- Public Address System: Citizens of Earth! A dire emergency confronts us. The renegade flagship of the Robotech Masters has appeared in stationary orbit thirty-thousand kilometers above our planet. Communications within the flagship have been intercepted and decoded. These renegades are descendants of Zor, the originator of the science of robotechnology. These are invaders intent on plundering the world's supply of Protoculture... . This is a state of war!
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- Narrator: A new threat has surfaced for the next generation of Robotech Defenders who have grown up in the wake of earth's first victory over their alien invaders. Calling themselves the Robotech Masters, this ancient race of techno-voyagers has come to the earth to claim the mysterious substance known as Protoculture.
- Dana Sterling: Here I am! Sorry to keep you waiting, but I just couldn't be promoted without my hovertank!
- [tank transforms into a giant robot that sprouts rabbit ears]
- Dana Sterling: It was a hair-raising experience, folks, but through the miracle of rabbit technology we were able to pull a victory out of our hat!
- Narrator: Now, from inside the mobile assault units, a new threat emerges: An army of Bioroids armed with laser cannons and propelled by anti-gravity hovercraft. The counterattack has begun!
- Pilot: Ground control, we are now under attack by mecha from within the Robotech flagship!