Timeline: Reconstruction Era

## 2011

**Late April**

* SDF-1 lands in a crater near the ruins of Thunder Bay, Ontario.

**May**

* Reconstruction efforts begin. SDF-1 establishes contact with other surviving communities across the world.

**May**

* New Macross City reconstruction begins.

## 2012

* Construction of SDF-2 begins in New Macross City.
* Anatole Leonard leaves Antarctica base and arrives in the ruins of Rio de Janeiro. He leads 200,000 refugees to Brasilia, before taking control of the city. Imposing martial law, he declares himself Governor. Eldin Frost becomes the commander of his military police.
* Tropical jungle regions across the world are the first to recover. Many renegade Zentraedi take refuge in these regions.

**January**

* Re-establishment of United Earth Government (UEG) with acting headquarters in New Macross City. Henry Gloval is made supreme commander of UEDF.
* Formal reconstruction efforts begin, including the assimilation of surviving Zentraedi.

**October**

* Dana Sterling, the first child of a human and Zentraedi union, is born to Max and Miriya Sterling in New Macross City.

## 2013

* Bowie Grant is born to Vince and Jean Grant.
* SDF-1 computer core is moved to the newly-created Robotech Research Centre in Neo-Tokyo.
* UEDF begins work on dismantling the incomplete Southern Grand Cannon in French Guiana for parts. Cavern City is built nearby to house workers, but quickly grows into a booming city.
* Arkansas Protectorate is formed from an alliance of human and Zentraedi survivors.
* After two years of civil war, General Alfonso Mendoza takes control of Uruguay, renaming it El Vencedor.
* Hirano is born to Seloy Deparra. The identity of the father is never confirmed, but is believed to be Anatole Leonard.

**March**

* Zentraedi uprisings begin. UEDF patrols are dispatched to maintain law and order across the world.
* Henry Gloval orders the forced relocation of Zentraedi to where they can be more closely monitored.

**May**

* On Tirol, the Robotech Masters learn of the destruction of Dolza's fleet. They begin plans to depart for Earth to reclaim the Protoculture Matrix for themselves.
* Further genetic studies by human scientists support the hypothesis of a common origin between humans and the Zentraedi.
* Khyron Kravshera begins recruiting disaffected Zentraedi to form an army.

**June**

* A combined UEDF-Zentraedi force commanded by Breetai Tul succeeds in capturing a Robotech Factory Satellite and transporting it back to Earth.

**July**

* Having stripped Tirol of everything of value, the Robotech Masters depart for the Sol system. Uncertain of Earth's exact coordinates, their initial fold-jump gets them within twenty light-years of the Sol System, but without sufficient energy to complete the trip, except by sub-light drives.
* Khyron's rebel Zentraedi forces, attack New Detroit and capture a protoculture sizing chamber and begin de-micronization of Zentraedi disillusioned with life on Earth. Khyron's ranks swell
* Armed resistance by the Zentraedi breaks out all over the world. Generally accepted beginning of the Malcontent Uprisings.

**August**

* Khyron attacks New Denver, taking Lynn Minmei and Lynn Kyle hostage. A successful rescue operation is led by Cmdr. Rick Hunter. Khyron's forces flee to South America.
* The first test flight of the VF-X-4 ins conducted by by Cmdr. Rick Hunter.

**September-December**

* Zentraedi forces lead by Zeraal, a former lieutenant of Khyron's, attack settlements across western North America. He is operating out of a hidden base known as Zen City.
* **Little Mesa Massacre.** Zeraal's forces deliberately target civilians in Little Mesa, killing hundreds.
* UEDF are forced to pull forces across the region back to Base 6. Mass evacuations of civilian settlements occur.

**November**

* Global Military Police (GMP) are formally created to act as a worldwide law enforcement and intelligence agency. Nigel Aldershot is appointed as leader.

**December**

* Anatole Leonard formally announces the creation of the Army of the Southern Cross, a mobile force dedicated to combatting Zentraedi insurgents. Effectively a private army, it is lead by Leonard who appoints himself as Field Marshal. Joseph Petrie is his second in command; other officers include Krista Delgado and Aaron Rawlins. His ally, Wyatt Moran, helps to extend his influence.

**24 December**

* Khyron attacks New Macross City and steal a Protoculture Storage matrix. They retreat back to South America, but not before detonating bombs across the city.

## 2014

* First *Tokugawa*-Class ship launched from lunar shipyards.

**January**

* **Battle of New Macross City.** Khyron attacks New Macross City, destroying the SDF-1 and SDF-2 in a suicide run. Henry Gloval and SDF-1 command staff, save for Lisa Hayes, are killed.

**February**

* The threat of radiation from the Zentraedi Monitor commanded by Khyron and the unsalvaged remains of the SDF-1 and SDF-2 forces the site of the final battle to be declared off limits. The remains of the two ships and New Macross City are buried under mounds of concrete and dirt.
* Zeraal's forces are defeated and Zen City is destroyed. Jack Archer is reported missing, presumed dead.
* Deprived of leadership, Zentraedi rebel army in the Americas splinters into hundreds of tiny factions. Infighting is common as new warlord emerge.

**March**

* The sight New Macross City (now designated SX Point 83) is declared a historic landmark.
* Monument City becomes the new capitol of the UEG and headquarters of the UEDF.

**October**

* UEG grants autonomous status to the Arkansas Protectorate.

## 2015

* Construction of the SDF-3 begins on board the Robotech Factory Satellite in preparation for large-scale mission to find the homeworld of the Robotech Masters.
* Central African Union formally re-established.

**January**

* The Ethiopian Freeholds is established in the Horn of Africa by American expat John Needleman II

**March**

* Skull Squadron, now led by Max Sterling, recapture Southern Grand Cannon from the Khyron's Fist Malcontent band.

**May**

* Food shortages in the Southlands lead to confrontations between humans and Zentraedi at food distribution points.
* Zentraedi groups in Asian and African Sectors become increasingly hostile.

**July**

* **The Brasilia Massacre.** Governor Anatole Leonard orders troops into the Zentraedi district of Brasilia during a food riot. Approximately 1100 micronized Zentraedi are killed.
* UEG tries to cover up the massacre, but Max and Miriya Sterling, who were in the city at the time, take the information to the news media.
* Eldin Frost leaves Brasilia after taking the fall for the Brasilia Massacre.

**August-October**

* Zentraedi leave Southands cities en-masse, fleeing into the countryside to form insurgent groups. Most are separated by sex.

**November**

* UEDF takes control of the Arkansas Protectorate in order to control the influx of refugees and prevent arms smuggling. Technically the Zentraedi still control the protectorate, but they do such in name only.

**December**

* T.R. Edwards leaks confidential UEG intelligence to Leonard.

## 2016

* Preliminary navigational surveys are conducted, laying groundwork for the main Robotech Expeditionary Force.

**February**

* Representatives of numerous Malcontent groups from across the world meet in Cairo in an effort to unify their efforts. An attack by Southern Cross forces kills many of the leaders and scatters the survivors before any consensus is reached.
* Lea Carson is appointed governor of Cavern City. One of her first actions is to order a comprehensive study of the city's defenses. UEDF Captain Johnathan Wolfe is placed in charge of efforts.

**April**

* Johnathan Wolfe forms the Wolfe Pack, a squadron of Centaur Hovertanks to protect Cavern City. While Wolfe is seen as a maverick, he and his unit quickly become heroes to the populace. Unit members include Ron Bartley.
* UEDF General Zhu Lwen, Brigadier General Lester McMillan and Colonel Henrique Da Silva attempt a military coupe, briefly seizing power in Lagos, Nigeria. The rebellion is put down later that month by UEDF forces aided by the GMP.

**June**

* Malcontent groups comb ruined cities in western North America and northern Africa for materials.
* First jury-rigged Stinger mecha is deployed in an attack outside of Goias. A truck convoy containing valuable food aid is destroyed with over 200 casualties.

**July**

* Over 1,400 Zentraedi across North America are arrested and sent to Camp Alpha, a detainment facility in the Arkansas Protectorate. There they are subject to forced micronisation. 32 detainees die, officially due to disease. Many are suspected to have died due to the micronisation process.

**September**

* UEDF forms 23rd Division, an all-Zentraedi unit. The 23rd are deployed to fight Malcontent groups.

**October**

* Steel Wind Malcontent band attacks Camp Alpha in an attempt to liberate the detainees. The attack is a failure, but turns public opinion against the facility. The camp is shut down and detainees are released.

**December**

* UEDF intelligence discover that the majority of Stingers are being built by a single Malcontent group known as the Scavengers. The band is led by Seloy Deparra.

## 2017

**January**

* Doctor Lang creates JANUS M, an android spy that can disguise itself as a human.
* An atomic bomb assembled by the Steel Ravens Malcontent band is used to destroy the city of Oasis in the Congo Quadrant. Approximately 53,000 people are killed.

**March**

* Army of the Southern Cross captures a Stinger fabrication plant with nearly 200 Stingers in various stages of completion. The Zentraedi at the scene commit suicide; the leaders of the Scavengers escape.
* Janice Em (the disguised JANUS M) is introduced to Lynn Minmei.

**June**

* Launch of the Lorelei Network which broadcasts songs and talk shows hosted by Lynn Minmei, as well as propaganda. The Network is also used to secretly track Zentraedi groups.
* Lazlo Zand is kidnapped by the Claimers Malcontent band in Australia. A UEDF mission recues him and destroys the Claimers.

**August**

* Malcontent sympathizers lead by Theofre Elmekk on board the Factory Satellite attempt to hijack the SDF-3. They are defeated with little damage or disruption to the construction.

**October**

* Theofre Elmekk is put on trial in a highly publicised event. The media coverage is discontinued after a few days due to rioting.

## 2018

**March**

* Southern Cross forces strike at supposed malcontent bands inside the borders of the New Marxist Socialist Republic (NMSR) in Eastern Europe. Skirmishes occur between Southern Cross and NMSR forces, but diplomatic negotiations prevent the NMSR from formally siding with the Malcontents
* Rumours persist that the NMSR is covertly supply Malcontents to aid its own aims.

**June**

* **Operation Goliath**. A UEDF military incursion into the Zentraedi Control Zone to capture a supposed Malcontent controlled Protoculture chamber. Human forces withdraw after a few weeks after suffering severe losses. Existence of the chamber is never verified.

**July**

* The Panraka, a major Malcontent band, is captured and disbanded.

**August**

* Commander Max Sterling shot down over Oasis and is captured by Malcontent Zentraedi. He escapes and is rescued next day.
* Lieutenant Commander Miriya Sterling disappears and is declared AWOL. Brasilia Government and UEG Senator Wyatt Moran push for an arrest warrant.
* Skull Squadron assigned to Cavern City, French Guiana, near the site of the old South American Grand Cannon.

**September**

* **Perth Conference.** Southern Cross is formally recongised as a part of the United Earth Defence Force, granting legitimacy to Anatole Leonard.
* Cargo plane in-route to Cavern City brought down by Shroud Malcontent group. Skull Squadron and Wolf Pack conduct a raid on Shroud base of operations inside the Control Zone. Three crewmen from the downed plane and several members of Skull Squadron and Wolf Pack are infected with an unknown illness.
* Miriya Sterling is taken prisoner at the New Unity Malcontnent camp in the Zentraedi Control Zone. Escapes, but is later recaptured by the Scavengers.
* Unknown illness contracted by Wolf Pack spreads to the civilian populace in Cavern City. As Cavern City devolves into chaos, Governor Lea Carson asks for assistance from the Southern Cross. Infection does not seem effect Zentraedi.
* Southern Cross Forces lead by Anatole Leonard arrive in Cavern City and brutally restores order.
* Protoculture chamber located at a Malcontent base outside of Mexico City is destroyed by UEDF forces.
* Cavern City placed under quarantine. UEDF units stationed there break quarantine, with their families. Armed confrontation ensues between these UEDF personnel and the Southern Cross.

**October**

* Second Malcontent summit takes place at the Scavengers base in the middle of the Control Zone. Bio-weapon created by the Scavengers is revealed to the other attending Malcontent groups. The virus effects 90% of humans who come into contact with it, driving them mad, then killing them through fever. Seloy Deparra reveals plans to launch bio-weapon attacks on major human cities.
* During the summit, Miriya Sterling makes her escape in a commandeered ICV after accidentally killing Seloy Deparra and Hirano.
* Miriya Sterling is debriefed by GMP. Bio-weapon found to be based on a biological agent created by the Central African Union during the Global Civil War.
* Southern Cross deputise the Red Snakes gang to help enforce order in Cavern City.

**November**

* UEDF and Southern Cross forces mount simultaneous attacks on Scavengers camp. Scavenger leadership are all either killed or captured; dozens of Stingers are destroyed or impounded. The attack is a crushing blow to the Malcontent movement as a whole.

**December**

* War Crimes tribunal in Monument City finds captured Malcontents Marla Stenik (second in command of the Scavengers) and Jinas Treng (leader of the Steel Ravens) guilty of insurrection, terrorism and thirty four separate violations of the Emergency Reconstruction Act.
* In a move to appease Zentraedi sentiments, the defendants are allowed execution by *Kara-Thun* (Death-Dance, or Trial by Combat). Breetai Tul and Miriya Sterling conduct the execution at New Albuquerque Base.
* This is generally seen as the end of the Malcontent Uprisings.

## 2019

* Eldin Frost sets up a private lab in the Southlands. He hires three former members of the 23rd Squadron, Lyss Gruaca, Bomar Graux and Zade Patane to scavenge supplies for him. Frost later betrays Gruaca and leaves her for dead.

**January**

* Army of the Southern Cross formally becomes a part of the UEDF. Anatole Leonard relocates his headquarters to Monument City.
* Formation of unified Southlands government under Wyatt Moran, incorporating most of South America, including the now-liberated Zentraedi Control Zone.
* Having survived his apparent death, Zeraal launches attacks that destroy Yokahama and MacWilson Island.

## 2020

* Lance Belmont is born on Mars.
* Lazlo Zand given full control over Robotech Research Centre in Neo-Tokyo.
* El Vencedor succeeds from the UEG, renames itself as Mercantile Republic.

## 2021

* GMP Griorie Academy founded.

**November 3**

* Scott Bernard is born to Brian Bernard and Nina Lang on Mars.

## 2022

**January**

* Anatole Leonard appointed supreme commander of Earth's defence forces.
* Final selection of UEEF personnel.
* Unified Southlands reintegrated into UEG and dissolved. Kirsta Delgado and Aaron Rawlings are appointed governors of Venuzeuela and Argentina Quadrants respectively.

**June**

* Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes are married in a ceremony aboard the Robotech Factory Satellite.

**December**

* The SDF-3 launches and takes its place as the flagship of the Robotech Expeditionary Force. This marks the official start of the "Pioneer" mission.