Macross Frontier fleet. Before joining SMS, he served as a pilot with the New United Nations Spacy, and that earlier military experience forms the foundation of his considerable combat expertise. In Macross Frontier: The False Songstress, he appears in a supporting role, and his professional duties and personal ties become intertwined with the film's central events.
His background is defined by a tragedy that took place eleven years before the story begins. A Vajra attack on the 117th Large Scale Research Fleet destroyed the family of a young girl named Ranka Lee, and Ozma, who is not related to her by blood, became her adopted brother. He has carried guilt ever since over his failure to protect her original family, and this guilt colors his behavior toward her. He is deeply overprotective, and to keep her from worrying he conceals the danger of his real work, telling her instead that he holds a desk job in the personnel department of a company.
In personality, Ozma comes across as laid-back and even careless on the surface, but he becomes serious and dependable whenever circumstances demand it. He firmly believes that the real duty of a soldier is to care for subordinates and civilians, a principle that guides his leadership style. His subordinates respect him as a strict but fair officer and regard him as an ace pilot. Away from duty, he is an enthusiast of the band Fire Bomber and named one of his squadron's battle formations, Planet Dance, after one of their songs.
His motivations revolve around protecting the people close to him and fulfilling his responsibilities as a soldier. He takes an interest in the protagonist Alto Saotome and becomes both a mentor and a surrogate father figure to him, training the younger pilot in combat flying. Among his key relationships is a past romance with New United Nations Spacy Lieutenant Cathy Glass, and their current professional cooperation aboard the Macross Quarter is marked by lingering tension from that history. He also grows suspicious of the political intentions of Leon Mishima, and his attempt to confront him results in his arrest. He later escapes alongside Cathy and discovers the body of President Howard Glass, an event that exposes the scope of the conspiracy surrounding the fleet's leadership.
As a pilot, Ozma is exceptionally skilled. Even when his VF-25 is equipped with a heavy armored pack, he performs agile maneuvers that compare favorably with more mobility-focused configurations, and he is able to engage the Vajra in close combat. He is equally capable in hand-to-hand fighting when using the battroid mode of his variable fighter. Throughout the story, his development involves confronting the guilt tied to the Vajra attack that shaped his past while continuing to balance his protective instincts toward Ranka with his duties to his squadron and the wider fleet.
His background is defined by a tragedy that took place eleven years before the story begins. A Vajra attack on the 117th Large Scale Research Fleet destroyed the family of a young girl named Ranka Lee, and Ozma, who is not related to her by blood, became her adopted brother. He has carried guilt ever since over his failure to protect her original family, and this guilt colors his behavior toward her. He is deeply overprotective, and to keep her from worrying he conceals the danger of his real work, telling her instead that he holds a desk job in the personnel department of a company.
In personality, Ozma comes across as laid-back and even careless on the surface, but he becomes serious and dependable whenever circumstances demand it. He firmly believes that the real duty of a soldier is to care for subordinates and civilians, a principle that guides his leadership style. His subordinates respect him as a strict but fair officer and regard him as an ace pilot. Away from duty, he is an enthusiast of the band Fire Bomber and named one of his squadron's battle formations, Planet Dance, after one of their songs.
His motivations revolve around protecting the people close to him and fulfilling his responsibilities as a soldier. He takes an interest in the protagonist Alto Saotome and becomes both a mentor and a surrogate father figure to him, training the younger pilot in combat flying. Among his key relationships is a past romance with New United Nations Spacy Lieutenant Cathy Glass, and their current professional cooperation aboard the Macross Quarter is marked by lingering tension from that history. He also grows suspicious of the political intentions of Leon Mishima, and his attempt to confront him results in his arrest. He later escapes alongside Cathy and discovers the body of President Howard Glass, an event that exposes the scope of the conspiracy surrounding the fleet's leadership.
As a pilot, Ozma is exceptionally skilled. Even when his VF-25 is equipped with a heavy armored pack, he performs agile maneuvers that compare favorably with more mobility-focused configurations, and he is able to engage the Vajra in close combat. He is equally capable in hand-to-hand fighting when using the battroid mode of his variable fighter. Throughout the story, his development involves confronting the guilt tied to the Vajra attack that shaped his past while continuing to balance his protective instincts toward Ranka with his duties to his squadron and the wider fleet.