Robotech
Transformers"-SciFi nach einer erfolgreichen Zeichentrickserie
Ideeller Vorläufer von Battletech. Was man bevorzugt ist Geschmackssache. Passend gab es von Revell die Bausätze. FASA (Hersteller von Battletech) übernahm damals einige Mechs¸ die dann genauso aussahen wie die von Robotech. Das war ziemlich unüberlegt¸ denn spätestens als in Tokio ein Battletech Center eröffnet wurde ...
"A sci-fi RPG based on the Japanese animated TV series of giant humanoid robots (""mecha""). It uses a variant of the Palladium FRPG system. - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim" The year is 1999 and the world is in the grip of the Gloval Civl War¸ until the conflict abruptly ceases when a mile long alien warship crash lands in south pacific. Under the threat of attack by 50ft tall war like aliens¸ the United Earth Government is formed¸ quickly funerling funds to reverse engineer the advanced alien Robotech and it's power source Protoculture. Ten years later on the day of the rebuilt SDF-1's launch¸ those 50ft aliens¸ the Zentraedi¸ have come to reclaim the ship for their creators¸ thus starting the First Robotech War.
"Robotech II: The Sentinels is a sci-fi RPG based on a proposed sequel to the Robotech TV series. It is set in the same universe¸ dealing with a starship seeking help for Earth against the Invid. It uses a variant of the Palladium FRPG system. - A description from https://darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/ with kind permission of John H. Kim"
In 1984 a slightly different cartoon appeared on TV¸ the series known as Robotech. A combination of three unrelated japanese series¸ Robotech was many's introduction to anime and vastly different from the american made cartoons or the same era. But in one area Robotech was the same¸ with licensed products including a Robotech RPG game being released.