Proposed Chronicles for Robotech 2035 (The Debriefing)

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1. Lt. Scott Bernard teams up with what is left of the REF after the Invid Regis destroys over half of the force. He is promoted to Commander, and takes command of his own vessel. Scott and the rest of the REF begin to construct an armada that is larger and more powerful than any military force encountered in the known universe. His plans are thwarted however as a result of a limited supply of protoculture sapped almost dry by the Invid Regis. Reconstruction begins on the earth. Scientist Brian Hinnant is researching a more powerful supply of power resulting from of a mutated version of the flower of life; cross-bread with a plant found deep within the ocean. There is much controversy over using any form of the flower of life because of the desolation caused by the Invid. Some argue that the Invid will never come back because they have been effected by the power of reason and human emotion. The plan to use this newfound technology is approved. The RDF is reconstructed to be more powerful than ever and is stationed on the moon. (Over 1 million ships each ship with almost as much power than an entire armada of old RDF ships.) The SDF 4, 5 & 6 are built. Each ship over 3 miles in length. Lancer and Sera get married. Lunk, Rook and Rand join the newly formed and more powerful RDF. Annie becomes bitter after finding out about the potential for world destruction at the hands of the REF neutron S missiles; Annie sets out on an anti war campaign, but is killed in a riot that is formed by citizens who are bitter of the Invid holocaust. This after they find out that Ariel (Marlene), Annie's friend, is actually an Invid. Ariel gets away safe. Rook, Rand, Lunk, Sera, Ariel and Lancer hold a memorial in Annie's honor. The earth begins to rejuvenate itself after years of constant battles and destruction. A new capital city if formed as well as an epicenter for a new world government. Scott Bernard and the SDF4 visit the earth shortly before their journey into space. Ariel tells Scott of Annie's death. Scott is saddened and walks off solemnly. Ariel tells Scott that she loves him. Scott says nothing but thinks to himself; he could never love an Invid; Scott Bernard takes the SDF4 & 200,000 ships and sets out on a journey to find Rick Hunter and the SDF3. The episode ends with the take off of the SDF4, Scott remembering the desolation that was caused by the Invid, the hope and encouragement that was given by Lancer, the will power of Rook and Rand, the courage of Lunk, the dignity of Sera, the love of Ariel , and the death of Annie. He thus realizes the struggles that the earth has seen, and knows that he could not have fought without the help of those valiant freedom fighters. Scott vows to himself that the earth will never see destruction like that again. This episode is mostly narration and covers a span of about 10 years.

2. Lancer takes Sera on a tour of the newly designed RDF. Sera suddenly becomes deathly ill and is hospitalized. Doctors cant figure out what is wrong with her because of Invid make up (similar to humans but there are subtle differences. One noticeable difference is that of the color of Invid blood.) Meanwhile on earth headquarters all systems are go. Rook has been promoted to commander. Rand has been promoted to Lieutenant. Rook and Rand develop a love hate relationship similar to that of Rick and Lisa's. Suddenly out of hyperspace, there is a bright flash of light. A massive ship defolds from deep space. The source, unknown, all systems go red alert and the entire RDF if placed on alert and is positioning themselves ready to defend the earth at all costs. The faces of all those who lived through the Invid holocaust are as blank stares. Through the minds of the soldiers are thoughts of fear, and de ja vu;. Meanwhile aboard the ship, the crew is in awe of the great display of power from the earth. Aboard the ship and whitout communications, it is actually the crew of the SDF3; Rick Hunter, Lisa Hunter, Max Sterling, Myria Sterling, Dana Sterling and the rest. Happy to be home yet fearful of the possible disaster that could be caused by their own people. Without communications there is no way to communicate who they are. Finally, in a final effort to communicate who they are Rick launches a team of Veritech Alpha fighters, hoping that they will recognize them. A team of Shadow Veritech fighters is sent to intercept. Among them is Lieutenant Rand. He sees through the cockpit and recognizes that the pilot is human. They escort the fighters into the SDF4 very carefully. The cockpit opens, it is Rick Hunter, Lisa Hunter, Max Sterling and Myria Sterling. The crew of the RDF now tells of the events that have occurred in absence of Rick and the SDF3. Lisa Hunter begins to cry and blames herself for leaving the earth defenseless in the face of impending disaster. Rand comforts her and assures her that mankind is stronger as a result of the experiences. The episodes end with the Lisa and Rick recounting the memories of their fallen comrades. In addition, the valiant defense by the freedom fighters as well as a salute to Scott Bernard.

Episode 3 begins with a parade at the New World Government HQ to welcome back Rick Hunter and his crew. As the parade ends people cannot help but to notice that one person in particular is missing, Lynn Minmay. With an array of questions, Rick Hunter sets off to the HQ debriefing room where he has acquired almost a cult like following. En rout he is heckled by those who still feel the pain of war. Those whose family members died because of what seemed to be endless years of war. Rick Hunter stops to console one individual who then breaks down and weeps, holding a picture of him along with his late son, sister and wife of 7 years. Also his brother who was killed as a result of the treasonous acts of Jonathan Wolf. As Rick and his crew make their way toward the briefing room, he is presented with a special honor. He is nominated unanimously as the President of the New World Government. Rick graciously accepts this honor and they feast to celebrate the occasion. Max Sterling is promoted to Admiral given command of the new REF fleet and makes his flag ship the SDF4. Dana Sterling is given command of the SDF5. Exedore is given command of the SDF6. Meanwhile the questions continue as to the whereabouts of Minmay, Bretai, and others. Rick's face looks saddened as the memories of those lost in battle run through his head. Rick decides to tell everyone in attendance of his journeys into deep space. During this briefing he tells of the fate of Bretai, Minmay, and others. So the end of episode 3 recaps the Sentinels episodes* Then tells of the untold story of the Tiresian war as was referenced by the Novel. (Reference also Robotech 2 the Sentinels.) Episode 3 ends with Rick beginning to tell the story of his journey into space along with scenes from the last episode of the Macross Saga to lead up to the Sentinels to parallel his story. Then Rick becomes the narrator of episodes 6 through 40 thus the storyline follow that of the novel until Rick's return to earth.

4 'Animated illustrations of Rick's journey into deep space as was referenced by his story.

Episode 4: Parallels Rick telling his story with what is happening on the earth real time After Rick tells of his initial journey to Tirole the episode switches to show earth real time

On earth: Sera is still hospitalized when doctors find that she is pregnant. Doctors desperately work to keep Sera alive in an effort to save both her and the baby. Lancer waits anxiously in the waiting room, when he is then joined by Lunk, and Ariel . Ariel senses that Sera is about to die and becomes distraught. After constant probing by Lancer Ariel finally tells him that Sera is going to die. Lancer breaks down and weeps. The Doctor decides to attempt to save the baby. Successful in doing so, non- the-less Sera dies on the operating table. The episode ends with Lancer placing the crying newborn baby on the chest of her dead mother. The camera pans away slowly showing Lancer kneeling weeping silently beside the bed of his dead wife, and crying daughter. Lunk and Ariel both stand near the foot of the bed with their heads hung low Rook and Rand walk into the room slowly with blank stares.

The scene switched to Haydon where the Regis is located. The camera zooms in on her face and shows her shedding a tear as she can sense that her princess has ceased to exist.

Episode 5: Continues to show earth real time. As the episodes begin Lancer, his newborn daughter and Ariel are sitting on a park bench near the area that was the former location of Reflex Point He has named the baby Sara after her mother. They talk about the future and the past. As they begin to walk, the baby begins to cry. Lancer tries to console it, however as they continue walking the baby suddenly becomes calm. Ariel becomes shaky and almost transiently begins to walk off to the east near a cavern. Lancer calls out to her but she does not respond. The baby's eyes begin to glow slightly as they all approach the cavern. (At the entrance there is one of those weird looking animals that are normally found near protoculture, similar to the animal Dana Sterling picked up to pet near the ruins of the SDF 1. Also similar to the animals found on Tirole) Suddenly the animal runs off and out of the Cavern comes a rattlesnake. They all flee the area and do not return there. Meanwhile Rick resumes his story of the journey into space. Thus, the animated illustration resumes as well.

The episode ends as Rick concludes this chapter.

The scene switches to show a bunch of the weird animals called "Cha Cha", pollinators of the Invid flower of life, running out of the cavern. A little boy chases after one of them then chases it down into the cavern. The cavern goes very deep and the boy's curiosity gets the best of him. So he explores and finds something shocking… An eerie glow from a pure form of The Invid flower of Life. The episode ends

Episodes 6 - 40 are of Rick's account of his journey into space (Reference the Sentinels)

Episode 41 Max Sterling stands and asks for a moment of silence for those who died in battle. Concluding the moment of silence Rick wants to tour the new RDF armada. En route to the moon base via a new battle cruiser called The Sterling headed by commander Kevin A. Hall there is a bright flash of light near the fleet. The Sterling, as explained by Dr Brian Hinnant, is the most battle ready ship in the force is equipped with a new form of mecha called Xeno Troopers. The ship and its mecha are powered by the super powerful newfound source of power, an altered form of protoculture formed by a mutated form of the Invid flower of life. This substance called Invidon is the most potent and most efficient source of power that the known universe has ever seen. On the moon, the other ships are being equipped with this power source. Thus, this large armada will have the ability to perform a deadly offensive strike if needed. One shot from the Invidon cannons on board one of these vessels can cripple even the most massive of Robotech ships. Thus, when the massive Robotech vessel emerges from hyperspace for this reason alone the crew feels secure. Not to mention the fact that it is actually the ship of LT Scott Bernard. The episode pans out to the Invid home world Optera. This sequence actually shows a time frame previous to that of present. The Invid Regent enters the Regis hive. He is battle worn and is bitter of his defeat at the hands of the REF. The Regis does not welcome him warmly. The Regent inquires of where the Regis has been. Regis belligerently condemns the Regent for his waste of precious prtoculture and resources. She tells him that while he was on Tirole suffering a grave defeat She has retrieved the Invid flower of life as well as an abundant supply of prtoculture. Regis has decided to revert her children back to a peaceful society. She exclaims that she will see to it that any threat to her civilizations existence would be eliminated. She views the mere presence of the Regent as a threat to existence of her and her children thus; she does not approve of the Regents methods. She calls him barbaric and banishes him from Optera.

The Regent, battle worn and low on resources is powerless to resist her directive. He stations himself in orbit of Optera.

He concocts a plan that will send two races tumbling back into an interstellar war. His plan is to steal enough protoculture from the Regis to form a super cannon and to power a large armada. He successfully steals prtoculture but not enough to power his large armada. He decides that he will go to Tirole again since the REF is no longer there. He will then make Tirole his home world, enslave the Tiresians to build up his super cannon and his armada. He would then use his force to go to the earth and retrieve any possible remnants of the flower of life on earth. Then he would carry out his vengeance against Rick Hunter by destroying his home world, the earth. On this note, the episode ends.

Episode 42

Meanwhile in the vicinity of the earth, Scott Bernard and his crew are overjoyed with the site of Rick Hunter. Somewhat surprised that he is present, yet glad that he is available to be of assistance, Scot Bernard begins to tell of his findings during his search for Rick Hunter in deep space. The account is as follows…

Scott and his force de-fold in Orbit of Tirole. They are shocked to see that there is an Invid hive set up on the planet. Further reconnaissance show there is a large fleet of Invid battle ships near the main hive of about 150 000 ships. Scot is confident that his fleet of 200 000 would have no trouble taking out the hive, however he is puzzled as to the reason why he has set up a hive on Tirole. Scott begins to think that Rick Hunter's ship was perhaps defeated in battle. He decides to carry out a search for Rick on the planet. The large RDF armada does not go undetected as the Invid engages the armada in battle. The battle is one sided however and the Invid are defeated in this battle. Scott Bernard decides that he must go down to the planet and search for Rick Hunter. He concocts a plan for a search for any sign of Rick Hunter's forces, and at the same time a major strike on the massive Invid Hive. The Regent, short on protoculture knows that he would not be able to withstand a full-scale attack from this fleet. He decides to prepare the super canon for use against the invading RDF. The Tiresian freedom fighters desperately try to help the RDF however, they are no match for the Invid as they too are battle worn and the Invid has taken control of much of the protoculture resources on the planet. Scott and his forces inquire of the freedom fighter for the whereabouts of Rick Hunter. The freedom fighters explain that the fighting had been taken away from Tirole to deep space. That was the last that they heard of Rick and his REF. It was also he last they had seen of the Regent until recently. With this knowledge, Scott decides to attempt to destroy the hive. He instructs his armada to launch a full-scale attack on the hive. The Regent has 100 000 ships however most are inoperative as he has just 50 at his disposal for use. This is because of the shortage of protoculture and the fact that he has put most of his resources into his flagship and his super cannon. The battle ensues. The Regent decides to use the cannon against the RDF armada. He launches his massive flagship. It is 5 miles in length. The RDF weapons have little effect on it however the Invid support ships are no match for the RDF. He fires his super cannon destroying over 100 000 of the 200 000 ships. Scott decides to retreat back to earth to regroup the earth defenses. He fears that the earth may be his next target. Before leaving, however they unload their weaponry upon the hive and the grounded ships then initiates a hyperspace fold back to earth. There is were he is at present. Scott tells Rick that he is fearful that the Invid may e bringing a large armada to the earth with a new dooms day weapon capable of extreme destruction. Rick is somewhat shocked as he thought that the Regent was dead. Suddenly out of the deep space, the Invid have returned. On this note, the episode ends with shocked expressions on the faces of the RDF personnel.

Episode 43

The episode begins on earth at the cavern where the flower of life is beginning to mutate. The young boy that had been exploring the cavern came in close contact with the flower and was rendered unconscious. During his paralysis, he received a shocking dream. He dreams of the return of the Invid and the Regents plan to destroy the earth should he find it unfruitful in his search for the flower of life. He is though awakened before the dream finished. This would have told him that the Invid Regent purposes to destroy the earth even if the flower of life is found. The boy is spooked as he runs out of the cavern. At the exit, he is shocked as he runs into Lancer and Ariel . The boy and Ariel make eye contact. She immediately understands what the boy has experienced. Thus she becomes shaky and breaks down becoming erratic. Lancer finally calms her down and she explains that the flower of life is about to spawn. She explains that is it spawns the Regis may very well return causing another earth holocaust. She further explains that the Regent is near and has come for the flower. She decides that they flower needs to be transported to the Regent flagship before it spawns. Little does she know however that the earth is in a catch 22. The threat of an Invid invasion is unavoidable as the Regent is bent on carrying out his vengeance against the earth. Lancer and Ariel rush to HQ, which is actually about 600 miles away from the location of the cavern. As they tell their story, the officials are in disbelief. Finally, Lancer and Ariel leave racking their brain for a way to get the message of the flower of life to the RDF. Meanwhile the Regent has emerged from hyperspace. He infiltrates the COM lines of the RDF armada and gives a directive to Rick Hunter. He instructs him to hand over the remnants of the flower of life as well as all protoculture resources. Rick adamantly responds that there is no flower of life and that the Regis retrieved all protoculture. The Regent can detect protoculture on the SDF3 as well as faint traces of protoculture activity on the earth, however they are unable to pinpoint it. The Regent and his forces attack the SFD3 however they are easily pushed back by the new more powerful RDF armada. Rick decides to direct his attention on the main fleet. He instructs all ships to lock on to the flagship and its fleet. As they begin to fire the Regent and his forces initiate a mid space fold to the rings of Saturn. There he can remain undetected because the rings run interference. This will also buy him some time to prepare his super cannon for action. Meanwhile aboard the SDF5, Bowie Grant is preparing for his wedding with Musica. He is torn between his love for Musica and his commitment to the RDF. Battling with this, Dana Sterling enters his quarters and tells him that they have been instructed to go to the rings of Saturn and flush out the Regent flagship. This mission is to take place the day after Bowie and Musica's wedding. Bowie and Dana both talk about his feelings, Dana gives him some advice and encouragement. The episode ends in anticipation of this joyous occasion.

Episode 44

The episode begins with the wedding setting. The ceremony begins and Musica sings to Bowie a love song that was originally composed by Minmay. Rick and Lisa are viewing the ceremony from afar balcony overlook adjacent to the auditorium. Rick starts to think about Minmay during this song. He remembers back when they first met, and wonders how she is doing. He also remembers the day that the SDF 1 & 2 were destroyed and the time that he realized that he was in love with Lisa Hayes. Lisa stands beside him and looks at Rick's eyes. She knows that he has not entirely forgotten about Minmay. Lisa walks into another room and stares out at the earth. Rick looks for her and feels that she is troubled. Lisa says that she is just nervous about the mission. Rick does not believe her. She then scolds him asking him if he wish that he had married Minmay instead. Rick tries to assure her that he views Minmay as just an old friend. Lisa finally comes to her senses and assures Rick that she believes him. As they go back to the balcony, the ceremony is concluding. They both remember their wedding day and how they immediately went on a military mission just as Bowie and Musica did. They both wish Bowie and Musica the best, however they know that their mission will be one of impending danger at all times. Perhaps even more so than their expeditionary mission. Meanwhile Scot Bernard, Max Sterling Exedore, Kevin Hall, and Brian Hinnant have concluded their briefing on the mission. They will leave for the rings of Saturn in 14 hours.

Meanwhile on earth Ariel has sensed that the Invid flower of life will spawn very soon so they rush to the cavern to attempt to seal it off so that the spores will not be released into the atmosphere. On their way, the Police engage them in a chase because they are exceeding a safe speed. The chase ensues but Lancer is able to out maneuver them, however Lancer loses control of his vehicle and crashes it into the woods. Ariel and Sara are safe. Lancer however is unconscious for 4 hours. It is raining and Lancer does not appear to be doing well. Ariel gets him to the road where a driver stops to assist them. He takes them to the hospital where they are all admitted Lancer has a concussion; Ariel is suffering from temporary amnesia. She only remembers the baby and Lancer's name. She does not know her relationship to either of them nor does she remember where they were going in such a hurry. Lancer faded back out of consciousness. Thus the Doctors, for now, assume that the baby belongs to Ariel and Lancer since the baby had some Invid genetic traits as well as a direct DNA trace of that of Lancer. The episode ends with the camera panning out from the cavern you can see an eerie glow coming from the inside. It is a rainy day and there is no sign of animate life in the area.

Episode 45

It is time for the Sterling and the SDF5 to set off for the rings of Saturn. Aboard the SDF5 are Commander Dana Sterling, Lt./ 1st Officer. Bowie Grant, Musica and others within the staff. Aboard the Sterling are LT./Commander Kevin A. Hall Dr. Brian Hinnant and Exedore along with the rest of the crew. Exedore has temporarily relinquished command of the SDF6 to serve as a back up commander in the absence of Commander Hall. Commander Hall is both ship captain and squadron leader. (Similar to the role of Khyron) As the two ships prepare to launch, they are slightly delayed by a surprise Invid attack right out of hyperspace. 30 Invid fighters and 3- carrier fighter attack the fleet as a test of the strength of the RDF armada. The surprise attack catches all off guard and 3 RDF cruisers are lost immediately. The battle soon turns one sided again and the Invid leave abruptly. However, this is not before they get a final blow in specifically on the Sterling. Thinking that the Invid had pulled back the Sterling and the SDF5 prepare for their mid space fold. As they initialize their reactors 6 Invid fighters, appear suddenly again out of fold. They all fire a surprise direct hit upon the Sterling. The Sterling though thrown off coarse slightly completes the fold relatively successfully. The SDF5 completes their fold and then locates and rendezvous with the Sterling in between the obits of Jupiter and Saturn. The RDF armada destroyed the 6 Invid fighters. As they assess damages, they find that the Invidon reactors aboard the Sterling are badly damaged. They will have to shut down the reactors, which will shut down all Invidon cannons. They will be able to use their conventional weapons however they will not be nearly as potent. The Regent now sends an Invid cruiser and fighters to intercept the two Robotech ships. Aboard the Invid flagship, the protoculture situation is crucial. The Regent was not expecting the RDF to be so potent nor was he expecting an invasion force to follow him to the rings of Saturn. He stares out the window of his quarters on the ship at the remains of Zintradi solders and mecha, as well as the remains of Veritech mecha left over from a battle during the days of the SDF1. He wonders what this was a result of. He recognizes the Zentradi mecha and decides that he will have to use his full capacities in order to overcome the potent RDF army. He tells his staff to prepare the super cannon. On that note, the episode ends.

Episode 46

Dr Hinnant and his staff are diligently working to repair the Invidon reactors. It has been 32 hours since the fold and Rick Hunter is questioning Kevin Hall for a time frame on the repair. Halls frustration is evident as he rushed Dr Hinnant to get this done. An argument ensues because Dr Hinnant had suggested that the placement of the reactors would make it susceptible to attack. Hall and Hinnant had argued this earlier however Hall insisted that the reactors be placed where they are for maximum propulsion and maneuverability. Turns out that Hinnant was right however as continues his criticism of the militaries tactics Hall in enraged thus the argument becomes heated. Exedore enters and calms them both down. Hall leaves as Exedore informs him that Hunter is on the COM line for him. When Hall answers his COM line Hunter immediately begins to ream him out for the placement of the reactors. Hall listens quietly, however he is enraged at Hinnant because he realizes that Hinnant told Hunter about this. Suddenly the Invid cruiser appears with a medium sized attack squadron. The SDF5 places itself to intercept a battle ensues. These Invid fighters are much more maneuverable than the others encountered. Most likely these benefit from a more plentiful supple of protoculture. The cruiser fires upon the SDF5 many times and shakes them up a bit. Eventually the RDF fighters start to prevail. They hit the Invid cruiser with a number of direct hits. The crew of the Invid cruiser becomes desperate. They realize they their destruction is imminent, they also realize that they cannot return to the Regent as failures. They furthermore perceive that the Sterling is not fully operational. Rick Hunter has sent small squadrons of shadow fighters through hyperspace to assist the Saturn strike force. Thus, the Invid decide to direct all power to their shield then ram the Sterling. The SDF5 and the Sterling fire all available weapons upon the Invid cruiser but are unable to do significant damage. Hall decides to suit up for use of the Xeno Troopers.{ The Xeno Troopers are winged battaloid type mecha and is powered by pure Invidon.} They had been waiting to use the mecha for the attack on the flagship however; Hall has launched in the commander unit in an attempt to save the lives of those on his ship. Hall direct all power through the power cell to the main Invidon cannon located on the right arm of the battloid. The Invid cruiser is only meters away from the Sterling. Hall fires blowing the right arm of the heavily armored Xeno Trooper right off. The violent blast can be seen from the rings of Saturn. It sends Hall and his Xeno Trooper a drift in space. It puts a hole right through the bottom of the Invid cruiser and cuts it in half. The front half was blow in to pieces. The explosion of the Invid cruiser causes further damage to the Sterling but no one aboard the Sterling is lost. The Invid cruiser is set a drift about a mile from the location of the Sterling and the SDF5. Hinnant and his rescue team go out and retrieve Halls Xeno Trooper. Hall is alive and well. The episode ends.

Episode 47

Hall decides to go aboard the crippled Invid cruiser and search for any information that would further aid them in fighting the Regent. He assembles a team of 4. Then he decides to use 5 soldiers. He tells Hinnant that he wants him to come with him. Hinnant accuses Hal of wanting to get rid of his by taking him into battle. Hall accuses Hinnant of being scared. Hinnant is actually a little scared since it has been at least 12 years since he has even operated any mecha for military reasons. Hinnant gives the excuse that he needs to stay and help rebuild the reactors assures him that his team will do just fine. Then to further press buttons Hall says that Hinnant is good at criticizing the military because he is jealous that he could not do what they do even in the easiest of military missions. Hinnant pride moves him to suit up for the mission. Dana sterling highly criticizes the mission that Hall has decided to undertake. She further communicates her disdain for being stuck in space waiting for the repair of the Sterling because of a stupid decision to place the reactors in the direct line of fire of the Invid. Hall sarcastically responds that her big hair has gotten too heavy for her head and that is why she cannot understand the concept of "real... military strategy. Dana abruptly cuts off the COM link. The 5 Xeno pilots set off for the Invid cruiser. They enter the cruiser via a hole formed by the blast. The scanners on the Xeno Trooper show no life forms within the immediate vicinity. The inside of the cruiser is dimly lighted. They all walk 600 yards when the hallway splits off into two corridors. He shines a light down one of the corridors and sees a shocking sight. The dead body of one of the Invid. Hinnant is somewhat spooked by this thus when Hall tells Hinnant to stay and guard the two entry ways just in case there are still some Invid on board who are alive, Hinnant adamantly refuses. Hall heckles him a bit but then instructs one of the other to remain while the other 4 search the corridors. Hall and Hinnant take the left corridor and the others take the right. Midway through the corridor they see an open door. Hall looks inside and sees nothing. Hinnant is 20 feet behind looking at the weird inscriptions on the walls of the corridors. There are pictures of the Invid home world and a beautiful garden like paradise is depicted. Then further pictures seem to show a transformation from a paradise to a holocaust, with Zentradi soldiers firing upon the Invid civilization. As he is looking at these pictures, Hall has gotten ahead by about 50 yards as the corridor curves left he can no longer see Hinnant. Suddenly from behind Hinnant is attacked. A struggle ensues. Hall rushed to Hinnants aid as he can here the commotion. Hall aims at the Invid soldier but the soldier suddenly becomes week then falls dead on the floor. Hinnant if freaked out but calms down once he notices the symptoms of the Invid. It seems that this Invid was suffering the exact same symptoms that Sera suffered. It looks actually as if he had some sort of accelerated version of the unknown disease that Sera had as if it were a reaction to something that he came in contact with. The obvious skin rash and the dilated eyes. Hinnants curiosity has now taken control of him. Hall begins to be spooked and wants to leave. Hall starts to be freaked out thinking that the Invid may have something contagious. Hinnant takes off ahead of Hall looking at the walls of the corridor. Hall commands Hinnant to leave the ship with him and the others but Hinnant proceeds down the corridor. At the end of the corridor, he finds a closed door. He carefully opens it and goes in. Then suddenly there is an explosion. Hall rushes down the corridor the explosion is quite bright and he loses sight of Hinnant. The episode ends.

Episode 48

This episode begins where episode 47 leaves off. Hall rushes down the corridor into what seems to be the command center of the ship. Suddenly there is laser fire from the corner of the room. Hall can not pinpoint where it is coming from because there is smoke everywhere. Hall takes evasive maneuvers and returns fire. Using his infrared, he is able to see that is Hinnant in the Xeno fire. Hall tells him to hold his fire. The firing stops. Then again, more lasers fire from the same general direction. Hall rushes his attacker and once he clears the smoke, he sees that it is an Invid. To the left Hinnant has locked on to the Invid and is prepared to fire on him. Hall instructs him not to fire. Hall now uses this opportunity to display the maneuverability of the Xeno Trooper. Using Bruce Lee like Marshal Art maneuvers, he attacks the Invid soldier knocking the laser rifle out of his hand. The Laser rifle then falls and misfires into the Main protoculture matrix of the ship. He ship is about to blow again. Hall grabs the Invid soldier with the hand of the Xeno battled by the back of the collar of the Invids garment. Hinnant blasts a hole through the side of the ship using the Xeno Troopers' powerful weaponry. They escape Hall instructs the other to leave the ship but it seems too late. The ship explodes with them in it. However, due to the resilience of the Xeno armor they all survive though the Xeno Troopers are rendered inoperable. Hall and Hinnant leave the Invid cruiser with their captive prisoner. As they arrive at the Sterling, they are informed that the repairs are 97% complete. The Invid captive suddenly again falls ill. Hall instructs his soldiers to get him to the medical facility aboard the ship immediately. The medical team straps him to a table and pump pure protoculture through his body. The Invid soldier is rejuvenated. Each ounce of protoculture makes him stronger. Hall and Hinnant have now built a respect level between each other. Hall Hinnant and Exedore now talk about their findings on the ship. Specifically the way the Invid were falling suddenly ill as they were exposed to them. Hinnants theory was that they were having a reaction to the materials our mecha were made of. Hall questioned this because Sera had fallen ill just the same. Exedore interjects that it seems that in each case the Invid fell ill soon after they encountered Robotech mecha. The difference was that Sera was touring a ship. In addition, these were in contact with the Xeno Troopers. Hinnant goes on to interject that he designed the Xeno Troopers to carry more Invidon pound for pound than any other Robotech ship. He mentioned that the Invidon runs through the Xeno Trooper similar to the way blood runs through the human body. Thus, the maneuverability and highly potent Invidon cannons. Hall interjects that perhaps the Invid are allergic to Invidon to the point of death. Exedore asks then how do we explain the fact that the Invid soldier is now recovering. Hall mentions that he instructed the medical crew to fill his blood stream with pure protoculture. Dr Hinnants mouth drops as he yells "you idiot!... he runs down the hall toward the Medical facility. Already however, the Invid soldier has gotten loose and attempting to steal what he thinks is the protoculture matrix from the ship. Hinnant explains that pure protoculture makes the Invid stronger. The more they have the stronger they become. He also adds though that pure protoculture when taken in by an Invid will be deadly to it. As the Invid breaks into the engine room of the ship where repairs on the reactors have just finished. The Invid soldier actually lifts one of the Invidon tanks in an attempt to steal it, thinking that it is a protoculture supply. A soldier runs in and opens fire upon the Invid, but misses. Hall instructs them to stun it but do not kill it for he wants to preserve it for interrogation. The soldier switches his laser to a less potent setting and aims for the Invids knees. He fires and the Invid falls to the ground. The tank falls and spills over unto the Invid. The Invid lets out a blood curdling scream then dies instantly. This confirms the theories of Hinnant, Halls, and Exedore. Hinnant interjects "Next time leave the medical procedures to a real doctor. Hall shakes his head in agreement then instructs the crew to prepare the rest of the Xeno Troopers for combat, and to fill all conventional weapons with Invidon. "We are heading for the rings of Saturn...

The episode ends.

Episode 49

Commander Sterling, Hall and Exedore are looking over the battle plan for the attack on the Invid flagship. Bowie Grant and Musica are aboard the SDF5 making final preparations for the attack. All of the conventional weapons are now filled with Invidon so that on impact the explosion will cause the Invidon to spill out all over the Invid ships. Sterling is somewhat disagreeable with this method calling it terrorism in the form of biological warfare. However Hall and Hinnant are heading this mission and Hall makes this quite clear to Sterling. Hall reminds her of the terrorism caused by the Invid to the entire earth just 11 years ago. Exedore adds that the purpose of this mission is not to avert the Invid attack but to destroy the regent and his Invid soldiers by any means necessary. Rick Hunter now calls conferences in on the com link. He tells them that he is sending reinforcements for the attack. These reinforcements are to be in the form of 50 Shadow Fighters and 5 additional Xeno Troopers. The total arsenal of Xeno Troopers will be 15 with these additions. Rick also tells Hall that he is sending an additional Xeno Commander Fighter for him and that he had better take care of this one for it is the last one available. As is explained by Hinnant.{The Xeno CF1's are faster and more maneuverable than the basic Xeno mecha. It is also more heavily armored. It is equipped with telewarping abilities, which means that it executes short quick folds from one location to another as an evasive maneuver or to position itself for attack. This maneuvering gives it the illusion that it is disappearing and reappearing in a different position. The CF1 can also be invisible to all known tracking systems except for the Invidon exhaust trail that it leaves which shows as a faint cloud on a radar screen. It has been clocked from 0 to 800 MPH in 3.4 seconds. Then back to 0 again in a total of 7 seconds flat. It can change direction at will.} Among the Shadow fighter pilots are Rand and Dana Sterling's little Sister. They will be stationed on the SDF5. Rand and his unit are assigned the front line duties. The vessel can also transform from fighter to battloid mode or vice versa and can do so in less than 1 second} Sterling is assigned as backup and will only see battle as needed. Max Sterling contacts his daughters to wish them well. Meanwhile in the vicinity of the earth, Scott Bernard has heard of the happenings with Lancer and Ariel . Lunk, who is stationed at HQ, also hears about it thus they both go to the hospital to pay a visit. Lunk is surprised to see Scott and is overjoyed. As they walk into the room where Lancer and Ariel are their joy turns to sadness for two dear friends. Sara is doing fine and is in full recovery. Lancer is semi conscious and recognizes the voices of Lunk and Scott. Ariel does not remember them. Lancer tries to tell them of their finding s of the Invid flower of life. However, the only thing anyone can make of what he is saying is ... Invid. Flowers. Cavern... Then he falls again unconscious. Scott thinks of why he mentioned flowers and a cavern. Scott thinks that it may have something to do with the Invid flower of life that the Regent was looking for. Therefore, he decides to stay and try to help Lancer get better so that he can gather more information. Scott also turns his attention to Ariel in an effort to try to help her to regain her memory. Scott asks the doctor for any articles of clothing or any items that they may have brought with them. The Dr refers Scott to a crude map, which shows a cavern near the old site of Reflex Point. In addition, a picture of flowers drawn near the cavern. Scott decides that is necessary to take Ariel to the site to see if she can regain her memory and further explain the map, and the flower that Lancer has referred to. Against Doctors orders, in the middle of a rainy night, Scott and Lunk sneak Ariel out of the hospital into his waiting car. On the way, Lunk tries to see if she remembers anything of the Invid Regis. This does nothing for her. However, when Bernard mentions the Regent Ariel becomes panicked. She can sense that he is near. It has been a long night and as they approach the site of the cavern, they can see the eerie glow coming from the entrance. Scott pulls his car up to the entrance. Suddenly he thinks that he understands. The Regent has come for the flower of life. He knows, however that if the Regent gets the flower of life in his possession then he will destroy the earth, and take over the universe. Thus, Scott decides that it will be necessary to cover the entrance of the cavern as best as possible so that the spores would not get into the atmosphere and send for the Regent. He feels that the RDF is powerful enough to fight off the Regent. Meanwhile Ariel is unable to tell Scot of the super cannon and it is newer more powerful capabilities, as we will soon find out. As the Saturn strike force approaches the rings of Saturn they are met by the massive Regent flagship and its support cruisers. A battle ensues, the RDF Saturn strike force looks to be able to defeat the Invid armada in a matter of minutes. The battle is one sided with the exception of limited damages done to the Invid flagship. It has an electronic shield protecting the nose and under belly. Realizing that his entire force has been destroyed the Regent and his crew makes a desperate ramming attack upon the SDF5. The Sterling and it's Xeno Troopers are causing major damage to the unshielded portions of the ship however the seer size of the vessel make it impossible to defeat with such a small force. Hall in his CF1 fires a massive Invidon shot right into the engine of the Invid ship knocking out the fold drives. However, the conventional engines are still operational. The Regent knows that he will need to preserve protoculture so that he will have enough to power the super cannon for two shots. One to destroy the moon base, another to fire upon the earth. He carefully calculates how much protoculture there is to spare and fires a small shot from the super cannon at the SDF5. His cripples it as it is now unable to move. Hall and Sterling instruct the crew to abandon the ship. Dana, Bowie, Musica, and Dana's little sister all make it to the escape pods. Some ahead of others. The massive Regent flag ship makes contact with the SDF5 Dana and most of her crew escape without a hitch. However the pods do not eject in time for Bowie, Musica, Dana's little sister and a few others. They are all destroyed in a massive inferno that lights up the entire quadrant. Hall and his Xeno Troopers all make it back to the Sterling along with the survivors. He and Hunter decide that they will need to go back to earth to regroup with the RDF forces. Dana is unaware that Bowie, Musica her sister and others were destroyed in the battle. As she inquires, Hall tells her what happened. Dana blames herself as she breaks down and cries. Hall tries to console her, but she asks to be left alone. Hall leaves the room. Outside are Hinnant and Exedore. They each remember the valiant effort of Grant, Musica, and Sterling from the days of the war with the Robotech Masters to the days of the battles in deep space on Tirole. The episode ends with the instrumental of "We will win..." being played in a slow somber manner via the piano room down the hall as the Sterling engages its newly repaired fold boosters to travel back to the vicinity of the earth.

Episode 50

Aboard the SDF4 Hall gives a briefing of the events of the Saturn strike force. The news of those who died is too much for Max and Myria to handle at the moment. Dana asks his mother and father to hold her closely. She exclaims that she does not think that she can take anymore fighting. She feels that she is not fit to command another vessel. Hall stands at the entrance of the command station on board the SDF4. Max and Myria both thank Hall for his valiant efforts in saving their daughter. He responds: "Dana is a strong woman, a strong commander. She alone saved herself as well as 2000 others aboard the SDF5... Hall further tells them "The Sterling family is strong as well. You must pull together and grow in your strength and family love. I will command the vessel with your namesake with pride. We will defeat this monster. It will be the name Sterling that is responsible for the successes of our battles... Hall leaves the command station as the Sterling family now have a family bonding moment. Something that Dana, through the constant years of war has never been able to experience. Hall gets into his Xeno Trooper and heads back to the Sterling. Meanwhile on the Invid flagship, the fold drives have been repaired. The Regent makes preparations for their desperate invasion of the RDF armada. The flagship engages its fold operation successfully and defolds right in the middle of the RDF armada. The RDF armada is quite surprised by this as they immediately begin to fire upon the Regent flagship. A miscalculation by the Invid navigator of the flagship costs him his life. The Regent commands that the super cannon be prepared for use. He powers up the cannon the fires it. It is a massive display. The blast destroys 450 000 ships. The massive particle beam streams toward the moon. Once it makes contact it engulfs one side of the moon completely. The massive gravitational disturbance destroys moon base and all 25000 ships stationed there. In a chain reaction the moon then erupts into a giant volcanic ball then turns to a pitiful coal-like ball of waste. No doubt this catches the attention of all those on earth as it was a full moon during the night of the western hemisphere. The entire earth is in a state of shock and disbelief. The streets of major metropolitan areas are in chaos. Simultaneously, the Regent interrupts the COM line of the RDF. He directs that the earth has 32 hours until it's destruction unless they hand over all remaining protoculture and the Invid flower of life. As he abruptly cuts off the COM link he engages his fold thrusters and folds into the orbit of Mars. Additionally during all of the commotion he sends a team of Invid fighters down to the earth to cause chaos and to see if they can find any traces of protoculture activity or even the flower of life. Meanwhile Scott, Lunk and Ariel are on their way back to HQ. As they arrive in the capital city they can see the signs of a battle over the horizon. Scott immediately takes a shortcut around the city to the military base on the South side. The fighting has not reached there. Ariel has regained some of her memory as a result of the Regent being in close proximity. Scott commandeers a shadow fighter and instruct Lunk to remain with Ariel . He takes off and engaged the Invid in battle destroying one fighter after another. These Invid fighters obviously benefit from the full use of protoculture so they are harder to shot down as they have gained the upper hand on much of the city. Scott remembers his promise. "The earth will never see destruction like that again... He fights as if he has nothing to lose. However he has gotten himself into trouble with one fighter. Scott can not shake him. Suddenly Commander Hall and his Xeno Troopers come to his aid. As the Invid fighters retreat into space. The RDF opens fire destroying each of them. The episode ends

Episode 51

At the war room at earth HQ The commanders of the fleet all come together to discuss the happenings since the arrival of the Invid. They bicker over what they should do. So believe that he doesn't have enough power to fire the cannon again. The others think that he is preparing to use the cannon on his return. They are all in agreement however that if the Regent has the ability to use the cannon then he will use it against the earth weather or not he gets the flower of life. Scott has informed Rick and the others of his findings of the Invid flower of life. Commander Hall tells of how he discovered that the Invid have a deadly reaction when they come in contact with Invidon. So a plan is devised to actually give the Regent the flower of life to by enough time to prepare all conventional weapons with portions of Invidon. They plan on infiltrating the ship during the transfer of the flower of life to the flagship using the Xeno Troopers and Invidon weaponry. More Xeno Troopers are being built and if we buy time we will be able to get as many built as possible to prepare for the final battle with the Invid. Meanwhile the flower of life has already spawned and has infiltrated the atmosphere. The sensor nebula brought by the Regent has alerted him of the event. Moreover it has also alerted the more powerful Regis. On Optera the Regis makes a declaration as she sets out for the earth again. "Once again there is a threat to the very existence of my civilization. The barbaric ways of the Regent must be stopped. If he obtains the flower of life he will destroy us all. Meanwhile these well meaning but foolish humans can not think that their plan of infiltrating the Regent flagship will work. The sensor nebula has served me well unbeknown to the Regent as well as the humans. However it must all come to an end. The nebula must be destroyed as it has now been used as a tool against me. All that serve as a threat to me and my civilization shall be destroyed! Now I shall head for the earth and carry out vengeance... The Regis then takes off in the form of a phoenix for the earth. Meanwhile the Regent appears ahead of schedule. He exclaims that he knows of the existence of the flower of life. He demands that the he be able to retrieve the flower as well as any protoculture matrixes in the humans' possession. Hunter agrees however he convinces him that the armada is powered by new more conventional power. Thus, only one ship is powered by protoculture. The Regent demands the matrix from the SDF3. Rick agrees. Little does the Regent know however, hidden in secret compartments within these matrixes are Xeno Troopers equipped with Invidon firepower. Hall will not be part of the team that infiltrates the flagship. He remains aboard the Sterling with Hinnant, Rand, and the rest of the crew. The Regent agrees to rendezvous on the earth. This will allow for more time, as the Regent will not fire the super cannon while on the earth risking his own destruction. The procedure all goes according to plan. The Regent retrieves the remnants of the flower of life then begins to lift off into space. The Xeno Troopers begin their attack. The destroy much of the Invid crew. As they make their way to the main command room They can not get in because of an electronic shield. The Regent mocks the Xeno Troopers as he tells his remaining crew members to prepare the cannon. The Xeno Troopers try desperately to infiltrate the command center but it is to no avail. As the RDF fleet waits, Hall gets impatient. He realizes that the mission was not a success. He commands his forces to fire on the cannon, however it is protected under the electronic shield. Already the flower of life has been loaded n the ships incubators and has begun production protoculture to power the shield as well as the cannon. On earth, Scott and Lunk are saturating the ground near reflex point with Invidon so that the flowers will not grow back again. They are puzzled however as to the reason why the explosion of the Regent flagship has not taken place. The barrel of the super cannon is aglow as humanities existence lies in the balance. Then suddenly of deep space The Regis appears and her phoenix engulfs the Regent ship then destroys it and the super cannon. The Regis then makes her way toward the earth. The entire RDF is fearful of what they are expecting to now take place. However, the Regis does not attack the earth. She merely collects the remaining spores in the atmosphere of the planet so that she can take them back to Optera. Upon witnessing this Ariel regaining her memory. Lancer is recovering in the hospital holding his baby when an eerie glow appears outside of the window. It is the Regis. She tells Lancer to take care of her granddaughter. Ariel senses that the Regis is no longer bitter and is now a peaceful being. Ariel calls out to the Regis "Mother... Ariel then thanks all of humanity for their hospitality but she fells that she belongs with her family the Invid she then joins the Regis in her Phoenixx. Then she takes off into space. The episode ends as the credits roll; playing the latter part of the music of the Invid flower of life. A screen shot of each major character in their original setting ends the episode All those who are deceased show the year born and the year they died. There is one screen shot of the entire cast who served as the voices and production team of Robotech throughout the years. Then, there is a final scene of all of the major characters who survived the Robotech wars (including Minmay) standing beside each other watching the Invid phoenix disappear into the distance.

Screen Play Format to Robotech 3 The Debriefing

Episode 1 "Interlude";

Setting: 3rd Robotech war/ Invid Slave Town / Dark Room/ Late at night/ 2 shadowy figures a man & woman talking…

Laurel: You must leave here.

Kevin: Huh?

Laurel: They are coming for you.

Kevin: But how do they know?

LAUREL BEGINS CRYING

Kevin: What's wrong… No… You didn't? Tell me! What do they know?

Laurel: Everything! I'm sorry! But…They said that they would kill me… and my mother.

LOUD CRASH/ DOOR KICKED OPEN/ 6 GUARDS RUSH IN

Guard: Get your hands where I can see them!

KEVIN PUSHED TO THE GROUND

Kevin Ahhh!.

Laurel: No Please! You're hurting him.

GUARD SMACKS LAUREL AWAY LAUREL SCREAMS

KEVIN IS SILENT NO EXPRESSION AS THE GUARDS HOG TIE HIM. HE HAS COME TO GRIPS WITH HIS FATE. AS THE MOONLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS THE SIDE OF HIS FACE, HE HAS MEMORIES OF A HAPPY TIME, A TIME BEFORE THE INVID CAME TO THE EARTH. OF COURSE HE KNEW THAT THEY WOULD COME, BUT HE THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD BE READY. HE NEVER DREAMED THAT THEY WOULD BE SO POWERFUL. THE INTERMISSION BETWEEN THE 2ND AND 3RD ROBOTECH WAR WAS A VERY CALM AND PEACEFUL TIME FOR THE EARTH. HE HAS MEMORIES OF HIMSELF STANDING DURING THE NIGHT WATCH AND WATCHING THE SKY FOR ANYTHING UNUSUAL. HOW CLEAR THE SKY WAS, SO BEAUTIFUL THE FULL MOON WAS. HE CATCHES A GLIMPSE OF THE OUTSIDE THROUGH A BROKEN WINDOW AS THE GUARDS CARRIED HIM OUT OF THE ROOM. HE IS MOURNFUL OF WHAT THE MOON NOW SHEDS IT'S LIGHT UPON. A GLIMPSE OF WHAT THE EARTH HAS BECOME. A WASTELAND, FULL OF RUINS OF ONCE GREAT METROPOLISES.

AS HE IS HAULED OFF HE CAN HEAR THE CRIES OF LAUREL IN THE DISTANCE SLOWING WANING AWAY. THE REGRETFUL CRIES OF A GUILT STRICKEN WAR VICTIM. IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HER OWN LIFE SHE MAY HAVE CAUSED THE DEATH OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MORE.

Setting: Outer Courtyard/ Mid-day/ Kevin Standing against a wall with hands tied together in front of him, opposite a firing squad of 7 and a firing squad commander; all of them human.

Firing Squad Commander: Lt. Kevin A. Hall, you have been found guilty of conspiring against the forces of the Invid Regis, conspiring to steal protoculture and protoculture generators, and use them against the Invid. Do you fully understand the charges in which you have been convicted.

KEVIN STARES AT THE COMMANDER WITH EYES THAT SHOW NO FEAR, NO REMORSE BUT WITH DISGUST.

Kevin: I understand… I understand that you are all cowards!

Firing Squad Commander: PAUSES FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN WHISPERS TO KEVIN… We can't win. We can't fight them. They are too powerful. You only caused us more pain and trouble in what you did. You should have just laid low.

Kevin: While the Invid turn our home-world into a wasteland! Never! This is what the human spirit has become?! Kill me. I'd rather be dead that to be associated with such cowardly human filth. KEVIN SPITS ON THE COMMANDER; Go ahead, stop prolonging the inevitable.

Firing Squad Commander: So be it! WIPING THE SPIT FROM HIS FACE… You're a foolish man.

Firing Squad Commander: Ready… Aim… Fire!

AT THAT MOMENT KEVIN CLOSES HIS EYES BRACING HIMSELF FOR THE IMPACT OF BULLET FIRE FROM 7 ANCIENT SHOT GUNS.

A FEW SECONDS GO BY BUT THERE IS NO SOUND OF GUN FIRE.

Firing Squad Commander: I said Fire! That is a direct order!

THERE IS NO REACTION FROM THE FIRING SQUAD.

THE COMMANDER STANDS FOR A FEW SECONDS WITH A LOOK OF DISBELIEF AND CONFUSION. HE SWINGS HEAD AGGRESSIVELY IN THE DIRECTION OF KEVIN. THEN WALKS UP TO KEVIN, PULLS OUT A SHINY SHARP KNIFE. THE REFLECTION OF THE SUN BEAMS INTO KEVINS PUPILS. KEVIN CLOSES HIS EYES AND TURNS HIS HEAD TO THE RIGHT. SLICE! KEVIN IS STARTLED, HE JUMPS BUT HE FEELS NO PAIN. KEVIN LOOKS DOWN AT HIS HANDS. THE ROPES HAVE FALLEN TO THE GROUND.

Firing Squad Commander: Get out of here before they come for you. They are watching our every move. They will kill all of us. You must go. With you there maybe hope for the rest of humanity.

Kevin: Come fight with me.

Firing Squad Commander: I cant, You said it… I am a coward... soldier. I have done my fair share of damage. DROPS HIS HEAD I deserve to die.

SUDDENLY A LOUD BLAST OCCURS JUST YARDS AWAY, KEVIN TAKES OFF RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS. THE INVID ARE ATTACKING THE TOWN. KEVIN WATCHES FROM THE DISTANCE AS THE ENTIRE TOWN IS LEVELED. HE DROPS HIS HEAD IN MEMORY OF HIS SO CALLED FRIENDS. ANOTHER BLAST IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE KEVIN IS STANDING. KEVIN RUNS AGAIN AS AN INVID SCOUT HAS SPOTTED HIM. THE CHASE ENSUES FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES WITH KEVIN DUCKING AND DODGING LASER FIRE AND FALLING TREES. SUDDENLY HE FALLS. SCREAMING AS HE FALLS OVER 25 FEET DOWN A HOLE. AS HE REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS A FEW MINUTES LATER, HIS BLURRED VISION CATCHES THE SIGHT OF A TALL ELDERLY MAN DRESSED IN ALL BLACK STANDING OVER HIM. KEVIN CAN NOT SEE HIS EYES BECAUSE OF THE GLARE FROM HIS GLASSES.

Tall Elder Man: So you are the one whom I've heard so much about.

Kevin: Huh?

Tall Elder Man: What's the matter son? Do you not recognize the stripes of a superior officer?

KEVIN GLANCES AT THE MAN AND NOTICES THAT HE IS WEARING A BLACK UNIFORM WITH THE MARKINGS OF A COMMANDER.

Kevin: From where did you get that uniform?

Tall Elder Man: Laughing, Well where else would I get it, the flea market? Ha Ha.

KEVIN HAS A BLANK STARE HE IS NOT AMUSED. HE JUST WANTS HIS QUESTION ANSWERED.

Kevin: What is this place?

Tall Elder Man: I call it the underground… KEVIN STARES AT THE MAN, CONFUSED. Follow me… I had hoped that you would arrive.

THE MAN TAKES KEVIN DOWN A LONG TUNNEL FOR ABOUT 10 MILES. THE ENTIRE TIME, THEY ARE BOTH IN COMPLETE SILENCE AS KEVIN TAKES NOTICE OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE ANCIENT ARTWORK POSTED ALONG THE WALLS OF THE UNDERGROUND TUNNEL.. THE TUNNEL ENDS AT THE OPENING OF A CAVERN OFF A CLIFF THAT OVERLOOKS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. KEVIN IS ASTONISHED BY THE SCENIC VIEW AS WELL AS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A SUB MARINE TYPE VESSEL SITTING AT THE SHORE.

Kevin: What is that?

Tall Elder Man: That is my exploration vessel. I use it to explore the deepest secrets of the sea.

Kevin: What secrets?

Tall Elder Man: You're asking the wrong questions. A better question to ask would be.. Why haven't the Invid destroyed this vessel yet.

Kevin: That was my next question. The Invid can sense protoculture from a million miles away.

Tall Elder Man: The Invid seem to avoid this area for whatever reason. You and I are going to find out why. Follow me.

THE MAN TAKES KEVIN ABOARD THE VESSEL MANEUVERS IT ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN, THEN SUBMERGES IT INTO THE WATER. THEY TRAVEL FOR WHAT SEEMS TO BE MILES. KEVIN IS DUMBFOUNDED AT THE SITES AND SEA LIFE THAT HE CATCHES GLIMPSES OF. AS THE VESSEL DESCENDS TO THE OCEAN FLOOR, THERE IS AN ERIE GLOW PERMEATING FROM A RIDGE IN THE OCEAN FLOOR.

Kevin: What is That?

Tall Elder Man: You ask that question quite a bit don't you? That my friend, is the source of this vessels power.

AS THEY MANEUVER CLOSER KEVIN CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A FLORESCENT GREEN IMITATION OF THE INVID FLOWER OF LIFE.

Kevin: The Invid flower of life?

Tall Elder Man: No. THE MAN POSITIONS THE RETRIEVAL ARMS TOWARD THE PLANTS. HE COLLECTS MOST OF THEM AND PULLS IT INTO THE RETRIEVAL HATCH OF THE VESSEL. THE PLANT IS SUCKED INTO A TUBE WHICH EXTRACTS THE WATER AND SEPARATES THE BY PRODUCT OF THE PLANT WHICH IS THE FUEL OF THE VESSEL.

Tall Elder Man: And now I shall give you a brief demonstration of what this vessel can do.

Kevin: What are you going to …

BEFORE KEVIN CAN FINISH HIS SENTENCE THE MAN PRESSES A BUTTON. THE VESSEL REACTS WITH ENORMOUS TRUST AS THEY BEGIN TO CLIMB AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

Kevin: We can not emerge at this speed without depressurizing!

Tall Elder Man: Ah, We'll be fine. Just RELAX And enjoy the ride.

SUDDENLY THERE IS DAYLIGHT, KEVIN AND THE MAN ARE LOOKING STRAIGHT UP AT THE SUN. THEN GRAVITY KICKS IN AS THEY BEGIN TO DESCEND TOWARD THE WATER.

Kevin: Ohhh Nooooooooooo!

SPLASH!

Tall Elder Man: Are you OK

KEVIN IS CURLED UP IN ALMOST A FETAL POSITION

Kevin: I'm OK… that was amazing. AS THE VESSEL STABILIZES AT THE SURFACE. THE MAN OPENS THE TOP HATCH. What now?

Tall Elder Man: Another demonstration!

THE MAN REACHES UNDER HIS SEAT AND PULLS OUT A LASER GUN.

Kevin: What are you going to do with that?

Tall Elder Man: You'll see. THE MAN TURNS THE PROTOCULTURE POWERED LASER ON.

Kevin: What? Are you crazy?!

THE MAN LEAVES THE WEAPON ON FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS AS THEY APPROACH THE ISLAND OF BERMUDA. THE MAN THEN RUSHES TOWARD THE REAR OF THE VESSEL AND PULLS OUT A CANISTER FULL OF THE FUEL THAT POWERS THE VESSEL. HE SHUTS DOWN THE LASER THEN REPLACES THE PROTOCULTURE CANISTER WITH THE OTHER ONE. SUDDENLY AN INVID SCOUT APPEARS IN THE SKY.

Tall Elder Man: Ah… Right on schedule.

THE SCOUT CATCHES SIGHT OF THE VESSEL THEN TURNS TO LEAVE. THE MAN TAKES AIM AND FIRES HIS LASER RIFLE. THE KICK BACK SENDS THE MAN FLYING BACKWARD ON TO THE GROUND. THE LASER BEAM GRAZES THE SCOUT THEN EXPLODES JUST AHEAD OF IT. THE EXPLOSION IS MAGNIFICENT. IT SENDS THE SCOUT ABLAZE PLUNGING INTO THE OCEAN.

Setting: 15 years later/ Kevin on his motorcycle driving very fast on the freeway near the New World Headquarters NYC.

KEVIN PULLS UP TO THE BUILDING AND RUNS INSIDE. THERE IS A CONFERENCE ROOM DOWN THE HALL. HE SLIPS IN DISCREETLY AND TAKES A SEAT. THERE ARE ABOUT 150 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. SCOTT BERNARD IS SITTING AT THE FROM OF THE ROOM.

Scott Bernard: Name? THERE IS A BRIEF SILENCE.

Scott Bernard: Soldier?

Kevin: Ah yes.. Lt. Kevin A. Hall of the 13th tactical fighting squadron and Veteran of the 2nd and 3rd Robotech War reporting for the future military planning conference sir.

Scott Bernard: Were you invited?

Kevin: Your invitation was for all active duty military officers sir.

Scott Bernard: Henson, can you check his name out in the file Thank You.

Scott Bernard: As we proceed it is important for all of us to understand just what is at stake. We can not make the same mistakes that our forefathers did and that is underestimate our potential enemies. For all we know there may be other aliens out there more powerful than we have ever imagined. My vow… My vow to you is this. The earth will never see destruction such as it has seen ever again. Mother earth has had enough! It is time for us to band our resources together and insist on the an unlimited military budget that will protect the earth and its assets now and in the future. Don't let out children see what we have seen. Don't let your mothers and fathers, brother and sisters death be in vain… Let us have a moment of silence for those who died so that we could live.

KEVIN REFLECTS UPON HIS FRIENDS WHO DIED IN BATTLE AND THE TALL ELDERLY MAN WHO NEVER DISCLOSED HIS NAME BEFORE HIS DEATH. KEVIN FLASHES BACK TO THE LAST TIME HE SAW THE MAN. IT WAS SOON AFTER THE INCIDENT IN BERMUDA. ONCE THEY CAME ASHORE A MAN BY THE OF JONATHAN WOLF WALKED UP TO THE MAN WHILE KEVIN WAS OFF IN THE WOODS GATHERING FIREWOOD FOR COOKING PURPOSES AND KILLED HIM. BEFORE KEVIN COULD GET TO THE AREA WOLF HAD RUN OFF TO AN WAITING SCOUT TROOPER NEARBY. IT WAS THE LAST TIME KEVIN HAD EVER SEEN AN INVID UNTIL THE REGIS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PLANET. KEVIN GAVE THE MAN A BURIAL AND CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT WAS SAFE FROM THE INVID. KEVIN, A FORMER MILITARY ENGINEER DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE STUDY OF THE NEWFOUND FUEL SOURCE WHICH HE CALLED INVIDON. KEVIN RECRUITED A FORMER ROBOTECH SCIENTIST BY THE NAME OF BRIAN HINNANT TO ASSIST HIM IN THE STUDY OF THIS PLANT FOUND DEEP WITHIN THE OCEAN. KEVIN IS IN DEEP THOUGH WHEN SCOTT BERNARD CALLS HIS NAME…

Scott Bernard: Mr Hall! Do you hear me?

Kevin: Yes Sir

Scott Bernard: It seems that according to our records you were considered missing in action during the war. Tell me where were you during the fighting. AWAL?

Kevin: Absolutely not. APPARENTLY IT HAD BEEN FALSELY REPORTED THAT KEVIN AND HIS SQUADRON WENT AWAL DURING THE WAR AS EXPLAINED BY CORPORAL HENSON FOX.

Scott Bernard: Well Lieutenant, It seems that we have no need for you to be here. You're a civilian now. Your fight is over. You can go home.

Kevin: I know what you are thinking and it is not true. We were forced to work as slaves for the Invid at their protoculture farms. While most in my squadron were traitors I kept my integrity and refused to bow to the Invid.

Scott Bernard: And you survived with no weapons, no mecha no fighting force?

Kevin: All the more reason why you could use a good soldier such as myself.

SCOTT PAUSES FOR A MOMENT AND LOOKS KEVIN IN THE EYES.

Scott Bernard: Welcome soldier.

KEVIN TAKES HIS SEAT

Scott Bernard: As I was saying, If we pull all resources and utilize the remaining ships donated to us by the Sentinels we will be able to build a very large military armada.

General in the crowd: Impossible! We have no protoculture.

Scott Bernard: all the more reason why we need such a large fleet. Our forefathers used conventional methods of power and nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is a very powerful resource.

General in the crowd: But we have no one who is even remotely savvy in nuclear physics.

Kevin: Excuse me. I can help you with your power needs

Scott Bernard: How is that soldier?

Kevin; I have a power source that is more powerful than anything the earth has ever seen.

General in the crowd: Ha Ha Ha Ha, This guy is funny, who does he think he is arriving to the conference uninvited then concocting the story. Are you here to cause trouble. Because if you are, I will give you trouble.

Kevin: It's true. It is derived from a plant that I found on the ocean floor. The source of power is called Invidon.

Scott Bernard: Invidon?

THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY IS IN AN UPROAR AS THEY TRY TO COMPREHEND WHAT KEVIN IS TALKING ABOUT. MOST OF THEM DO NOT BELIEVE KEVIN. MANY THINK THAT HE IS CRAZY. BUT SCOTT SEES SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT HE LIKES. HE CANT QUITE PUT A FINGER ON IT BUT HE FEELS LIKE KEVIN MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING.

Scott Bernard: Enough everyone! Calm down please.

Man in crowd: If what you say is true, then we will be able to put our military armada together more efficiently than we at first thought.

Another man in crowd: Yeah but if not then we will spend time and effort in research that will have proven to be unfruitful.

Kevin: What do you have to lose!? Huh? tell me, what do you have to lose? If I am wrong then you are right back to where you started. If I am right then we can move forward.

Scott Bernard: OK Mr. Hall, prove yourself.

Kevin: Follow me…

KEVIN LEADS THEM TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO HIS MOTORCYCLE. THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLE IS WATCHING, WAITING TO SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT. KEVIN PULLS OUT A RADIO TRANSCEIVER.

Kevin: Brian, are you ready?

Brian Hinnant: Yes

Kevin: Bring it.

SUDDENLY ALMOST OUT OF NOWHERE A BRIGHT FLASH OF LIGHT OCCURS AND THERE APPEARS A BLURRY FIGURE. IT EMANATES A BRIGHT LIGHT THEN SUDDENLY TAKES OFF SO QUICKLY THAT IT SHATTERS THE CONCRETE BELOW. IT ALMOST SEEMS TO BE TRANSLUCENT IN APPEARANCE. IT HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A WINGED BATTLOID. ABOUT 20 FEET IN HEIGHT. A MUSCULAR LOOKING PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE CROWD IS IN AWE.

Kevin: It's made of Invidon.

Scott Bernard: What is Invidon?

Kevin: It is a mutated version of the Invid flower of life. Completely useless to the Invid, but in our hands it is the most powerful power source in the known universe.

General in the crowd: Flower of Life! Are you mad! If the Invid find out that we have this, it could be tragic. For all we know this plant may mutate again and summon the Invid to once again attack the earth.

Scott Bernard: Enough General! what do you call your Mecha.

Kevin: I call it the Xeno Trooper. I'll give you a brief demonstration under one condition.

Scott Bernard: What is that?

Kevin: You agree to let me and Dr Hinnant spear-head the operation to build an Invidon fleet, and I do it strictly under contract. Totally separate from the New World military.

Scott Bernard: But why?

Kevin: I made a promise to a friend that I would utilize this technology strictly for the benefit of humankind and not as an element of destruction for mankind's gratification. The only way that I can ensure that is if I'm in charge of its technology.

Scott Bernard: The military needs you.

Kevin I will help but under my own supervision. I'll call the shots.

Scott Bernard: OK, you'll be contracted with us for the research. But you must report to us to carry out any missions. We cant have you acting on your own in that regard.

Kevin: Fine, but I quit when I say I quit OK?

Scott Bernard: Ok… So then , what will be your title

Kevin: Well, I always wanted to be a Commander.

Scott Bernard: OK… [SMILING] Commander Hall then we have a deal. I'll assign our top scientist to help you with the research. His name is Andy McAlester. You can begin selecting the rest of your crew in the morning.

Kevin: Deal! AS THEY BOTH SHAKE HANDS. THE Xeno Trooper RETURNS AND SETS DOWN NEAR THE CROWD. THE CROWD, IN AWE, MOVE CAUTIOUSLY TOWARD IT TO GET A CLOSER LOOK.

Setting : 10 years later Manhattan NY/ Crowd of people in the streets/ Hot Summer Day

IN TIME SQUARE THERE IS A LARGE SCREEN. UPON THE SCREEN APPEARS SCOTT BERNARD.

Scott: I have scheduled this press conference to say that the time has come for me to set off on my journey to find Rick Hunter and the others who were part of the Robotech Expeditionary Force. Unlike 20 years ago we will not leave the earth defenseless. I ask that all of you take a look at the screen behind me.

AS THE SCREEN FOCUSES THERE IS A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF FIGHTING MECHA. AS THE CAMERA PANS AWAY THERE ARE MANY LARGE BATTLE SHIPS AND SPACE CRUISERS THAT COME TO VIEW. THE CROWD IS IN AWE.

Scott: We can thank our friends the Sentinels as well as our top researchers Dr Andy McAlester and Dr Brian Hinnant headed by Commander Kevin A. Hall and Xeno foundation for the research and development of this magnificent force. With our technology, alien forces will think twice before encroaching upon Earth Space. With the development of human clones, we were able to provide the necessary resources to build over 1 million ships. Each ship with enough fire power to destroy an entire Armada.

Annie: Or the entire Earth. [SARCASTICALLY STATED]

Ariel : Annie?

Annie: Do you not remember what almost happen to us! The military was willing to utilize our own weapons and destroy the earth and everyone on it, including Ariel , the Invid.

Ariel : But it was something that had to be done.

Annie: We were almost dead. Every single one of us. The military cares nothing about us. They look out for their own. You Ariel , being an Invid should understand.

AT THAT MOMENT SOMEONE IN THE CROWD OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION.

Man in the crowd: Hey Did I just here you say that she was an Invid.

Crowd in Unison: What? An Invid? THERE IS AN UPROAR.

Man in the crowd: we don't want any Invid around here in fact we don't want you on the earth at all.

Annie: THROWS HERSELF IN FRONT OF Ariel . Wait, she is my friend.

Man in the crowd: And who are you?

THERE IS NO ANSWER BY EITHER OF THE GIRLS. AS THE CROWN WAITS IN ANTICIPATION THEY CAN SENSE THAT DANGER IS APPROACHING. AT THIS TIME THE MOB IS REPORTED TO SCOTT BERNARD.

Scott: What? We have to disperse that crown and regain some order.

Annie: Run get out of here Ariel

Ariel STARTS TO RUN AWAY. ANNIE STARTS RUNNING A COUPLE SECONDS LATER. THE CROWD ENSUES IN A CHASE DOWN TIME SQUARE. Ariel IS RUNNING FOR HER LIFE. SHE IS SO PREOCCUPIED WITH DOING SO THAT SHE LOSES TRACK OF ANNIE. Ariel RUNS DOWN AN ALLEY THEN UP SOME STAIRS TO THE TOP OF AN ABANDONED BUILDING. AS SHE STARES OUT THE WINDOW SHE CAN SEE THE CROWD RIOTING. MANY PEOPLE IN THE STREETS ARE BEING TRAMPLED. THEN SOMETHING SHOCKING!

Ariel : Oh No! It's Annie!

Ariel IS OVERCOME WITH GRIEF. AS ANNIE AND OTHERS LAY DEAD IN THE STREETS BELOW. THE SOUND OF BREAKING GLASS AND SMALL EXPLOSIONS WANE IN THE DISTANCE AS Ariel 'S SORROW BLOCKS OUT EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT THE MEMORY OF HER FRIEND SCREAMING… "RUN Ariel , GET OUT OF HERE SAVE YOURSELF!"

SUDDENLY OUT OF THE SKY 3 VERITECH ALPHA FIGHTERS DESCEND UPON THE STREET EQUIPPED WITH POWERFUL WATER CANNONS. THE CROWD IS QUICKLY DISPERSED.

Scott: Well we still have quite a bit of work to do don't we. We spent so much time focusing on expanding our military efforts that we forgot to initiate the healing process for the wounds of war within the social structure.

Henson Fox: Yes Sir. More tragedies of the 3rd Robotech war. Here, in the streets of Manhattan.

SUDDENLY FROM THE DISTANCE A FAINT VOICE…

Ariel : Scott!

Scott: Ariel ?.. Ariel .

Ariel : Oh Scott Ariel EMBRACES SCOTT AND BEGINS TO CRY.

Scott: What is wrong?

Ariel : It's Annie, She's…

Scott: What's wrong with Annie?

Ariel : She was trampled by the crowd. She is dead. It's my fault I shouldn't have come here.

SCOTT REMAINS SILENT WHILE Ariel CONTINUES TO CRY. HE LETS GO OF HER AND BEGINS TO WALK AWAY. THE LOOK ON HIS FACE IS AS IF HE HAD LOST HIS BEST FRIEND. VIVID MEMORIES OF ANNIE PAST THROUGH HIS MIND.

Ariel : Scott please stay with me. I,,, I love you.

SCOTT REMAINS SILENT AND THINKS … "I CAN NEVER LOVE AN INVID… NOT AFTER ALL OF THIS.

SCOTT WALKS SOLEMNLY OVER TO HIS ALPHA FIGHTER AND BEGINS TO POWER IT UP.

Ariel : Scott! Please don't Leave me. AS THE ALPHA FIGHTER DISAPPEARS INTO THE DISTANCE SO DOES THE PITIFUL PLEA OF Ariel . Nooooo!

Henson Fox: Madam, do have a place to go?… Hello? …Madam? Is there someone I can get to assist you?

Ariel CROUCHED UPON HER KNEES WATCHING THE ALPHA FIGHTER DISAPPEAR INTO THE DISTANCE. HENSON FOX STANDS NEAR Ariel WATCHING HER AS SHE REMAINS THERE, IN THE MIDDLE OF TIME SQUARE WISHING FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY NEVER COME TO FRUITION.

AS SCOTT APPROACHES HIS FLEET IN HIS ALPHA FIGHTER THE NEWS OF THE RIOT HAS SPREAD THROUGH OUT THE RDF.

JUST A FEW HOURS LATER Ariel IS SITTING UPON A TREE STUMP. SHE PINS PICTURES OF ANNIE AND HERSELF TOGETHER UPON ONE OF THE FAVORITE SPOTS IN THE CITY. CENTRAL PARK IS WhERE ANNIE AND Ariel WOULD VISIT EACH OTHER TO TALK ABOUT OLD TIMES. WHILE Ariel IS THERE SHE CAN HERE FOOTSTEPS.

Sera: Ariel ?

Ariel TURNS HER HEAD TO THE REAR. IT'S SERA, LANCER, LUNK, ROOK AND RAND WITH TEARFUL EYES.

Rand: We heard the news and we came right away.

Rook: Yes when Henson told me what happened I couldn't believe it.

Lancer: It is so good to see you again

Lunk: I think that it is only appropriate that we memorialize Annie right now.

Ariel : Lancer… would you sing for us?

Lancer: OK, I will

LANCER BEGINS TO SING A SONG. AS THE SONG BEGINS SCOTT BEGINS HIS JOURNEY. HE GIVES THE ORDER TO SET COORDINATES AND MOVE OUT. HE TAKES TIME TO WATCH THE EARTH IN DISTANCE THROUGH HIS WINDOW AS IT PANS AWAY. SCOTT BEGINS TO THINK TO HIMSELF ..IT IS MY VOW TO ALL MANKIND THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW THE EARTH TO TOTTER AGAIN. I AM WHAT I AM, AND THAT IS A SOLDIER. THAT IS MY LIFE. I'M SORRY Ariel BUT I JUST CAN'T LOVE YOU.

AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS ALMOST AS IF SCOTT CAN HERE LANCERS SAD SONG.

There, was once a time, when there was love

There, was humankind, at peace like doves

There were clouds, with linings of silver above.

There were those who'd die, die for love.

Now, do you, remember.

Do, you! rem-em-ber!

Do, you! re,-mem-ber!

Do you remember love!

Do you remember love!

END OF EPISODE 1

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