I know I'm putting the cart before the horse here considering new revelations to the timeline might appear in the next 3 issues of "Prelude" but it was fun putting this together anyway.
Adapted from the McKinney Timeline.
December 2022 A.D.Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes wed aboard the factory satellite.
Bowie is given over to the care of Rolf and Laura Emerson.
Dana Sterling is put in the care of an aunt and uncle who also have a child. (the “the Younger Brother” she mentions in the series).
The SDF-3 is launched. Minmay and Janice Em are caught up in the spacefold.
The Robotech Expeditionary Force arrives in Fantomaspace and engages the Invid; the fortress’s spacefold generators are damaged.
Tiresians Cabell and Rem inform the Plenipotentiary Council that the Robotech Masters are on their way to Earth.
T.R. Edwards and his Ghost Squadron capture the living computer the Regent has left behind in Tiresia’s Royal Hall.
January 2023 A.D.The Zentraedi contingent of the REF agrees to be returned to full size so that they can mine Fantoma for monopole ore to fuel the SDF-3 and a new fleet of warships.
October 2024 A.D.The Sentinels, a band composed of Praxians, Garudans, Karbarrans, Haydonites, Spherisians, and Perytonians form to liberate themselves from capture and escape into Fantomaspace.
The Hunters, Grants, Sterlings, and other REFers leave Fantomaspace aboard the Sentinels’ ship, the Farrago to assist them in liberating their planets from the Invid horde.
February 2025 A.D.Edwards begins his attempts to possess Lynn-Minmay.
June 2026 A.D.The Sentinels arrive on Karbarra.
Tesla and Burak form a curious partnership.
T.R. Edwards begins secret talks with the Invid Regent.
Karbara is Liberated.
March 2027 A.D.The Sentinels arrive on Praxis and their ship is destroyed, and the Ground Military Unit is stranded on Praxis shortly after the Regis’s leavetaking for Haydon IV.
Death of Baldan I.
Colonel Wolff, Janice Em, Tesla, and Burak return to Tirol.
Edwards holds sway over the REF’s Plenipotentiary Council.
Tesla murders a simulagent sent to Tirol by the Regent.
Wolff steals a newly constructed prototype ship and becomes wanted for murder and piracy.
Praxis explodes due to the Genesis Pit experiments.
Wolff rescues the Sentinels.
December 2028 A.D.Control of the Fantoma mining operations passes to Edwards.
Baldan II is “shaped” by Teal.
The Sentinels arrive on Garuda.
Rick, Lisa, Karen Penn, Rem and Miriya suffer the nearly fatal effects of the planet’s atmosphere.
Garuda is liberated.
The Zentraedi leave Tirolspace with the monopole ore needed for the fleet’s warships.
February 2029 A.D.The Sentinels arrive on Haydon IV shortly after the Regis’s departure and “surrender” themselves to the occupying Invid troops.
Rem learns that he is actually a clone of Zor.
Janice Em reveals herself to be an android.
August 2029 A.D.Edwards loses his grip on the Council after troops sent out to hunt down the Zentraedi side with them instead.
Sarna is killed.
The liberation of Haydon IV.
Aurora is born to Miriya Sterling on Haydon IV.
October 2029 A.D.A prototype ship under the command of Major Carpenter leaves Tirol for Earth.
May 2030 A.D.The Karbarans begin developing the new ships for the REF.
Wolff returns to Tirol in secret to meet with Lang.
June 2030 A.D.Aurora Sterling communicates with her sister Dana telepathically.
January 2031 A.D.Lang sends Wolff to Earth for recognizance.
June 2035 A.D.The Sentinels arrive at Spheris and liberate the Planet.
Tesla leaves the Ark Angel to have it out with the Regent.
September 2037 A.D.The Sentinels arrive on Peryton and liberate the Planet.
The Earth Reclamation forces are sent to Mars base were further construction of ships would commence.
September 2038 A.D.The first ERF is sent to Earth to battle the Invid, but with disastrous results.
September 2042 A.D.The second ERF is sent from Mars base to attack Reflex Point.
News of their failure only strengthens the REF’s resolve and plans for a new offensive are brought forward.
October 2042 A.D.The Sentinels return to Tirol to clear themselves of all charges.
Edwards and his Ghost Riders flee Tirol for Optera, taking Lynn-Minmay and the awakened Invid living computer from Tiresia with them.
