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?
8.6: (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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