THE ROBOTECH MASTERS

The daughter of Max and Miriya Sterling and the first child to result from a union of two races. Dana is among the first to graduate from the new Robotech Military Academy and is very eager to prove herself in combat. Dana has a wild streak that makes her a good leader but a poor follower. Fortunately she is quickly put in charge of the 15th ATAC squadron where she can put her talents to good use. By the end of the second Robotech war Dana has lost her innocence and some of her energetic personality has been replaced with a with pessimism about the future and the coming of the Invid.

One of the youngest and highest ranking members of the Global Military Police, Nova is a career military officer with a very disciplined spit-and-polish attitude towards the military. This puts her at odds with Dana and her squad, who are much more lax and often bend rules and regulations. Nova and Dana become great rivals, and tension becomes even greater when Zor Prime is captured and becomes part of the ATAC.

Formerly a first lieutenant in charge of the 15th ATAC, Sean Phillips is demoted and replaced by Dana after being caught with the daughter of a high- ranking Southern Cross official. A professional womanizer, Sean eventually falls in love (for real) with Marie Crystal. The problem is that Marie has a hard time believing that Sean is sincere in his feelings.

In the original scripts for Robotech, Bowie Grant was the younger brother of Claudia Grant, but was later changed to be the nephew of Claudia for the Sentinels story line. Bowie is actually a sensitive and talented musician and is not really suited to the military or combat. The only reason he stays in the military is his loyalty to Dana Sterling, who has been his best friend since childhood. During an invasion of the Robotech Masters' fortress Bowie meets and falls in love with Musica, an alien musician.

An independent, proud, and skilled pilot for the TASC space forces of the Southern Cross. Like Nova Satori, Marie is a strong believer in discipline which puts her at odds with Dana and crew. Marie's discipline falters slightly, however, when she falls in love with Sean Phillips.

Second in command of the 15th ATAC, Angie is a very no-nonsense down-to-earth kind of guy. At first he has trouble respecting Dana as his commanding officer, but grows to respect the young lady as she leads the 15th to victory time and time again.

Half punk, half nerd, Louie is the young genius of the 15th ATAC. When not involved in combat, Louie often tinkers around with machinery and mecha, constantly trying to improve them. One of his most clever inventions is the "pupil pistol," an eye-controlled aiming system that was designed to improve Louie's score at a video game. However, Louie gets very upset when the military starts to use his invention to improve the targeting systems of Earth mecha.

A seasoned veteran and skilled officer, Rolf Emerson is one of the finest generals in the Southern Cross military forces. However, his sense of honor and duty often put him at odds with the more corrupt leaders in the Southern Cross, who usually assign Emerson to dangerous missions in the hopes of getting rid of him. Rolf was named chief guardian of Dana Sterling and Bowie Grant after their parents left on the SDF-3, and the trio has become quite close.

Supreme Commander of Earth's military forces, Anatole Leonard is the opposite of Rolf Emerson in almost every way. While Lenoard is a skilled officer and tactical genius, he is also a bigot and very corrupt. He is totally unwilling to negotiate with the Masters, and wants to kill every member of the enemy forces rather than compromise. Leonard's blind hatred of the Masters and anyone who opposes him (like Rolf Emerson) is a primary cause of the destruction of the Southern Cross during the final battles of the second Robotech War.

The immortal lords of Robotechnology who corrupted Zor's original discoveries into terrible weapons of war. The Robotech Masters were once the leaders of a vast intergalactic empire. However, the destruction of the Zentraedi and constant attacks from the Invid have greatly weakened the Masters' forces to the point where they can no longer maintain their empire. In order to survive, the Masters MUST retrieve the Protoculture Matrix from the wreck of the SDF-1 on Earth, even if they have to kill all of humanity to do it.

Zor Prime is a clone of the original Zor, the "father" of Protoculture. The Robotech Masters use Zor Prime first as a soldier and then as a spy in an effort to find a way to defeat the Earth forces. However, Zor's advanced intellect allow him to eventually overcome the Masters' programming and remember who and what he is. Zor Prime dedicates himself to destroying the Masters and preventing the Invid from destroying Earth. Although he succeeds in the first task, he fails to destroy the flower of life, instead scattering the seeds all over Earth and guaranteeing the arrival of the Invid. Zor Prime sacrifices his own life in the wasted effort to destroy the flower at the end of the second series.

One of the Masters' clones and a member of a trio of musicians, Musica is charged with playing music that keeps the other clones of the Masters passive and obedient. Musica meets Bowie Grant during a Southern Cross invasion of the Masters' fortress, and the two instantly fall in love. Bowie opens Musica's mind to new possibilities, and as a result Musica rebels against the Masters' control.