Myth: The Zentraedi couldn't repair their own equipment:
Source: RT and Pat Payne's post
Reality: The Zentraedi are seen several times throughout SDF Macross repairing their own equipment. Remember Kamzin in his wifebeater when their ship was crashed in the Amazon, and he was bitching at his guys to get it fixed.
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That's much later, though. And Kamjin has a bunch of "cultured" zentradi that spent time in human factories, on uman sconstruction crews, etc.
Lacking the education humanity gave them, their version of repairs can be seen when Max breaks Hikaru, Misa, and Kakizaki out of Britai's ship.
Most notably, beyond sweeping up the broken glass Britai's command area is left unchanged until post-war, when the entire ship is totally remodeled to make it suitable for mixed-scale use. This is in spite of his down time while Lap'Lamiz deals with things, so it's not because he was too busy for repairs.