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Profiles
Cloning
sequence:
Kamijin Kraveshera/Quamzin Kreveshna
Vocal
chord pattern:
Greg
Snegoff
Primary
skills:
Battle tactics, Fighter piloting;
Secondary
skills: Hand-to-hand combat
Techno-tactical
characteristics:
High learning abilities, quick decision-making, rich piloting
potential, authoritarian leadership. Tends to independent
operation.
Preferred Mecha: Glaug officer pod, Nousjaedul-Ger Male Power armor
Social
status: Warlord
Rank:
Captain
Position:
Commander of the 7th Mechanized infantry Space division
Physical data
Age
(Earth years): 15 (he doesn't look like a teenager, but
he thinks like one)
Height
(meters): 16.6
Weight
(metric tons): 8
Cloning sequence: Lap Lamiz
Vocal
chords pattern: Alexandra Kenworthy
Primary
skills: Strategic command
Secondary
skills: Fighter piloting;
Preferred
mecha - Quaedlunn-Rau Female Power Armor
Techno-tactical
characteristics: Advanced
intelligence, high strategic abilities, collegial leadership.
Social
status: Warlord
Rank: Commander
Position: commander of the Meltran fleet
Physical data:
Height (meters): 16.0
Weight (metric tons): 6.8
Age (Earth years): 48 (yes 48, macronized
Zentraedi do not physically age). Back
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The Warrior
Though passionate and impulsive, Khyron always
calculates his plans carefully and doesn't allow heart to
interfere with brain. Thanks to his unstandard tactics he was
usually victorious and quickly achieved a high position in the
Zentraedi army-society - the rank of a division commander. In his
fleet there is one Queadol Magdomilla command ship, six Thuvert
Salan-class cruisers, four transports and several hundred assault craft of different classes (mainly Regults and
tri-thrusters). However, he was denied the use of more advanced
weaponry, like Rineunadou Lojmeuean reflex cannon platforms,
probably because Zentraedi High Command didn't trust his sense of
discipline. Indeed, Khyron often disregards subordination
and, once defeated by the Micronians on Mars, swears to destroy
SDF-1 no matter what orders received from his superiors.
First Appearance
As Khyron first enters the scene he effectively shatters
the common image of Zentraedi as soulless war machines. When
Exedore hears that Breetai ordered Khyron's infamous 7th
Mechanized infantry Space division to stage the Mars base Sara
ambush, he reminds the commander how Khyron got drunk once
and wiped out two friendly divisions while successfully
destroying the enemy. This probably was habitual to Khyron, and
earned him an unpleasant nickname of "The Backstabber" among his own troops.
Khyron immediately proves his
singularity - cruisers of the 7th defold too close to Breetai's
fleet, and four ships collide, though no severe damage is done.
The warlord appears on screen, his looks as uncommon as his
actions - bright blue hair and light purple skin, the color
evident in no other Zentraedi. He wears a brown uniform and a
high-collar cape of traditional Botoru battalion dark green. As
Khyron with shocking impertinence reports to Breetai of the
division's arrival, Grel, his executive officer, accidentally reveals that, to
the fury of Exedore, he made a bet with Khyron on how
many ships will be rammed upon defold! Breetai, however, doesn't
accept the humor of the situation and threatens to take away
Khyron's command if he stages any more games. The
Commander then proceeds to outline the operation for capturing
SDF-1 on Mars.
Mars
Operation
After examining Sara, a Micronian Mars base abandoned
after the Global civil war, the Zentraedi activate the
communications system and plant powerful gravity mines in hopes
to capture SDF-1 when it will descend to investigate sudden
activity in a supposedly empty base.
Khyron positions his troops in a
gorge near Base Sara, while executive officer Gerao buries his scout pod close to the SDF-1 landing site to
monitor micronians and gravity mines. Soldiers grow very nervous
because of long waiting, but the mines haven't accumulated full
power yet. One trooper breaks up and launches his pod to
intercept the enemy; Khyron is infuriated by disobedience and
personally shoots him down to prevent detection. The explosion is
detected nevertheless; soon a micronian recon plane flies over
the gorge and reports thousands of battlepods ready to attack.
SDF-1 tries to take off, but the gravity mines are now at full
power; without the main engines the fortress is helpless and
Khyron gives permission to attack.
In his deadly Glaug officer pod Khyron leads a
blitzkrieg assault on the fortress. Weak destroid opposition is
quickly exterminated by highly maneuverable Regults; Khyron
attacks the Veritech squadrons, success within his reach.
Unfortunately, one micronian was able to explode the Base's core
reactor; gravity mines and many battlepods are destroyed by the
blast, and SDF-1 escapes. Khyron is enraged by the defeat and
swears vengeance.
Mars Orbit
After his defeat
on Mars, Khyron is ordered to block SDF-1 on its way to Earth;
enraged by the Micronians' continuous resistance, he launches
several assault waves but still fails to
shatter the fortress' defence. Khyron sees that a new tactic is
needed to achieve victory.
Despite Exedore's disapproval, Breetai insists that
SDF-1 must be captured intact, though the reason for such order
is yet unknown to the Commander. He specifically forbids Khyron
any attacks on the battlefortress. However, the reckless warlord
deceives his superior by performing a series of innocent-looking
training maneuvers which end up as a direct assault on the
micronian ship. As Zentraedi approach SDF-1 under cover of a
radar jamming system, a squad leader asks Khyron if such an
operation was approved by high command, and has his squad
immediately appointed as a decoy group to lure the Veritech forces away from the
battlefortress. While this task is successfully carried out,
Khyron with core units attacks from behind, justifying his
nickname. The defence of slow-moving destroids is wiped out,
leaving only a few Veritech squadrons in protection, Rick Hunter
leading one of them. Khyron selects him as his prey, and a
lightning duel takes place; Hunter's Veritech is severely
damaged, battlepods are demolishing the remnants of opposition,
when Breetai, furious at Khyron's disobedience, decides to
override the 7th division's mecha controls and withdraw all pods
from the obviously won battle. By taking victory from Khyron's
hands, Breetai earns himself a devoted enemy.
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A little warning
Breetai plans to simulate an artillery barrage on SDF-1
to frighten Micronians and make them surrender the fortress.
Khyron's fleet is among those ordered to fire warning shots, but
he is willing to strengthen the warning by
"accidentally" taking out the SDF-1 long range radar.
Just when captain Gloval becomes convinced that the Zentraedi do
not intend to harm SDF-1, Khyron moves his Queadol Magdomilla
command cruiser in range and fires its main gun. Even the
combined effort of three pin-point defence barriers can't
withstand the awesome energy blast, and the radar tower is
demolished.
Though this was against Breetai's
intentions, the Commander and Exedore agree that it was indeed a
far more effective warning. From their point of view, Khyron
finally did something right. To check if the micronians will
continue to fight after such a demonstration of force, Breetai
sends a group of battlepods near the fortress. Unsupported, the
group is quickly destroyed by the defenders.
----Enter Meltrandi
Dolza, angered that the micronian prisoners have managed
to escape, relieves Breetai of command and places Meltran fleet
commander Azonia in charge of the whole operation. Once again the
image of Zentraedi is shattered - this time by the appearance of
beautiful (by RT standards) females on their side.
Azonia Laplamiz is not as stern
and unemotional as she looks like. Though doing her best to
support an image of a cold-hearted effective commander, she is
not accustomed to dealing with Zentraedi males, and is confused
when the Supreme commander suddenly appoints her as leader of the
Sol fleet group. Since placing spies on SDF-1 is now Azonia's
responsibility, she orders Miriya, leader of the elite Meltrandi
Quadrano squadron, to break through SDF-1's defences and plant
the capsule with three micronized spies somewhere inside the
battlefortress. Azonia offers a diversionary barrage to aid
Miriya, but the beautiful ace refuses any support for such an
easy task. And indeed, the task proves to be a cakewalk as
Miriya's agile and deadly Queadlunn-Rau female power armor dodges
several Veritech patrols, blazes through destroid screens, tears
a hole in SDF-1's armor and throws the capsule inside. The first
stage of the intelligence operation is a success and adds to
Miriya's ego.
Earth
Orbit
SDF-1 is moving towards Earth, Azonia's fleet keeps it
surrounded yet doesn't attack according to High Command's orders.
Khyron is baffled by such attitude, and plans to stop the
battlefortress before it reaches the micronian planet. He orders
a direct fleet attack - something never used before in fears of
damaging the SDF-1, since Zentraedi capital ships mount weapons
easily capable of penetrating the pin-point barrier system, as
Khyron proved with his "warning shot".
The division moves into firing
range. Several ships are damaged by the battlefortress' reflex
cannon, but the second wave opens fire and wrecks havoc upon
SDF-1. Another salvo and the fortress will cease to exist... This
forces Azonia to mount a desperate attempt to stop Khyron by
whatever means necessary. She blocks Khyron's line of fire by the
Meltran fleet and threatens to destroy him if he refuses to abort
the attack. Under aim of Meltran guns Khyron watches helplessly
as SDF-1 descends towards Earth. Once again victory was taken
from his hands, this time by a female commander whom he promises
to hate forever. But promises are made to be broken...
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Battle cry
As SDF-1 is forced to land in the ocean by the Earth
authorities, Khyron prepares a new offensive against Azonia's
orders. His Queadol Magdomilla command cruiser's bow section,
housing an attack force of battlecraft, detaches and speeds
towards Earth. This time Azonia is curious about Khyron's plans
and, instead of recalling him immediately, decides to wait and
observe his actions. Nevertheless, she orders Quadronos to follow
Khyron in case things get out of hand.
The rapidly descending bow section
is observed by Earth defence forces, and an array of missiles is
launched to destroy it. However, conventional warheads are
useless against Zentraedi armor. To Grel's surprise, Khyron
refuses a counterattack on missile silos - the main obective is
not the micronian planet but the battlefortress.
When the bow section reaches
SDF-1, Khyron deposits two assault groups - battlepods to fight
on surface and tri-thrusters to take care of the Veritech
squadrons, himself leading the first group. Micronian defensive
formations are soon overwhelmed and penetrated in several places;
battlepods are swarming the battlefortress, annihilating
veritechs right on launch pads. Azonia decides not to take
chances and orders Miriya to stop Khyron while not fighting the
micronians herself. But the arrogant and bloodthirsty Quadrano
leader decides otherwise - to actually assist Khyron in his plan.
Khyron, however, appears to have something else in mind,
and when ordered by Azonia to abort the attack, surprisingly
agrees and recalls his forces. But not before making sure Gerao
didn't forget about the little souvenier for the
micronian friends...
Azonia dispatches a group of
landing craft, and as Khyron's troops evacuate under water,
suddenly the Queadol bow section, operated by remote control,
starts moving on a collision course with SDF-1. If not for a
last-second Daedalus maneuver, the battlefortress would've been
destroyed; even then the Daedalus (SDF-1's right "arm")
broke through the Queadol hull and, errously launching missiles
on the other side, damaged several veritechs.
Khyron's plan has failed, and
Azonia's sarcastic remarks add to his helpless fury.
Miriya is upset by Khyron's, and
partly her own, failure; in reply to her mockeries Khyron
proclaims that micronians boast a better pilot than she. Miriya
decides to ignore Azonia's orders and attack the SDF-1 to destroy
the micronian ace.
The Meltran command cruiser
descends to the Earth surface, and Miriya, along with several
Quadrano wingmen, approaches the battlefortress. As Veritech
squadrons scramble for defence, she orders her fighters to
attack, and waits until the ace shows himself. Indeed soon he
does, and the two master pilots clash in a fearful fight, which
continues inside SDF-1. Khyron was right - the micronian manages
to defeat Miriya; furious, she promises to kill him no matter
what the cost.
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Bursting
Point
Upon return to the Meltran fleet, Miriya approaches
Azonia and requests permission to become a micronian spy. The
commander is astonished that her best pilot wishes to trade the
noble art of war for living among the loathsome micronians;
Miriya, of course, doesn't mention that she disobeyed her
superior and was defeated by a micronian, and Azonia grants her
the necessary permission. The plan to plant micronized Miriya is
similar to the one previously executed, but there is one
unpredictable interference...
When SDF-1 reaches the Earth's
populated areas, Khyron sees it as the perfect time to strike,
but Azonia informs him of the High Command's orders, which make
clear that there is to be no attacks on the battlefortress
whatsoever until the intelligence operation is over. Enraged by
yet another denial, Khyron slams off the video comm and decides
to resort to his habitual disobedience.
He devises a plan truly worthy of
his military talent. The Zentraedi already learned that
micronians care a great deal about their planet, and especially
about civilian lives, so Khyron decides to bring the fight
directly to the densely populated areas of Ontario quadrant,
where SDF-1 has been allowed to land. He assigns a strike force
to penetrate Earth atmosphere and place electronic
counter-measures equipment to cover the approach of Zentraedi
capital ships. The strike force consists of tri-thrusters, since
Regult battlepods woud not survive the rapid descent through
atmosphere. The capital ships, led by Grel, are to maneuver at
extra low altitudes and use the terrain, along with ECM, for
stealth approach. Khyron, as usual, will lead the strike force,
in his Glaug with an attached armored booster to allow
transorbital maneuvers.
Acknowledging the faultless plan,
Grel nevertheless is worried, but not about micronian opposition.
His commanding officer completely ignores superiors, and sooner or later there will be trouble. Yet Grel again
risks his military career and supports Khyron in this dangerous
endeavour.
The tri-thrusters swarm out of
landing bays and speed towards SDF-1, which hovers above the city
of Ontario. Recognizing the great danger to civilians, Gloval
scrambles all Veritech squadrons, and the sky is immediately full
of fighters, missiles, shells and explosions. Zentraedi activate
the radar jammers, and under their protective screed Grel's ships
descend towards Earth.
Not far from the enormous
firefight, a lone Queadlunn-Rau approaches the battlefortress. In
its manipulator is a capsule with micronized Miriya, bent on
finding the enemy ace and destroying him. The simple task of
planting the capsule inside SDF-1 is complicated by Khyron's
attack, since all micronian Air Force seems to be scrambled to
defend the fortress. On the other hand, the attack is a perfect
diversion, and there are no Veritech patrols, so the capsule is
planted without even engaging in dogfights and Miriya begins her
mission.
Khyron orders Grel to move the
cruisers into firing range and makes sure fire is to be opened
only once he gets back aboard the Queadol Magdomilla. Getting
caught in the crossfire is obviously not in Khyron's plans.
When
Khyron's safely back on the bridge, Grel reports strange energy
activity around the battlefortress, which appears to be some form
of a new omnidirectional barrier system uncommon to Zentraedi.
But there is no turning back, and Khyron orders full artillery
barrage. Regrettably the Command cruiser's main gun was lost with
its bow section, but hundreds of heavy particle beam turrets
would be enough for the fortress' destruction. Yet after the
first salvo SDF-1 appears undamaged; baffled, Khyron orders the
barrage to continue, and moves cruisers to closer range for
maximum effect. Blast after blast, and soon the barrier begins to
lose power; in a desperate attempt to stop the Zentraedi,
Veritechs attack the cruisers, but it is too late - the barrier
system is severely overloaded and explodes. The energy barrier
transforms into a great mass of subatomic particles; out of
control, it expands, annihilating everything on its way -
veritechs, tri-thrusters, city blocks, and several Zentraedi
cruisers. Khyron orders immediate withdrawal, saving his own life
and the majority of his fleet. Among micronian casualties there
are Ben Dixon and the whole city of Ontario.
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Battle
Hymn
Grel reports to Khyron that the three spies, recently
returned from SDF-1, are wrecking havoc upon Zentraedi morale
onboard Breetai's flagship. The commander has a hard time
believing his XO, since psychological warfare was unheard among
the Zentraedi (only Supreme commander Dolza and his trusted
advisors carried knowledge of an ancient culture which almost
destroyed the Zentraedi society). Soon, however, Grel's claims
will be proven right before Khyron's unbelieving eyes.
Dolza has already recognized the
danger which the Zentraedi society was facing; he becomes
convinced that micronians discovered the secrets of Protoculture,
and reveals to Breetai that after scientific evaluation of the
micronian species has been completed all earthlings must be
annihilated. To accomplish the first stage of this plan, Dolza
orders Breetai to capture several micronians for examination.
While leaders discuss important
matters, rumors of the pleasureful micronian society spread fast
among Zentraedi troops. Bron, Rico and Konda convince the
micronization chamber operator to micronize them and, along with
many other soldiers, plan to defect during the oncoming attack on
SDF-1.
Breetai and Exedore decide to make
use of SDF-1's common Daedalus maneuver. A small fleet of 30
ships move towards SDF-1 and surrounds it; Khyron's battlepods
blast out and engage the veritech defence squadrons. The flagship
alone approaches the battlefortress, provoking the Daedalus
attack. As Daedalus breaks through the flagship's bow section and
opens, the trap springs - dozens of battlepods emerge from their
ambushes, crush the unsuspecting destroids and enter SDF-1.
Veritechs are withdrawing to help defend the fortress; behind
them, 7th division battlepods slide inside unnoticed. "This
is too easy", murmurs Khyron as his forces begin demolishing
micronian defenders.
Zentraedi soldiers are totally confused; they do
not know whether to shoot at the enemy or admire the micronian
way of life. Near the concert hall, two battlepod pilots stare in
amazement at singing Minmay, whom they've seen in a form of a
tiny doll. The awkward psychological balance is broken by Hunter,
who attacks the unsuspecting, shocked Zentraedi and bravely kills
them.
The
only Zentraedi inside SDF-1 who remain loyal and ignore the
micronian wonders are those from the 7th Mechanized. Khyron
annihilates one defence screen after another, joyous that at last
he has been allowed to lay waste upon the hated micronians. Soon
his forces meet one of the defecting groups, who report that
they're wandering around the city in search of Minmay. Khyron,
who of course has no knowledge of the girl singer, perplexely
asks what missile type are the soldiers talking about and sends
them into a burst of uncontrollable laughter. Embarassed, Khyron
angrily demands an explanation, and finally understands that the
soldiers are looking for a micronian female. This stuns him; one
of the pilots can't stop laughing, and, enraged, Khyron shoots at
him. Suddenly all battlepods begin to scatter, probably aware of
the commander's infamous nickname. Completely baffled, Khyron
chases them, trying to find out why
would Zentraedi warriors want to see an earthling singer; hearing
that soldiers prefer the micronian way of life, he becomes
convinced that they've gone mad and begins to destroy the insane
defectors.
When Breetai receives a report from Lord Khyron
that desertion is spreading among the Zentraedi ranks, he is
surprised, angered, and frightened. Robotech Masters were right:
the micronians indeed possess strange powers, and any future
attacks are useless unless a way to overrule these powers is
found. Breetai orders total withdrawal, and demands that Khyron
captures some defectors for interrogation. Furious, Khyron wants
to kill all traitors immediately; having to escort them to the
flagship humiliates him and spawns more hatred towards the
micronians... and Breetai.
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The Messenger of Doom
After an unsuccessfull attack on a micronian transport,
when his forces were scattered by a new enemy fighter, Khyron
waits for another opportunity. And one indeed occurs, when under
orders of High Command Breetai has the Zentraedi flagship
approach SDF-1 to begin diplomatic negotiations. Seeing that the
space fortress doesn't open fire, Khyron sends several squadrons
of tri-thrusters to take advantage of the apparent micronian
carelessness. To his horror, the flagship starts firing at
Zentraedi craft, destroying the whole strike force. Enraged,
Khyron demands an explanation from Breetai, who gives little
importance to the fact that he just now backstabbed hundreds of
pilots; executing High Command's orders is imperative to Breetai.
To me it seems that Dolza did not
give any orders about starting negotioations. Previously we have
seen Breetai and Exedore decide that no further actions could be
taken unless they had something to counter the awesome effect of
the micronian society on Zentraedi warriors. In hopes of learning
more about this effect and perhaps getting some protoculture,
Breetai invokes negotiations by his own initiative, and tells
those who disagree, like Khyron, that these are orders from High
Command. Azonia immediately informs Dolza of the happenings, and
the Supreme Commander decides to annihilate the micronian race,
traitor Breetai and all Zentraedi who took part in the operation.
The diplomatic mission is a
success, Exedore and Gloval conjure a peace treaty of sorts. But
soon Azonia declares that in a matter of hours Dolza with his
Main fleet of 4.8 million ships will arrive; the Zentraedi ships
have almost ran out of protoculture supplies, and are unable to
fold away from the doomed planet. Exedore states that they'll
have to fight alongside micronians against Dolza's armada.
Breetai consults the two other fleet commanders, Azonia and
Khyron, for their opinion. Azonia agrees that there is no way out - they must fight
together or die. She wishes success to Breetai in the oncoming
battle. Khyron, sane and rational as always, points out that the
odds are too great - almost five million battleships, among them
many flagships and Reflex cannon platforms, against the battered
and disorganized remnants of Breetai's fleet plus the unreliable
micronian foes-turned-allies. Rudely Breetai puts him down,
exclaiming that he wasn't counting on Khyron's loyalty anyway.
Insulted, Khyron slams off the videolink and tells Grel to start
moving away from Earth.
As the 7th Mechanized drifts away
on conventional thrusters, Earth orbit begins to fill with
Dolza's battleships - thousands, then millions, they surround the
planet in a gigantic sphere, dominating Earth sky on every
continent, in every city, sending a feeling of imminent doom into
billions of suddenly turned cold hearts. Azonia stares in awe at
the cosmic power about to unleash its rage upon micronians and
Zentraedi alike.
Force of Arms
From his Command Base
on Earth orbit, Dolza orders full barrage upon the micronians'
mother planet. Hundreds of Monitors send tremendous blasts of
energy towards helpless cities; in the empetrifying energy storm
Earth surface is devastated, and desert spreads through lands
once fertile with life. A moment's notice and most of the human
civilization is turned into ashes; only a few underground bases
survive, and among them the Grand Cannon in Alaska. It has time
enough to fire only one shot, annihilating many Zentraedi
cruisers, before its own destruction.
Terrified as they are, the SDF-1 and Breetai and
Azonia's fleets stage a powerful counterstrike. Using Minmay's
singing and kissing to divert the attention of Dolza's warriors,
they are able to crush one division after another. The fight is
bitter however; Dolza's armada boasts the best in space warfare -
reflex cannon platforms, officers' power armors, plus numeric
superiority.
Khyron observes the great battle
from his safe haven not far from Earth. He and Grel also monitor
the micronian psychological weapon - Minmay singing, and indeed
it takes effect on Khyron. The commander orders to approach
Breetai's position; Grel is shocked, for he thinks Khyron is
going to attack their comrades-in-arms. But Khyron has something
else in mind - a feeling catalyzed and brought out from
subconsciousness by Minmay's song, a passion for the Meltran
commander Azonia. The ships of the 7th division move in just in
time to save Azonia from imminent death in her wrecked cruiser.
Then SDF-1 breaks through several armor layers of
Dolza's enourmous Command Base and fires a full reflex missile
salvo from within. In an immeasurable explosion the Command Base
is destroyed, along with Dolza and the vast majority of Zentraedi
fleets. SDF-1 survives thanks to the omnidirectional barrier; so
does Breetai's flagship and the crews of several hundred
Zentraedi cruisers which manage to crash-land on Earth. Among
them are Khyron, Azonia and the remnants of the 7th Mechanized
infantry Space division, who land their ships in Alaskan snow
plains.
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The Protoculture chamber
Two years passed since The Rain of
Death had washed all life from the face of the Earth. Around
SDF-1's landing site a new city is formed - New Macross;
throughout the world other dwellings increase their numbers.
Nature is unstoppable, and first green plants begin growing in
once radioactive wastelands. Yet the newborn Eden is not without
its temptation... and its serpent.
Thousands of Zentraedi warriors
grow wary of dull and hard work. Brought up to fight and die,
they see little sense in building houses and infrastructure;
their own society was destroyed, and only a few, like Bron, Rico
and Konda, managed to merge with the micronian one. To all the
rest it is a pain, a shock, an everlasting desire to fulfill the
Imperative of war. One by one, they wander away from micronian
towns, searching for a goal, for someone to lead them into battle
again.
Buried under the ice and snow of
Alaska, the 7th Mechanized division ships are stone cold from the
outside and full of activity from the inside. Reports come that
throughout the world, ten thousand Zentraedi have left the
micronians. The news bring joy to Khyron, Azonia and Grel - there
is hope once again. To his troops Khyron declares that he will
make every micronized Zentraedi proud and tall, and that the day
of battle is at hand.
Rumors that the legendary
commander puts together the Zentraedi army spread lightning-fast;
soon more and more Zentraedi begin gathering around Khyron. The
only thing missing is the Protoculture chamber - a device that
will restore normal size to the micronized, and give Khyron a
powerful army.
Through his net of spies Grel
organizes an attempt to capture the chamber by several Zentraedi
who've been working close to the device. They had a chance to
disable the guards and tried to escape on transport trucks. They
failed to eliminate the communications center, and, though
immensely happy with the feel of weapons in their hands again,
those few Zentraedi were, unfortunately, no match for a squadron
of Veritech fighters sent to retrieve the chamber.
Frustrated, Azonia blames Grel for the failure of the
operation; the XO tries to justify himself, Azonia angrily
interrupts, Grel looses his temper and the two begin shouting at
each other. The fierce argument is stopped by Khyron, who gives
Azonia a good example of handling subordinates, frightens Grel,
and sends the trembling XO to again try and get the chamber.
Azonia asks the commander if he really thinks
Grel will eventually succeed. Softened by her intimate approach,
Khyronreveals
to Azonia that he doesn't count on Grel and in total secrecy
another strike is to be made, led by himself. Leaving the pleased
Meltran in command of the base, Khyron assembles a squadron of
Nosjaedul-Gers and in a short speech inspires the Zentraedi
pilots for combat.
Power armors sweep through the sky and soon reach
the unsuspecting town of New Detroit. Several destroids are
quickly annihilated, though one Nosjaedul-Ger is shot down by
flak fire, and Khyron begins roaming the town in search for the
Protoculture chamber. Soon it is detected within the expocentre,
and after a brief assault is once again in Zentraedi hands. The
lightning operation, performed with surgical swiftness and
precision, is an obvious success.
Near Khyron's command cruiser,
long queues of Zentraedi awaiting macronization form; as his army
grows larger and larger, Khyron celebrates victory in a micronian
way - by drinking beverages with Azonia, who is fascinated by the
commander's skill and courage. Two years in isolation with Khyron
have dissipated Azonia's arrogant scorn; both feel something new
growing inside them towards each other, and an open manifestation
of feelings is bound to happen.
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Broken
Heart
Now, with a force sufficient
enough at his disposal, Khyron plans a new offensive. The aim is
of course SDF-1 - a way to escape this miserable planet and head
off for the Robotech Masters' empire. Taking the battlefortress
by direct assault is completely out of question - Khyron
possesses no weapon capable of damaging it (yet), and soon comes
up with a new strategy. Years of living on Earth taught him how
much micronians value individual life; they'll do anything if
threatened to kill someone particularly important to them...
someone like Minmay, the famous girl singer.
The rebel Zentraedi manage to get
hold of a micronian arsenal, provoking several veritech patrols;
while the veritechs fight with automatic missile launchers,
Khyron personally leads a small strike force of several
battlepods to the concert hall in which most of New Detroit
population gathered to admire Minmay's performance. The town is
once again caught off guard; a feeble attempt to protect Minmay
is swiftly dealt with, and soon both the girl and Lynn Kyle are
put in a fork-cage within Zarcopolus, Khyron's new base of
operations.
Once the hostages are secured,
Khyron contacts the micronian command and announces his
conditions - tommorow by 1200 hours the space fortress must be
turned over to him, and then Minmay will be released. As for
Kyle, he'll be set free once Khyron is given back his arsenal -
the one veritechs captured after destroying remotely controlled
missiles. Micronians are shocked by such sudden change of tactics
- Zentraedi never took hostages before because they valued
individual life so low. One bright micronian even shouts that
Khyron has gone mad, on what the humourful commander remarks:
"Ah, but there is method to my madness..."
Waiting, the Zentraedi play with
their miniature prisoners. Khyron declares that the micronian
mentality of valuing life so much makes him quite sick; however,
soon enough he will prove the opposite...
All Zentraedi understand Minmay
significance - her singing brought chaos first to Breetai's
soldiers and then to the whole Dolza's armada. Khyron wants to
test if even now she will produce the same effect on his troops,
and asks her to perform. Minmay gladly demonstrates her power -
as singing fills the air, Zentraedi gasp in sudden awe, their
deepest thoughts coming alive in their souls, breaking the
psychological barriers established by their society and culture.
Not one can stay calm in the face of his feelings forming and
powerfully manifesting themselves. In Khyron and Azonia their
love is fully awake, shattering the remnants of hypocrisy and
self-deceipt. Deeply shocked, Khyron is spellbound by the song;
for a moment war appears a senseless waste of precious, loved
lives, and he decides to set Minmay free as a first act of peace. . . but the moment
ends. The spell is broken, Khyron and all other Zentraedi regain
control of themselves. Secretly embarassed, the commander claims
that he is immune to Minmay's witchcraft, provoking a burst of
laughter from Azonia. This angers Khyron, and he looks for a
pretext to avenge his emotional failure in front of the micronian
love song. An opportunity occurs when Minmay calls him a
"big overgrown clown"; sarcastically Khyron hints that
it appears he's not the only one around subject to loosing his
temper. He decides to teach the girl a lesson on good manners,
but in the process looses control and would squeeze Minmay to
death if not for Azonia's warning. After a few pokes, the poor
singer regains consciousness; micronians are well-built little
things. Flexible, too, as proven by Azonia after some experiments
on little Kyle.
Night falls, and the time designated by Khyron is
closer every second. Joyful Zentraedi celebrate their apparent
victory in a simple yet effective manner - getting drunk. I just
wonder where did they get those huge
bottles of wine from? Grel and Khyron try to outdrink
Azonia, but the girl is just too tough for them. Anyway, everyone
is happy, eating and drinking, when Kyle decides to babble his
usual propaganda crap. Still nobody would've payed any attention
if the peace fighter didn't call the Zentraedi cowards - pretty
stupid, I think, considering they weren't
cowards and each was about 10 times bigger and badder than Kyle.
His supper spoiled, Khyron desperatly breaks the wine bottle and
gets ready to show the moronic micronian some pain. Azonia saves
the day again, and by the time he approaches the cage Khyron is
back into good mood. Since Kyle said that Zentraedi can't think
about anything except their own bellies [jeez what a jerk!]
Khyron decides to show what he's learned from the micronian
culture about pleasure. Wine and Minmay's singing destroyed all
his complexes; with boyish brutality he grabs Azonia and gives
her a long powerful kiss. The girl is not ready for such direct
actions, but soon she overcomes embarassment and begins taking
pleasure... mmm... oh damn here comes Grel with bad news and
spoils everything. Duh. Looks like some dumb soldiers are under
attack by micronians. Khyron must have an incredible sense of
duty and care towards his troops, cause he interrupts the
pleasureful demonstration and immediately begins to organize a
relief attempt. To make fighting micronians more fun, he invites
Azonia to come along, but the poor girl has no battlepod. Khyron
gives her the Glaug and mounts himself atop a captured Monster
destroid, which he plans to control by giving it a good kick.
However inside there sit three stupid micronized Zentraedi who
are too drunk to remember the knock pattern, so they just
slam the accelerator and bring the whole force into a micronian
ambush.
Yup, it appears that the whole mess was staged by
deceptive micronians. Khyron's troops are surrounded by Monster
destroids and the slaughter begins. Despite being outgunned, the
Zentraedi fight bravely; when veritechs begin attacking Khyron's
command post on the Monster, the commander bare-handedly
destroyes one veritech and damages two others. But soon luck
turns away from him once again - protoculture shortage takes its
toll as Zentraedi weapons run out of power. Azonia's Glaug is
damaged; despite his "disregard for individual life"
Khyron runs to save her, and then, seeing that there is no hope
left for victory, orders a full retreat. When the battered
Zentraedi reach their base, they find that the hostages have been
resqued. A bad day, I guess...
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Season's
Greetings
The hostage plan has failed, and Khyron looks for new
way to leave the micronian planet. His Queadol Magdomilla is
severely damaged, and had permanently lost all heavy artillery
with the bow section, so he looks for another crashed Zentraedi
ship in better condition. Soon one such is found deep in the
rainforest of South America, and it satisfied all Khyron's
desires. The new ship appears to be a Rineunadou Lojmeuean reflex
cannon platform, one of those which have layed waste upon Earth
in the Rain of Death. Experienced through years of living and
working among the micronians, Zentraedi manage to repair the
monitor and many battle craft which were found inside it. Now all
they need is a protoculture matrix to power the ship, and bye-bye
Mother planet.
Through his network of spies Grel
learns that a suitable fuel tank can be acquired somewhere in New
Macross industrial sector warehouses (duh, did he really need
spies to figure that out?) and Khyron prepares a complex
operation.
Zentraedi forces assemble inside a
cruiser wreck near New Macross coastline. From there one force -
Khyron, Grel, several battlepods and troopers - approaches the
coast under water and begins roaming the industrial sector, while
Azonia and a group of Queadlunn-Raus, probably the remnants of
the Quadrano squadron, stage an ambush to ward off any micronian
reinforcements.
Grel's information proves to be
not very accurate, and he leads his angered commander in circles
around the supposed fuel tank location. Soon the Zentraedi are
discovered, but their strange attack pattern puzzles the
micronians, who make a guess that the aim of Khyron's operation
is not SDF-1 or any other miliary target but rather the
protoculture storages. Immediately veritech squadrons are
dispatched to deal with the threat. Khyron did not anticipate
such heavy resistance; however, he enjoys the fight and with
pleasure single-handedly shoots down an incoming veritech.
A new group of micronian reinforcements approaches from
seashore and falls into Azonia's ambush. The Meltran commander
shows suprisingly skillful piloting, and in an amazing firefight
Quadranos destroy several veritech fighters, but there are two
aces on the micronian side, one of which, to Azonia's rage, is
Miriya, her former comrade-in-arms. Most of the Meltrandi forces
are destroyed, but Azonia leaves knowing her objective has been
achieved - Khyron finally found the fuel tank and is now
preparing to evacuate.
Inside the warehouse, Khyron
shoulders the heavy tank and, strainfully, carries it out.
Covered by other soldiers, he secures the tank in the Glaug
manipulators and orders all forces to retreat. Zentraedi are
surrounded, there seems no way out, when suddenly a great scout
vessel lands in New Macross, wrecking several buildings. Khyron's
troops slid through the hangar doors and the scout ship takes
off. Veritechs attempt to pursue, but Khyron has one last
surprise for them - a Christmas gift to the whole micronian city.
When he gives the order, Zentraedi agents dressed as Santa
Clauses all over New Macross activate remote detonators... As the
preplanted mines explode, great firestorms sweep through the
unsuspecting streets, demolishing buildings and killing hundreds
of civilians. "May all your foolish holidays be as bright as
this one...." wishes Khyron through loudspeakers. Veritechs
are called off to help fight fires; the operation is a success
and Khyron awards himself with a new nickname - The Destroyer.
Quite justified, I think.
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To
the Stars!
Buried in the South
American rainforest, the Rineunadou Lojmeuean slowly awakens -
newly repowered by the reserves of protoculture matrix, stolen by
its resourceful commander. Inside the huge ship, lamps flood
decks with light, and all Zentraedi cheer the might finally at
their disposal. On the bridge Azonia reports with a smile that
full power has been restored and the ship is ready to take off.
Everyone is shocked when Khyron suddenly declares that before
leaving the micronian planet he must have his vengeance and
destroy SDF-1, but soon the Zentraedi agree entusiastically to
follow their commander into the final battle. SDF-1 is severely
battered by the lengthy war - according to intelligence reports
it doesn't have energy enough for serious resistance, and Khyron
feels victory is at hand. He orders to take off and head for New
Macross.
"As the protoculture flows through its
systems, the long-idled battleship comes to life... Outside the
ground rumbles, then begins to give way, torn asunder by an
artificial earthquake of alien power, as the battlecruiser
frivolously tears free from its earth-bound prison. The venerable
Khyron is once again armed and at large, bent on vengeance and
destruction."
Cautiously navigating at extra-low altitude,
using terrain as cover and employing a variety of radar jammers,
the Monitor moves towards New Macross. On bridge, as snowy
mountain caps pass by, Khyron, Azonia and Grel are waiting
anxiously for the micronian fortress to come into firing range."The SDF-1 will soon be
little more than a footnote in the Zentraedi history books,"
growls Khyron; the fortress is within thirty miles now, and he
orders missile barrage on the unsuspecting city. Warheads
liberate their awesome power in fierce explosions, annihilating
stone and flesh alike. Micronian forces are scrambled, all
veritech fighters are in air, and to defend the Monitor dozens of
tri-thrusters engage the enemy. Zentraedi are outnumbered, but it
is too late for the micronians - Rineunadou Lojmeuean is now
within firing range.
On the bridge, Khyron views with satisfaction as
the micronian fortress comes to his grasp. My revenge is well
worth waiting for... Admiral Gloval will wish he'd never heard of
me... Azonia reports that the main cannon is in full power,
and Khyron orders to fire.
With mesmerizing slowness the
Rineunadou Lojmeuean bow section splits apart; energy
concentrates between the sections in bluish electric discharges,
and next second a monstrous beam of pure destruction shoots from
the Reflex cannon. It is the weapon that destroyed the great
cities of Earth, and now its target is the last protector of
micronian culture. Buildings and people turn to dust as the beam
sweeps through New Macross and finally collides with the
battlefortress. In a tremendous explosion a section of SDF-1 is
destroyed and the fortress starts slowly falling in the lake.
But the time for rejoicing has not come yet....
Miraculously the crippled battlefortress still has resources
enough to make one last shot... In terrified disbelief, Zentraedi
watch as SDF-1 climbs from its supposed watery grave, energy
starts gathering within its own Reflex cannon, and a deadly wave
rushes towards the Monitor. It is too late to turn away; the beam
rippes through Zentraedi armor, and burning wind wildly brushes
away crewmembers caught in its fiery way.
On the bridge, Grel is thrown out of his seat and
smashed at the wall... the floor is covered with glass shards
from the broken windshield... blood tickling from a wound on his
brow, Khyron looks at the sprawled body of his old
comrade-in-arms, old friend, remembering all battles they've been
through together, their youthful enthusiasm, their lives full of
mirth... and so desperately short... sorrow is soon drowned by a
flood of rage at the inexplicable micronians who reduced his
friendship and life into mizerable dust of nonexistence. But one
thing they couldn't destroy.... his love.
He
glances at the woman sitting in the control chair, apparently
unharmed, and when her deep blue eyes meet his gaze, rage goes
away like sorrow did a moment before, overwhelmed by the power of
love... Purified, they look into each other's souls, accepting
whatever destiny life has prepared for them, and feel a desire to
unite... It will require a sacrifice... are you ready to face it
with me, Azonia? ...It will be glorious!... ...Yes... glorious...
Khyron locks the Rineunadou Lojmeuean on a
collision course with SDF-1; as the battlefortress is closer and
closer he takes Azonia's hand and feels her thoughts flowing
through as if they were one... flying away... to the
stars!
The cruiser was a fiery javelin
in a ballistic fall, called by the Earth's own inherent powers to
deadly rendezvous with its techno-savior. On the bridge of the
Zentraedi ship, Khyron and Azonia stood hand in hand facing that
divine wind in a way only warriors could, victorious in the final
moments as much for destroying the object of their years-long
pursuit as for the strength of their extraordinary bond, their
marriage in death..... The mile-long cruiser rammed into the main
guns of the fortress, splintering the twin booms as it continued
to dive. Metal shrieked against metal, shafts, connectors, and
joints snapping and roaring in protest. The bow of the leviathan
ship forced the booms apart and impacted against the main body of
the SDF-1, shearing off the head and going on to crash and
explode once, twice, and again. The fortress took the full power
of these against its back and itself exploded, blowing the
supercarriers from their mountings and ripping away the
battle-scarred armor that had seen so much violence. The lake
boiled, releasing massive clouds of steam into the cold air, and
lightning storms appeared spontaneously in the skies over head. A
fire ball rose and mushroomed there, announcing the event to the
rest of the world. (Doomsday, 501)
Khyron and Azonia were not forgotten. Their
martyrdom inspired many micronian-wary Zentraedi warriors on a
desperate quest for freedom, a struggle against alien society and
culture for a right to live by Zentraedi native standards, which
micronians called The Malcontent Uprisings and which was brutally
repressed. But the memory will live forever.
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The
Backstabber
Khyron is probably
aware of his nickname and does his best not to live up to it. He
treats Grel, his executive officer, more like a friend than a
subordinate - they bet on how many ships will collide upon defold
on Mars orbit, drink together to celebrate victories, and Khyron
often trusts Grel with commanding the 7th Division cruisers while
himself leading mecha assaults.
On Mars, when a pilot goes
berzerk, endangering the whole operation, Khyron manages to shoot
him down without killing, though is himself under severe stress.
On Earth, as soon as he hears that his soldiers are under attack,
Khyron interrupts the pleasureful demonstration of feeling
towards Azonia, even abandons the recently captured hostages, and
mounts a relief attempt to save the Zentraedi, falling into a
Micronian trap.
Disregard for a soldier's life was
an accepted standard in Zentraedi strategy. Breetai wastes
hundreds of mecha and pilots in countless frontal assaults, while
Khyron always uses advanced tactics of stealth, speed, sudden
powerful blows, concentrating maximum power against minimal
resistance. Most of his operations would've been a complete
success if not for superiors' interference.
Only once Khyron is seen killing
Zentraedi troops, and that is when mass defection spreads through
Zentraedi forces as they break into SDF-1. Extinguishing traitors
seems only proper in any war, and is even more useful than
destroying enemy units since the defectors possess valuable
knowledge vital to the war effort.
Khyron's
soldiers remain loyal to him years after The Rain. If he was only
hated and feared, beyond doubt no Zentraedi would ever want to
have him as commander again. If he was a direct, everpresent and
unjust threat to soldiers' lives, one of them sooner or later,
especially after The Rain, would've shot him in the back,
Backstabber fashion. Nothing like that ever happened; soldiers
seem to trust him, and even follow their commander in his quest
for vengeance against SDF-1.
After successfully recovering a
fuel tank and wrecking havoc upon New Detroit, Khyron awards
himself with a new nickname - The Destroyer,
which perfectly suits the reckless commander.
Is
Khyron mad?
Many accuse Khyron of being insane - because of his
often unstandard, sometimes seemingly irrational behaviour,
"maniacal" laughter or just in accordance with
traditional anticipation of villains as crazy people who want to
blow up the world.
While exhibiting enough bravery to
personally lead countless mecha assaults and engage in
hand-to-hand combat with Veritech fighters, Khyron never takes
senseless risks. As soon as things get out of hand, be it a
deadly new model of enemy craft, an unexpected overload of a
barrier system or simply being heavily outnumbered and outgunned,
Khyron never hesitates with ordering a retreat. He obviously
values his life, along with the lives of his friends and even
soldiers. Thus it is highly doubtfu, for example, that he would
arrange a collision with Breetai's ships if he wasn't sure it was
safe.
Obsession with revenge is not
uncommon among the Zentraedi warriors. Miriya decides to
infiltrate SDF-1, alone and with no weapons, just because she
wants to kill the micronian ace who once beated her in combat.
Not very rational behaviour, yet no one declares Miriya insane.
Violation of orders? Disregard for
superiors? That was common among the Zentraedi as well. Among
many other examples, Miriya directly disobeys Azonia, her
commander, and instead of stopping Khyron decides to help him
with his attack on the SDF-1.
True that Khyron's passionate
nature somehow singles him out from other Zentraedi. However, all
Zentraedi exhibit various emotions both before and after contact
with micronians, so even by Zentraedi standards Khyron wasn't
mad... else he wouldn't even be allowed to hold an armed rifle,
much less command a fleet.
When Dolza's Grand fleet arrives,
Khyron chooses the sanest alternative - stay out of fight and
possibly finish off the weakened victor. This allows his division
to survive the Battle of Rain and make refuge on the micronian
planet.
The choice to go after SDF-1 after
the Rain seems irrational at first, but not after thinking it
over. Doubtful that, after discovering the level of psychological
changes in
Khyron, Azonia and their troops, Robotech Masters would grant
them command over a force sufficient to destroy the
battlefortress. After all, Dolza had direct contact with the
Masters, and Dolza wanted to annihilate all Zentraedi
"contaminated" by micronian culture, not speaking of
that the Masters never wanted the fortress destroyed. So relying
on them would've been insane, or at least irrational.
Second, Khyron possessed an
ultimate weapon, which he was never before allowed to control - a
Rineunadou Lojmeuean reflex cannon platform, equal in firepower
to SDF-1 and the Zentraedi Flagship.
SDF-1 was crippled by the lengthy
war, especially its final battle; the barrier system was down,
energy level extremely low. Khyron was probably aware of this
through the network of Zentraedi spies. With the element of
surprise on his side, Khyron could be positively sure of his
success.
That SDF-1 would be able to
survive the deadly blast from Khyron's Monitor, take off and fire
its main gun was not anticipated. With the Monitor going down,
Khyron's choice was either die senselessly or take his enemy with
him, and it was in the Way of the Warrior to do the latter...
Is
Khyron evil?
That depends on what is "evil". Since
it is so hard to define, let us first state what Khyron is not.
He is not a megalomaniac bent on
the destruction of Earth. Our planet was virtually destroyed by
Dolza, a person unarguably sane and rational, while Khyron
preferred to stay out of the mess.
He is not an insane killer whose
only goal is murder-death-kill. Khyron kills in battle, kills
enemies and defectors, kills civiliansaccidentally or to terrorize the enemy population, he
enjoys killing and takes pleasure in violence (like so many
micronians) yet killing is not his ultimate goal but only a means
to achieve military tasks. He is perfectly able to harness his
bloodlust - when a hostage or an insubordinate pilot is more
valuable alive than dead.
Well then, what is Khyron?
To me he seems nothing more than a young field commander, brought
up in a society centered on war, boyish, passionate and
emotional, arrogant, loving and caring, merciless to enemies and
with an ego equal only to his talents. He is not evil, just a
soldier carrying out orders, pursuing personal vendettas and
immensely bored by the stiff Zentraedi society. The Robotech RPG
claims him to be approximately 15 earth years old... adolescent
mentality suits Khyron perfectly.
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The
Lady
The T'sentrati race has been engineered for performing
tasks beyond normal human capacity - in physical as well as
mental means. Their creators, the Robotech Masters, understood
perfectly well that biomechanisms of such complexity, being so
close to humans, will not be devoid of emotions, hence will be
unpredictable. Unreliability was the price payed for higher
intelligence and creative thinking, but Masters were eager to
minimize risks of their servants going out of control.
The way to restrict T'sentrati
independence was to squish their personality into nonexistence in
the face of society and its interests - a method all to common in
so many a micronian state. A strict military hierarchy was
created, where each individual had his place right from birth; an
ideology of unquestioning obedience was stressed, forcing the
whole society to adopt a form of one army.The T'sentrati were
brought up to fight and die; war was imperative - the only way of
life they knew.
In order to prevent the evolution
of any emotions short of hatred and lust for battle, female
T'sentrati were separated from male, forming Meltrandi units.
These were the elite, with faster reflexes and higher
intelligence; they were reserved for special operations, given
best weaponry and treasured for experience.
Living for war, T'sentrati needed
an enemy. In Robotech, such foes were the Invid; in Macross:
Do You Remember Love? after a victory over their
short-sighted creators, the Protoculture, T'sentrati began to
fight among themselves, separated into two clans by the obvious
difference of sex.
After Breetai's failure to stop
micronian POWs from escaping, Dolza summons the Meltran fleet to
take over the operation. As Supreme Commander, Dolza has access to information
about the Protoculture, and he immediately recognizes the danger
presented by the free micronian society. He foresees the
confusion micronians may wreck upon the T'sentrati order;
Breetai, an old and experienced commander, seems untrustworthy,
and Dolza puts Meltran commander Azonia in charge, understanding
that stern relationships between males and females will prevent
any conspiracy attempts.(His choice proves right when Azonia
reports that Breetai has conducted a peace treaty with
micronians, and that many T'sentrati have contacted the micronian
society).
Azonia tries to be a calm and
effective leader, but is constantly upset by her subordinates.
Miriya, the best T'sentrati ace, is quite selfish, and wants
everything done her own way, bringing a lot of confusion into
Azonia's plans. Their first "test" task was getting the
spies onboard SDF-1; Miriya disregards her commander's plan of a
diversionary support strike, certain that she alone is capable of
fulfilling the objective. Afterwards, when ordered to stop
Khyron, Miriya decides to join the fight instead. Finally, she
demands to be micronized and sent as a spy to the battlefortress,
not explaining why should the best pilot be allowed to perish
within the micronian ship.
An even greater threat to Azonia's
plans and career is Khyron, the notorious commander put under her
jurisdiction by the whim of Dolza.
Azonia's mission
is not capturing SDF-1; Dolza knows better than allowing the
dreaded contact. But he is uncertain of what to do - destroy the
invaluable ship, or revoke capturing attempts and risk
contamination; so the baffled Meltrandi are simply following the
battlefortress to Earth. Such actions are questioned not only by
Khyron, but by Meltrandi themselves, and when the 7th division
starts another prohibited attack, Azonia decides to wait and see
what happends - perhaps the passionate bluehead will find a way
to both gain control of the ship and avoid the threat to
T'sentrati society. However, Khyron's goal is simple -
destruction of his opponents; as soon as this becomes evident to
Azonia, she dispatches the Quadranos to force him back, but
Miriya prefers to join the long-awaited fight instead of stopping
it. This could really go out of hand, if Khyron didn't decide to
leave the task of finishing off SDF-1 to his cruiser's bow
section. The attack is stopped by the Daedalus maneuver, and the
relaxed Azonia mocks Khyron for his failure, which in fact saved
her career.
When informed that the doom she
brought to Breetai's fleet (by letting Dolza know of their
treason) extends on her forces too, Azonia doesnt hesitate to
contact Breetai and offer immediate withdrawal from Earth orbit.
What she didn't know from the start was the desperate shortage of
protoculture supply on T'sentrati ships, making spacefolds
impossible. Contrary to Khyron, who prefers sliding away on
conventional thrusters, she decides to fight alongside Breetai
and the micronians against Dolza's Main fleet.
The battle is a victory due to
Minmay's success as a psychological weapon; but Azonia's flagship
was ruined, and if not for Khyron's fortunate arrival, the lady
would've burned up in space.
During two long years of living
among males, Azonia got rid of many Meltran complexes. Her
uniform changed - dumping the high collar made her cape look less
official, and the ripped-off sleeves offered a more womanly, if
not sexy, look; she also got addicted to drinking wine, probably
thanks to Khyron's influence, and acquired a fresher skin color.
Nevertheless, her attitude of superiority remained - quite soon
after joining the 7th she was ordering around Grel and other
subordinates.
Khyron was immensely glad that
finally he was the supreme commander and no one could direct him.
A special pleasure - Azonia, whom he previosly hated like any
authority, was now in his power. However, soon this turned out to
be an illusion - the smart Meltran used her charm to control
Khyron - to a certain extent, though, because soon it became
evident that the feelings she simulated for her own purposes
indeed existed.
Contrary
to Khyron, Azonia is not a stereotyped villain; in fact, she gets
nowhere near the concept of "evilness", and even plays
a "good" role when fighting alongside Breetai and the
micronians. Her love to Khyron (well, the only decent Zentraedi
male around) persuades her to join him in the last battle against
SDF-1, where both meet a glorious death hand-in-hand.
The ancient tradition of killing
"villains" is common to all genres, anime being not an
exception. If Khyron deserved to die in a certain way (he was
behind the New Macross massacre and was the evil spirit following
SDF-1 from Mars to Earth), Azonia was just a woman in love, and
her death was senseless.... well, every story should have its
underappreciated tragedy.
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Behind
the Scenes
In Robotech, the voice of
Khyron Kraveshera was done by Greg Snegoff (Snow),and Azonia
Laplamiz was voiced by Alexandra Kenworthy.
The
Links Section
Naia Zifu's T'sentrati Web Page
-Home of "The Backstabber Preservation
Society", this page is devoted to T'Sentrati warriors and
their famous leader, Khyron Kraveshera.
The Robotech Page - Khyron profile - written by Macross, thanks for
the novel info.
The Khyron Kraveshera Image gallery - A place stuffed with Khyron
pics captured from Robotech episodes. This is where I got most of
the series screenshots you see here. Big Thanks to Jillari!
The Robotech X site - a crazyass pack of hilarious parodies, some of which
feature Khyron and Azonia eating pudding, riding go-carts, goin'
down to South Park, serving meals, singing and dressing up like
Minmay (NOOO!!!!)
Questions? comments about the page? Email me
and share your dreams.