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SPACE OFFENSIVE I – OPENING SALVO

In March 2030, the full-production Veritech AGAC enters service with TASC. Earth also launches its first major offensive against the Masters in space, consisting of some twenty battlecruisers & an equal number of destroyers under TSC Captain Nordoff. With the Masters already tipped off to the attack & the relative strength of Earth’s strike forces by the implant in Zor Prime’s brain, the advancing TSC strikeforce is quickly & soundly defeated, & the few surviving capital ships are directed by Nordoff to fall back to AluCE-1. Following the failure of the 1st space assault, UEDF High Command orders that a second assault wave to be deployed, link up with the remnants of the first, & to launch a combined attack on the Masters.

Meanwhile, finally Earth’s distress call, sent when communications with SS Liberty was reestablished, reaches the EF, but EF are now deeply entangled in a new conflict & General Reinhardt decides that it cannot break off. Thus, UEDF is expected (alongside EBSIS) to ward off the Robotech Masters. This further resolves the Earth’s defenders to strike back at the aliens in show of arms never before seen post 1st Robotech War. UEDF Fokker Aerospace Base & its other aerospace bases in other parts of the world have being refurbished, while EBSIS sole aerospace base in Kazakhstan region working full time for the planned future offensive.

By April 2030, UEDF High Command decides to refurbish the science facility ALuCE as a military outpost, paving the way for possible advance military base in which to launch space-based offensive against the alien armada. At this time around, even EBSIS chips in by prepping its own space force headed by its Fleet Admiral Zaria Kiyora, after suffering setbacks during EBSIS forces skirmishes with Bioroid raiders in its territories. Both EBSIS & UEG military leaders begin to formulate & plan for joint space operations in the definitive future.

At this juncture, Zor Prime begins to remember the Triumvirate nature of the Robotech Masters. This observation is confirmed by observations made during the battle in space. Apart from that, Lt. Sterling, her aide, and Zor Prime also discover the presence of alien flowers within the ruins of the SDF-1 when they go on an unauthorized visit to the ruins site. Not only that, even the triumvirate clones aboard the alien fleet slowly begin to rebel against their social system, beginning with the muse Musica’s refusal to pair-bond with the mate chosen for her. Reports of minimize cultural contamination only confirms Masters suspicions regarding the fate that has befallen to their Zentraedi, & the only way to minimize such damaging will be to eliminate the micronian factor successfully.

However, preparations for next wave of Earth’s offensive begin in earnest as the next step towards realization of 2nd space offensive begins with the formation of Cavalry-1 fleet mission to refurbish ALuCE base into military launch pad. However, sensitive information regarding the top secret mission is intercepted by Zor Prime who coax it from a drunk GMP's operative, however the information leaks is incomplete when it is transmitted to Masters. In 28 April 2030, the Cavalry-1 fleet mission to relieve ALuCE-1, a task-force of five battlecruisers, is ambushed by the Masters forces, & barely escapes with the aid of the 1st space offensive survivors - two destroyer-class ships, shuttles & several AGACs squadrons returning from the Moon, & enabling them to return the wounded of the first assault wave to Earth.

SPACE OFFENSIVE II – EMERSON’S ACE IN THE HOLE

As refurbishment of ALuCE & several Earth-based aerospace facilities commences, General Rolf Emerson is appointed by UEDF High Command to lead the second offensive, a move widely interpreted as an attempt - interpreted by military & political analysts at that time- by Supreme Commander Leonard to remove Emerson the General Staff so that Leonard's "frontal attack" tactics can be pursued without Emerson's objections. There is no love lost between the two visible factions that emerged in UEDF, each camp follows staunchly on differing views between Supreme Commander Leonard & Chief of Staff Emerson. However, a conclusion that Emerson will perform miracle for the beleaguered UEDF space force’s next offensive is a sound judgment given his tactical abilities.

On the Imperial Armada front, advanced triumvirate Bioroids known as "Invid Fighters" are ordered into full production by the Robotech Masters due to the success of Triumviroid drone pods prototype testing. However, as raw materials practically diminishing within the armada, many tactical Bioroids have to be scavenged & cannibalized to provide materials for the next line of ‘Invid Fighters’. This couples with diminishing protoculture supplies beginning to be felt within the command of each alien flagship, but orders are carried out nonetheless.

Meanwhile, GMP investigates the source of the intelligence leak. Lt. Nova Satori of the GMP realizes that she may have been the leak in question herself, because of her contact with Zor Prime, discreetly plugs that leak. This leads to dearth of intel information to the Masters, who swiftly realize Zor Prime ineffectiveness as a spy due to his prolong contacts among the humans. Due to stressful Lt. Satori attempts to minimize her contact with Zor Prime, she inadvertently leaves out TASC ace Lt. Dennis Brown, who - due to a mistake in his personnel file, is recused from the 2nd attack wave mission as a security risk. Lt Satori accepts her responsibility for the mistake & removed from the internal investigation.

In late May 2030, Leonard's scheme to remove his political nemesis to the Moon is reinforced by the assignment to the mission of almost all the officers (who’re mostly from Emerson’s camp) who have consistently objected to the so-called Supreme Command's squandering of its best troops. Evidently, the split within the UEDF High Command begins to show, & leads to bad publicity to the UEG itself. However, for the sake of Earth’s defence is foremost in the eyes of UEG political leaders, & the next 2nd attack wave against the aliens is top priority as compared to nonsensical schism between 2 military leaders.

By 30 May 2030, just before landing at Luna, an attack force of Bioroids and several of the Masters’ smaller capital ships attack General Emerson’s warship & its escorts. General Emerson retreats to "LaGrange Point 6", code for a location 20,000 km from Mars. Using an unconventional fold-technique known as an "Orbital Warp Blast" to destroy the enemy vessels from the tidal forces of an artificial singularity, & ramming the remaining capital vessels with his fold bubble upon defolding, he manages to defeat the alien battlegroup & deliver new troops & fresh supplies to the moon base. Despite these efforts, repair & refurbishment of Luna is not completed before the end of the war, and the base takes no part in future engagements.

SPACE OFFENSIVE III – REINFORCEMENT

In June 2030, with assistance from Cpl. Louie Nichols of the 15th ATAC, SC Robotech Research Institute develops the VTFS "Pupil Pistol" targeting system for simulation training. The invention is a resounding success as the Pupil Pistol system is immediately integrated into all Veritech Spartas hovertanks. The ATAC Hovertank squads, proven effective in all theater of operations including surface & aerial campaigns against the Masters throughout the war, are now being mobilized for the space assault.

General Emerson's ship, the UES Tristar leaves Luna & returns to Earth to reload fresh supplies & additional troops & mechas, while the remainder of his fleet reinforces the ships at ALuCE, while repairs at Luna proceed. Meanwhile, in deep space, due to additional forces returned to service & gains in battle, a second wave of the ERF (Earth Reclamation Forces) is organised to Earth shortly by EF as the 1st wave of ERF arrives in Sol System. In 3 June 2030, Transport 85 squadron - the first returning wave of ERF - along the infamous Wolfe’s Pack (EF’s top special operation force) arrives at Earth's moon. These ships rendezvous with the TSC forces on ALuCE to prepare for the next offensive.

By 5 June 2030, the returning EF reinforcement link up with Emerson & the fleet launching from Earth for the first of three final battles against the Masters. In the heated battle, the 15th ATAC, its hovertanks modified for space flight, is dropped onto the Masters' flagship, while the AGACS pilots also assigned to infiltrate are beaten off by Masters Bioroid entries. It is during this time that the Invid Fighter is deployed for the first time by the Masters, in the defense of their vessels. Unable to break inside the flagship, the 15th ATAC is assisted by the UES Tristar, which widens a hull breach by ramming the flagship. The 15th squad infiltrates the enemy vessel & once in the Masters' flagship, the Masters reassert control over Zor Prime, who then turns on his comrades. The 15th squad attempts to make their way through the civilian compartments to the ship's command center in an attempt to seize the ship, but they are eventually captured by Masters forces.

With the flanking of the Earth fleet by a second mothership, Emerson orders a general UEF fleet withdrawal to the ALuCE-1. Emerson's flagship relocates to ALuCE-1, to assist the ultimately futile efforts to bring it online by the end of the war. Meanwhile, the marooned 15th Squad is rescued from execution by the intervention of Musica, chief muse of the Robotech Masters, who has become infatuated with one of the members of the squadron. The ATAC troops also manage to rescue Zor Prime, who is being deprogrammed by the Masters before his termination.

At this time, Emerson orders a 2nd round of assault against the Masters to retrieve the 15th ATAC. With the Masters distracted by a new surprise attack by Emerson's fleet, the 15th Squad, with the assistance of the defected Musica & Zor Prime disable the Masters' defensive force fields & escape the Masters' forterss, which is destroyed in an act of sabotage by Zor Prime. The Masters immediately evacuate their doomed ship, & begins transfer their flag to another ship. Both sides disengage, & prepare for the final battle. The 15th Squad heads back to Earth with Musica, while Emerson's fleet returns to the ALuCE-1.

FINAL OFFENSIVE – THE END OF THE BEGINNING

In July 2030, dangerously erratic behavior begins to appear among the clones in the Robotech Masters' fleet, due to their low level of protoculture & contact with humans. Rebellious clones together with their triumvirate partners, are incarcerated to isolate them from the general clone population. At this time too, fully two-thirds of the Masters' protoculture pods have become infested with the Invid Flower of Life, thus resolving Masters intent to immediately move upon the protoculture matrix hidden in the ruins of the SDF-1.

In August 2030, Zor Prime's mental health slowly degenerates as he eventually betrays Musica to the GMP. Pvt. Bowie Grant & the alien muse flee into the woods, stealing a hovercycle from a Tactical Corps-Forest Division base. The 15th Squad is later ordered under the threat of court martial by GMP to track the fugitives. As Pvt. Grant & Musica make their way to the ruins of the SDF-1, where the remainder of the 15th and Lt. Satori of the GMP join them. Upon seeing the active spores of the Flower of Life that has infested the protoculture matrix, Zor Prime recovers his memory as Zor - the 1st Robotech Masters who is responsible for the discovery of protoculture & its subsequent application that transform his entire civilization.

Supreme Commander Leonard finally orders a full & final assault on the Robotech Masters Imperial Armada. Before UEDF troops can engage the Masters fleet, the aliens launch a full surface assault on Earth. General Emerson & the rest of the UEF space forces is ordered to harass the aliens on their flank while Earth's forces prepare for a counter-attack. Emerson's forces are nearly annihilated in combat with the Masters while awaiting support from Earth. The Imperial Armada penetrates Earth's inner defenses, while Emerson's fleet is committed to hold the line at all costs. The fleet is destroyed Msters armada, while Emerson & two TASC pilots are captured, as the UES Tristar rams & cripples one of the Masters' flaghips.

The Robotech Masters abandon the majority of their civilian population to transport vessels, as the clones become more lethargic & uncontrollable, but in 8 August 2030, these clones are forced to undergone anti-pain serum & served as Robotech Masters land drugged infantry in major North American cities. In the final act of desperation, Masters assault carriers destroy minor American cities of Manville & Newton with fusion beams. The Robotech Masters demand unconditional surrender from the SCA & UEG. Supreme Commander Leonard agrees to evacuate in 48 hours, but secretly orders preparations for the counterattack be accelerated. Citizens of Denver & other North American cities evacuate, and all civil defense forces are called up to protect against further landings.

During the heated battles, Zor Prime agrees to a prisoner exchange with Robotech Masters; but both sides secretly intend to attack the other. Fighting later breaks out on the Masters' flagship between rebellious clones & those loyal to Masters cause, & General Emerson is killed in the fighting. The 15th Squad escapes the Masters fortress & assists the abandoned civilians of the Robotech Masters to safely land on Earth. EBSIS armed forces immediately reinforces beleaguered SCA as all over the world UEG begins rearming & reactivating reserve forces & available armed militias. The 2nd wave of ships from the EF arrives at Earth just in time for the final battle against the exhausted & protoculture-depleted Imperial Armada.

With all civil defense & ground forces battling the Imperial Bioroid Forces incursions by the Masters, the combined United Earth Forces fleet, alongside EBSIS space force launches against the Robotech Masters Imperial Armada. Earth's forces are victorious, with heavy losses, though the Masters' flagship slips past the battle & approaches the ruins of the SDF-1. Squadrons of Bioroids & troop carrier corvettes launch an all-out and desperate offensive against the Southern Cross' ground forces, destroying Monument City, & UEDF High Command along with Supreme Commander Leonard. During this time, the Robotech Masters are assassinated by Zor Prime - who sacrifices his life by causing one of the Robotech Masters' motherships to self-destruct above the ruins of SDF-1 in order to destroy the protoculture matrix. The intended destruction of the protoculture matrix is not achieved, instead resulting in the dispersal of the Flower of Life all over North America.

THE AFTERMATH

Despite heavy losses on both sides, surface engagements continue until the next year. The self-appointed new Battle Lord of the Fleet, Dalmeric Khane with surviving Masters loyal forces raided North American settlements, & launch bloody heavy guerilla warfare. Armed with Bioroids & sufficient protoculture supplies, Khane’s ultimate objective is to penetrate the ruins of SDF-1 & recovers the protoculture matrix itself. At this time, with UEDF practically exhausted itself & practically have no top hierarchy, substituting only with returning EF reinforcements from the last space offensive.

From August 2030 to February 2031, Khane’s guerilla assaults turn far bloodier, as his actions can be categorized as racial cleansing. Many settlements are destroyed with no survivors at all, as Khane glorifies his blood lust for vengeance. Even though the Imperium is no more, Khane maniacally dreaming of possessing the protoculture matrix & creates a new Robotech Imperium. Surviving UEF units, such as 15th ATAC & leads by the infamous Wolfe’s Pack, Khane’s base of operation is ambushed & after heavy fighting is destroyed in 27 February 2031. 2nd Robotech War officially ends with the destruction of Robotech Master Dalmeric Khane & hostile Masters units lay their arms proper to UEF early March 2031.

UEG, weakens & exhausted from its campaign against Masters, finds a new nemesis. EBSIS, now the only surviving global superpower with large standing armed forces has begins openly challenge UEG authority over Earth. Political & military tension boils as EBSIS forces & its International Liberation Army allies have begun small armed conflicts with UEG Protectorates & affliated nations, mainly in Southland Quadrant, Far East Quadrant & Scandinavian sector. The global politics turn toxic as EBSIS gears up for war, & its rhetoric againsts UEG grow out of proportion.

EF & SCA elements bands together in all four corners of the world to defend the UEG sovereignty from possible EBSIS aggression as UEG begins forced conscription of street militias & reservist territorial armies to stem the Neo-Marxist tide. In April 2031, a small military detachment from Mars colony arrives on Earth to beef up UEF elements, as Major Carpenter & Colonel Jonathan Wolfe (of the Wolfe’s Pack) taken over command of UEF units in North America & South America respectively. Despite UEDF mecha & military production centers destroyed in the final hours with the Robotech Masters, EF military hardwares from returning EF reinforcements in 2nd Robotech War lessens the UEF dire needs against the combined EBSIS well equipped Robotech & conventional armed forces. As the clock ticks the hours of opening salvo for the possible 3rd World War in Earth’s history, little do UEG & EBSIS realize, a new threat from the skies is waiting to complete what Zentraedi & Robotech Masters fail to do, the complete subjugation of Earth!

CONCLUSION

The bittersweet victory & tenacious UEDF & its field army – SCA, marks humanity tenacity to resist Robotech Masters invasion of Earth. Masters, devoid of emotions, perish on their Robotech altars as the entire Imperium crumbles with their exodus, & their military might totally wiped out by the micronians they detested. The Robotech Imperium & its glorious civilization, comes to a halt on the Earth’s doorstep. Unfortunately, humanity once again regresses to age-old self-destruction as nationalism struck a chord over possessing Earth’s top position. As UEG & EBSIS greedily tussles to claim terrestrial assets on Earth, the new mysterious alien foe waits patiently in the darkness of space to wrest the top crown both UEG & EBSIS desires. The new Robotech War dawns over the horizon, with Earth’s as the top trophy & Sol-System will be invaded yet again, as 3rd Robotech War commences!

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GOLIATHS OF WAR: ZENTRAEDI HISTORY & DESCRIPTION

BY: Dr. Jackson McKinney (Resident Professor - Extra-Terrestrial Studies, New Macross University)

Additional Inputs By Commander Kazianna Hesh-Kridanik, current CO of Tyrolian Republican Guard - Zentraedi Command
Taken from UEEF Officer Manual 2041 Ed. for Robotecha Enyclopaedia - RFS Digest, December 2044 Edition

HOMEWORLD :
I) 42101 FULBTZS BERRENTZ MOTHERSHIP (DOLZA’S HQ)
II) ROYCOMMI AUTOMATED FACTORY SATELLITE
III) VARIOUS ROBOTECH FACTORY / REPAIR SATELLITES
STAR SYSTEM : NONE
CAPITAL : ZARKOPOLIS (Main Zentraedi Habitation Center within Dolza’s HQ & Roycommi Factory Satellite)


TERRAN HOMONYM : ZENTRAEDI
TIRESIAN HOMONYM : TSIEN’TRATI / TSEN’TRADI
ZENTRAN HOMONYM : ZJENTOHLAUEDY
LITERAL MEANING : NOBLE, VIRTUOUS SLAVE

EARLY HISTORY

To understand more of the Zentraedi origin, we have to delve a little bit into Tyrolian history, near the end of Golden Age in Stellar Republic era. It must be known that events transpire during this time period directly influence the development of biological terror weapons that later dominates a large part of the galaxy.

During 1300s AD, Tyrol is already a major interstellar superpower, coexisting with other space-faring alien species such as the Karbarrans & other Sentinel worlds. Interstellar trade is booming, military alliance between Karbarra Hegemony & Stellar Republic is the envy of the other alien species. Between 1274 – 1306AD, the Tyrolians & their Karbarran allies engage in a war against a common alien enemy, known collectively as V’loxia Empire that controls more than 100 worlds. The conclusion of V’loxia War is terrible & costly, as Tyrolians extinguish the V’loxia homeworld & driven the remaining reptilian sauroid V’loxia species to near extinction, save only for a small sauroid colony (of less than 55,000 survivors) that are given refuge in Peryton. This later lead to the subjugation of Peryton homeworld, as Stellar Republic troops invades the planet under pretext of being a V’loxian proxy. Appalled by Tyrolians action in the closing act of the war, the Karbarran Hegemony threatens to sever their military & economic alliance with Stellar Republic if the remaining V’loxians sauroids refugees on Peryton are harmed.

Knowing full well their military hardwares come mainly from Karbarra & Stellar Republic energy dependence over Karbarra’s Sekitan ores, the Tyrolian Senate decides on a new course, to exploit new & cheap energy source. Several scientific deep space survey teams chart the new unexplored territories in deep space, & in 1343AD, Azstraph – a Tyrolian exploration vessel, make planetfall on Optera in Tzuptum system. It is here that Zor Derelda, a young technovoyager discovers Invid Flower of Life & its subsequent by-product, protoculture energy source. This discovery & development of protoculture by Zor, the 1st Robotech Master, & its applications lead to several technological breakthroughs & a revolution in both Tyrolian technology & socio-politico sphere as well. Most importantly, protoculture’s ability to accelerate cloning & repair cellular damage that ultimately shaped the Zentraedi destiny.

As Robotechnology progressed thanks to protoculture usage in energy production, Tyrolian bio-science also benefited greatly from protoculture discovery. Improved agricultural products such as new modified grains & farm animals spread thoughout Stellar Republic vast colonies, but most importantly, the development into Tyroloid cloning revolutionizes & galvanizes the entire Tyrolian scientific circles. Through the discovery of zylonases (Tiresian Homonym: Zhailoni) enzyme, a biological byproduct of protoculture matrix (apart from energy & power production), these enzymes are used extensively in life-extension treatments for Tyrolian upper aristocrats, & also applied in cellular-repair medical treatment available to the masses. Most importantly, the zylonases application into cloning & corporeal reconstruction by Zor Derelda initiates the development of Tyroloid clones.

Through fundings by a consortium headed by Robotech Elders, & approved by the Senate, Zor continue his research in the subject matter, that later develops into “sizjentzs” (Tiresian homonym: sit’sentzs, literal meaning: exceeding slave standards) biological programme to develop artificially construct of living beings for use of manual off-world labor, most notably to exploit the Tyrolian vast monopole ore reserves widely available within Fantoma’s ring system. So in 1355AD, the new batch of clones are introduced, known as the Zentraedi, built upon modified giant scaffolding & modified DNA sourced out from spliced junk Tyroloid DNA. These super slaves are herded to the off-world mining facilities, & prove to be cheap living constructs & source of free labor for the Republic. However, Zor’s colleagues, ie the Robotech Elders, have different agenda for these goliaths.

By strategically placing Zentrans in the Stellar Republic’s all-important & burgeoning monopole mining & production centers near Fantoma orbit & others outer Valivarre star system, Robotech Elders consortium successfully win a contract to become military contractors in charge of security operations of these vital facilities. It is not long before Zentraedi task from simple off-world labor to police & guard duties change dramatically, the Robotech consortium secretly over-produced the Zentraedi slaves as supplies outgrow the demands. Throughout secret bases all over Tyrol & other Fantoma satellites, Stonol & Falcaro, the Zentrans are transformed into footsoldiers armed only with laser weapons & body armor. These goliath troopers are trained to be merciless killing machines, through false memory engrams & neural reprogramming, the Zentrans are taught to fight & die under the Robotech Elders (later on, Robotech Masters).

However in 1361AD, eugenics cloning secret experiments conducted by Robotech consortium in creating triumvirate clone societies is laid bare in special investigation ordered by the Senate. The Senate & Stellar Republic populaces are aghast at the inhumane experiments that lead to the Senate in banning future Zentraedi production & subsequent Robotech consortium assets to be repossessed by Republican troops. Robotech Elders & their proxies, the Robotech Masters immediately orders their Zentraedi warriors stomping all around Tyrol & its capital Tiresia in apparent coup de tat & holds the Senate under house arrest. Through out Stellar Republic, Zentran troopers capture Republican military nerve operation centers & administration centers. Despite heavy military engagements, the entire Republican forces are defeated soundly in all four corners of the Stellar Republic. The victorious Elders proclaim from Tiresia as new Empire is borne, Tyrolian Mercantile Empire, with the Zentraedi as its vanguard.