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Robotech: The Roleplaying Game: Lancer's Rockers is an adventure book for Palladium Books' original edition of the Robotech roleplaying game. It is set during the post-Third Robotech War period.
Storyline[]
It takes place in 2045 after the Third Robotech War, four years after Rook's Knights disappeared and Lancer is rumored to be dead.
The primary setting takes place in New Detroit with the Detroit Rockers resistance fighters. They must escort Dr. Jeremy Alastair and his invention, the X-01 Super Gallant Laser Lance. They then go off to find Lance Belmont.
Along the way they are brought into a conflict with the Krugatch - EBSIS survivors who are allied with the Invid.
Note: This period was completely overwritten after Robotech's reboot in the early 2000s.
The Detroit Gauntlet[]
The Detroit rockers must conduct a patrol of their community.
They then get dragged into a conflict with the Krugatch and a man. They rescue him from the soldiers and discover that he is Dr. Jeremy Alastair.
They are later briefed by LT Townsend and are invited by the officer to lead a rock concert.
During the concert, they are attacked by the Krugatch, who are seeking Dr. Alastair.
Shakedown Tour[]
After the attack, they are leading the citizens of New Detroit in their evacuation and must deal with various obstacles.
Nebraska Detour[]
The rockers intercept a distress signal, and find Sera.
Twilights Last Gleaming[]
The rockers meeet up with other resistance fighters, and are attacked by the Krugatch again.
Anton Kosmas may launch a nuclear wahread.
The Nameless Ones[]
The rockers resume their search for Yellow Dancer, but their stop to his hometown of Stonewall reveals nothing.
Battle of the Bands[]
They discover that Laner is hiding in Tijauana.
During their search they are challenged to a rock concert battle with the Tiburon.
California Countdown[]
The rockers then face the Krugath in Los Angeles head-on with their new allies.
They must stop their new superweapon the "Sonic Titan".
Gameplay[]
The book introduces "instrumecha" - music instruments that can manipulate sound once hooked up to protoculture.
Characters[]
- Lance Belmont
- Rand
- Rook
- Annie LaBelle
- Lunk
- Sera
- Carla Morales
- Prof Benjamin Walters
- LT Michael Townsend
- Diantz
- Anton Kosmas
- Nikoli Mandragov
- Jeremy Alastair
- Jack Halloran "Kogy"
- Jake Esposito
Vehicles[]
- Cyclones
- Krugatch Urban Assault Vehicle
- Blitzkrieg Battle Bike
- Annihilator (Invid Power Armor)
- SH-AT
- I-K Mobile Sonic Cannon "Sonic Titan" piloted by Great Invid Slug