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Robotech: Aftermath 12: Ghost Machine is the twelfth title in the alternate continuity Robotech: Aftermath line. It introduces the stories of Scott Bernard's friends after the Third Robotech War and centers on the peaceful location of Belmont.
Summary[]
On 13 October, 2012, near the Alaska Base, Omega Six was in a VFX-66 and attempted to contact Edwards. General Granger replied and attempted to order him but he closed the channel. Granger tried to get him back but was obliterated in the Rain of Death. Omega Six tried to make it to his location but it was wiped out in the enemy attacks and the AI had Error messages. In 2047 Scott and his Megaroad crew made it to Reflex Point after going to Rightfield, which was said to have non Protoculture Tech. Chief Engineer Bryce was not sure and had lived with Hohsq which gave him an open dislike of Scott. Scotts room was bugged by Spex who listened in on his fights with Bryce and Spex had fixed Carmel's eyes but she only responded to bright lights despite her being medically normal as though she was afraid to see. At the village was nothing but dead or dying so the Megaroad crew buried the bodies and Dr. Hoy analyzed the remains to find it was missiles that killed the over 500 people. The mine and tech were destroyed indiscriminately and as Scott went in the ruined mine, he noticed it was similar to an Invid Genesis Pit. The Zentraedi Female Sarya Min-Qadderaq appeared behind him and said she knew the truth behind the attack. Scott asked for her swords and she consented before going to the camp. In there she revealed she came from The Moon and was sent to observe the people and help when she could. Also she was from a world where Zentraedi and Humans lived in peace without wanting. She warned Scott that the one who destroyed the village was still out there and would return and was a Ghost and Dr. Hoy spoke in Tiresisan of if she came to release a restless spirit. Hoy wanted to call it a night but she wanted her swords beck before it was too late but Scott didn't believe her warnings and sent her to her quarters. In a meeting with about Roach 4 being too broken to go on, Bryce complained of Scott leading them to a deathtrap and should have sent Recon out to scope it out. Bryce accused Scott of doing the Megaroad to atone for his actions in Belmont but before Scott could set him straight, an alarm went off. The Convoy was attacked by a VFX-66 and Rook and Cortez were called into action. Scott opened fire on it despite protests by Sarya but it did no damage as the defense systems shot the shells out of the air. Sarya said she could calm it as it once was human. During the First Robotech War, the Earth Gov didn't know what Breetai's forces were capable of so they made a system of 6 horrible maimed pilots and linked them to the Veritechs for direct control. The 1st 5 died but the 6th was sent to Edwards base in California where he was built into the one of a kind mech VFX-66 Omega Valkyrie built in secret for the Omega Project. After being wired into the Mech, he was sent on a test flight across the ocean but went off course to return home to Ohio, where his family lived before the war. The Mech took out one of the Megaroad vehicles and killed Chen and Scott had Sayra's swords returned to her and had Iris move em out. Sarya ran up and the AI had errors between the program and the pilot's desires and she stabbed it in the face and called him by his name, Charles Brautigan, and saw he was in suffering. She used her swords to end him and his lingering consciousness thanked her for letting him go home. The next day, Scotts crew found Sarya who survived the blast with some dehydration and told them the gov chopped the pilot up and soaked him in pure Protoculture then wired him to the controls. He wanted to go home but was blasted out of the sky by Zentraedi Lasers and awoke from a generations long coma with only 2 desires: Home and defeat the enemy, so he mistook the town and wiped it out and later Victor Chen. Spex finished writing his letter saying he was going to code it and send it out as he was a spy for an organization that Scott didn't know existed.
Characters[]
- Omega Six/Charles Brautigan
- Edwards (Mentioned)
- General Granger
- Scott Bernard
- Bryce
- Hohsq (Mentioned)
- Carmel Saydros
- Spencer
- Dr. Hoy
- Sarya Min-Qadderaq
- Rook Bartley
- Cortez
- Breetai Tul (Mentioned)
- Victor Chen
- Iris
Vehicles[]
Locations[]
- Alaska Base
- Reflex Point
- Rightfield
- Belmont (Mentioned)
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