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1520 A.L.
The Azstraph enters the Tzuptum system and inserts itself into orbit around Optera. Zor encounters the Flower of Life, makes contact with the Invid, and seduces the secrets of the Flower from the Queen-Mother, the Regis.
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1755-1836 A.L.
Zor conjures Protoculture from the Flower and eventually fall victim to the Compulsion placed upon him by the Tirisian Council of Elders. Origin of the Cult of the Three-in-One and ascendancy of the Robotech Masters. Fall of the Royal Hall, as the period known as the Great Transition commences.
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566 A.R.
Zor’s voyages deliver him to Haydon IV, where he has a profound encounter with the planetoid’s artificial sentience, the Awareness.
Zor designs and builds the starship that will come to be called SDF-1, and—backed by a group of loyal Zentraedi—begins his “quiet rebellion” against the Masters.
Zentraedi commander in chief Dolza forms an uneasy alliance with Zor, who has by now become hopelessly addicted to the dried leaves of the Flower.
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580-640 A.R.
Zor’s Clandestine seeding attempts take him to Peryton, Karbarra, Praxis, Garuda, and Spheris.
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671 A.R.
Zor steals the single extant Protoculture matrix from Tiresia and conseals it within the spacefold drives of the SDF-1. The fortress, with its skeleton crew of loyal Zentraedi, is folded from Tirol’s corner of the galaxy.
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1999 (Earth actual)
An alien spaceship crash-lands on Earth, effectively ending almost a decade of Global Civil War. Originally called“The Visitor,” the ship is dubbed Super Dimensional Fortress 1 – the SDF-1.
Dr. Emil Lang, after an initial recon of the ship (in the company of Roy Fokker, Henry Gloval, T.R. Edwards, and others), begins to unravel the secrets of the extraterrestrial science known as Robotech.
Macross Island becomes the focal point of Robotechnology, and restoration commences on the SDF-1.
In another part of the galaxy, Zor is killed by Invid soldiers during a Flower of Life seeding attempt. The Zentraedi Breetai is wounded during the same raid. Commander in chief Dolza orders Commander Reno to return Zor’s body to the Robotech Masters on Tirol.
Interstellar war with the Invid, whose homeworld, Optera , has been defoliated by the Zentraedi, continues to chip away at the fringes of the Masters’ galactic empire.
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2002
Destruction of Mars Base Sara. Lisa’s Hayes fiancé, Karl Riber, is killed. Lisa turns 17.
Development of the reconfigurable Veritech Fighter.
On Tirol, Cabell “creates” Rem by cloning tissue from Zor. The Masters, to, have their way with Zor’s body, cloning tissue for their own purposes and extracting from the scientist’s residual cellular memories a vision of Earth – destruction of the fortress and Protoculture matrix he has stolen and spirited from their grasp.
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2003-08
Rise of the United Earth Defense Council under the leadership of Senator Russo, Admiral Hayes, T.R. Edwards, and others.
Roy Fokker and Claudia Grant become fast friends.
Lisa Hayes is assigned to the SDF-1 project on Macross, under the command of Captain Henry Gloval.
Tommy Luan is elected mayor of Macross City.
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2009
On the SDF-1’s launch day, the Zentraedi (after a ten-year
search for Zor’s fortress and the missing Protoculture matrix) appear and lay siege to Macross Island. The fortress makes an accidental hyperspace jump to Pluto, carrying the island and its population of 75,000 along with it. 15-year-old Lynn-Minmei and 19-year-old Rick Hunter are caught up in the spacefold.
Lisa Hayes turns 24.
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2009-11
The SDF-1 battles its way back to Earth with Macross City
rebuilt inside its massive holds.
Rick Hunter joins the RDF and earns the rank of lieutenant, with Ben Dixon and Max Sterling assigned to his VT squadron.
The Battle at Saturn’s Rings.
Lynn-Minmei is voted “Miss Macross.”
Breetai calls up the Botoru Battalion, led by the notorious Khyron the Backstabber.
The Battle at Mars Base Sara.
Rick, Lisa, Max, and Ben are captured by Breetai and interrogated by the Zentraedi commander in chief, Dolza.
The Earth forces learn of the term “Protoculture” for the first time.
Three “micronized” Zentraedi spies – Rico, Konda, and Bron – are successfully inserted into the SDF-1.
The SDF-1 lands on Earth.
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2012
Lynn-Minmei is reunited with her cousin, Lynn-Kyle.
Rick Hunter is seriously wounded during a Zentraedi attack on the fortress.
Roy Fokker is killed during a raid led by Khyron.
After almost six months on Earth, the SDF-1 is ordered to leave by the leaders of the UEDC.
Ben Dixon is killed.
Little White Dragon is aired.
The Minmei Cult has its beginnings aboard the flagship of the Zentraedi fleet.
Lynn-Kyle founds a peace movement aboard the SDF-1.
Asylum is granted to the three Zentraedi spies.
Max Sterling weds former Zentraedi Quadrono ace Miriya Parino.
Exedore arrives aboard the SDF-1 for peace talks.
The Zentraedi armada appears in Earth-space and lays waste to much of the planet.
At Alaska Base, the Grand Canon is destroyed and Admiral Hayes is killed. T.R. Edwards survives and vows to avenge himself on Rick and Lisa.
The SDF-1, with an assist from Lynn-Minmei’s voice, defeats Dolza’s armarda of five million ships and returns to a ravaged Earth.
A period of reconstruction begins, with humans and Zentraedi working side by side.
The Robotech Masters lose confidence in their race of warrior clones and begin a mass pilgrimage through interstellar space to Earth to recapture Zor’s Protoculture matrix. Zor Prime comes of age.
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2013
Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant (son of Claudia Grant’s
brother, Vince) are born.
The factory satellite is captured from Commander Reno and folded to Earth-space.
Dr. Lang and Professor Lazlo Zand begin work on a secret project involving artificial intelligence. Zand takes particular interest in the infant Dana after undergoing a Protoculture mindboost.
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2014
Khyron makes a surprise appearance and takes Minmei and
Lynn-Kyle hostage.
The destruction of New Macross, the SDFs 1 and 2, along with Khyron’s forces. Henry Gloval, Claudia Grant, Sammie Porter, Vanessa Leeds, and Kim Young are among the many casualties. The remains of the three ships are buried under tons of earthen debris dredged up from Lake Gloval.
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2015-17
Zentraedi Malcontent Uprisings in the South Lands Control Zone (South America). Jonathan Wolff comes to the attention of Commander Max Sterling.
Thr Robotech Expeditionary Force is formed from the express purpose of journeying to Tirol to sue for peace with the Robotech Masters. Aboard the factory satellite, work commences on the SDF-3.
Rise of Monument City and Anatole Leonard’s Army of the Southern Cross.
Lynn-Minmei takes on a singing partner, the android Janice Em, at Emil Lang’s urging.
The Invid complete their conquest of Garuda, Praxis, Karbarra, and Spheris.
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2020
Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes wed aboard the factory satellite. Dana and Bowie are given over to the care of Rolf and Laura Emerson.
The SDF-3 is launched. Minmei and Janice Em are caught up in the spacefold.
Rick turns 29; Lisa, 34; Dana and Bowie, 7. Scott Bernard, Lang’s godson from the recently completed Mars Base, turns 11.
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2025 (Earth actual)
The Invid Regent takes Tirol. Sickened by his blood lust, the Regis leaves Optera for Praxis to carry on her Genesis
Pit experiments.
The Robotech Expeditionary Force arrives in Fantomaspace and engages the Invid; the fortress’s spacefold generators are damaged. (The REF is unaware that the fold has taken five Earth-years and believes the date to be 2020.) T.R. Edwards and his Ghost Squadron capture the living computer the Regent has left behind in Tiresian’s Royal Hall. Tiresians Cabell and Rem inform the Plenipotentiary Council that the Robotech Masters are on their way to Earth.
The Zentraedi contingent of the REF agree to be returned to full size so that they can mine Fantoma for monopole ore to fuel a new fleet o warships.
The Sentinels – composed of Praxians, Garudans, Karbarrans, Haydonites, Spherisians, and Perytonians – are formed to liberate planets recently conquered and occupied by the Invid horde. The Hunters, Grants, Sterlings, and others leave Fantomaspace aboard the Farrago.
On Earth, Senator Wyatt “Patty” Moran and the apparat of the Army of the Southern Cross consolidate their power and take control of the Supreme Council.
Dana and Bowie grow up under the care of the Emersons.
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2026 (Earth actual)
Karbarra is liberated. Tesla and Burak form a curious partnership. The Sentinels’ ship is destroyed, and the Ground Military Unit is stranded on Praxis shortly after the Regis’s leavetaking for Haydon IV. Praxis explodes. Death of Baldan I.
T.R Edwards holds secret talks with the Regent and begins a personal campaign to capture Lynn-Minmei.
Wolff and Janice Em return to Tirol. The Invid Tesla murders a simulagent sent to Tirol by the Regent.
T.R. Edwards begins to hold sway over the REF’s Plenipotentiary Council. Wolff is accused of murder and piracy. Control of the Fantoma mining operations passes to Edwards.
Garuda is liberated. Rick, Lisa, Rem, and Karen Penn suffer the nearly fatal effects of the planet’s atmosphere.
Baldan II is “shaped” by Teal.
The Zentraedi leave Tirolspace with the monopole ore needed for the fleet’s warships.
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2027 (Earth actual)
The Sentinels arrive on Haydon IV shortly after the Regis’s departure and “surrender” themselves to the occupying Invid troops. Rem learns that he is actually a clone of Zor. Janice Em reveals herself to be an android. Sarna is killed.
The enigmatic Haydon becomes a source of interest to Lang and others.
A prototype ship under the command of Major Carpenter leaves Tirol for Earth.
Edwards loses his grip on the Council after troops sent out to hunt down the Zentraedi side with them instead. Wolff, Breetai, and Grant return to Tirol and clear the Sentinels of all charges.
Haydon IV and Spheris are liberated. Tesla leaves the Ark Angel for Optera to have it out with the Regent.
Aurora is born to Miriya Sterling on Haydon IV.
Edwards and his Ghost Riders flee Tirol for Optera, taking Lynn-Minmei and the awakened Invid living computer from Tiresia with them.
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2029 (Earth actual)
The battle for Optera. Edwards, Arla-non, Teal, and Janice Em die.
Dr. Lang makes a series of shattering discoveries about the spacefold generators his teams have used in Carpenter and Wolff’s ships.
Exedore makes a startling discovery involving Zor and the historical Haydon.
Ark Angel begins a slow return to Tirol.
Breetai’s son, Dranin, is born to the Zentraedi Kazianna Hesh.
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2031 (Earth actual)
Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant turn 18, graduate from the Academy, and are assigned to the 15th Alpha Tactical
Armored Corps, which includes Sean Phillips, Angelo Dante, and Nichols.
The Robotech Masters arrive in Earth-space, and the Second Robotech war begins.
Major Carpenter’s ship returns from Tirol.
Zor Prime is introduced to the 15th ATAC.
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2032
End of the Second Robotech War. Zor Prime’s attempt at
(Earth actual)destroying the Masters’ flagship results in the loosing of the Flowers of Life from the Protoculture matrix concealed within the spacefold drives of the buried SDF-1; spores cover the planet, and the Flower takes root, alerting the Regis’s sensor nebula.
The Invid “disappear” from Tirol’s corner of the galaxy. It is assumed that the Regis has begun her move against Earth.
The Mars Group leaves Tirol with 18-year-old Scott Bernard aboard.
Lazlo Zand dies.
Jonathan Wolff’s ship returns to Earth. An anti-Invid underground is established before the Regis arrives. Dana commandeers Wolff’s ship after the drives are retrofitted with a device perfected by former 15th ATAC whiz kid Louie Nichols.
The Robotech factory satellite returns to Earthspace.
Optera is fully seeded with the Flowers of Life and given over to the homeless Praxians, who rename the planet New Praxis. The Flowers become the crop for a new Protoculture matrix created by Rem, who has managed to tap some of his progenitor’s – Zor’s – memories.
Max, Miriya, and Aurora Sterling arrive on Tirol from Haydon IV.
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2033 (Earth actual)
The Invid Regis arrives on Earth. Her newly hatched army of soldiers and mecha destroys the factory satellite and
easily defeats Earth’s depleted defenses. Hives and farms are set up worldwide, and some Terran captives are forced to work in labor camps, harvesting Flowers and processing nutrient for use in the Regis’s terror weapons and battlecraft.
Arrival of Dana Sterling on Tirol. With her are Bowie Grant, Sean Philips, Angelo Dante, Musica and Allegra, and many of the Masters’ clones.
Shadow Fighters and neutron “S” missiles are developed by the REF for use in the assault against Earth. Nearly instantaneous spacefold becomes a reality for the main-fleet ships.
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2034 (Earth actual)
Arrival and defeat of the Mars Attack Group sent by the REF.
Scott Bernard and his ragtag band of freedom fighters-Rook, Rand, Lancer, Lunk, and Annie-begin a journey toward the Regis’s central hive complex, known as Reflex Point.
Marlene, Sera, and Corg are birthed by the Regis
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2035 (Earth actual)
The Jupiter attack wing arrives in Earthspace. Photojournalist Sue Graham dies on Earth.
The REF main-fleet ships are folded from Tirol to Earth. The Regis and her children take leave of the planet in the form of a phoenix of mindstuff, annihilating the returning ships in the process and ending the Third Robotech War.
On Haydon IV, Veidt and Exedore are present at the reawakening of the planet’s artificial sentience, the Awareness. (Max and his family are also on-planet. Cabell is on Tirol.)
The SDF-3 fails to remanifest in Earth-space. Rick turns 40 (or 45 by chronological rechoning); Lisa turns 45 (or 50).
Aboard the Ark Angel, which has been spared the fate of the rest of the main-fleet ships, Scott Bernard and Vince and Jean Grant commence a search for the missing fortress.
(This timeline is from the novel Robotech: The End of the Circle.)
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