From: pjconley@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Pat J Conley) Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime Subject: ROBOTECH Chronology reposted and edited Date: 30 Nov 1992 15:37:18 GMT Message-ID: <1fdcfeINNou8@uwm.edu> Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Lines: 1526 ROBOTECH CHRONOLOGY(1999-2056) 1171a.l. Zor is born on Tirol. 1256a.l. Quadrant exploration by the Tiresian techno-voyager dubbed by Zor, the Azstraph--the Venture. 1520a.l. The Azstraph enters the Tzuptum system and inserts itself into orbit around Optera. Zor encounters the Flower of Life, makes contact with the Invid, and seduces the secrets of the Flower from the Queen Mother, the Regis. 1697a.l. The Azstraph returns to Tirol. Zor begins to experiment with the Flower specimens he has brought with him from Optera. 1724a.l. Zor creates the first of a race of clones, meant to survive the high-G situations on Fantoma in order to mine ore for his experiments. This first clone(Exedore) was regarded as a failure. 1755a.l. Zor conjures Protoculture from the Flower and eventually falls victim to the Compulsion placed upon him by the Tiresian Council of Elders. Origin of the Cult of the Three-in-One and ascendancy of the Robotech Masters. Fall of the Royal Hall, as the period known as the Great Transition commences. 1920a.l. Aeon "Robotech" begins. Development of the spacefold drive systems for space travel. Creation of Tirol's clone population and neural reprogramming of the Zentraedi miner giants. 88a.r. The complete defoliation of Optera by the Zentraedi. 157a.r. Consolidation of the empire of the Robotech Masters. The Invid, after a burst of monocellular reproduction, declare war on the Robotech Masters. 566a.r. Zor's voyages deliver him to Haydon IV, where he has a profound encounter with the planetoid's artificial sentience, the Awareness, and realizes that Optera was the last source of the Flower of Life. Zor receives a vision of the Invid transmutation and realizes what he must do. 570a.r Zor designs and builds the starship that will come to be called SDF-1 to carry out his Flower of Life reseeding program(hoping to return the Flower to the planet it had originated from, Earth),and backed by a group of loyal Zentraedi, begins his "quiet rebellion" against the Masters. 575a.r. Zentraedi commander-in-chief Dolza forms an uneasy alliance with Zor, who has by now become hopelessly addicted to the dried leaves of the Flower. 580a.r. Zor's clandestine seedings attempts take him to Peryton, Karbarra, Praxis, Garuda, and Spheris. 671a.r. Zor steals the single exsisting Protoculture matrix from Tiresia and conceals it within the spacefold drives of the SDF-1. The fortress, with its skeleton crew of loyal Zentraedi, is folded from Tirol's corner of the galaxy. 699a.r During a seeding attempt on Pertyon, the Invid catch up with Zor's position and begins a raid. In the threat of the battle fortress falling into the Invid's posession, Zor sends his battle fortress to Earth, manned by a skeleton crew of Zentreadis loyal to him. Zor is killed and the Zentraedi Breetai is wounded during the same raid. Commander- in-chief Dolza orders Commander Reno to return Zor's body to the Robotech Masters on Tirol. 700a.r. Interstellar war with the Invid, whose homeworld, Optera, had been defoliated by the Zentraedi, continues to chip away at the fringes of the Masters' galactic empire. 1999 Alien spaceship crash-lands on Earth, effectively ending almost a decade of Global Civil War. Originally called "The Visitor," the ship is dubbed SuperDimensional Fortress I--the SDF-1. Dr. Emil Lang, after an initial recon of the ship (in the company of Roy Fokker, Henry Gloval, T.R. Edwards, and others), begins to unravel the secrets of an extraterrestrial science known as Robotech. Macross Island becomes the focal point of Robotechnology; and reconstruction commences on the SDF-1. 2001 Lang and his techs develop the Destroids Future Sentinals, Karen Penn and Jack Baker are born on Earth 2002 Destruction of Mars Base Sara. Lisa Hayes's fiance, Carl Riber, is killed. Lisa turns 17. Development of the reconfigurable Veritech Fighter. On Tirol, Cabell "creates" Rem by cloning tissue from Zor. The Masters, too, have their way with Zor's body, cloning tissue for their own purposes and extracting from the scientist's residual cellular memories a vision of Earth--destination of the fortress and Protoculture matrix he has stolen and spirited from their grasp. 2003-08 Rise of the United Earth Defense Council under the leadership of Senator Russo, Admiral Hayes, T.R. Edwards, and others. Roy Fokker and Claudia Grant become fast friends. Lisa Hayes is assigned to the SDF-1 project on Macross, under the command of Captain Henry Gloval. Tommy Luan is elected mayor of Macross City. Formation of the Robotech Defense Force. 2009 On the SDF-1's launch day, the Zentraedi(after a ten-year search for Zor's battle fortress and the missing Protoculture matrix)appear and attack Macross Island. The fortress makes an accidental hyperspace jump to Pluto, carrying the island and its population of 75,000 along with it. 15-year-old Lynn-Minmei and 19-year-old Rick Hunter are caught up in the spacefold. The SDF-1 emerges from fold space and the Fold engines have disappeared. Dr. Lang also discovers that the main gun cannot be fired, for the conection that was the fold generators is gone, he does however, discover the modular transformation Lisa Hayes turns 24. 2009-11 The SDF-1 battles its way back to Earth with Macross City rebuilt inside its massive holds. The Zentraedi locate the SDF-1 in orbit around Pluto and fold to capture it. During the battle, the SDF-1 is forced to use Dr. Lang's modular transformation, the attacking Zentraedi destroyers are destroyed by a shot from the main gun. Macross City is rebuilt again Rick Hunter joins the RDF. The Battle at Saturn's Rings. The Daedalus Maneuver is executed to destroy the Zentraedi ship commanded by Commander Zeril. Rick Hunter's first mission. Breetai calls up the Botoru Battalion, led by the notorious Khyron the Backstabber. The Battle at Mars Base Sara. Rick Hunter receives the Titanium Medal of Valor and earns the rank of lieutenant after rescuing Lisa Hayes from Base Sara before the destruction of the base. Ben Dixon and Maximilian Sterling are assigned to Rick's newly formed Vermillion VT Squadron. Lynn-Minmei turns 16. Khyron attacks the SDF-1 without orders from Breetai. He manages to disable the ship, but he is recalled by Breetai before he can capture it. Breetai pulls back in favor of observation, to this end he dispatches Konda, Rico, and Bron to recon the SDF-1 and intercept all transmissions. The Armored Veritech is developed. Lynn-Minmei is voted "Miss Macross". Rick Hunter in nearly killed defending the SDF-1 from Konda, Rico, and Bron's latest recon attempt. Breetai attempts a warning shot to demostrate the power of the Zentraedi, but Khyron takes matters into his own hands and destroys the SDF-1's radar tower. While on a recon mission, Rick, Lisa, and Ben are captured by Breetai and interrogated by the Zentraedi commander in chief, Dolza. Minmei has her debut in a concert in the Star Bowl The Earth forces learn of the term "Protoculture" for the first time. Max disguises his battloid as a Zentraedi officer and breaks his friends out of their holding cell. Breetai is relieved of active duty by Dolza for failing to re-capture Max, Rick, Lisa, and Ben Under Dolza's orders, Azonia takes command of the mission to retrieve Zor's battle fortress. Bron, Rico, and Konda volunteer(sic)to be micronised and inserted into the SDF-1 for further recon. They have reasons other than duty for doing this. Rick and Lisa discover that the Zentraedi are a race of clones and can be reduced to human size. After numerous escapes, the group hides away on Azonia's flagship and steal an alien battlepod to return to the SDF-1. Roy Fokker rescues the stolen battlepod that Rick and the others escaped in. Rick and the others are given promtions and a hero's welcome upon their return to the SDF-1. The "micronized" Rico, Konda, and Bron-- are successfully inserted in the SDF-1 and meet Sammie, Kim, and Vanessa. 2012 Azonia attempts a blockade strategy to prevent the SDF-1 from landing on Earth, but she has to divert most of her fleet to prevent Khyron from annihlating the ship. The SDF-1 lands on Earth. Captain Gloval submits his report on the disappearance of the battle fortress to the United Earth Defense Council and requests that the 75,000 survivors to be relocated from the ship. Lynn-Minmei is reunited with her cousin, Lynn-Kyle. Rick Hunter is seriously wounded during a Zentraedi attack on the fortress. Rick turns 22. While Rick is in a coma, he has strange dreams about Minmei and his growing attraction to Lisa Hayes 2013 Miriya leads a raid on the SDF-1 to find a certain ace pilot(Max Sterling)that Khyron claims is better than Miriya. During the course of the battle, Max and Miriya battle inside the SDF-1. Roy Fokker is killed in combat during a raid led by Zentraedi Quadrono Leader Miriya Parino. Rick Hunter is promoted to the rank of Skull Leader. The Battle in the North Ontario Quadrant. Miriya Parino is infiltrated by 2nd officer Kazianna Hesh as a spy aboard the SDF-1. She is in search of the one pilot(Max Sterling)that had bested her in combat and intends to kill him to restore her pride and honor as the Zentraedi's best fighter pilot. Ben Dixon is killed in the overload explosion of SDF-1's barrier system. After almost six months on Earth, the SDF-1 is ordered to leave by the UEDC and is refused to relocate the 70,000 survivors inside the ship. Breetai resumes command of the mission to retrieve Zor's battle fortress. Little White Dragon is aired. Rick and Lisa begin a serious friendship/relationship The three Zentraedi spies return to Breetai's ship. With the return of the spies, a Minmei Cult has its beginnings aboard the flagship of the Zentraedi fleet. Lynn-Kyle founds a peace movement aboard the SDF-1. During an attack on the fortress, Rico, Bron, and Konda lead a group of defectors to the battle fortress. The Super-Armored Veritech is developed Asylum is granted to the three Zentraedi spies and their defectors. With Max's Veritech escorts, Lisa Hayes returns to Earth to try to persuade the UEDC to have peace negotiations with the Zentraedi. Khyron becomes aware of the convoy and attacks. Rick Hunter comes to the rescue in the new Super-Armored Veritech prototype, never been tested in combat before. Max Sterling and Miriya Parino battle it out at a video arcade game and then at the park. Max and Miriya wed in space. First Human-Zendraedi mating. Dolza orders that the SDF-1 be destroyed, but the Zentraedi under Breetai's command mutiny Exedore arrives aboard the SDF-1 for peace talks. The Zentraedi's main fleet appears in Earthspace The Armored Veritech Supreme is developed and flown for the first(and last)time during the attack of the Zentraedi main fleet, by Rick, Max, Miriya, and the Skull Veritech Squadron. During the attack of the Zentraedi main fleet Commander Breetai joins forces with the SDF-1. At Alaska Base, the Grand Cannon is fired, annihilating 20% of Dolza's fleet, the cannon is destroyed and Admiral Hayes is killed. Despite the efforts of the SDF-1 and their Zentraedi allies, 75% of the Earth laid to waste Rick Hunter falls into an early re-entry of Earth's atmosphere during the battle and rescue's Lisa Hayes from Alaska base where she was assigned to a new position by her father. Unknown to Rick and Lisa, T.R. Edwards is left behind in the base and swears for personal vengeance against them. The severely damaged SDF-1 defeats Dolza's armada of five million ships with an assist from Lynn-Minmei's voice, and returns to the ravaged Earth. Captain Gloval is promoted to the rank of admiral. Lisa Hayes and Rick Hunter both are promoted to the rank of captain. While Max and Miriya are promoted to lieutenant commander A period of reconstruction begins(2012-14), with Humans and Zentraedis working side-by-side. The Robotech Masters lose confidence in their race of warrior clones and begin a mass pilgrimage through interstellar space to Earth to recapture Zor's Protoculture matrix. 2014 Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant (son of Claudia Grant's brother, Vince) are born. Captain Lisa Hayes is promoted to the command of the SDF-2 A factory satellite is captured from Commander Reno by using baby Dana as a diversion-and is folded to Earth. Dr. Lang and Professor Lazlo Zand begin work on a secret project involving artificial intelligence. Zand takes a peculiar interest in Dana Sterling after undergoing a Protoculture mindboost. Khyron makes a surprise appearance and holds Minmei and Kyle hostage in exchange for the battle fortress. Rick Hunter successfully leads his Veritech squadron in operation "Star-saver." Admiral Lisa Hayes is given the command of the newly built SDF-2 to go on a mission to Tirol. The Destruction of New Macross, the SDF's 1 and 2, along with Khyron's forces, Gloval, Claudia, Sammie, Vanessa, and Kim are among the casualties. The remains of the three ships are buried under tons of earthen debris dredged up from Lake Gloval. End of the First Robotech War. 2015-17 Zentraedi Malcontent Uprisings in the Southlands Control Zone(South America). Jonathan Wolff comes to the attention of Commander Max Sterling. Captain Rick Hunter is promoted to the rank of admiral. Commander Max Sterling is given command of the famed Skull Squadron. The Robotech Expeditionary Force is formed, for the express purpose of journeying to Tirol to make peace with the Robotech Masters. Aboard the factory satellite, construction begins on the SDF-3. Rise of Monument City and Anatole Leonard's Army of the Southern Cross. Lynn-Minmei takes on a partner, Janice Em, at Emil Lang's urging. The Invid complete their conquest of Garuda, Praxis, Karbarra, and Spheris. 2020 The completion of the latest prototype Alpha VT, packing more armor and twice the firepower than the 1st generation VT's, equipped with ablative shields and detachable augmentation pods for deepspace flight, and the capability to link up with the Beta VT--a bulkier, thin-winged variant--thereby extending more than double its range and occupancy capabilities. Prototype Alphas are tested by Commander Max Sterling and Private Karen Penn. Privates Karen Penn and Jack Baker are chosen to be part of the Expeditionary Force. Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes wed aboard the factory satellite with TV coverage by Sue Graham. Dana and Bowie are given over to the care of Rolf and Laura Emerson. The SDF-3 is launched. Minmei and Janice are caught in the spacefold. Rick turns 29; Lisa turns 34; Dana and Bowie, 7; Jack and Karen turn 18; Scott Bernard, Lang's godson from the recently completed Mars Base, 6. 2025 The Invid Regent takes Tirol. Sickened by his bloodlust, the Regis leaves Optera for Praxis to carry on with her Genesis Pit experiments. The Robotech Expeditionary Force arrive in Fantomaspace and engages the Invid; the fortress's spacefold generators are damaged(the REF is unaware that the fold has taken five Earth-years, and believe the date to be 2020). T.R. Edwards and his Ghost Squadron capture the living computer the Regent has left behind in Tiresia's Royal Hall. Tiresians Cabell and Rem inform the Plenipotentiary Council that the Robotech Masters are on their way to Earth. Privates Karen Penn and Jack Baker are both promoted to lieutenant. The Sentinels, comprised of Praxians, Garudans, Karbarrans, Haydonites, Spherisians, and Perytonians, formed to liberate planets recently conquered and occupied by the Invid horde, arrive in Tirol-space on the ship Farrago requesting aid in their cause. Tesla, Master Scientist to the Invid Regent, is a prisoner aboard the Farrago. The Zentraedi contingent of the REF agree to be returned to full size(except for Exedore and Miriya)to mine Fantoma's monopole ore for a new fleet of warships. The Hunters, Grants, Sterlings, Jack and Karen, and others join the Sentinels and leave Fantomaspace for Karbarra aboard the Farrago. On Earth, Senator Wyatt Moran and the commanders of the Army of the Southern Cross consolidate their power and take control of the Supreme Council. Dana and Bowie grow up under the care of the Emersons. 2026 Karbarra is liberated. Tesla and Burak form a curious partnership. The Sentinels' ship Farrago is destroyed and the Groundbased Mobile Unit is stranded on Praxis shortly after the Regis's leavetaking for Haydon IV. Wolff, Janice Em, Burak, and Tesla reach the only fold module available in orbit around Praxis and fold towards Fantoma. The rest of the Sentinels are in the remaining veritechs without power in orbit around the dying planet Praxis. Death of Baldan I. T.R. Edwards holds secret talks with the Regent, and begins a personal campaign to capture Lynn-Minmei. An Invid simulagent in the guise of the Regent is sent to Tirol for "peace talks" and reveals to the REF that the Farrago has been destroyed. The Sentinels are presumed dead. Wolff and Janice Em return to Tirol and is refused a rescue ship to Praxis to pick up the surviving Sentinels. The Invid Tesla murders the simulagent sent to Tirol by the Regent. Wolff "steals" the prototype warship, the SDF-7, and arrives just in time to pick up the Sentinels before the destruction of Praxis. They continue on to Garuda. T.R. Edwards begins to hold sway over the REF's Plenipotentiary Council. Wolff is accused of murder and piracy. Control of the Fantoma mining operations goes to Edwards. Rick, Lisa, Rem and Karen are captured on Garuda and are interrogated and exposed to the planets fatal atmosphere. Mistaken as Zor, Rem is taken to Optera for the Regent. Later, Rem is sent as a gift to the Regis on Haydon IV. With Garuda liberated, Rick, Lisa, and Karen are rescued and are rushed to Haydon IV for the only medication available in the known galaxy. The Valivarre, under the command of Breetai, leaves Tirolspace(unauthorized)with the much needed monopole ore for the fleet's warships. The SDF-7 class warships Tokugawa and Jutland pursue. 2027 The Sentinels arrive at Haydon IV shortly after the Regis's leavetaking, and "surrender" to the occupying Invid troops. Rem learns he is actually a clone of Zor. Upon the liberation of Haydon IV, Janice Em reveals herself to be an android. Rem is rescued and Sarna is killed. Haydon IV is liberated. The prototype SDF-7 is christened the Ark Angel. The Valivarre reaches Haydon IV and the Sentinels are updated on the situation on Tirol. The Valivarre returns to Tirolspace escorted by the SDF-7 class cruisers Tokugawa and Jutland after the Sentinels decision to continue their mission to Spheris instead of returning to Tirol. Edwards loses his grip on the council after troops sent out to hunt down the Zentraedi side with them instead. Wolff, Breetai, and Grant clear the Sentinels of all charges against them. Miriya reveals that she is pregnant. Max and Miriya remain behind on Haydon IV to help in the rebuilding of the planet. Baldan II is "shaped" by Teal. A new SDF-7 class warship under the command of Major Carpenter leaves Tirol for Earth and is presumed lost when the ship fails to report in to the SDF-3. Edwards and his Ghost Riders flee Tirol on a hijacked SDF-7 class ship for Optera, taking Lynn- Minmei and the awakened Invid living computer from Tiresia with them. Lynn-Kyle is killed by Edwards during his attempt to save Minmei. Spheris is liberated. Tesla leaves the Ark Angel for Optera to have it out with the Regent. Aurora Sterling is born on Haydon IV. Aurora sends a telepathic message to her sister Dana in warning of the spores from the Flowers of Life. 2028 Jonathan Wolff leaves for Earth on a retrofitted SDF-7 class ship and has also failed to report in to the SDF-3 and is presumed lost. The Tokugawa launches for Haydon IV under the command of General Grant. Exedore accompanies him with the council's peace proposal for the Regent. Edwards arrives on Optera. Tesla is chased off. Breetai and the Valivarre leave for Optera. The Sentinels move against Peryton. The Valivarre arrives at Optera and a battle breaks out between the Zentraedi and the Invid. Breetai and the Regent die together. Tesla and Burak sacrifice themselves to end the curse of Peryton. 2029 The Ark Angel, Tokugawa, and the Karbarran ship Tracialle enters Opteraspace to accompany the Valivarre, now under the command of Kazianna Hesh, in the Battle for Optera. Edwards's SDF-7 and the Tokugawa are destroyed and all survivors are picked up by the Valivarre. The Ark Angel leads a direct assault against the Invid home hive, where Edwards is in control of the Invid. Edwards reveals to Rick and Lisa the personal vendetta he has on them. Janice, in the guise of Minmei grabs Edwards, and both hurl in to the molten flames of the dying Genesis Pit. The home hive is destroyed and Minmei is rescued. Arla-non, and Teal both die. End of the Sentinels' War. Optera slowly heals from the critical wounds the Invid have made on it during their stay. Dr. Lang makes a series of shattering discoveries about the spacefold generators his teams have used in Carpenter and Wolff's ships. Ark Angel begins a slow return to Tirol. The Tracialle returns the remaining Sentinels to their home planets. Breetai's son, Drannin, is born to the Zentraedi Kazianna Hesh. 2030 The Ark Angel arrives at Tiresia. Lang briefs the council and Expeditionary Force members on his discoveries. Roy Hunter is born in Tiresia. The REF and Karbarrans begin work on the main fleet ships. Lang's Robotech teams develop an integrated system of body armor and reconfigurable cycles, known as Cyclones. A new protoculture hand weapon is developed, the Mars Gallant H90 blaster. 2031 Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant turn 18, graduate from the Southern Cross Academy, and are assigned to the 15th Alpha Tactical Armored Corps, which includes Sean Phillips, Angelo Dante, and Louie Nichols. The Robotech Masters arrive in Earthspace to retrieve Zor's Protoculture matrix found in the SDF- 1 for the survival of their race and the Second Robotech War begins. Dana Sterling is promoted to 2nd Lieutenant after ex-c.o. Sean Phillips was reduced to the rank of private after a run-in with a general's daughter. Communications with Space Station Liberty, the only comline to the REF, has been cut. Battle at Fokker Aerospace Base. Dana is promoted to 1st lieutenant after mobilizing the 15th (without authorization) and leaving their post to be a back up contingency to the forces already being defeated. Dana has her first encounter with the red Bioroid. Dana, Bowie, and Angelo volunteer for the mission to reestablish communications with Space Station Liberty. Dana and Bowie sees Zor Prime(pilot of the Red Bioroid) for the first time at the site of the SDF-1. They are discovered and Bowie is captured. Dana leads an unauthorized rescue mission for Bowie disguised as a routine night patrol. Louie Nichols of the 15th discovers a weakness in the Robotech ships and a mission is prepared. The Robotech Masters flagship is crippled and crashes near Monument city. The Army of the Southern Cross converge on the fallen Robotech ship but all actions are harmless against the ship. Lieutenant Marie Crystal of the Tactical Armored Space Corp is wounded in battle and is rescued by Sean Phillips. The 15th is ordered to enter the alien ship for a recon mission. The squad is separated and Bowie meets Musica. Dana and Louie discover that the inhabitants of the alien ships are not androids but clones. With the 15th together again, Dana captures a Bioroid and is examined with the utmost care by Professor Zand. Another ship from the Robotech Masters' fleet descends to Earth and lifts its' fallen comrade back to orbit. Major Carpenter's ships arrive at Earth and futilely tries to engage the Robotech Masters but are them- selves obliterated. Survivors are picked up by the 15th ATAC's. Zor Prime is introduced to the 15th. Unknown to him and the 15th, he is used as a spy for the Masters. Musica rejects her chosen mate Karno. 2032 The new Armored Jet Attack Copter VT's are produced and readied for the 1st attack wave against the alien ships. The attack wave is crippled badly and takes refuge on Moon Base ALUCE. On Earth, Dana and Bowie go to the site of the old SDF-1 and witness the blossoming of the Flower of Life in the SDF-1's reflex engines. A second wave is prepared and General Emerson is to be the commanding officer of the mission giving a chance to the survivors of the first wave to return to Earth with their wounded. Louie Nichols' Visual Trace Firing System is integrated into the VT's weapons systems without his consent. The ATAC's are ordered to break through the alien flag ship's defenses and attempt to destroy it from the inside. Zor, now under the power of the Robotech Masters, turns on the 15th and tries to capture the squad but the 15th scatters and separately explores the entire ship. Bowie finds Musica again and both fall in love. Eventually, the 15th is captured but are freed by Musica. Zor is taken to the Memory Management Lab to be reprogrammed. The 15th bursts in and interrupts the process during the reinstatement of his memory. Zor destroys the core of the ship's power causing the destruction of the ship and the 15th leaves the alien ship with their hovertanks with Musica. Somehow, Zor manages to escape unscathed. The Robotech Masters transfer to a different ship to continue their mission for the matrix. General Emerson's flagship is destroyed and he, Lieutenant Crystal, and Lieutenant Dennis Brown are taken prisoner by the Robotech Masters. Nova Satori of the Global Military Police orders the arrest and apprehension of the "alien" Musica for questioning but is unable to find her. Bowie has taken her to the site of the SDF-1 to see the Flowers of Life. The 15th follows their trail, in turn Nova follows the 15th, and in turn again Zor follows Nova. Zor sees the Flowers of Life and his memory reawakens and he becomes the original Zor. The Robotech Masters bargain with Emerson's party for Zor and Musica to be returned to the Masters. The Masters flagship descends towards the site of the SDF-1, hoping to retrieve the matrix before it mutates into the Flower of Life, then rendering the matrix useless. All forces of the planet join at Monument City for a final battle against the Masters. In result, Monument City is leveled and there are no survivors. Commander Leonard and staff are also killed. The Masters are killed by Zor and Dana-- after touching the two leads of a new matrix made by the Robotech Masters. Dana has a vision of the coming of the Invid, telepathically communicated to her by her sister, Aurora. The 15th, Marie, Dennis, and the remaining clone population of the Masters leave the doomed ship in transports and lands near the SDF-1 site. Zor Prime's attempt at destroying the Masters' flagship results in the loosing of the Flowers of Life from the Protoculture matrix concealed within the spacefold drives of the buried SDF-1; spores cover the planet and the Flower takes root, alerting the Regis's sensor nebula. General Emerson, Octavia(one of Musica's Triumverate sisters), Zor Prime, and Lazlo Land die. End of the Second Robotech War. Max, Miriya, and Aurora Sterling arrive on Tirol from Haydon IV. The Invid "disappear" from Tirol's corner of the galaxy. It is assumed that the Regis has begun her move against Earth. The Mars Veritech Group leaves Tirol with 18-year- old Scott Bernard aboard. Jonathan Wolff's ship returns to Earth. An anti- Invid underground is established before the Regis arrives. Dana commandeers Wolff's ship after the drives are retrofitted with a device perfected by former 15th ATAC whiz-kid, Louie Nichols and folds for Tirol. The Robotech factory satellite returns to Earthspace from Tirol. Optera is fully seeded with the Flowers of Life and given over to the homeless Praxians, who rename the planet "New Praxis." The Flowers become the crop for a new Second Generation Protoculture matrix created by Rem, who has managed to tap his progenitor's, Zor's, memories. The Invid Regis arrives. Her newly hatched army of soldiers and mecha destroy the factory satellite and easily defeat Earth's depleted defenses. Hives and farms are set up worldwide, and some Terran captives are forced to work in labor camps in Canada, harvesting Flowers and processing nutrient for use in the Regis's Terror Weapons and battlecraft. Admiral Lisa Hunter resumes command of the SDF-3. Arrival of Dana Sterling on Tirol. With her are Bowie Grant, Sean Phillips, Angelo Dante, Musica and Allegra, and some of the Masters' clones. Shadow Fighters and neutron "S" missiles are developed by the REF for the assault against Earth. Instantaneous spacefold becomes a reality for the main-fleet ships. Arrival and defeat of the Mars Attack Group sent by the REF. Scott Bernard's fiancee, Marlene Rush, dies with the Mars Group flagship. Scott Bernard crashlands on Earth, but continues his mission: To reach the Regis's central hive complex, code named Reflex Point. Upon crossing a desert on his Cyclone, he meets Rand, who has just discovered the fallen flagship from the Mars Group and was joy riding on a newly acquired Cyclone when Invid scouts appeared. Scott engages the scouts and destroys them easily with the Cyclone's configurable armor. Scott and Rand approach Laako City where they pick up Annie LaBelle. The population of the city turns them over to the Invid Shock Troopers, but with the help of a mysterious red Cyclone rider, the Shock Troopers were dispatched. The red Cyclone rider disappears. Scott and company enter a dust-ridden town and attends a club where they see and meet the famous singer Yellow Dancer. A brawl breaks out and Scott ends it quickly with a shot from his blaster. Here they meet the mysterious red Cyclone rider, Rook Bartley, former of the bike gang, the Blue Angels. Here, Lancer(a male robotech freedom fighter in the guise of a female singer, Yellow Dancer), and William "Lunk" Benovitch(a former robotech bio-maintenance engineer) join Scott on his journey to Reflex Point. Lunk provides Scott with a fully maintained and operational Alpha fighter. Scott's team discover that the Invid can sense the presence of Protoculture emanations. Scott's team makes a pit stop at Norristown. Using a Yellow Dancer Concert as a diversion, the team makes away with a truck load of canisters of Protoculture-- fuel for their Robotech mecha. One night, Rook returns to her home town to settle a dispute which has troubled her ever since she left. Unknowingly to her, Rand is curious and follows. She has a showdown with the leader of the Red Snakes who has harassed the town ever since her ex- boyfriend, Romy, had disbanded the Blue Angels. The team approaches Roca Negra. Lunk tries to fulfill a promise to a friend by returning a book to his father, Alfred Nader, an intelligent man who spoke out against the Invid slavery, was killed by the townspeople in fear of him endangering the town. The team encounters Colonel Wolff and his anti-Invid underground. For months, Wolff has been giving Robotech soldiers to the Invid in exchange for canisters of Protoculture and the possible release of his wife and son from imprisonment by the Invid. Realizing his grave mistake in his actions, Wolff, in Scott's VT, aids the team in a short skirmish with the Invid and is mortally wounded. Colonel Jonathan Wolff dies. The Regis performs clonings in Genesis Pits(similar to those on Praxis) to acquire the ultimate form her Invid should take for their new life on Earth. Scott, Rand, and Annie, while on a scouting mission, discover one of the Regis's Genesis Pits. During an earthquake, the Genesis Pit is destroyed with all the life forms evolved in it. The simulagent Ariel(cloned from a female human body found in a wreckage of the Mars Division flagship) is birthed and is planted in the route Scott's team is heading. The team approach Point K, a rendezvous for all surviving units of Scott's invasion force, consisting of close to a thousand veritechs, ground units, assault mecha, supplies, and ammunition. But instead of finding a base, they find a graveyard of ships. The Invid had already obliterated all forces at Point K. The team enters the area in search for ordinance but Scott goes in to seclusion. Rand and Rook scout the area and finds Ariel at a nearby town. Ariel, similar to a newborn child, has not learned to speak. Rand and Rook assumes her to be in shock. Lunk and Lancer discover two operational Alpha fighters and one intact Beta fighter among the wreckage. The group comes together to report their findings and Ariel is given the name Marlene by Scott for she is in the likeness of his deceased fiancee, Marlene Rush. The team approaches a mountain range and is quickly warned by the nearby town, Deguello, that the ranges are constantly patrolled by the Invid fortress built there. A map of the secret routes to pass through the patrols were sold, but through Lancer's old time girlfriend, Carla, she reveals to him that the maps are fake and the citizens who buy and follow the map were going to their dooms. Rand and Annie volunteer and successfully deactivate the Invid Brain to prevent the detection of incoming Robotech mecha. The Brain and the fortress is destroyed nearly trapping Scott and his veritech inside. The Regis loses contact with the simulagent Ariel in result of interacting with humans and their emotions. Rand, caught in a sandstorm, inhales pollen from the Flower of Life and learns of the real reason why the Regis is on Earth. The team enters a jungle forest region once controlled by the Zentraedi during the Malcontent Uprisings. Micronian slaves were used then and the inhabitants now have been reduced to primitive levels. Lancer, mistaken as a woman, is kidnapped. The team rescues Lancer and rids the valley of Invid Shock Troopers. They make rafts to go down stream past an Invid hive but Annie stays behind as a jungle queen. Scott's team enters an old abandoned city but are followed by the Invid. After taking refuge in an old subway, the Invid caves in the subway exits in hopes of burying the Robotech rebels. Upon escaping, Annie rejoins the team. Prince Corg and Princess Sera are transmutated to human form and are ordered to go out and seek the simulagent Ariel for the cause of her disfunction. The team finds a few left over naval ships from the Second Robotech War to cross the Gulf of Mexico. They set a trap for the Invid patrols and Rook is wounded in the battle. The team takes a rest at a once beautiful beach resort. Lancer has a run in with the Invid Princess Sera and reports to Scott that the Invid are using human pilots for their mecha. Sera is disturbed by her first encounter with the human emotions in her created by Lancer. Scott is taught how to swim by Rand and Annie Sera prepares an ambush for the rebels in a high mountain-pass near Baja California. Upon seeing Lancer's face, Sera hesitates a moment too soon to give the order to fire and the rebels escape. Sera encounters Ariel for the first time. The Jupiter Attack Wing of the REF folds for Earth Scott's team encounters one of the ships and its crew from Major Carpenter's defeated fleet from Tirol. The ship and crew boldly sacrifice them- selves in destroying an Invid hive. All crew are presumed dead. The team enters the Rocky Mountains and finds the city of Denver(but really a secret underground shelter named Delta Six) buried beneath the ice. They resupply and explore the city. Scott and Marlene fall in love. While he searches for the rebels, Corg discovers them in the city and attacks. The team successfully escapes and self-destructs the power center in the city and buries the city once again. Corg encounters Ariel for the first time. The team holds a surprise birthday party for Annie. The team runs into Dusty Ayres, a human specimen the Invid used to experiment on, replacing his entire right side with Protoculture-generated organs without the use of any anesthetics, while his friends stood by and watched. He wages war on all Robotech soldiers and Scott rounds up a posse to hunt for him until the Invid attacks. With some encouragement from Rook, Dusty aids Scott in the battle and is killed. The liberation of the city of Mannattan (formerly New York City). Sera encounters Ariel again and asks her why she hasn't reported to the Regis. Ariel is ignorant to the fact that she is an Invid. 2035 The Jupiter attack wing arrives in Earthspace and is defeated. Photojournalist Sue Graham updates Scott and his team on the present situation of the REF main fleet. Shadow Fighters are introduced. The Synchro cannon(adapted by Dr. Nichols) is destroyed. Graham sees an Invid with the body of a human. Marlene and the rebel team discovers she is an Invid. Sue Graham dies. The REF main-fleet ships(Saturn and Neptune Groups) are folded from Tirol to Earth under the command of General Reinhardt. The attack against Reflex Point commences in space and on ground. Scott's team join forces with the ground troops and the Shadow Fighters make up the main attack group in space. Marlene leads Scott and his team in to the home hive to speak with the Regis. Scott battles with Corg and is shot down. Rand is also shot down by Corg and wounded. Scott returns in a Beta fighter and kills Corg. Upon seeing the REF defense lines crumbling, General Reinhardt orders the launch of the neutron "S" missiles. Seeing this threat, the Regis and her children take leave of the planet in the form of a phoenix of mindstuff, annihilating the remaining orbiting REF ships and its crews in the process. The SDF-3 fails to appear in Earthspace. Rick turns 40(or 45 in chronological years); Lisa turns 45(or 50); Roy turns 5. Upon falling in love with Lancer, Sera remains behind on Earth. Marlene also remains behind. End of the Third Robotech War. During Yellow Dancer's final concert, Lancer reveals his true gender and identity. Scott Bernard, in a salvaged Alpha-Beta fighter, leaves his past, his friends, and the Earth behind to return to Tirol to begin a search for the missing or lost SDF-3 battle fortress. The Ark Angel and the remainder of the REF fold for Earth. The Ark Angel has been spared the fate of the rest of the main-fleet ships and positions itself in orbit above the recovering Southlands. They meet up with Scott and he informs the Plenipotentiary Council on Tirol the results of the Third Robotech War and the SDF-3's failure to arrive. Scott Bernard is promoted to the rank of colonel. Various Protoculture-based Robotech mecha ceases to function all over the quadrant. Transportation is reverted back to chemical resources, museum aircraft are put into use. Scott Bernard and Vince and Jean Grant commence a search for the missing fortress aboard the Ark Angel. On Haydon IV, Veidt and Exedore are present at the reawakening of the planet's Awareness. Max and his family are also on-planet. Cabell is on Tirol. The great god Haydon returns to Haydon IV. Haydon IV leaves its planetary orbit, all inhabitants are forced into below-surfaced chambers and are guarded by Haydonites. The long awaited "Event"(a cosmic event that will alter the fabric of spacetime) has commenced its beginning programmed into the planets AI awareness eons ago. Exedore and Veidt hypothesizes that somehow, the universe is shrinking. The Karbarran fleet's command ship N'trpriz, attempting to rescue those imprisoned below the surface of Haydon IV, is obliterated by its own self-destruct sequence armed by the planet's Awareness. Haydon IV executes a hyperspace fold to the Ranaath system, a black hole system and the receiving end of the energy pulse that accompanied the Invid departure. General Vince Grant and Dr. Louie Nichols hopes to find the SDF-3 at the same place the Invid Regis fled to after her phoenix transformation and departure from Earth. Ex-GMP Lieutenant Nova Satori leads the Homunculi Movement on Earth. Scott returns to Earth in search of Marlene, hoping to find a clue of the whereabouts of the Invid Regis. After a week of probing and asking, he finds Rand and one pregnant Rook in a pueblo near Trenchtown named Xochil, where Rand was writing his memoirs. From there the trail leads to Roca Negra, where he finds Marlene with Lunk. Annie had gone back to the jungle forest to live with Magruder. Marlene explains that her sister Sera has a closer link with the Regis and should consult with her. The Ark Angel successfully executes a trial fold jump to the far side of the moon and prepares to fold to Haydon IV where they hope to find a lead to the disappearance of the SDF-3. Scott takes Marlene to New York(formerly named Mannatan) where Sera is with Lancer. Sera prophesizes a little of the future to Ariel, then with her last breath, she dies and her body and spirit returns to be one with the Queen-Mother. Scott and Marlene are escorted to Norristown where Marlene is taken to be interrogated. Scott returns to the Ark Angel and with the Grants and council members, are informed by Dr. Nichols that the reason for the breakdown of mecha is that all 1st generation Protoculture from Zor's original matrix in the SDF-1 and those created by the Regis on Earth cease to function after the leaving of the Regis. They realized that the fold and drive systems aboard the SDF-3 were from Breetai's original flagship, and the battle fortress was taken with the Regis as soon as she left Earth. Also that Robotechnology is coming to an end and humans and all living creatures must now shape their own destinies, one they will fashion by themselves and not by Protoculture. Scott is reunited with Marlene and is ordered to try to help her re-establish link with the Regis. The Ark Angel arrives at the vicinity of Haydon IV but the planet is no longer there. After picking up the survivors of the command ship N'trpriz, the ship then folds to Tirol to inform the Plenipotentiary Council of their findings. All trails lead to the Ranaath system and preparations are made for the jump to the black hole system. Karbarra declares war on Haydon IV. Haydon IV defolds in orbit around the sixth planet in the Ranaath system and begins collecting radiation bleeds from the black hole. Haydon IV reconfigures to begin production on ships to follow the trail of the Regis. Newspace: The arrival of the SDF-3 in Newspace-a universe of non-space fashioned by the Shapings of Protoculture and the Regis. Similar to the uniqueness of the SDF-1's fold drives which captures a quantum of hyperspace and conveys it into a world of time, the SDF-3 captured a quantum of time and had taken it into hyperspace. Newspace is outside the province of space and time. The SDF-3's fold drives have also disappeared, just as it had happened to the SDF-1 after its maiden fold. A series of experiments and extra-vehicular expeditions are made to test the conditions of the surrounding "space". Captain Jack Baker is the first to make the excursion. Rem enlightens the crew of SDF-3 that "newspace" is a universe in the making. Retired 15th ATAC Corporal Bowie Grant is onboard with the Muses. They struggle to replace the dead triumverate sister with synthesizers and samplers to recreate the spell-binding music the sisters once played aboard the Masters' flagship. Minmei resumes her singing once again to try to reawaken Rem's memories of Zor. Combined with the former members of the 15th ATAC's of the Southern Cross, Captains Jack Baker and Marie Crystal lead two squadrons of Veritechs. Among them are: Captain Sean Phillips, Sergeant Angelo Dante(he refused his commission), and Captain Karen Penn), to intercept the incoming "multiple bogeys of tentacles with no source" reaching out towards the SDF-3. Fighters that intercepted with the tentacles disappear, and are presumed missing. Vital parts of the ship's reflex drive systemry disappear after the attack. 2037 The Ark Angel folds to Karbarra to try to sway them from declaring war on Haydon IV before they are informed of the situation on the planet. Cabell informs everybody on the genesis of Haydon and his contribution to the evolution of the Invid, Karbarrans, Perytons, Spherisians, Garudans, Praxians, and all Local Group races. Upon the mating of the Invid and protoculture and their transmutation(the Event), Haydon's race would come out of suspended animation, hook on to the tail of the Invid phoenix and follow them into another dimension. The Ark Angel defolds in the Ranaath system and sees Haydon IV reconfigured and joined to a planet mining metals for the ships the planet is manufacturing. Louie Nichols' cyber-team links with the planet's awareness to find the course plot for the ships so the Ark Angel can arrive ahead of Haydon's ships. Communications with Exedore and the Sterlings are established. With a false denouncement of love from Scott, Marlene has a seizure and confirms that the Regis is in the collapsed Ranaath's star. In learning of the whereabouts of the SDF-3, preparations are made to hijack one of Haydon's newly built ships after the planet's Awareness has programmed the coordinates and course plot into the automatic computers for the ships to follow the path of the Invid into the black hole. The Karbarran fleet arrives at Ranaath's star and begins to engage Haydon IV with their fighters. Dana Sterling leads a rebellion against the planet's Awareness to free its prisoners. Colonel Scott Bernard leads the mission to hijack Haydon's prototype ship. Louie and his cyber-team are infiltrated into the planet's AI, trying to give clearance to Scott's team to take the ship without Haydon knowing it, and also hoping to throw the planet's Awareness into disarray by the coordinated multiple attacks. The Ark Angel deploys shuttles to Haydon IV to pick up the hostages, including Exedore, Veidt, and the Sterlings. Scott(with the help of Louie and his cyber-team) successfully hijack a Haydonite ship (christened the Peter Pan) and the Ark Angel ferries supplies and crew (including the Grants, Karen's father Doctor Penn, Marlene, Louie and his cyber-team, and the Sterlings) to the ship. Upon completion, the ship continues its programming and embarks for the voyage into the black hole. Exedore and Cabell discover a new found matter in the universe, anti-protoculture. The Robotech Elders provide Haydon with the location of new found protoculture on New Praxis in exchange for rulership of the Local Group planets. Haydon agrees but sees their planned betrayal to him and Haydon IV folds to New Praxis. Newspace: The SDF-3 encounters a planet Dr. Lang has fashioned. The ship plots a course for the newly formed planet. Lisa Hayes is puzzled by the strange actions of Roy (5 years old before Newspace) and the other children taken along on the SDF-3. Rem has periodic flashes of his progenitor's life, the seeding and experimenting with the Flower of Life, while Minmei continues to sing with Bowie and the Muses. The SDF-3 arrives in orbit around the planet(dubbed Omphalos). Rick accompanies the landing party to survey the planet. Minmei informs Lisa that she is carrying Rem's child Angelo and Gnea disappear from the scout team. Kazianna Hesh leads a formation of Quadranos and battlepods down to the planet to aid the scout team in search of the missing members. Roy, Drannin, and their peers form a circle in their nursery and begin chanting "Aurora". Angelo and Gnea reappear after meeting with the Invid Regis, and tells the scout team that the Regis has the fold systems and that the known universe is coming to an end. Rick is recalled to the SDF-3 because the children were in contact with Aurora. Rspace: Haydon IV arrives at New Praxis and commands the Praxians to bring all of the Flowers of Life to him. Aboard the Peter Pan, Marlene regains consciousness and Aurora is summoned to the SDF-3. Aurora informs the children of the SDF-3 that help is on the way. On Tirol, Exedore and Cabell meet with Local Group captains to plan the attack on Haydon IV now orbiting New Praxis. Haydon IV completes transferring of 2nd generation Protoculture from the planet. The Local Group fleet arrives with the Tracialle and Valivarre leading the attack. While the fleet closes in on Haydon IV, the planet transforms into battle mode-similar to the transformation of the SDF-1. The Tracialle is destroyed taking Haydon IV with it, but Haydon had launched fighters and the planet's Awareness speeds towards Tirol to seize the protoculture matrix developed by Rem. Exedore and Cabell struggle to coordinate the evacuation of Tirol to underground shelters. Tiresia is destroyed as Haydon IV's awareness mates with the matrix. All knowledge and data of anti- Protoculture is also destroyed. The Regis and Haydon battle for supremacy. The Haydonite ships, not built for direct entry, were destroyed upon Haydon's entry into Newspace. Newspace: Rick, Lisa, Kazianna, and the parents of the children arrive in the nursery where they finally come out of their trance, informing the parents that help is on the way in the form of Aurora and the others. Upon debriefing Angelo and Gnea, the SDF-3 realizes that all creation from Protoculture will cease to exist and that the Regis wishes to return to a pre- Zor state of existence. Arrival of Peter Pan with Aurora guiding the ship towards the SDF-3. The crew of the original RDF are reunited once again. At the urgings of Rem and the children, a party was formed to returned to Omphalos to try to communicate with the Regis. A patrol of Alphas had discovered an Invid hive and the party is shuttled down near the hive. The party includes the Hunters, Sterlings, Grants, Kazianna and Drannin, Rem and Minmei, Dr. Nichols and his cyber-team, Dr. Lang, Scott and Marlene, Angelo and Gnea, Baldan, and Learna. The party meets with the Regis and is informed of her ultimatum. Max wins in combat with a black mecha fashioned by the Regis from Dana's dark side of her feelings of her parents leaving her behind on Earth. After Max's battle, the party returns to the SDF-3 and Dr. Lang and Dr. Nichols are placed in custody, but escape aboard the fortress. The Regis and Haydon battle for supremacy. Dr. Lang joins in one with the shapings of Protoculture with Dr. Nichols as the last person to see Dr. Lang ever again. Upon returning to the SDF-3, the party rushes to the engine room in hope of that the SDF-3 children can somehow bring the fold system back to fold out of Newspace while the Regis is preoccupied. With the help of Aurora and the voice of Minmei, the SDF-3 children teleport the original fold system of the SDF-1 from the Regis's domain and is quickly hooked up to the SDF-3 systemry. The SDF-3 executes a fold to realspace. At the door between realspace and Newspace, the Regis and Haydon clash head-on(the Intersection, the end of the Shapings). Both deities at once knew the true meaning of humbleness and precedented sensations of peace and acceptance. The Regis takes the phoenix form again and takes flight one final time. All throughout the SDF-3, the crew looks across space and time, and of places and people of the past. Kazianna has visions of Breetai. Drannin sees his father for the first time; Lisa has visions of her long lost love, Karl Riber, including visions of Claudia Grant, the bridge crew, and Captain Gloval; Rick has visions of Ben Dixon, Claudia Grant, his father's old flying circus, Roy Fokker and himself growing up while Roy II watches from Rick's arms; Dana has visions of her three godfathers on Earth and Zor's tormented life, and understood; Bowie has visions of his old friend Rolf Emerson; Scott has visions of both Marlene and Ariel intertwined; Ariel/Marlene has timescenes of the original Marlene's life and of her own race's struggle to survive on Optera; And Minmei has visions of her cousin Kyle, her parents, her lover Johnathan Wolff, and her song/soulmate, Janice. After the Intersection, Haydon reaches out into the SDF-3(still in foldspace) and finds what he is looking for. Rem and Minmei vanishes from the ship and are presumed missing. The missing members of the Red and Blue Veritech squadrons are returned to the SDF-3. 2038 The return of the Ark Angel to Earth, new technology from the ship helps rebuild the planet. Water and ice are brought from off-world to replace the contaminated water on Earth. Starships are built with new designs and the Local Group worlds help in putting Earth back on her feet. They are unaware of the outcome of the Intersection and the crew of the SDF-3 are presumed dead. The eradication of the old Earth government, and the beginning of a benign, democratic, and participatory government. The surviving Haydonites become the Interstellar Peace Corps. Maria Bartley-Rand is born to Rook Bartley Success of Rand's book - Notes on the Run. Annie LaBelle and Magruder(both with advanced degrees in neogenetics)head up Genetic Engineering at the Restoration Bureau Headquarters to re-genesize animals on Earth. The freedom fighter Lancer(also known as Yellow Dancer)is reported dead while flying a disaster relief mission. Reforestation program begins in Alaska. The music of Lynn-Minmei and Yellow Dancer lives on. 2051 The SDF-3 defolds in realspace. 2056 The arrival of the SDF-3 into Earthspace under the auxillary power drives The Hunters meet Scott's old strike-force:Rand and his family, Lunk, Annie and Magruder. Scott and Marlene are informed of Lancer's death. Scott proposes to Marlene. The Hunters and Sterlings take a tour of the recovering Earth. Dana encounters former Senator Alfonso Napoleon Russo. Louie & Co. becomes a driving force toward Instu- Mentality. Implants that will give every intelligent being powers of teleportation, psychokinesis, and telepathy. The Crazy Eights Exploration and Development Co. Unlimited is formed by Dana Sterling, Sean Phillips, Marie Crystal, Jack Baker, Karen Penn, Lunk, and several others. A new club named Bowie Grant's Blue Harp Lounge opens. Angelo and Gnea fall in love and he introduces Gnea to his parents. The Second Gen Flowers of Life begins to bloom on new Praxis again. The Regis is hypothesized to be in New Praxis in her pre-Zor state of existence. Zentraedi survivors return to Fantoma to continue mining for the monopole ore. The special psi-abilities are discovered in the SDF-3 children. Aurora runs for Interworld Council and becomes the youngest representative-elect ever. Max and Miriya Sterling become ambassadors to Tirol and Fantoma. Rick Hunter teaches Roy the art of flying. Work on the SDF-4 nears completion for the mission to the Andromeda Galaxy to see if the Intersection had had any affect in that quadrant. The starship will be commanded by none other than Admiral Lisa Hayes-Hunter. Newspace: Two planets alone exists. One is the prison for the Robotech Elders. The other, foliated by the Flowers of Life, their Pollinators, and where the SDF-3 fold drive lies, is inhabited by two humans, Rem and Minmei, awaiting the birth of their first child, and slowly -- LUM: Oh Darling.....I love you!!!! ATARU(being zapped): GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAA!