Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles

Wolf Recon now completing scan of Sector 4-1-2. No sign of enemy ships.

Whoa, that Invid Hive is a lot bigger than I thought it would be.

Alex, will you stop that humming?

Yeah, sure thing Marcus.

Alex, would you please get serious?!

What the heck, buddy, you gotta relax.

Heads up, we've got an Invid patrol approaching.

Switch to Guardian mode, we'll take cover in the debris field.

Ok, now hold your position, and we'll just drift with the debris.

Would you look at that?

It's beautiful. You know, this is the closest I've ever been to Earth.

It looks so peaceful.

Yeah, peaceful... But only from up here.

Hard to believe it all started with a single event

that brought Robotechnology to Earth.

It also brought waves of alien invaders looking for the secrets of Protoculture,

the power source behind Robotechnology.

The Earth was finally overrun by the Invid,

a mysterious alien race obsessed with obtaining Protoculture.

But nothing has ever stopped us from fighting for Earth's freedom.

It didn't stop my sister Marlene,

her boyfriend Scott Bernard, or the rest of the Mars Division.

Scott wanted to marry my sister once their mission to liberate the Earth was over,

but the mission didn't end the way we wanted.

They gave their lives trying to save a homeworld we never knew.

And now it's up to those who are left to continue the fight.

Take care, little brother.

Next time we see you, it will be on Earth.

Goodbye, Marcus.

Marcus, Marcus!

--Huh? --The Invid patrol's gone.

Right, let's get back to base.

Race you, loser buys drinks.

Race? What do you mean? Hey Alex!

Wolf Recon, you are cleared to land at ALuCE Bay 12.

Woo-hoo, it's finally drinking time.

Took you long enough.

Whatever...

You okay there buddy?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Alex, have you ever thought about why we're doing all this?

To impress the girls, right?

The only girls we know are pilots like us.

Here you go.

--Cola? --What did you expect?

You know, Marcus, you're way too serious. You need to lighten up, come on.

Alright, alright...

The humans have assembled their fleet to reclaim their home world.

The final assault should begin soon.

Excellent, everything is transpiring as the Awareness has foreseen.

This tactical diagram is from our last recon flight over the Invid hive at Reflex Point.

All units will proceed to rendezvous coordinates at T-Vector Delta.

Attack Group Three will remain behind in reserve

awaiting the arrival of Admiral Hunter.

Attack Group Two will continue to objective

using their Shadow Devices to avoid detection by Invid sensors.

Group One is already in position on the planet's surface.

We must wait until they have cleared a path to Reflex Point

before the invasion can truly begin.

Sir? What if they fail to knock out the Invid defense shields?

If that happens, we will abort the invasion

and we may have no choice but to use the Neutron-S missiles.

But, then we'd be decimating half the Earth just to defeat the Invid.

But sir, there are still several million people living down there.

Settle down, folks.

I understand how you feel, but my orders come directly from Admiral Hunter.

The domination of the Invid must be stopped.

That means the Invid hive at Reflex Point must be destroyed.

--Now prepare to move out. --Yes, sir!

Captain Grant?

Sir, I'm concerned that Admiral Hunter and the SDF-3 still haven't arrived yet.

With your permission, I'd like to take the Icarus and search for him.

You want to search the galaxy until you find him?

Admiral Hunter is my friend too, Vince, but we...

General Reinhardt, incoming eyes only transmission from the Omicron Sector.

It's the SDF-3!

Haha, speak of the devil! Put it on the main screen, Sparks and stay here Captain.

--Yes, sir. --Put him through, Sparks.

This is SDF-3, come in Command One.

This is General Reinhardt. We read you SDF-3.

General, it's good to hear your voice.

Damn it, Sparks! Can't we get a better transmission?

We're trying, sir!

According to Dr. Lang,

the calculations on the latest Haydonite technology weren't adding up.

Janice agreed, so they're running a field test.

But it's taking longer than we expected.

Should we delay the attack until you arrive?

Negative, just proceed as planned, we'll catch up once-

Rick, what's going on there?!

There's been an accident, I'm not sure what-

Admiral?! Rick?! What in the hell!?!

General, we have to launch a rescue mission!

Okay then, Vince. Take the Icarus to the Omicron Sector to find the Admiral.

Make sure the Protoculture matrix is safe!

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

And Vince?

Don't tell anyone but your crew about this.

Understood, sir.

Icarus, stand by for pre-flight.

Captain on the bridge!

Fire up the Protoculture, Louie. We're moving out!

Technically, Captain, Protoculture isn't "fired up”.

But, I know what you mean.

Listen up, everyone, we've got a change of orders.

Are we leading the first attack wave, sir?

Negative, set course for Omicron Sector, 3-5-J Vector Delta.

Omicron Sector?

Our orders are to locate and if necessary, assist Admiral Hunter and the SDF-3.

Aye, aye, sir.

Icarus, you are cleared for departure.

Activate Shadow Device.

The last thing we need is for the Invid to spot us.

Shadow Device activated, sir.

Shadow dimensional field now at full strength.

Fold system, standing by.

--Execute hyperspace fold jump! --Yes, sir.

Hang on, Rick. We're coming!

So, it has begun.

Yes, at long last, the vision of the Awareness will be realized.

Attention, attention. All pilots to Shadow Fighters, this is a combat alert.

All stations, we are at Yellow Alert.

You like her...

Go on, say something.

Uh...

Say, uh... that's a nice little "skull" on your flight suit, there.

You know, it's really no different than the skull

on any other Skull Squadron flight suit.

Loser!

Ah... Well, it looks especially good on you.

You're right, maybe one of these days you'll be lucky enough to wear one.

That is, if you're good enough.

Whoa, she's a tough one.

Cute, but tough.

I like your "skull"?!?

What was that, buddy?!

--It's all I could think of. --You're hopeless.

Wolf Three, you're clear to launch.

Roger that, Control.

Ok, Lieutenant Rush, this is it.

Let's go out there and win this one for Mars Division.

Yes, sir, Commander Taylor.

Marlene, Scott... This one's for you...

Invid approaching at Vector 3-2-Niner.

Synchro Cannons, prepare to fire.

All systems activate Shadow Devices and proceed to attack coordinates.

Shadow systems activated.

Hey, now that the whole fleet is equipped with Shadow technology,

the Invid don't stand a chance!

Yeah, but even if they can't see us, that still doesn't mean they can't hit us.

Hey, no way buddy, no one's going to hit me!

Invid deploying at Q Vector Theta.

Attack Division 12, move to intercept!

Wolf Leader to Wolf Squadron. All units, engage!

Oh, yeah! Six bogies down in a single pass, try and top that, Alex!

--Marcus, behind you! --What?

Holy sh-

Relax, I got it.

Whew!

Thanks, I owe you one.

One? Looked more like twenty-four to me... but, who's counting?

Wow, she's some pilot.

Yeah, well it helps when you've got a Beta full of missiles!

Blast it! Why in heaven's name haven't those troops taken out Reflex Point yet!

Sir, the 2nd, 3rd and 5th Divisions have reported extremely heavy losses

and I can't raise the 14th at all.

Agh... at this rate we won't be able to hold out against them

for more than a few hours or so.

Contact Attack Group One on Earth now, get me Captain Harrington!

--Not responding, sir. --Commander Reynolds?

Well, damn it! Find somebody,

anybody down there who can tell us what the hell is going on!

This is Command One to Attack Group One. Come in, please! Any unit please respond!

Command One, this is Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard,

21st Combat Squadron, Mars Division.

Who? Mars Division!

I have it here, sir. He's been leading a resistance group on Earth.

They've joined up with us to attack Reflex Point.

Commander Bernard, what's the status of the First Attack Group?

Have you taken Reflex Point yet?

No, sir. We've encountered very heavy resistance.

The Invid have repulsed our main attack. Recommend we fall back and regroup.

We're sending down a squadron of Shadow Fighters to assist.

We need to kill all the damned Invid!

Kill them all? That means I need to find...

There she is!

Why is she going back into the Hive?

Wait!

What are you doing here?

Scott, despite all we have been through together, I know who I am now.

I am Ariel, daughter of the Regess and Princess of the Invid.

Ariel, it doesn't matter to me whether you're human or Invid.

It does matter, Scott. Only I can convince the Regess to stop this senseless conflict.

You and I, we're proof that humans and Invid can co-exist peacefully.

The Regess doesn't believe that.

Scott, I sense something that may change her mind, but I must go before it's too late.

Then let me go with you!

The Regess isn't very fond of humans, Scott, and I'll need to convince her myself.

Then hurry, we don't have much time!

That's going to take some getting used to...