THE ROBOTECH SAGA



Year(s) Event
1171 Aeon Lanack Zor is born on Tirol.
1256-1490 a.l. Quadrant exploration by Tiresian ship Azstraph.
1520 a.l. The Azstraph goes into orbit around Optera. Zor discovers Flowers of Life, discovers the Ivid, and seduces the Invid Queen Mother.
1697 a.l. Zor returns to Tirol and begins experiments on the Flower.
1755-1836 a.l. Zor creates Protoculture from the Flower and the Robotech Masters rise to power.
1920 a.l./ 16 Aeon Robotech Zor develops the spacefold drive, creation of Tirol's clone population and neural reprogramming of the Zentraedi.
88 a.r. Destuction of Optera by the Zentraedi.
157-500 a.r. Consolidation of Robotech Masters' empire and the Invid, after a transmutation, declare war on the Robotech Masters.
566 a.r. Zor visits Hayden IV where he finds that Optera was the last source of the Flower of Life and learns of the Invid transmutation. Zor builds the SDF-1 to carry the Flower on a reseeding program, hoping to eventually return it to Earth, the planet of the Flower's origin. Zor and the Zentraedi commander-in-chief, Dolza, start a rebellion against the Robotech Masters.
580-640 a.r. Zor's reseeding takes him to Peryton, Karbarra, Praxis, Garuda and Spheris.
671 a.r./ 1999 (Earth standard) Zor steals the last Protoculture Matrix and seals it in the spacefold drives of the SDF-1. The SDF-1 folds from Tirol-space. Zor is killed during an Invid raid. Interstellar war with the Invid chips away at the Robotech Masters' galactic empire. The SDF-1 crash-lands on Macross Island, ending almost a decade of Global Civil War. Dr. Emil Lang, Henry Gloval and T.R. Edwards and others are part of initial recon team.
2002 Carl Riber, Lisa Hayes' fiance, is killed in the destruction of Mars Base Sara. Lisa turns 17. Development of Veritech Fighter. Rem is cloned from Zor's body by Cabell. The Robotech Masters conjure visions of Earth from Zor's mind and learn the destination of the last Protoculture Matrix.
2003-8 Rise of United Earth Defense Council under leadership of Senator Russo, Admiral Hayes, T.R. Edwards and others. Lisa is assigned to SDF-1 under Captain Gloval. Formation of the Robotech Defense Force.
2009 On the SDF-1 launch day, the Zentraedi appear and attack. The SDF-1 performs a fold maneuver that takes the fortress, part of Macross Island, as well as, Lynn-Minmei, 15, and Rick Hunter, 19, into the orbit of Pluto. In the process, the SDF-1 spacefold drive disappears. The First Robotech War has begun.
2009-11 The SDF-1 battles back to earth, with a reconstructed Macross City in its holds. Rick joins the RDF. The Battle at Saturn's Rings, where the Daedalus Maneuver is first utilized. Breetai calls for Khyron the Backstabber. The Battle at Mars Base Sara. Rick receives a medal for rescuing Lisa from Base Sara. Ben Dixon and Max Sterling are assigned to Rick's new command, Vermillion Squadron. Minmei is voted "Miss Macross." Rick, Lisa and Ben are captured by Breetai and interrogated by Dolza. Azonia takes command of the retrieval of the SDF-1. Max disguises his battloid as a Zentraedi to rescue his friends. They steal a battlepod from Azonia's flagship to return to the SDF-1. Three micronized Zentraedi spies - Rico, Konda and Bron - are inserted into the SDF-1 where they meet Sammie Porters, Kim Young and Vanessa Leeds. The SDF-1 lands on Earth and Gloval submits his report to the UEDC.
2012 Minmei is reunited with her cousin Lynn-Kyle. Rick is seriously wounded during a Zentraedi attack. He turns 22. Roy Fokker is killed in combat. Rick is promoted to rank of Skull Leader. After six months on Earth, the SDF-1 is ordered to leave. The Battle in the North Ontario Quadrant. Miriya infiltrates the SDF-1 in order to find the pilot (Max) who bested her in battle. Ben is killed. Breetai resumes command of the mission. The Zentraedi spies return to Breetai's ship. The Minmei Cult begins among the Zentraedi. Kyle begins peace movement on SDF-1. Rico, Bron and Konda lead a group of defectors to the SDF-1, where asylum is granted. Lisa returns to Earth to persuade the UEDC to open peace negotiations with the Zentraedi. Khyron attacks and Rick, again, comes to her rescue. Max and Miriya battle each other in a video game, fall in love and are wed in space; the first Human-Zentraedi mating. Exedore arrives on the SDF-1 to begin peace talks. The Zentraedi main fleet appears in Earth-space and lays waste to most of teh planet. Breetai joins forces with the SDF-1. The Grand Cannon is destroyed and Admiral Hayes is killed. Rick, again, rescues Lisa, this time from Alaska base. Unknown to them, T.R. Edwards is left behind in the base a swears revenge. The SDF-1 defeats Dolza's armada with the help of Minmei's voice. Gloval is promoted to Admiral. Lisa and Rickare promoted to Captain. A period of reconstruction begins (2012-14) with humans and Zentraedi at peace. The Robotech Masters begin voyage to Earth to reclaim Zor's fortress.
2013 Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant are born. Lisa is promoted to Admiral. A factory satellite is catpured and folded into Earth-space.
2014 Khyron, in a surprise attack, captures Minmei and Kyle, offering them in exchange for the fortress. Rick successfully leads the rescue of Minmei and Kyle. Lisa is assigned to the SDF-2. The destruction of New Macross, SDF-1, -2 and Khyron's forces. Gloval, Claudia, Sammie, Vanessa and Kim are killed. The ships are buried in what was Lake Gloval. The First Robotech comes to an end.
2015-17 Zentraedi Malcontent Uprisings in Southlands Control Zone. Jonathan Wolff comes to the attention of Max. Rick is promoted to Admiral. Max is given command of Skull Squadron. The Robotech Expeditionary Force is formed with the purpose of journeying to Tirol and opening peace talks with the Robotech Masters. The SDF-3 is constructed in the factory satellite. Rise of Monument City and Anatole Leonard's Army of the Southern Cross. The Invid complete their conquest of Garuda, Praxis, Karbarra and Spheris.
2020 Completion of the Alpha and Beta VT's. Karen Penn and Jack Baker are chosen as part of the REF. Rick and Lisa wed aboard the factory satellite. Dana and Bowie are left in the care of Rolf Emerson. The SDF-3 is launched. Minmei and Janice Em are caught in the spacefold. Rick turns 29, Lisa 34, Dana and Bowie 7, and Scott Bernard 6.
2025 earth actual/ 2020 REF The Invid Regent takes control of Tirol. The Invid Queen Mother leaves Optera for Praxis to continue her Genesis Pit experiments. The REF arrives in Fantoma-space and engage the Invid. The fortress' spacefold drives are damaged. (The REF is unaware that the fold took five years.) Edwards takes control of an Invid living computer. Cabell and Rem inform the REF that the Robotech Masters have already left for Earth. Karen and Jack are promoted to Lieutenant. The Sentinels, comprised of Praxians, Guardans, Karbarrans, Haydonites, Spherisians and Perytonians, are formed to liberate planets recently occupied by the Invid horde. The Zentraedi in the REF agree to be returned to full-size to mine Fantoma for ore to fuel new warships. The Hunters, Grants, Sterlings and other join the Sentinels.
2026 earth Karbarra is libeated. The Sentinel's ship, Farrago, is destroyed and the Groundbased Mobil Unit is standed on Praxis after the Queen Mother leaves for Haydon IV. Wolff, Janice, Burak and Tesla use the last fold module to head for Fantoma. The rest of the Sentinels are standed on or in orbit around a dying Praxis. Baldan I is killed. Edwards holds secret talks with the Invid Regent and begins a personal campaign to capture Minmei. An imposter Invid Regent is sent to Tirol for peace talks. The Sentinels are presumed dead. Wolff and Janice are refused a rescue ship for Praxis. Tesla murders the imposter. Wolff steals the prototype SDF-7 and arrives at Praxis to save the other Sentinels and continue on to Garuda. Edwards begins to hold sway over the REF. Wolff is accused of murder and piracy. Edwards takes control over the Fantoma mining. Rick, Lisa, Rem and Karen are capturd on Garuda, interrogated and exposed to the planet's lethal atmosphere. Rem, mistaken for Zor, is taken to the Invid Regent and then given to the Queen Mother, who is on Haydon IV, as a gift. Rick, Lisa and Karen are rescued and rushed to Haydon IV; where the only known medication exists. The Valivarre, under Breetai, leaves Tirol unauthorized, followed by the Tokugawa and Jutland.
2027 earth The Sentinels arrive at Haydon IV. Rem learns that he is a clone of Zor. Janice reveals herself to be an android. Rem is rescuedand Sarna is killed. Haydon IV is liberated. The SDF-7 is christened Ark Angel. The Valivarre reaches Haydon IV and Breetai updates the Sentinels on the situation on Tirol. The Valivarre returns to Tirol and the Sentinels continus on to Spheris. Edwards losses his grip on the REF. Wolff, Breetai and Vince clear the Sentinels of all chages. Max and Miriya remain on Haydon IV to assist in rebuilding. Baldan II is shaped by Teal. Major Carpenter leaves for Earth and is presumed dead when he fails to report to the SDF-3. Edwards flees for Optera, taking Minmei and the living computer with him. Kyle is killed by Edwards in an attempt to rescue Minmei. Spheris is liberated. Tesla leaves to confront the Invid Regent. Aurora Sterling is born on Haydon IV. Aurora sends a telepathis message to Dana, warning of the spores from the Flower.
2028 earth Wolff leaves for Earth and is also presumed lost when he doesn't report back to the SDF-3. Exodore and Vince leave for Haydon IV with a peace proposal for the Invid Regent. Edwards arrives at Optera. The Valivarre leaves for Optera. The Sentinels move against Peryton. The Valivarre arrives at Optera. A battle between the Invid and Zentraedi beaks out. Breetai and the Regent die together. Tesla and Burak sacrifice themselves to end the curse of Peryton.
2029 earth The Ark Angel, Tokugawa and Tracialle enter Optera-space to assist the Valivarra, now under the command of Kazianna Hesh, in the Battle for Optera. The Tokugawa and Edwards' SDF-7 are destroyed. The Ark Angel leads the assault on the Invid home hive. Edwards reveals his vendetta to Rick and Lisa. Janice grabs Edwards and jumps into the Genesis Pit, killing both of them. THe home hive is destroyed. Minmei is rescued. Arla-non and Teal are killed. The Sentinels' War comes to an end. Lang makes important discoveries about the spacefold generators used on Carpenter and Wolff's ships. The Ark Angel returns, slowly, to Tirol. The Tracialle returns the remaining Sentinels to their homeworlds. Breetai's son, Drannin, is born to Kazianna.
2030 earth The Ark Angel arrives at Tiresia and Lang briefs the REF on his discoveries. Roy Hunter is born. Work is begun on main fleet ships. Lang's Robotech teams develop Cyclones. An new Protoculture hand weapon is created.
2031 earth Dana and Bowie turn 18, graduate from the Southern Cross Academy and are assigned to the 15th Alpha Tactical Armored Corps, along with Sean Phillips, Angelo Dante and Louis Nichols. The Robotech Masters arrive in Earth-space, marking the start of the Second Robtech War. Dana is promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. Communications with Space Station Liberty, and to the REF, have been cut. Battle at Fokker Aerospace Base. Dana is promoted to 1st Lieutenant. Dana has first encounter with the Red Bioroid. Dana and Bowie see Zor Prime, the pilot of the Red Bioroid, for the first time at the burial mounds. Bowie is captured. Louie discovers a weakness in he Robotch ships and a rescue mission is prepared. The Robotech Masters' flagship is damaged and crashes near Monument City. The Southern Cross converges on the fallen ship, but is unable to harm it. Marie Crystal is wounded in battle and rescued by Sean. The 15th enters the fallen ship on a recon mission. Bowie meets Musica. Dana and Louie discover the inhabitants are clones. Dana captures a bioroid and takes it to Professor Land for examination. Another ship from the Robotech Masters fleet retrieves the fallen flagship and lifts it back into orbit. Major Carpenter's ships arrive at Earth and futilely try to engage the Robotech Masters. Zor Prime is introduced to the 15th. Unknown to him and the 15th, he is a spy for the Robotech Masters. Musica rejects her chosen mate, Karno.
2032 earth The new Armored Jet Attack Copter VTs are sent as the first attack wave against the invaders. They are crippled. Dana and Bowie visit the burial mounds and witness the blossoming of the Flower of Life in the SDF-1's engines. Emerson leads the second attack wave. The ATACs are ordered to destroy the flagship from the inside. Zor, back under the control of the Robotech Masters, tries to capture the 15th, but the squad scatters. Bowie finds Musica and they fall in love. The 15th is captured, but freed by Musica. The 15th saves Zor from being reprogrammed. Zor destroys the flagship's power core. The 15th, Musica and Zor escape harm. The Robotech Masters transfer to a different ship. Emerson, Marie and Dennis Brown are captured by the Robotech Masters. Bowie takes Music to the SDF-1 to see the Flower. Zor sees the Flower, his memory reawakens and he becomes the original Zor. The Robotech Masters offer to exchange Emerson's party for Zor and Musica. The Robotech Masters' flagship decends to the burial mounds to finally acquyire the last Protoculture Matrix. Unknow to then, it has already mutated into the Flower of Life, rendering the matrix useless. All the forces on the planet converge on Monument City for the final battle against the Robotech Masters. Monument City id leveled, with no survivors. Leonard and his staff are killed. The Robotech Masters are killed by Zor. Dana has a vision about the coming of the Invid. THe 15th, Marie, Dennis andthe remaining clones escape and land near the burial mounds. Zor's attempt at destorying the Robotech Masters' flagship releases the Flower from the spacefold drive of the SDF-1. Spores cover the planet and the Flower takes root. In the process, the Queen Mother's sensor nebula is alerted. Emerson, Octavia, Zor and Land are killed. The Second Robotech War comes to an end.
Max, Miriya and Aurora arrive on Tirol. The Invid "disappear" from from Tirol's corner of he Galaxy. It is assumed that the Queen Mother has begun her assault on Earth. The Mars Veritech Group leaves Tirol with Scott, now 18, aboard. Wolff's ship arrives at Earth. An anti-Invid underground has already begun. Dana commandeers Wolff's ship, retrofits it with a device perfected by Louie and folds for Tirol. The Facroty Satellite returns to Earth-space. Optera is fully seeded with the Flower and given tothe planetless Praxians, who rename it New Praxis. The Flower is used in a Second Generation Protoculture matrix designed by Rem.
2033 earth The Invid arrive in Earth-space. The Queen Mother's new army destroy the factory satellite and defeat Earth's depleated defenses. Hives and farms are set uip world wide.
2034 earth Lisa resumes command of the SDF-3. Dana arrives on Tirol with Bowie, Sean, Angelo, Musica, Allegra and some other clones. Instantaneous spacefold becomes a reality. Mars Attack Group arrives at Earth and is defeated. Scott's fiancee, Marlene Rush, is killed aboard the Mars flagship. Scott crashlands on Earth, but continues his mission to Reflex Point (the Queen Mother's central hive). As he crosses the desert on his Cyclone, Scott meets Rand. They engage Invid scouts and destroy them. They approach Laacko City, where they meet Annie Labelle. The city's population turns them over to Invid Shock Troopers, but are rescued by the mysterious red Cyclone rider. Scott, Rand and Annie enter an unnamed town where they meet the famous Yellow Dancer. THey also meet he red Cyclone rider, Rook Bartley. Rook, Lancer (the true identity of Yellow Dancer) and William "Lunk" Benovitch join Scott. Lunk provides a fully operational Alpha VT. Scott's team figure out that the Invid can sense Protoculture emanations. Scott's team uses a Yellow Dancer concert as cover while they steal a truckload of Proculture canisters. The team encounters Wolff and his anti-Invid underground. Wolff had been supplying humans to the Invid in exchange for Protoculture. Realizing the error in his ways, Wolff assists Scott's team in a short skirmish with the Invid and is killed. The Queen Mother uses a Genesis Pit to continue her cloning experiments. Scott, Rand and Annie discover one of the Genesis Pits, which is destroyed during an earthquake. A clone named Ariel is birthed and placed along the route Scott's team is following. Ariel is cloned from a female who was killed on the Mars flagship. The team approaches rendezvous Point K where, instead of a base, they find a graveyeard. The Invid had already been there. Scott goes into seclusion. Rook and Rand discover Ariel. Lunk and Annie find two operational Alpha VTs and one Beta. Ariel is give the name Marlene for her likeness to Scott's dead fiancee. The team approaches a mountain range where an Invid base has been set up. Rand and Annie deactivatethe base's living brain. The base is destroyed. The queen Mother loses contact with Ariel, a result of her interation with human enotions. Rand inhales pollen fron the Flower and learns the Queen Mother's true purpose. The team enters a forest region, once controlled by the Zentraedi during the Malcontent Uprisings. Lancer is kidnapped. he team rescues Lancer and rid the valley of Invid Shock Troopers. The team heads down stream, but Annie stays behind. Scott's team enters an abandoned city and in an attempt to escape, they enter the subway system. The Invid colapse the subway entrances, thinking they buried the rebel alive. The team escapes the subway and Annie rejoins the team. Prince Corg and Princess Sera are transmutated to human form and are ordered to find Ariel. Scott's team uses ship left over fromthe Second Robotech War to cross the Gulf of Mexico. They set atrap for the Invid and Rook is wounded. Lancer runs into the Sera and reporta back to Scott that the Invid are using human pilots (or so he thought). Sera is disturbed by the encounter with Lancer - which stirred, for the first time, human emotions inside her. Sera prepares an ambush, but sees Lancer and hesitates just long enough for the rebels slip through the trap. She sees Ariel for the first time. Scott's team stumble upon one of the ships from Carpenter's fleet. The crew boldly sacrifice their ship and themselves in destroying an Invid hive. The enters the Rocky Mountain and finds the city of Denver (aka a secret underground shelter named Delta Six) buried under the ice. Scott and Marlene fall in love. Corg attacks the city. Scott's team detonates the city's power core to aid in their escape. Corg sees Ariel for the first time. The team meets Dusty Ayres, a man who was experimented on by the Invid and hunts all Robotech soldiers. The Invid attack. With encouragement from Rook, Dusty assists Scott in the battle and is killed. The liberation of the city of Mannattan (once New York City). Sera sees Ariel again and confronts her. Ariel in ignorant of the fact that she is Invid.
2035 earth The Jupiter attack wing arrives in Earth-space and is defeated. Sue Graham updates Scott's team on the REF main fleet. Marlene and Scott's team learn that she is Invid. Sue is killed. The REF main fleet arrives in Earth-space and commences attack on Reflex Point. Scott's team joins the battle. Corg shoots dowm Scott and Rand. He is ultimately killed by Scott. General Reinhardt order the launch of the neutron missles. The Queen Mother and her Invid children, seeing this threat, leave Earth in the in the form of a "phoenix of mindstuff," destorying the remains of the REF fleet in orbit. The SDF-3 fails to appear in Earth-space. Rick turns 40 (45, earth actual). Lisa turns 45 (50, earth actual). Roy turns 5. Sera falls in love with Lancer and remains on Earth. Marlene also remains on Earth. The Third Robotech War come to an end. During Yellow Dancer's final concert, Lancer reveals his true gender and identity. Scott leaves for Tirol to search for the lost SDF-3. The Ark Angel is spared the fate of the rest of the main fleet. Scott rendevous with it and in forms the REF of the results of the Third Robotech War and the, yet unknown, fate of the SDF-3. Scott is promoted to Colonel. Protoculture-based mecha begin to fail, transportation reverts back to chemical resources. Scott, Vince and Jean Grant, aboard the Ark Angel, begin the search for the missing SDF-3. On Haydon IV, the planet's Awareness reawakens. The great god Haydon returns. Haydon IV leaves its orbit, the long awaited "Event," programmed into the planets Awareness eons ago, has begun. Exodore and Veidt hypothesize that the universe is shrinking. Haydon IV folds to the Ranaath system, a black hole system that received the energy pulse that accompanied the Invid "departure" from Earth.
2036 earth Vince and Louie believe that the SDF-3 is in the same place as the departed Invid. Nova Satori leads the Homunculi Movement. Scott returns to Earth in seach of Marlene, hoping she can shed some light on the whereabouts of the Invid Queen Mother. He finds Rand and Rook, which leads him to Marlene and Lunk. Annie has gone back to the forest. Scott, with Marlene, finds Sera and Lancer in New York. Sera phophesizes to Ariel (Marlene) and dies, her spirit returning to the Queen Mother. Scott returns to the Ark Angel. Louie informs evryone that hte breakdown in the mecha is because there was no Protoculture left after the Invid left. They realize that the spacefold drives on the SDF-3 were from Beetai's flagship and that the battle fortress must have been taken with the Invid. Robotechnology is coming to an end and all living creatures must now shape their own destinies. Scott is reunited with Marlene. Marlene is ordered to try to help re-establish a link with the Queen Mother. The Ark Angel arrives at Haydon IV, but Haydon IV isn't there. It returns to Tirol the report this finding. Now, all leads lead to Ranaath. Haydon IV defolds in Ranaath system and begins collecting radiation from the black holes. Haydon IV reconfigures itself to produce ships to pursue the Queen Mother.
Newspace (2035-6 earth) The arrival of the SDF-3 in Newspace -- a universe of non-space fashioned by the Shapings of Protoculture and the Queen Mother. Similar to how the SDF-1's fold drives captured a quantum of hyperspace and conveyed it into a world of time, the SDF-3 captured a quantum of time and took it into hyperspace. Newspace is outside the province of space and time. The SDF-3's fold drives have disappeared, just like the SDF-1. Experiments and expeditions are made to test this Newspace. Jack is the first to make one of the expeditions. Rem states that Newspace is a universe in the making. Bowie and the Muses (minus Octavia who was killed) work to recreate the melodies that they made on the Robotech Master's flagship. Minmei starts singing again in an effort to reawaken Rem's old Zor memories. Jack and Marie lead two squadrons of VTs to intercept incoming tenetacles (with no source) that are reaching for the SDF-3. Fightersthat intercept with tentacles disappear and are presumed missing. Parts of the SDF-3's reflex drives disappear after the attack.
2037 earth The Ark Angel folds for Karbarra to try to stop them from declaring war on Haydon IV (no knowing that the Karbarrans already had). Cabell informs everyone on the genesis of Haydon and his contribution to the evolution of the Local Group races. Upon the Invid's mating with Protoculture and transmutaion, Haydon's race would return from suspended animation and follow the Invid into another dimension. The Ark Angel defolds in the Ranaath system. Louie's cyber-team links with Haydon IV's Awarness to find out where the ships are going and to beat them there. Marlene confirms that the Queen Mother is in the collapsed Ranaath star. Now, that the location of the SDF-3 is confirmed, preparations are made to hijack on of Hatydon's ships and follow the Invid into the black hole. The Karbarran fleet arrives at Ranaath and engages Haydon IV. Dana leads a revolt against hte planet's Awareness to free its prisoners. Scott leads the mission to hijack on of Haydon's ships. Louie's team infiltrates the Awarness to give Scott clearence to take a ship and to send Haydon's attack into disarray. The Ark Angel deploys shuttle to Haydon IV to rescue the freed prisoners. Scott successfully hijacks the ship, gets a crew aboard, and continues into the black hole. Exodore and Cabell discove anti-Protoclture. The Robotech Elders tell Haydon that new found Protoculture is on New Praxis in exchange for rulership over the Local Group planets. Haydon betrays the Elders and folds for New Praxis.
Newspace (2037 earth) The SDF-3 encounters a planet Lang has fashioned and plots a course for it. Lisa is puzzled by the strange behavior of the children aboard the SDF-3. Rem has periodic flashes Zor's life, the seeding and experimenting with the Flower. Minmei continues to sing with Bowie and the Muses. The SDF-3 arrives at Omphalos (Lang's planet). Rick accompanies the landing party. Minmei informs Lisa that she is carrying Rem's child. Angelo and Gnea disappear from the scout team. Kazianna leads Quadranos and battlepods to aid the scout team in search of its lost members. Roy, Drannin and the other childen form a circle and start chanting "Aurora." Angelo and Gnea reappear after a meeting wiht the Queen Mother. They tell the scout team that she has the dold systems and that the known universe is coing to an end. Rick is recalled to the SDF-3 because the children were able to contact Aurora.
2037 earth Haydon IV arrives at New Praxis and commands the Praxian to give all the Flowers to him. Aboard the Peter Pan, Aurora is summoned to the SDF-3. She tells the children that help is on the way. On Tirol, plans are made to attack Haydon IV. Meanwhile, Haydon IV finishes tranferring all of the Flowers from New Praxis. The Local Group fleet arrives at New Praxis. Haydon IV transforms into battle mode, similar to the SDF-1. The Tracialle is destroyed, taking Haydon IV with it. Haydon was able to launch fighters, taking the planet's Awareness to Tirol to seize the Protoculture matrix developed by Rem. Exedore and Cabel work to evacuate Tirol to undergroud shelters. Tiresia is destroyed as Haydon IV's awareness mates with the matrix. All knowledge and data about anti-Protoculture is destroyed. The Queen Mother and Haydon battle for supremacy. The Haydonite ships are destoyed upon Haydon's attempt to enter Newspace. Maria Bartley-Rand is born to Rook.
Newspace (2037-51) The children come out of their trance and inform their partents that help is on the way. The SDF-3 realizes that all creation from Protoculture will cease and that the Queen Mother wishes to return to her pre-Zor state. Arrival of Peter Pan with Aurora guiding it hte SDF-3. At Rem's urging, a party was sent backto Omphalos to try and communicate with the Queen Mother. The Queen mOther tellsthe party of her ultimatum. Max wins in combat with a black mecha fashioned by the Queen mother from Dana's dark side of her feelings about her parents leaving her behind on Earth. After the battle, Lang and Louie are placed in custody, but escape into the fortress. The Queen Mother and Haydon battle for supremacy. Lang joins with one of the Shapings. Louie is the last one to see Lang ever again. Upon returning to the SDF-3, the party goes to the engine room in hope that the children can bring the fold systems back. With the help of Aurora and Minmei, the children are able to teleport the original fold system from the SDF-1 into the SDF-3. As the SDF-3 executes a fold to realspace, the Queen Mother and Haydon clash head-on (this is the Intersection, the end of the Shapings; 2038 earth). The Queen Mother takes the shape of the phoenix again and takes flight on last time. All through the SDF-3, the crew looks across space and time to places and people of the past. After the intersection, Haydon reaches into the SDF-3 (still in foldspace) and takes Rem and Minmei. The missing members of Blue and Red VT squadrons are returned to the SDF-3.
2038-51 earth The Ark Angel returns to Earth with new technology to help rebuild the planet. Water and ice are brought from off planet to replace contaminated Earth water. The other Local Group races help rebuild Earth. The crew ofteh SDF-3 is presumed dead. THe old Earth government is eradicated. The surviving Haydonites become Interstellar Peace Corps. Success of Rand's book, "Notes on the Run." Annie and Magruder head Genetic Engineering at the Restoration Bureau Headquarters to re-genesize animals on Earth. Lancer is reported dead while flying a disaster relief mission. Reforestation of Alaska begins. The music of Minmei and Yellow Dancer lives on.
2051 earth The SDF-3 defolds in realspace.
2052-6 earth The arrival of the SDF-3 in Earthspace under auxilary power. THe Hunters meet Scott's old strike force. Scott and Marlene are infirmed of Lancer's death. Scott proposes to Marlene. The Hunters and Sterlings take a tour of hte recovering planet. Dana encounter former Senator Russo, now a bum. Louie is the driving force toward Instu-Mentality, implants that will give every intelligent bing the powers of teleportation, psychokinesis and telepathy. The Crazy Eights Exploration and Development Co. Unlimited is formed by Dana, Sean, Marie, Jack, Karen, Lunk and several others. A new club named Bowie Grant's Blue Harp Lounge opens. Angelo and Gnea fall in love and he introduces her to his parents. THe Second Gen Flowers bloom on New Praxis again. The Queen Mother is hypothesized to be on New Praxis in her pre-Zor state. Zentraedi survivors return to Fantoma to continue to mine monopole ore. The psi-abilities are discovered in the SDF-3 children. Aurora runs for Interworld COunsil and becomes the youngest representative-elect ever. Max and Miriya become ambassadors to Tirol/Fantoma. Rick teaches Roy how ot fly. Work on the SDF-4 near completion for the mission tothe Andromeda Galaxy to see if the Intersection had any affect in that quadrant. The starship will be commanded by Lisa.
Newspace (the end and the beginning) Two planets alone exist. One isthe prison of the Robotech Elders. The other, foliated by the Flowers, their Pollinators, and the resting place of the SDF-3 fold drives, is inhabited by two humans, Rem and Minmei. They are awaiting the birth of their first child, Zor, and slowly shaping their own universe for their future children.