8.1: ROBOTECH: OBJECTIVE REFLEX POINT (ROLL CALL, ETC)
8.1.1: What is it?
8.1.2: Where can I get it?
8.2: ROBOTECH: THE MISFOLD
8.2.1: What is it?
8.2.2: Where can I get it?
8.3: ROBOTECH: THE LEGEND OF THE SKYBEAST
8.3.1: What is it?
8.3.2: Where can I get it?
8.4: ROBOTECH/RIFTS CROSSOVER
8.4.1: What is it?
8.4.2: Where can I get it?
8.5: UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES
8.5.1: What is it?
8.5.2: Where can I get it?
8.6: (REVISED) NINJAS AND SUPERSPIES IN INVID INVASION
8.6.1: What is it?
8.6.2: Where can I get it?
8.7: HE FINALLY LIKED MINMAY...
8.7.1: What is it?
8.7.2: Where can I get it?
8.8: PROTOCULTURE WARS (CHILDREN... SERIES)
8.8.1: What is it?
8.8.2: Where can I get it?
8.9: PROTOCULTURE ADDICTS
8.9.1: What is it?
8.9.2: How do I subscribe?
8.10: MECHA PRESS
8.10.1: What is it?
8.10.2: How do I subscribe?
8.11: ROBOTECH: SWORDS
8.11.1: What is it?
8.11.2: Where can I get it?
8.1: ROBOTECH:
OBJECTIVE REFLEX POINT (ROLL CALL, ETC)
8.1.1: WHAT IS IT?
_Objective Reflex
Point_ is a trilogy of novels set during the latter days of the
Invid occupation of Earth; making it the contemporary of the "New
Generation" segment of the original TV series. Begun in 1986, this
work was penned by Peter Walker (pww@spacsun.rice.edu) and Anand
Rao.
Book 1, _Roll Call_,
follows a celebrated REF pilot, Michael Austin, who survives the
disastrous Mars Division attempt to reclaim Earth from the Invid.
Accompanied by another REF officer, Jeanette Ducasse, the pair
find themselves in Invid-dominated Europe. They are joined by Milo
Swift and Roger Pike, former Southern Cross regulars, Laurie
Mason, a nurse-turned-Alpha pilot with ties to the resistance, and
Blake Hammond, her half-Zentraedi brother-in- law, a son of a dead
resistance leader. This book sees their trek through Europe and
the emergence of a new unity on the continent to challenge the
Invid.
Book 2, _A Soldier's
Fortune_ sees the culmination of the European military response to
the Invid, followed by the departure of Michael's resistance band
from Europe for North America. Book 3, _Final Mission_ details the
final days of the Invid occupation, the return of the
expeditionary fleet, and the conclusion of the war from the
perspective of the members of Michael's outfit.
In addition, there
are glossaries for each of the books, including mecha statistics
(composed by the author and Pieter Thomassen), timelines, and
other details of interest from Peter Walker's version of the
Robotech universe. In addition, there is a Novella, _The Hunted_,
which examines an episode earlier in Michael Austin's life during
his career as a pilot with the expeditionary force.
Further works in the
future include _Akhilleus' Anger_ and _No Destiny so Cruel_, about
Michael's father, Thomas Austin, a Valkyrie pilot in the RDF
during the reconstruction years; and a sequel trilogy set fifteen
years after the departure of the Regis.
8.1.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
If you would like to
get a copy of the Robotech: Objective Reflex Point series, the
following stories are available for anonymous FTP at ftp.std.com.
You may also contact one of the authors (Peter Walker; pww@spacsun.rice.edu)
and he will be more than happy to mail you a copy, or answer any
questions you may have.
The story consists of
the following files which are stored in the directory:
/archives/anime-fan/works/Robotech/Objective-Reflex-Point
robotech.orp.1.roll.call.gz (Book 1: Roll Call)
robotech.orp.2.soldiers.fortune.gz (Book 2: A Soldier's Fortune)
robotech.orp.3.final.mission.gz (Book 3: Final Mission)
robotech.orp.app.hunted.gz (Novella: The Hunted)
robotech.orp.glossary.1.rc.gz (Book 1 Glossaries)
robotech.orp.glossary.2.asf.gz (Book 2 Glossaries)
robotech.orp.glossary.3.fm.gz (Book 3 Glossaries)
robotech.orp.glossary.misc.gz (Miscellaneous glossaries)
ftp to
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan/works/Robotech/Objective-Reflex-Point
Several of the works
listed here are missing from the archive or are incomplete; that
is because they have not yet been made ready for electronic
publication. All new chapters will be posted to
rec.arts.anime.stories, alt.tv.robotech, and robotech@list.gatech.edu
as they are made ready, as well as being added to the archive.
8.2: ROBOTECH: THE
MISFOLD
8.2.1: WHAT IS IT?
Robotech: The Misfold
is a story started by Chris Meadows and added to by about nine or
ten other people. The concept behind this story is that anybody
may join in by writing about the adventures of a character or
group of characters, including the ones that have already been
established (no character "belongs" to any one person in this
story). This writing is then submitted to the editor (Chris), who
makes the necessary adjustments for all the submissions to fit
together.
The story is
essentially about an Ikazuchi starship from the Robotech
Expeditionary Force that accidentally misfolds into another
dimension, ending up in a present-day earth not unlike our own.
There are currently six complete parts, but work on a seventh has
begun. It is possible the story will go to at least part ten
before it is complete.
Note: Authorial
positions for Robotech: The Misfold are always open. Read the
story thus far and email Chris Meadows at cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu
if you'd like to join in.
8.2.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
Robotech: The Misfold
is available via anonymous FTP to 130.215.24.1
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/The-Misfold, the WPI anime
fanfiction archive.
The story so far is
there as: -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 26521 Aug 23 14:16
robotech.misfold.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 25273 Aug 23 14:26
robotech.misfold.2.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 38410 Aug 24 16:44
robotech.misfold.3.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 45137 Aug 26 07:33
robotech.misfold.4.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 27010 Jul 29 1993
robotech.misfold.5.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 35307 Nov 14 1993
robotech.misfold.6.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com /archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/The-Misfold
8.3: ROBOTECH: THE
LEGEND OF THE SKYBEAST
8.3.1: WHAT IS IT?
The Legend of the Sky
Beast is the first Robotech fanfic story Chris Meadows ever wrote.
He wrote it in high school, before he'd even heard of the
Internet. The story follows two archaeologist-adventurers to a
site in a fictitious South American country where they make a
discovery that could change the history of the world forever.
8.3.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech
FTP 130.215.24.1
/anime: -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 30954 Mar 7 1993
robotech.skybeast.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/robotech.skybeast.gz
8.4: ROBOTECH/RIFTS
CROSSOVER
8.4.1: WHAT IS IT?
The Robotech/RIFTS
Crossover was the first fanfic story Chris Meadows wrote when he
found the Internet. It deals with a Robotech GMU and an Invid Hive
that are mysteriously rifted to the world of another Palladium
game, RIFTS.
8.4.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech
FTP 130.215.24.1
/anime: -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 148410 Sep 6 1992 robotech.rifts.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/robotech.rifts.gz
8.5: UNDOCUMENTED
FEATURES
8.5.1: WHAT IS IT?
Undocumented Features
is a truly sprawling fanfiction universe, the largest anime
fanfiction universe online as far as is known. It is an original
universe that borrows characters and situations, and the
occasional plot device, from other popular works. There are some
non-anime aspects, but mostly it draws from anime for its content.
Robotech, or the shows that became Robotech, are a large part of
the source material and it has proven to be extremely popular with
Robotech fans. If you want something different, you might enjoy
checking it out. Created by MegaZone, Benjamin 'Gryphon' Hutchins,
and Robert 'ReReob' Mandeville, later joined by several others.
8.5.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
FTP to 130.215.24.1
/anime and get dp.uf.GUIDE.gz That is the guide file which
explains the story layout and lists the story files. You can grab
them all with 'mget dp.u*'
8.6: (REVISED)
NINJAS AND SUPERSPIES IN INVID INVASION
8.6.1: WHAT IS IT?
A gaming supplement
by Chris Meadows that crosses Palladium's Ninjas and Superspies
and the Invid Invasion.
8.6.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/RPG
FTP 130.215.24.1
/anime: -rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 15555 Aug 26 07:37
robotech.invid.ninjas.spies.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com /archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/RPG
8.7: HE FINALLY
LIKED MINMAY...
8.7.1: WHAT IS IT?
A delightfully
twisted short story, best left to be read and not described, by
John Morrison.
8.7.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech
FTP 130.215.24.1 /anime:
-rw-r--r-- 1 megazone 3163 Jul 13 1993 robotech.liked.minmei.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/robotech.liked.minmei.gz
8.8: PROTOCULTURE
WARS (CHILDREN... SERIES)
8.8.1: WHAT IS IT?
_Protoculture Wars_
is a trilogy of novels by Aubry Thonon spanning all eras of the
Robotech Universe. Although the first novel starts at roughly the
same time as the reconstruction of New Macross on Terra, the
novels allude to incidents taking place well before this. Begun in
1985, these novels are constantly being revised and a new version
of Book 1 should be available by December 1994.
Book 1, _Children of
the Light, Children of the Shadow_ follows the lives of three
Terrans (Hausthar Reneth, Michele Cequor and Victor) as they
discover that one's memories aren't always the last bastion of
truth. It also proposes a new version of the final battle above
New Macross. Looming in the background is the specter of one or
more personnae manipulating the lives of those involved.
Book 2, _Children of
Zor, Children of Haydon_ takes place roughly 500 years after the
Invid Invasion, when a group of Pretoxican Generation ships appear
in the Fourth Quadrant, searching for a renegade scientist called
Haydon. Old friends and new faces take up arms to try to stop the
Pretoxicans from destroying what they perceive to be illegal
experiments by Haydon. Resolution of the Shaping issue and of the
manipulators in Book 1. < and thhpphht to McKinney and *his*
version of the Shaping >
Book 3, _Children of
Lies, Children of Deceit_ is still in the project stages and will
chronicle the rise and fall of the 13th Armoured Veritech Attack
Corp "Cheetahs", a group made up of the dregs and rejects of the
RDF, REF and SCA. Spanning the era between the building of the
SDF-3 and the final assault on Reflex Point. Explains the
references made in Book 2.
Book 4, _Children of
Love, Children of Hate_ will be a series of short stories
detailing events throughout the Robotech Universe. No set cast. A
kind of "Chronicles" for the _Protoculture Wars_ Universe.
8.8.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
The first book,
_Children of the Light, Children of the Shadow_ is available for
anonymous FTP from ftp.std.com. You may also contact the author
(ess6alt@edhopyr2.qed.qld.gov.au) who will be more than happy to
discuss the foibles of the book with you.
ftp.std.com
/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/The-Protoculture-Wars
-rw-r--r-- 1 megazone
90765 Sep 12 1991 robotech.children.shadow.gz
ftp to
ftp.std.com/archives/anime-fan-works/Robotech/The-Protoculture-Wars
Of the other works,
Book 2 is currently being serialised on the Robotech List as well
as rec.arts.anime.stories and alt.tv.robotech, although the author
does not have read-access to that last newsgroup.
8.9: PROTOCULTURE
ADDICTS
8.9.1: WHAT IS IT?
"Protoculture
Addicts" was originally the official fanzine (a fan-written,
fan-produced magazine) for Robotech. However, when the original
series ended and the Sentinels sequel was shot down, the authors
of Protoculture Addicts quickly started to run out of material to
write about. Then in December of 1990 the producers decided to
drop the official Robotech label and widen the focus of the
fanzine to cover ALL types of anime. In the almost 4 years since
then the magazine has done relatively well, and has expanded from
a cheaplydone fanzine into a quite respectable 8 1/2 x 11 (almost)
magazine, with articles covering all the latest developments in
anime both in Japan and in America.
Protoculture Addicts
is a 52-page (on average) bi-monthly magazine published by Ianus
Publications in Canada, and costs $4.95 per issue. As of 9/13/94
the latest issue to have been released is #29.
8.9.2: HOW DO I
SUBSCRIBE?
Subscriptions to
Protoculture Addicts are available at $25 for a 6 issue (1 year)
subscription. All non-Canadian customers must pay in US currency.
Canadians must add 7% for GST and overseas customers should add
$15 for shipping. Checks should be drawn to "Ianus Publications
Inc" and sent to the address below:
Ianus Publications,
Inc. 5000 D'lberville Street, Suite #332 Montreal, Qc. Canada, H2H
2S6
8.10: MECHA PRESS
8.10.1: WHAT IS IT?
"Mecha Press" is a
magazine dedicated to covering mecha. In particular, Mecha Press
has articles on the original animations and stats for various
mecha designs, tips and tricks for building mecha models, and
stats and ideas for including mecha in various roleplaying games.
Mecha Press was originally an offshoot of Protoculture Addicts
(see above) intended to focus specifically on mecha-oriented
anime. While gamers and mecha modelers loved the magazine, anime
fans had a lukewarm reaction to it, so the producers decided to
move the articles on mecha anime back to Protoculture Addicts and
mostly reserve Mecha Press for gaming- and modeling-related
articles.
Mecha Press is a
52-page (on average) bi-monthly magazine published by Ianus
Publications in Canada, and costs $5.95 per issue. As of 8/29/94
the latest issue to have been released is #13, though #14 should
be out any day now.
As a side note, many
of the authors and editors for Mecha Press have been known to
participate in discussions on the newsgroup rec.games.mecha. If
you are interested in the magazine and want more information, you
can usually get in touch with them by posting a message to that
newsgroup.
8.10.2: HOW DO I
SUBSCRIBE?
Subscriptions to
Mecha Press are available at $36 for a 6 issue (1 year)
subscription. All non-Canadian customers must pay in US currency.
Canadians must add 7% for GST and overseas customers should add
$15 for shipping. Checks should be drawn to "Ianus Publications
Inc" and sent to the address below:
Ianus Publications,
Inc. 5000 D'lberville Street, Suite #332 Montreal, Qc. Canada, H2H
2S6
8.11: ROBOTECH:
SWORDS
8.11.1: WHAT IS IT?
A short story written
in a post-Second Robotech War setting. Two pilots, Terran and
Tyrolian, survive in the aftermath of the . Both are lost in a
dying world, but each must carry out orders given by dead leaders.
It is a glimpse into the life and death struggles of war and
survival told by Daniel Bille
8.11.2: WHERE CAN I
GET IT?
If you would like a
copy of Robotech: Swords, or one of his growing number of fiction
peices, you can either email Dan (bille@nag.cs.colorado.edu) or
you can anonymously ftp it from ftp.std.com under:
ftp.std.com /archives/anime-fan/works/Robotech/robotech.swords.gz
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