Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
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Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

7.0 / 10
1999
1 season
40 episodes
AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks," during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Freefall

    30-08-199921m

    Rookie troopers Rico, Flores and Jenkins journey to Pluto as part of Alpha Team "Razak's Roughnecks" on what is supposed to be a simple mop-up operation, but find a major threat to...

  • Ep 2

    2.Plasma Bugs of Navarone

    31-08-199921m

    When the Roughnecks pick up a distress call from pilots Ibanez and Barcalow, who are under attack at a research outpost, Rico risks the safety of his own squad to save Carmen.

  • Ep 3

    3.Handle with Care

    01-09-1999

    The squad is assigned to assist intelligence officer Earle Walker in capturing a live Plasma Bug and bringing it back through enemy territory.

  • Ep 4

    4.Stranded

    02-09-1999

    As the war moves to the planet Tophet, the Roughnecks go after Razak and Higgins, who are trapped behind enemy lines and about to be blown up by their own air strike.

  • Ep 5

    5.Basic Training

    03-09-1999

    Rico has to train Higgins the reporter to defend himself in combat, as the Roughnecks try to defend themselves from new flying Bugs that seem impervious to laser fire.

  • Ep 6

    6.Of Flesh and Steel

    08-09-1999

    On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.

  • Ep 7

    7.Pluto and Beyond

    21-09-1999

    Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.

  • Ep 8

    8.Deep Trouble

    22-09-199921m

    When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.

  • Ep 9

    9.Swarm

    30-09-1999

    The battle against the Bugs moves to the watery planet Hydora, where Rico and the Roughnecks again come to Carmen's rescue when she is stranded while evacuating wounded.

  • Ep 10

    10.Water, Water Everywhere

    12-10-1999

    The "Transport" Bug that was found bringing reinforcements and eggs to Pluto is followed back to the watery planet Hydora, where it releases barb-shooting flying bugs of a previous...

  • Ep 11

    11.Search & Destroy

    21-10-1999

    Searching for the Rippler nest on Hydora, the Roughnecks come under heavy fire and Jenkins is severely wounded by an acid-tipped barb. Can Jenkins survive his wound and can they fi...

  • Ep 12

    12.Sole Survivor

    04-11-1999

    While trying to find out what happened to Lt. Ross, who was found wandering on Hydora with his memory gone and his entire squad missing, the Roughnecks are captured by the Bugs.

  • Ep 13

    13.Missing in Action

    11-11-1999

    Trying to locate two missing squads that seem to have vanished into thin air, the Roughnecks find themselves battling giant amphibious beetles.

  • Ep 14

    14.No Substitute

    19-11-1999

    The Skinnies, formerly working for the Bugs, have changed sides but one of them meets considerable resistance when he joins the squad for its assault on Zegema Beach.

  • Ep 15

    15.Hot Ice

    25-11-1999

    Having crashed on a barren asteroid, the Roughnecks try to make their way to a crashed science vessel for help.

  • Ep 16

    16.Marauder

    03-12-1999

    As the squad tries to locate a brain bug on Tesca Nemerosa from underwater, Rico is trapped when his Marauder suit runs out of power.

  • Ep 17

    17....And Then There Were Two

    09-12-1999

    Rico still doesn't trust T'Phai, but In the jungle on Tesca Nemerosa, they are forced to work together when the other squad members start disappearing.

  • Ep 18

    18.Liquid Dreams

    17-12-1999

    While a monsoon hits the Zegema Base hard, Rico floats unconscious in a regeneration tank, fighting his subconscious to stay alive.

  • Ep 19

    19.Heart

    03-01-2000

    Still in the tank, Rico grows increasingly angry and frustarted that no one is taking his claims that the bugs are coming seriously. Meanwhile, the squad is out to charting bug tun...

  • Ep 20

    20.Propaganda Machine

    14-01-2000

    Higgins is ordered to make a good Fed-Net report hiding the horrors of war and showing something positive about the bug campaign.

  • Ep 21

    21.The Inside Story

    17-01-2000

    The Zephyr is still stuck on the ice asteroid. The Roughnecks are running low on ammunition and the Fireflies keep attacking. Gossard suggests they use the Toxin they've colle...

  • Ep 22

    22.Captured

    28-01-2000

    The Roughnecks are captured by the skinnies, and held for interrogation.

  • Ep 23

    23.Ice-Olation

    08-02-2000

    Returning from a combat mission in a retrieval ship, the Zephyr, the Roughnecks are re-routed to an asteroid to join scientists from another ship, the Sequoia, in a quest for a bio...

  • Ep 24

    24.Mixed Signals

    15-02-2000

    The Zephyr remains crash-landed on a frozen asteroid. A team is sent out to collect Toxin B-3, a potent bio-weapon that they've found here, while Gossard and others remain at the s...

  • Ep 25

    25.The Face of Truth

    15-02-2000

    The capture of the "skinny" Colonel T'Phai reveals that the entire race are being mentally controlled by the bugs and that they are using the planet for fuel and plan to blow it up...

  • Ep 26

    26.Betrayal

    16-02-2000

    Arriving on the planet of Tophet, the Roughnecks are surprised to meet an advanced indigenous species. They claim the bugs came, but couldn't adapt to their climate and died... But...

  • Ep 27

    27.D-Day

    17-02-2000

    S.I.C.O.N. prepares for the D-Day invasion of the bug home planet of Klendathu. During the build-up Flores gets an M.I.A. notice from telling her. that her brother, Eddie is MIA...

  • Ep 28

    28.Metamorphosis

    18-02-2000

    The Valley Forge is enroute to their next campaign, a long trip. The Roughnecks drew the watch as most of the ship's crew is in stasis. Doc is suddenly attacked by Zander who...

  • Ep 29

    29.Letters Home

    21-02-2000

    The Roughnecks are dug in on Klendathu and are facing an inevitable Bug attack. High Command order them to hold the position at all costs. Higgins finds an unfinished letter home a...

  • Ep 30

    30.Marooned

    22-02-2000

    Rico is left floating in space after his pod malfunctions during a drop.

  • Ep 31

    31.The Mission

    25-02-2000

    Higgins is on guard duty at a camp on Klendathu. Whilst in front of the gates he sees a trooper staggering along. As he talks to the trooper a new type of Bug, hence known as a...

  • Ep 32

    32.Among Us

    03-03-2000

    All S.I.C.O.N. forces revert to peace status after the Bug Queen has apparently been destroyed. Carl, though, keeps insisting the Queen is still very much alive and on the earth...

  • Ep 33

    33.Checkmate

    06-03-2000

    Lt Razak is called to a mission briefing to find it being given by Sky Marshall Sanchez himself. The Sky Marshall tells the assembled officers about the of the Bug Queen. He t...

  • Ep 34

    34.The Ice Men Goeth

    09-03-2000

    The Zephyr is trapped inside a giant Bug. Razak sends out a team to try and retrieve oxygen from the location found by Doc and Brutto.

  • Ep 35

    35.Requiem

    13-03-2000

    S.I.C.O.N has discovered that there is a vast network of Bug tunnels and colonies beneath the city of San Francisco. S.I.C.O.N. decides the only way to ensure victory is to hit the...

  • Ep 36

    36.Funeral for a Friend

    14-03-2000

    General Redwing has ordered the Roughnecks to be split up as she does not have a spare Lt to assign to them. They are given time, though, to time to honour Lt Razak's Last Will s...

  • Ep 37

    37.Spirits of the Departed

    15-03-2000

    As Rico Struggles with his promotion to Lt. as leader of the Roughnecks, after Razacks death, They are assigned to defend S.I.C.O.N. high Command in Honolulu. In Route to Honolulu...

  • Ep 38

    38.Hide n' Seek

    17-03-2000

    A massive bug mound has appeared outside of Buenos Aires. S.I.C.O.N. thinks the Bugs are going to assault the city again so they try to bomb the mound from the air. Plasma Tan...

  • Ep 39

    39.Trackers

    28-03-2000

    The S.I.C.O.N. Fleet is hunting for the Bug Queen, after she escaped in a Transport Bug from Klendathu.

  • Ep 40

    40.Court-Martial of Lt. Razak

    05-04-2000

    The Roughnecks are about to be dropped on Klendathu into a hot LZ. Lt Razak tells Carmen to clear the LZ as he thinks it's too dangerous for the squad to land. Carman tells him...

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