This is part 16 of a series.
The Bionic Six.
Not owned by Hasbro, not really needed, but easy to fit in. Timeline wise, this takes place probably just before Centurions. Another attempt to integrate man and machine to help humans fight off Zentradi and Cybertronians and any other potential alien species out there. Much like with the GoBot project, this is based on experimental technology used to help the victims of horrible accidents or suffering from degenerative diseases. Some of this technology is mis-used by the villains of the series, with Doc Terror and Hacker perhaps being some of the final subjects of this technology before it is shelved due to the potential for unstable subjects, again due to the influence of Unicron’s body in the center of the Earth. There’s not much to say here. It’s just another piece to add to the puzzle, and perhaps serves as an explanation for why Centurion technology was chosen over cyborg technology.
There is something else related to Robotech that I do want to discuss as I didn’t mention it in the last post. If the rights to Robotech are obtained and with it the rights to Macross, another series that would be useful to incorporate into the Hasbroverse is Macross Plus. There would be no need to re-animate it, people could go watch it, and basically, something very similar to those events would play out in the Hasbroverse, referred to as the Sharon Apple incident. Jerrica Benton’s father, Emmett Benton would be involved in the Sharon Apple incident. Starlight Music would be the company funding the research into the AI Sharon Apple, said research taking place on some Earth colony. We’ll say that humanity started setting up colonies between the Zentradi invasion and the Robotech Master invasion. During that period Emmett is working on Sharon Apple. The Robotech Master invasion happens, and the war on the Robotech Master’s home planet is happening, but things are fine. Then the Invid invasion of Earth happens. Sharon Apple is traveling from planet to planet trying to raise morale, “We’ll reclaim Earth soon, don’t worry! Look what humanity can achieve!”
The Invid on the Robotech Masters’ planet are defeated, then Earth is reclaimed and the Haydonites are defeated. Sharon Apple the most famous singer in the Earth Alliance is invited to come perform on Earth in celebration at the site of the wreckage of the SDF-1. She does, and Sharon Apple goes nuts, as seen in the events of Macross Plus, all thanks to Unicron. As a result, advanced AIs are banned from setting foot on Earth. This is the last conflict to take place on Earth for a while. Emmett Benton feels horrible about this. He returns to Earth, running Starlight Music from the office there and focusing his efforts on Starlight House.
Alright, I think that’s all I need to say about this topic. Next up is Jem and the Holograms.
A New Hasbroverse 