[Village Idiot]

Here is what happens between the series and the movie:

All this is told in the Dreamcast game, "Nadesico: The Blank of 3 Years"

Spoiler:

-Peace is declared between the Earth and the Jovians. Both nations exchange populations.

-Yurika and Minato enter into a custaty battle over Ruri. Prospector asked for a contest to decide. Both Yurika and Minato will pull on opposite sides of Ruri's arm, and when Ruri cried out in pain, Minato let her go. Prospector decided that Yurika is the winner, because she has shown that no matter what happens, she will never let Ruri go. Ruri became adopted by Yurika.

-Minato adopts Yukina.

-Megumi changes her name and hides her past with the Nadesico and became a pop star.

-The mess hall girls became an idol group.

-Hikaru became a doujinshi writer/drawer.

-Akito became a cook and opened his own ramen restaurant.

-During the 3 year period, Negral's influence diminishes due to a merge between the Earth and Jovian military.

-Akito and Yurika became a couple and the two (including Ruri) lives together, but her father refused to acknowledge their relationship. Akito and Yurika's father agreed to a ramen competition. If Akito can make ramen that he thinks is delicious, then he can marry Yurika. Akito made plain ramen and won.

-Akito and Yurika got married, adopted Ruri. Lived in a 'happy-comfy life'. All three worked at Akito's restraunt.

-During this time, a group called the Martian Successors attempt to control/perfect Boston Jump, and started kidnapping Class-A jumpers, especially the most powerful Class-A jumpers, Yurika and Akito.

-On their flight to their honeymoon, the shuttle carrying Yurika and Akito explodes. While it seems like they were killed, they were in fact kidnapped by the Martian Successors. Ines faked her own death shortly after they realised they were kidnapping Class-A jumpers.

-While the Martian Successors were trying to figure out how to use Yurika to control the box, they performed experiements on Akito, completely destroying his senses.

-Akito was saved by Negral, whom discovered the location where Akito and Yurika was held captive. However, Yurika couldn't be saved in time. To become stronger and save Yurika, Tsukiomi Genichirou trains Akito to become a better pilot. Akito refuses to join Negral, so the two come up with a deal. Negral will provide information about the Martian Successors, and Akito will steal boson jump data from them. Akito agrees, and Nagare gives him Negral's newest Aestivallis Prototype: A Super Aestivalis designed by combining both Earth and Jovian Technology, that possesses its own internal power source, along with the Black Selena Frame. During one of his missions, Akito rescues Lapis, a genetically engineered child whom Negral tried to recreate to gain the same level as Ruri. Seeing Ruri in Lapis, Akito takes her in as his partner.

-With no where left to go, Ruri lives with Minato. Eventually, she leaves to rejoin the military, and was given command of the Nadesico-B.

-Ruri meets Harry, a genetic child just like her, whom Negral created in hopes of surpassing her. Finding companionship, they start living together.

-The events from the movie occurs.

-Events from Nadesico: The Mission for the Dreamcast occurs. Taking place after Prince of Darkness, the game concludes the story, as Yurika and Ruri searches for the whereabouts of Akito.