Quote from: everloss;961744It's a series of connected tests and trials to train new mecha pilots. It can also be used as a Top Gun type thing.  The scenarios range from computer simulator combat in order to become more acquanted with the various weaponry of your mecha, to live-fire adventures.  I played through it and also ran it way back in the day. It's pretty good.

I'd say the Zentraedi sourcebook and the RDF Manual are really the only "essential" sourcebooks, if you're just looking at the Macross Saga. Zentraedi Breakout is interesting for world info and adventure plots. Strike Force has an interesting adventure but the new mecha are pretty lame. New World Order takes place in Africa and is essentially an adventure module, with lots of conspiracy investigation and role playing outside of mecha. As someone else already said, Ghost Ship is basically a dungeon crawl inside a Zentraedi ship.

Palladium didn't do anything that I recall to support Southern Cross in the way of source books.

Everything else (Invid Invasion, Return of the Masters, Lancer's Rockers) is for the third series, other than Sentinels which had a cool premise but also got no support other than a crappy art book.

Quote from: Dumarest;961755I snagged the RPG and RDF Manual off eBay for a low price. They are kind of beat up but not bad. I think I'd like to find the Zentraedi sourcebook  and maybe Zentraedi Breakout if I can find it reasonably priced as if I get to run or play Robotech again I'd probably want to set it in the aftermath of the first show, maybe with the RDF in South America or something with Zentraedi malcontents.

Thanks for the details!

Quote from: Dumarest;961663I guess that makes sense over ten years.  

What kind of death rate did you have?