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WE THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE RDF...

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HE SAW A LOT FOR 23 YEARS OLD... When we heard it said throughout the New Generation, we wondered. Then we read excerpts from "The Collected Journals of ADMIRAL Rick Hunter" and we wondered more. Jack McKinney made sure not to miss the moment it happened; ***** "Captain Hunter," Milburn said, rising from his chair when Rick had stepped onto the low platform that had been erected for the ceremony. "In recognition of countless acts of bravery performed in the service of the Defense Force, and in heartfelt appreciation of your contributions to the civilian cause throughout this difficult period of reconstruction, and lastly in acknowledgment of your donations to the design of the Expeditionary mission—notably in the aftermath of the destruction of Macross—we, members of the council and the RDF, wish at this time to confer on you a much-deserved and perhaps long-overdue promotion in rank." Lisa grinned despite herself. She'd fought hard to bring

IT'S ALL IN THE EYES CHICO....ROBOTECH NOVELS "NO ERROR!"..

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If one thing that this journey of mine has striven on; it's that the flow of the Robotech Novels go as steady as possible. Many times, whether it be through an Epigraph or the story itself, there are moments where Brian and Jim contradicted (unintentionally) an event or character. As much as I have loved the Novels, I have never shied away from these cases. It become a matter of connecting the dots to said contradictions through the use of theories as explanation. Such is the case with the character of Lazlo Archimedes Zand. He is first introduced in the Novel Doomsday; "Professor Zand, a shadowy figure who had emerged from Lang's Robotech elite; " It is here where he has a verbal confrontation with one   Rick H unter ; "That's nonsense, Commander," said Professor Zand, who had Dr. Lang's marblelike eyes. He stood up, palms flat on the table, to press his point. "There have always been wars in progress somewhere on

BEFORE MACROSS , THERE WAS SARA.

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***PLEASE NOTE. THE FOLLOWING POST IS BASED OFF THE ROBOTECH NOVELS UNIVERSE AKA THE R.N.U. THE STORIES TOLD ABOUT MARS SARA BASE IN THE COMIC SERIES "INVASION" ARE  NOT  PART OF THIS DISCUSSION NOR TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.***  Another one of the many stories that can spring up from words of Jack McKinney; "The destruction of Sara Base on Mars was in some ways typical of the setbacks experienced by the newly formed World Unification Alliance, the unfortunate result of suspicion, misinformation, and manipulation by an unnamed collective of separatist factions. That the Northeast Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere could be so easily duped into believing the base a military installation was all the more cause for concern. But more than that, the attack upon the base marked the first instance that humankind had taken warfare off the planet and brought it to the stars. " Malachi Cain,  Prelude to Doomsday: A History of the Global Civil War  RN - Battle Cry **** T