Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles: Season 1
Episodes
Freefall
Aug 30, 1999 · 21 min
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
Plasma Bugs of Navarone
Aug 31, 1999 · 21 min
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.
Handle with Care
Sep 1, 1999
The squad is assigned to assist intelligence officer Earle Walker in capturing a live Plasma Bug and bringing it back through enemy territory.
Stranded
Sep 2, 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.
Basic Training
Sep 3, 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.
Of Flesh and Steel
Sep 8, 1999
On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.
Pluto and Beyond
Sep 21, 1999
Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.
Deep Trouble
Sep 22, 1999 · 21 min
When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.
Swarm
Sep 30, 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.
Water, Water Everywhere
Oct 12, 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
Search & Destroy
Oct 21, 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
Sole Survivor
Nov 4, 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.
Missing in Action
Nov 11, 1999
Trying to locate two missing squads that seem to have vanished into thin air, the Roughnecks find themselves battling giant amphibious beetles.
No Substitute
Nov 19, 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.
Hot Ice
Nov 25, 1999
Having crashed on a barren asteroid, the Roughnecks try to make their way to a crashed science vessel for help.
Marauder
Dec 3, 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.
...And Then There Were Two
Dec 9, 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.
Liquid Dreams
Dec 17, 1999
While a monsoon hits the Zegema Base hard, Rico floats unconscious in a regeneration tank, fighting his subconscious to stay alive.
Heart
Jan 3, 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
Propaganda Machine
Jan 14, 2000
Higgins is ordered to make a good Fed-Net report hiding the horrors of war and showing something positive about the bug campaign.
The Inside Story
Jan 17, 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
Captured
Jan 28, 2000
The Roughnecks are captured by the skinnies, and held for interrogation.
Ice-Olation
Feb 8, 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
Mixed Signals
Feb 15, 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
The Face of Truth
Feb 15, 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
Betrayal
Feb 16, 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
D-Day
Feb 17, 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
Metamorphosis
Feb 18, 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
Letters Home
Feb 21, 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
Marooned
Feb 22, 2000
Rico is left floating in space after his pod malfunctions during a drop.
The Mission
Feb 25, 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
Among Us
Mar 3, 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
Checkmate
Mar 6, 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
The Ice Men Goeth
Mar 9, 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.
Requiem
Mar 13, 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
Funeral for a Friend
Mar 14, 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
Spirits of the Departed
Mar 15, 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
Hide n' Seek
Mar 17, 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
Trackers
Mar 28, 2000
The S.I.C.O.N. Fleet is hunting for the Bug Queen, after she escaped in a Transport Bug from Klendathu.
Court-Martial of Lt. Razak
Apr 5, 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