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.