Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999)

Episode 1: Freefall

Aug 30, 1999

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...

Episode 2: Plasma Bugs of Navarone

Aug 31, 1999

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 ...

Episode 3: Handle with Care

Sep 01, 1999

The squad is assigned to assist intelligence officer Earle Walker in capturing a live Plasma Bug and bringing it back through enemy territory.

Episode 4: Stranded

Sep 02, 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...

Episode 5: Basic Training

Sep 03, 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 impervio...

Episode 6: Of Flesh and Steel

Sep 08, 1999

On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.

Episode 7: Pluto and Beyond

Sep 21, 1999

Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.

Episode 8: Deep Trouble

Sep 22, 1999

When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.

Episode 9: 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 w...

Episode 10: 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...

Episode 11: 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 sur...

Episode 12: Sole Survivor

Nov 04, 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 Roughneck...

Episode 13: 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.

Episode 14: 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 ...

Episode 15: 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.

Episode 16: Marauder

Dec 03, 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.

Episode 17: ...And Then There Were Two

Dec 09, 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 di...

Episode 18: 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.

Episode 19: Heart

Jan 03, 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 sq...

Episode 20: 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.

Episode 21: 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 th...

Episode 22: Captured

Jan 28, 2000

The Roughnecks are captured by the skinnies, and held for interrogation.

Episode 23: Ice-Olation

Feb 08, 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...

Episode 24: 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...

Episode 25: 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 usi...

Episode 26: 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 ada...

Episode 27: 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. ...

Episode 28: 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 ...

Episode 29: 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 fin...

Episode 30: Marooned

Feb 22, 2000

Rico is left floating in space after his pod malfunctions during a drop.

Episode 31: 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...

Episode 32: Among Us

Mar 03, 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 ve...

Episode 33: Checkmate

Mar 06, 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...

Episode 34: The Ice Men Goeth

Mar 09, 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.

Episode 35: 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 t...

Episode 36: 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...

Episode 37: 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 H...

Episode 38: 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 mou...

Episode 39: 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.

Episode 40: Court-Martial of Lt. Razak

Apr 05, 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 th...