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[NARRATOR] Against the advice of General Emerson,

Supreme Commander Leonard of the Southern Cross Forces

has elected to throw an all-out frontal assault

at the enemy fleet,

in a desperate attempt to foil the aliens' designs

on Earth's dwindling supply of Protoculture.

Meanwhile, the bioroid pilot

Zor struggles to reclaim his lost memory.

And Dana Sterling finds herself increasingly attracted

to the mysterious alien.

But Zor is an unwitting tool of his former masters,

unconsciously transmitting all he sees and hears

to the enemy orbiting above.

[LEONARD] We fully realize there has been much debate

over the advisability of a preemptive strike

against the alien fleet at this juncture.

These concerns have been taken into careful consideration

by the high command of the Armed Forces.

But now, the time has come for putting an end to debate

and for uniting all our voices behind a common effort.

Proto-engineering has completed the first consignment

of the new Armored Gyro Assault Choppers,

henceforth designated as AGACs.

These will form the nucleus of the first assault wave.

Your corps commanders

will have your individual battle assignments.

Now, I know there isn't a single soldier in this hall today

who isn't painfully aware of all the hazards

that will certainly arise during the course of this mission

and there are still some

who would advise against its undertaking.

That may be, but the high command has determined

that we now have the capability

of dealing a devastating blow to the enemy...

[ROLF] Madness, utter madness.

[hoverbike approaching]

- -[MARIE] Dana! - -[IDANA] Hmm?

Guess who's been assigned to the first wave.

Well, well, well. Aren't you the lucky little hotshot, Marie?

Do they know you just got out of the hospital?

Oh, believe me, I'm completely recovered.

I never felt better in my entire life.

I think it's just awful the infantry

won't be seeing any fighting this time around.

But I suppose you'll get some training done

while we're gone.

To be perfectly honest, I'm really not too unhappy

about being grounded.

You pilots'll have your hands full.

It won't be that bad.

At least this time we'll have a commander

who knows what he's doing.

Know what I mean?

[DANA] Hmph!

Oh, let it drop! When are you gonna forgive me?

Don't worry about it, I forgive you. So long!

[DANA] Oh, boy, she's never gonna

- -let me live that down! - -[INOVA] Dana?

Huh? Oh, hello, Nova.

Uh, look, I'm sorry, but can you make it brief?

I have to meet Zor in 15 minutes

and he always starts worrying if I'm late.

That's the very thing I wanted to speak to you about.

[DANA] Yeah? Well?

[NOVA] We appreciate all you've done in helping him

regain his memory. But we feel that there are some areas

that only trained professionals can--

No! He's mine and I'm gonna keep him!

These professionals you're so proud of

will probably make a vegetable out of him,

and I won't let them do that! You hear me?

Yes. I understand your feelings, Dana.

But this case requires some in-depth probing

of the subject's unconscious mind,

and that can only be done by an expert

in alien personality transference--

Enough! You're giving me a monster migraine

with all this psychobabble!

[NOVA] Dana, it's out of your hands.

I've been assigned to supervise Zor's rehabilitation.

Over my dead body!

All he needs is a little human understanding... and time.

Leave him alone!

Dana!

[NOVA] Poor Dana. She's completely lost her objectivity.

[DANA] I'm not gonna let her get

her greedy little hands on him.

- -Hey! - -[tires squealing]

[DANA] She can just forget it!

- -[door beeping] - -[ALL] Huh?

I could just scream sometimes, you know?

Just what seems to be the problem, Lieutenant?

It's nothing at all.

Just tell me where Zor's hiding himself.

Bowie! I thought I told you to keep an eye on him!

- -Well I-- - -[DANA] Great!

I can't depend on you for anything at all!

Cool your thrusters, baby-face, the patient's fine

and we're keeping tabs on him, so simmer down.

Well, where is he, Sean?

He'll be right back in just a second.

I didn't ask for a timetable of his comings and goings,

I want to see him! Right now.

I think he'd rather you waited.

Just tell me where he is.

[SEAN] Little boys' room!

Why didn't you tell me that before? Hmph!

Any word on assignments from the war council?

Yeah, do we finally get permission to take care

of the enemy this time, or do we get held back again?

Well, if you really must know, the Supreme Command

in all its infinite wisdom has decided to...

[ALL] Hmm?

[DANA] ...keep us in reserve, of course!

[sighs] Oh, wow. This is getting

to be kinda monotonous, you know?

Mm! Typical!

Whoever makes these stupid decisions oughta be shot!

I can't help but think Nova wants Zor all to herself.

Hmph!

What am I worrying about?

She hasn't got a chance of keeping him to herself!

There is simply no comparison!

[SEAN] It's a crazy idea, anyway.

I'm telling you the Supreme Commander's

going nuts. He knows it's hopeless

to try a frontal assault.

[LOUIE] The application of brute force is strategically wrong.

We must fight with our intellect.

By developing Robotechnology, we stand a chance.

Forget all this machinery! If they just give us

a crack at 'em, we'd knock 'em outta the sky.

[ROBOTECH MASTER] So our pathetic little adversaries

are launching another attack against us... good, very good.

- -[DANA] Zor, come up here! - -[ALL] Hmm?

[gasps] Dana. The mirror. It can't be!

The triumvirate... yes!

What?

For a moment, there were three different

images of you in that mirror.

[DANA] If you're gonna start seeing things,

maybe Nova's right, you do need professional help!

Dana, the triumvirate!

It's starting to come back to me again.

- -[high pitched ringing] - -[ZOR groaning]

[ZOR] Yes, long ago... the attack... the enemy.

The three who act as one. The triumvirate!

What are you saying? The enemy invaders--

what are they? Triplets or something?

[ZOR] All I just know it has something to do

with having to act in groups of three.

Well, I have no idea at all what that means,

but it sounds just screwy enough to turn out to be important.

I think we'd better let the high command know all about this.

Huh.

[DANA] They're gonna think we're both crazy.

[CONTROLLER 1] Final loading of Ajax in assembly bay 19.

Transport commanders, signal when Ajax are in place.

T-minus ten minutes to attack launch...

Come on, boys, keep it moving,

they're not going to wait for us.

- -[NORDOFF] Lieutenant Crystal! - -[MARIE] Huh?

[NORDOFF] We expect to see those Ajax

put through their paces up there.

[MARIE] Don't worry, sir, we'll give the whirlybirds a workout.

I only hope we don't get lost in the shuffle.

I've never seen so many ships!

Just pray that we've got enough, Lieutenant.

[CONTROLLER 2] All pilots to standby alert.

[SEAN] Hello there, Lieutenant!

Hello, Private.

Hey, don't get personal.

[MARIE] Mmph! What are you doing here?

[SEAN] Whaddya mean?

Taking some time off from chasing nurses?

Hey, hey now, Marie, don't say things like that.

You're tearing me apart! I just came here

because I wanted to see you. Trust me!

Oh, sure, Sean. I trust you,

just about as far as I can throw you.

[CONTROLLER 1] T minus nine minutes to launch.

All pilots...

Marie, be careful, okay?

Huh. I almost believe you really mean that.

Uh, yup. I mean it, all right.

Thanks for coming, Sean, I appreciate it.

[CONTROLLER 2] All ground personnel,

clear the launch area.

Ground personnel, clear launch area!

We are now in final systems check and all stations are go.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 3] The transmission from Zor Prime

is coming in perfectly.

This new armada is the single largest fleet

they have ever dared to send against us.

The more ships they employ, the greater our triumph.

Their armada will be destroyed and their spirit broken.

What's this? What is happening to the transmission?

It must be some sort of interference.

- -[ANGELO] Hey, Zor! - -[ZOR] Huh?

[ANGELO] Just what the heck do ya think you're doing up here?

[ZOR] I, uh, was trying to get a good view of the liftoff.

[ANGELO] This sector's off-limits.

You're supposed to be with the 15th Squadron.

I'm sorry. I didn't know. I meant no harm by it!

It's all right, Angelo. I vouch for him.

I gave him clearance to go wherever he wants.

I thought it might help him get his memory back.

You never can tell.

What do you think he is, a spy?

[CONTROLLER 1] All systems report launch ready.

Commence final countdown.

[CONTROLLER 1] Sir. Ten...

Nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four, three, two, one.

Zero. Launch!

[ZOR] If I could only go with them

and get a look at the enemy,

then maybe it would all come back to me.

[LEONARD] Look at them!

[ROLF] Very impressive, Commander.

[LEONARD] How can they possibly fail?

[ROLF] I wish to heaven I shared your confidence, Commander.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 2] Ah, here they come.

Like moths to the flame.

Is there no one among them who sees the stupidity of this?

I will summon our defense forces.

Do not bother the rest of the fleet with this.

Our own ships will be sufficient.

[PILOT] We've passed through the atmosphere, sir.

All pilots to battle stations!

[CONTROLLER 2] All pilots to battle stations!

Gunnery crews to cannon Level A.

[MARIE] It's time to take these Ajax out for a test spin.

And remember, guys, they're counting on us!

Objective: 250 kilometers and closing!

All guns get ready to fire on my signal!

[NAVIGATOR] Captain Nordoff, we're within firing range!

Ready cannons. Now!

Their defense field is absorbing the blast!

Then maintain course, Ensign. Bring us in closer

and we'll try again from point-blank range.

Fire!

[SOLDIERS screaming]

Sir! They got battle cruiser seven!

[MARIE] Move aside! [grunts]

[MARIE] Aha, there you are!

One of our barriers has been breached.

It is quite capable of self-restoration.

It's hard to believe there's a war going on.

It's so peaceful and quiet up here.

It reminds me of where I grew up.

- -Look down there. - -[DANA] Ooh.

[ZOR] I wish I could remember where I grew up.

[DANA] I always start thinking about my hometown

when I come up here, and people I left behind.

Oh? Was one of them a boyfriend?

No, don't be silly. Just a younger brother.

[ZOR] I'll never know what it's like to go home again.

But why not? This war will be over someday,

and then you can--

[ZOR] No, Dana. With me, it's not as simple as that!

A man without a past is a man without a home.

But, each day brings a little more of your past back to you.

Yes, that's true.

I remembered about the triumvirate.

And then those terrible visions...

The enemy attack on that base where I was stationed.

If only I could remember where and why

that attack took place.

But there's nothing there, just a blank! [growls]

Zor, you can't give up hope. It'll come back to you!

It's just a question of finding...

- -[gasps] I've got it! - -[ZOR] What?

Come one, Zor, let's go.

I must've been out of my mind not to think of this before!

What?

[NARRATOR] And a short time later...

[DANA] Ya-haa!

Come on, guys, get the lead out! We haven't got all day!

What's she got a bee in her bonnet about?

[ZOR] I don't know.

[DANA] Yee-ha!

[COMM OFFICER] Battle cruiser five's gone, sir!

They're tearing us to shreds!

[NORDOFF] A third of our battle fleet

and nearly half our transports have already been lost.

Sir, it's impossible for us to maintain battle formation.

I suggest we withdraw immediately.

Nonsense! Why haven't you already brought the armored

attack choppers to bear against the enemy, Captain?

We've been awfully busy just trying to survive

up to this point.

Sir, if I may point out, the enemy has been dispatching

our largest battle cruisers with impressive regularity;

I hardly think attack choppers have a--

Captain, that is a question for me to decide.

You just follow your instructions.

Dispatch the Ajax!

All pilots, scramble all the Ajax.

Let's prepare to launch.

Roger, choppers are standing by!

[CONTROLLER 1] Ten, nine...

[CONTROLLER 2] Clear assembly bay!

Stand by for depressurization and opening of bay doors.

[CONTROLLER 1] ...three, two, one, zero.

Launch.

[AJAX PILOT] Trouble, sir!

They're sending out interceptors!

[MARIE] Now we'll find out what these ships can do! Attack!

[MARIE] So, this is a trial by fire, eh?

[NARRATOR] While the battle rages in space,

Dana leads Zor to a lonely,

secluded spot far outside the city,

in the hopes that the mysterious setting

will unlock doors to his hidden past.

Here we are!

[DANA] You know that military base you keep dreaming about--

the one that was attacked? Well, it hit me.

This is where the aliens attacked our first

Robotech battlefortress!

I thought this might be of some help.

Don't you remember anything at all?

Right on this spot here, there was a big battle

between Earth and the Zentraedi invaders.

I don't know.

It does seem familiar, but it all looks so different.

[DANA] Well, that's something, anyway...

Let's poke around a little. Okay?

Maybe we'll find something to jog your memory.

I mean, that is, if you feel up to it.

Of course, I'll investigate the mound on the left.

I'll take the right one.

Then let's get cracking!

[DANA] Ugh. Creepy.

[ZOR] Bowie, did you find anything?

[BOWIE] No, nothing yet.

- -[ZOR] I'm not sure that-- - -[DANA] Hey, you two!

Come over here a minute! Quick!

[ZOR] What did you find, Dana?

Look, there's an opening.

[ZOR] Hmm?

[BOWIE] It looks like it goes all the way in.

- -[ZOR] Come on. - -[DANA] Do you think?

Yes!

Be careful. We don't know what we might find in there.

[DANA] Now when've I not been careful?

[ALL grunting]

All right, everybody, stick close together

and watch where you put your feet.

Right.

Oh, brother, it's like a tomb in here.

All this place needs are a couple of mummies!

Stop that, Bowie. I'm scared enough already.

- -[BOWIE] Watch it! - -[DANA gasps]

- -[bats shrieking] - -[screaming]

- -[IDANA whimpering] - -[ZOR grunts]

Calm down, Dana. It was nothing but a few bats.

[DANA] Oh! Uh, of course!

Come on, let's keep going.

[DANA] If you insist.

[gasps]

[ZOR, DANA] Huh?

[BOWIE gasps] Where's that light coming from?

Come on.

Right.

[DANA] Well, what now?

We're not really gonna go in there, are we?

[ZOR] I'll go ahead.

Uh, wait a second, we're coming!

[grunting]

[DANA] Can you see? Are we almost there?

[ZOR] Just ahead.

There it is.

[ALL grunting]

Huh?

[DANA gasps]

[DANA] This place is unbelievable.

It's throbbing with power!

And look at those plants. What on Earth are they?

It's like some kind of greenhouse.

- -[ZOR] Hmm. - -Uh, be careful!

[ZOR] Dana, don't touch that!

[DANA] Ow!

[whimpering] Did you see that?

It's unbelievable!

[ZOR] The triumvirate!

- -[IDANA] Hmm? - -[BOWIE] Wha...?

Look at these flowers. They grow in threes.

It's the three who act as one...

[BOWIE] What's it mean?

Once again, the same thing I saw in my dream.

Could those things be related somehow?

Do you think maybe these plants

are what the aliens are trying to get their hands on?

I don't know.

But I do know that these flowers are not what they seem.

They're some kind of dreadful mutation,

feeding off a source of incredible power.

They're definitely a new form of life,

unlike any that we've ever seen.

You know what? I don't like this at all.

No, neither do I.

I feel this cavern is full of emanations of great strength.

It's as if these plants are calling out,

making contact with something far away.

My past is buried here somehow.

But how can I expect anyone to believe that?

We'll bring the Supreme Commander here

and show it to him. He'll have to believe you then! Right?

Oh, terrific! Can't you just hear what he'd say to that?

[impersonating LEONARD] "You expect me to believe

this balderdash about flowers and strange emanations?"

[regular voice] That's what he'd say.

He'd think we're crazy, Dana.

[MARIE] Yeah!

[MARIE] Okay...

[MARIE] Here we go!

[MARIE] Let's check the blasters out on this thing.

[MARIE] Hmm, not bad.

[MARIE] There's three of them! I've got to get out of here!

Where's Lieutenant Crystal? Have you heard from her yet?

I'll raise her, sir.

[MARIE] Sir, I'm engaging the enemy

and you can tell Dana Sterling

that screwy idea of hers about them having to act

in groups of three may not be so screwy after all!

Good job, Lieutenant,

now just bring that chopper back home, pronto!

Understood?

[MARIE] On my way, sir!

- -Thanks a lot, Lieutenant. - -[NOVA] There.

- -[NOVA] Here you are. - -[ROCHELLE] Thank you.

First of all, sir,

I'm fully aware that I disobeyed orders.

So what else is new?

I'm S [0] r r y. N [0] \"/ a I

but I have Zor with me and we've just paid a visit

to the site of the SDF-1.

[ROLF] Hm?

General, I hope you're not too angry with us.

Lieutenant, we have just received a transmission

from a friend of yours.

A Lieutenant Marie Crystal was in direct contact with the enemy

and her visual evidence

seems to bear out that theory of yours

regarding the trichotomous pattern of the alien's behavior.

I can't take any credit for it. It was Zor's idea.

Sir, is Marie all right?

Have you heard anything about her?

Our losses were disastrously heavy, but I've been informed

that Lieutenant Crystal is now safely back aboard.

Thank heavens for that!

[ROLF] She and the entire first assault wave have disengaged

and are withdrawing towards the dark side of the moon.

However, I regret to say

the attack has been something of a fiasco.

[NORDOFF] I want complete reports from all damaged ships.

Then I guess that means you want reports from all the ships, sir!

[AIDE] Supreme Commander.

[LEONARD] Hm?

The first assault wave has fallen back in disarray, sir.

Well then, we shall demonstrate

that we have more where that came from.

Mobilize the second assault wave.

Order them to rendezvous with the remaining operational units

of the first wave and prepare

for a combined attack against the enemy.

Another frontal assault, Supreme Commander?

And this time, we'll fight to the very last man!

[DANA] Imagine having my story verified by Marie.

Of all people... huh.

I guess maybe she's not so bad after all.

[NARRATOR] In the next episode of Robotech,

the control of space

in the immediate vicinity of planet Earth

forms the battle strategy mapped out by Supreme Commander Leonard

as he forces his entire fleet of cosmic warships

to engage the armada of gigantic alien battle cruisers in combat.

It is the classic situation of David and Goliath

only this time the legendary rock hurled by David

is a massive barrage of laser cannons

and powerful proton torpedoes.

The Second Robotech War may not turn out the same as the first.

The Robotech Masters are playing for keeps,

with their entire civilization at stake,

the odds are too great to permit failure.

Be sure to watch next time for "Clone Chamber,"

the next exciting chapter in the amazing adventures

of Robotech!

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