ROBOpedia: Robotech II: The Sentinels Week Six

Week Six: Robotech Art Three by Carl Macek

We have left Robotech Art Three's episode by episode guide for the first two weeks, and now we are onto the week by week synopsis for the next ten weeks. So, I'm just going to list the plot points from Week Six entitled Final Battle On Praxis and Journey to Garuda.

  1. Edwards "brainwashes" Minmei to forget Jonathan Wolfe
  2. Dr. Lang begins to unravel the secrets of Protoculture and recognizes the importance of the "Cha-Cha"
  3. The REF prepares for a planned Invid Invasion of the moon of Fantoma
  4. The Sentinels beat the Invid on Praxis
  5. Males are invited to stay on Praxis to help "develop a new society"
  6. Jack offers to stay to make Karen jealous
  7. Karen puts up a fight, and by Praxian Custom, must duel for Jack and she wins.
  8. The Sentinels leave Praxis for Garuda

 

Robotech Book 15 "Death Dance" Chapters 7-8 by Jack McKinney
The abrupt departure of the Spherisian Drive module has not improved the situation on Praxis at all. In fact, it has only made it worse. Praxis is coming apart at the ceams. But, Admiral Rick Hunter has a plan.
An artificial chimney has been carved into the cave where the orbs were discovered, and the GMU has been placed on top of the chimney. The plan is to use the largest orbs to lift the GMU, and the surviving Sentinels contained within, into orbit of Praxis, hoping that they may be able to get far enough from the planet before it explodes.
The plan works, but unfortunately, they won't be able to get the GMU far enough away from the planet, and they only have enough mecha to get roughly half of the survivors into the orbit of Praxis's moon, with the rest still on board the GMU.
But things are not going that well on Tirol either.
Wolff's shuttle is nearing the SDF-7, but the ship remains incommunicado. Add to that to gunships under the command of General Edwards are in hot pursuit, and the SDF-3 is ordering Wolff's ship to return or it will open fire.
Fortunately, the warning shots only damage the communications relays on board the shuttle, and it successfully boards the SDF-7. Once all of the shuttle's personnel are on board, the SDF-7 folds to Praxis.
Meanwhile on Praxis, an Alpha has been launched back to Praxis to perform a rescue mission on behalf of Bela, and the ship is piloted by Miriya. They are rescuing the crystal Baldan ejected from the cavern's wall before he died. The one Teal left behind for reasons of her own.
Due to Miriya's piloting skills, the crystal is rescued from the fiery hell that it was in, and they return to orbit only to find the GMU being evacuated.
Wolff's SDF-7 has arrived, rescues the Sentinels, and using the Reflex engines, they are barely able to keep ahead of Praxis's, and it's moon's, remains after the planet explodes. The Praxians are now homeless.
After Col. Wolff fills the Sentinels in on the events of the past few days on Tirol (the negotiations with the Regent, and Edwards' growing influence over the Plenipotentiary Council. He doesn't know about Tesla murdering the Simula-Regent), the Sentinels have a decision to make. Whether to return to Tirol and try to regain control of the mission of the SDF-3 or to continue on to Garuda.
The response: Continue on to Garuda.
While the Sentinels continue on their mission on their new ship, the R.E.F. Plenipotentiary Council meets in emergency session. The emergencies: Col. Wolff has stolen a prototype ship to save the Sentinels from a dying world, disregarding the Council's orders, and the "Regent" has been murdered with the Invid promising revenge.
Edwards is calling the destruction of the Farrago a ruse and part of the Sentinels' plan to take control over the local star systems, under the command of Rick Hunter. Of course, Dr. Lang objects, but it is too late. The majority of the council has fallen under the sway of T.R. Edwards force of personality. He uses that to his advantage as the council gives him complete command over the RDF and the Fantoma mining operations so he can build a fleet of ships to go to war with.
The R.E.F. is now more divided than before.
The, very much alive, Regent orders his Invid forces home, and the Invid, keeping the Regent's life secret, promise that there will be no truce between the two races until the Sentinels are brought to justice.
Meanwhile, on the SDF-7, Teal gives shape to Baldan's child, despite the fact that she was never his mate, nor did she ever want to be.
Baldan has been reborn.

 

Differences from Art Three
⁃ Praxis explodes with the Sentinels barely being rescued
⁃ The Invid have no plans to invade Tirol
⁃ Oh, and pretty much everything else except for the Sentinels heading to Garuda.

Robotech The Sentinels Book Three Issues 9-10 by Jason and John Waltrip