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Robotech #8
Metal Fire
An alien fortress had crashlanded on Earth. But the most recent arrival from the galaxy's more sinister side had been brought down deliberately. Now it sat silently overlooking Monument City, as though daring someone to penetrate its dark mysteries.
And who better to test the mettle of that ship than Dana Sterlings 15th Squadron ATACs -- after all, they had brought the thing down to begin with!
The mission read like a one-way ticket to doom; but for Dana it was a chance to get a glimpse of the glories of her ancestor race. And perhaps a chance to glimpse at the pilot of the red Bioroid who haunted her dreams -- an alien called Zor........
And who better to test the mettle of that ship than Dana Sterlings 15th Squadron ATACs -- after all, they had brought the thing down to begin with!
The mission read like a one-way ticket to doom; but for Dana it was a chance to get a glimpse of the glories of her ancestor race. And perhaps a chance to glimpse at the pilot of the red Bioroid who haunted her dreams -- an alien called Zor........
216 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 12, 1987
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November 9, 2016
The Second Robotech War warms up!
CRUSHED HOPES
The Army of the Southern Cross, the new military organization of Earth, is in a bloody clash against the Robotech Masters.
Veritech Hover Tanks are against Bioroids.
Not matter that Supreme Commander Anatole Leonard dismantled the few remains of the previous military structure of RDF/REF, he knows that his rising Army of the Southern Cross is still in diapers against such threat like The Robotech Masters, so it was most likely that he'd secretly guarded some hope that the SDF-3 and the Robotech Expeditionary Force would return to change the tide of the Second Robotech War...
...however Earth's hopes are crushed.
A single vessel, part of the now legendary REF mission de-folds in Earth's space and engages against The Robotech Masters...
...only to be destroyed without mercy.
Major John Carpenter, one of the few survivors of the REF vessel, explains to the Southern Cross High Command that the REF won't send any other ships back to Earth in anytime soon.
The Second Robotech War victory depends only to the efforts of the Army of the Southern Cross...
...only if its supreme leader wouldn't be a unestable paranoid psychopath!
NEW HEROES RISING
Already, the 15th Alpha Tactical Armored Corps battalion, under command of Lt. Dana Sterling, daughter of the legendary First Robotech War's heroes, Max Sterling and Miriya Parino-Sterling, is gaining a reputation thanks to its recent victories in battlegrounds against the Robotech Masters' Bioroids.
Bowie Grant (Claudia Grant's nephew), Louie Nichols, Angelo Dante and Sean Phillips, are of the highlighted members of the 15th ATAC battalion, and each of them offer their own unique skills to the success of this squadron.
Of course, their temperament (specially off duty) are provoking troubles and that's why Lt. Nova Satori, from the Global Military Police keeps an eye on the team.
And meanwhile the Hover Tanks are defending from the ground, the Tactical Armored Space Corps are guarding the air and space with their AJAXs and Logans, with the leadership of Marie Crystal.
If only Marie Crystal and Dana Sterling would get along!
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE PROTOCULTURE MATRIX?
The Robotech Masters did a desperate and costly travel to Earth to find the Protoculture Matrix, the key piece of technology to fuel its battle mechas and vessels...
...however they don't know that the SDF-3 took it along with its mission to Tyrol.
And since they don't know, they keep looking, and looking, and looking...
...and they are starting to lose their scarce patience...
...so they are starting to kidnap random humans to interrogate them to see if they know the whereabouts the infamous Protoculture Matrix, and of course do some experiments too,...
...since why waste such organic material with so much potential?
Of course, they are implementing its wild card (in more than a sense) with the Red Bioroid, letting to be captured by the Southern Cross and in that way having a sleeper agent deep inside of enemy lines...
...and since he is Zor Prime, a clone of the original Zor, creator of the Protoculture Matrix, its impact in the Second Robotech War...
...in BOTH sides of the conflict...
...won't be anything less than...
...volatile!!!
The Second Robotech War continues!
CRUSHED HOPES
The Army of the Southern Cross, the new military organization of Earth, is in a bloody clash against the Robotech Masters.
Veritech Hover Tanks are against Bioroids.
Not matter that Supreme Commander Anatole Leonard dismantled the few remains of the previous military structure of RDF/REF, he knows that his rising Army of the Southern Cross is still in diapers against such threat like The Robotech Masters, so it was most likely that he'd secretly guarded some hope that the SDF-3 and the Robotech Expeditionary Force would return to change the tide of the Second Robotech War...
...however Earth's hopes are crushed.
A single vessel, part of the now legendary REF mission de-folds in Earth's space and engages against The Robotech Masters...
...only to be destroyed without mercy.
Major John Carpenter, one of the few survivors of the REF vessel, explains to the Southern Cross High Command that the REF won't send any other ships back to Earth in anytime soon.
The Second Robotech War victory depends only to the efforts of the Army of the Southern Cross...
...only if its supreme leader wouldn't be a unestable paranoid psychopath!
NEW HEROES RISING
Already, the 15th Alpha Tactical Armored Corps battalion, under command of Lt. Dana Sterling, daughter of the legendary First Robotech War's heroes, Max Sterling and Miriya Parino-Sterling, is gaining a reputation thanks to its recent victories in battlegrounds against the Robotech Masters' Bioroids.
Bowie Grant (Claudia Grant's nephew), Louie Nichols, Angelo Dante and Sean Phillips, are of the highlighted members of the 15th ATAC battalion, and each of them offer their own unique skills to the success of this squadron.
Of course, their temperament (specially off duty) are provoking troubles and that's why Lt. Nova Satori, from the Global Military Police keeps an eye on the team.
And meanwhile the Hover Tanks are defending from the ground, the Tactical Armored Space Corps are guarding the air and space with their AJAXs and Logans, with the leadership of Marie Crystal.
If only Marie Crystal and Dana Sterling would get along!
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS THE PROTOCULTURE MATRIX?
The Robotech Masters did a desperate and costly travel to Earth to find the Protoculture Matrix, the key piece of technology to fuel its battle mechas and vessels...
...however they don't know that the SDF-3 took it along with its mission to Tyrol.
And since they don't know, they keep looking, and looking, and looking...
...and they are starting to lose their scarce patience...
...so they are starting to kidnap random humans to interrogate them to see if they know the whereabouts the infamous Protoculture Matrix, and of course do some experiments too,...
...since why waste such organic material with so much potential?
Of course, they are implementing its wild card (in more than a sense) with the Red Bioroid, letting to be captured by the Southern Cross and in that way having a sleeper agent deep inside of enemy lines...
...and since he is Zor Prime, a clone of the original Zor, creator of the Protoculture Matrix, its impact in the Second Robotech War...
...in BOTH sides of the conflict...
...won't be anything less than...
...volatile!!!
The Second Robotech War continues!
May 23, 2024
Lots of parts I don't remember from the TV series.
March 29, 2011
Great series of books for kids that enjoy or are interested in science fiction. I read these books in middle school (I'm now in my 30s) and loved each one. The stories are fun, engaging and relatively fast paced. I'd be tempted to reread them now just for old time's sake if I didn't have so many new books on my to-read list.
I knocked it down a peg because, in retrospect, there are some aspects that are a bit too cheesy. I'm sure when my kids are old enough, they'll get thier own copies.
I knocked it down a peg because, in retrospect, there are some aspects that are a bit too cheesy. I'm sure when my kids are old enough, they'll get thier own copies.
June 2, 2013
This book has a few to many moments of lost identity for my two cents.
May 12, 2015
Great SiFi series. Giant battlesuits battling outer space monsters, what more can you ask for. Very recommended
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