Malcontent Uprisings

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Malcontent Uprisings
Part of Robotech Wars
Date 2016-2019
Location Earth, mostly South America and Southeast Asia
Result Containment of the rogue Zentraedi
Casus belli Revenge for defeat during the First Robotech War
Combatants
Robotech Defense Force, Army of the Southern Cross Rogue Zentraedi
Strength
The Robotech Armed Forces, roughly 10 million under arms during this period Approximately 4-5 thousand rogue, full-sized Zentraedi
Casualties
Unknown Unknown

In the fictional Robotech universe, the Malcontent Uprisings was a period of Civil unrest among the Zentraedi of Earth. It took place between the 1st and 2nd Robotech wars. The Uprisings were put down in 2019, three years before the departure of the SDF-3 and her mission to the Robotech Masters homeworld of Tirol. The Malcontent Uprisings see the development and first deployment of many of the mecha later used by the Robotech Expeditionary Force and the Army of the Southern Cross, including the VHT series Veritech Hover Tanks (VHT-1 Centaur and VHT-2 Spartas) and advanced Veritech Fighters like the VF/A-6 Alpha and VF-8 Logan.

[edit] The Role-Playing Game

The Robotech RPG published by Palladium Books published a number of books that delt with the events during the Malcontent Uprising period, even if they never directly used that name, such as Book VIII: Strike Force and Robotech Adventures: Zentraedi Breakout which had players engaging Zentraedi hold-outs in South America with late RDF and early ASC mecha.