Macross 2 Marduk History

Dear List members:

I have an article that I did a years ago for Macross II RPG. I integrated
Macross II with RoboTech, were the Macross II events took place about 82 years
after the RoboTech Wars. I sending out the article on the Marduk on how they
got control of Zentran and Meltran forces for their warmachine.

I have a complete timeline availabe upon individual request.
And I am hoping that this will spur RoboTech/Full Thrust adaptations.

   Sincerely

David PetersBackground notes for the Marduk aliens of Macross II.

The Marduk History

The Marduk are a humanoid race that originate from a far corner of the galaxy
from a star system of five planets. The Marduk had established themselves in
several
nearby solar systems.  They are seeking to achieve -peace through
absolute power. his means war, destruction, genocide, and the
conquest and enslavement of other life forms to -purge impure worlds
and dominate them.+  Otherwise, -confusion and disorder shall reign
throughout the universe.+

There are four distinct types of Marduk, the song singing,
priest-like Emulators (Ishtar and Lady
Elensh), the seemingly cyborg assistant scientists,
the warrior officers/commanders (Feff and Lord Volf), and the god-
like Lord Emperor Ingues. It is particularly interesting to note that Lord
Emperor Ingues is referred
to as a -divinity.nteresting because - Marduk+ is the name of an
ancient Babylonian god of war! Could there be a historical connection? If not,
there is certainly a symbolic one. It has been
the Emperor+s twisted  vision that
of  peace through absolute power+ that has made
the Marduk and their Zentran and Meltran slaves cold hearted warriors bent of
intergalactic conquest and domination.

The Marduk and their warrior slaves have known only a life of war and
destruction. They are mentally conditioned to thrive on fighting, conquest,
and winning.  Whenever  any of the troops are believed to be -
contaminated++ by the culture/society of the people they are invading,
those suspected of contamination are destroyed, battle cruiser and all! This
extreme measure serves four purposes.

One, it keeps the troops from ever trying to understand the people they are
invading. As long as the enemy is faceless and the war impersonal, the
soldiers can act swiftly and without mercy. The enemy is just a cardboard
figure and therefore easier to destroy. Second, only views and philosophies of
Emperor Ingues are preserved. Outside influences and ideas might cause his
people to think and question his insane philosophy, are crushed. Third, he
keeps his troops loyal and narrowly focused through fear and intimidation.
Lastly, the destruction of -contaminated+ troops eliminates any
possibility of dangerous new ideas infecting the rest of the troops and
encourages the survivors to avoid contact with enemy lest they suffer the same
fate.

     The Zentran and Meltran soldiers under the Marduk+s rule are
giant 40 to 45 foot ( 12.2 to 13.7 m.) tall warriors bred exclusively for war.
They are taught only combat skills and have no society, no culture,
recreational time, free thought or freedom of
any kind.  They are viewed simply as -machines
of war.  Since Earth's first encounter with the Marduk/Zentran forces,
the insidious Marduk have taken new measures to prevent future acts of
treachery. To this end the Zentran and Meltran are continually brainwashed and
kept in suspended animation until they are needed for combat.

The Zentran and Meltran that the Marduk have are the ones from a missing
expedition that the RoboTech Masters sent to find new territory for conquest.
The force ran into a Marduk battle force, the Zentraedi hailed the Marduk to
identify themselves. But the Marduk did not they sent out combat units. The
Zentraedi responded the by sending out units too. When the Emulators started
to sing to inspire the Marduk troops, the song had a strange effect on the
Zentraedi. They seemed to be confused and could not function in battle. The
Marduk commander of the force ordered the Emulators to continue singing, they
did and managed to control the Zentraedi fleet by the singing of the
Emulators.

After that a message was sent to Lord Emperor Ingues, he arrived with the Base
Ship and his own personal fleet as well. The commander of the fleet talked
with Lord Emperor Ingues about the reaction that the giants had with the
Emulators singing. Ingues ordered the Zentraedi to surrender or be destroyed.
They surrendered and were questioned by
the Marduk Interrogators.   The Zentraedi told them that they served
the RoboTech Masters and they carried out the dictates of conquest for their
masters. Lord Emperor Ingues was impressed by the giant warriors abilities, he
convinced them that they should join him in
his plan for -peace through absolute power that he is trying to
achieve. He told the Zentraedi that they would have a special place in his
plans. Ingues really had much different plans for them, he wanted to
assimilate them into the Marduk culture only as warriors commanded by other
Marduk.

When the Zentraedi joined up with the Marduk, they would continue to use the
same equipment for a few centuries. Lord Ingues began his plans for assimilate
the Marduk in the Zentreadi. First, he would get them to be inspired by the
Emulators song in combat, second, integrate Marduk personal with the
Zentraedi. Third, build new ships based upon the Zentraedi design, and fourth
have the Zentraedi become totally dedicated to the Marduk. Lord Emperor Ingues
carried out his plans, he turned the Zentraedi into an instrument of terror in
the section of the galaxy that he was conquering.

Lord Emperor Ingues later divided the males and females into the Zentran and
Meltran. He was making them into a different race in their own minds. He was
happy with the use of the Zentran and Meltran Warriors, he decided to go
confront the RoboTech Masters. When the Marduk arrived into the area of space
that the RoboTech Masters controlled, they had learned that the RoboTech
Master empire was falling apart. They had lost 99% of the Zentreadi space
fleet to the Terrans where the Macross had crash
landed.  The Invid where now making and all-out move into areas of
the RoboTech Masters controlled. Ingues learned from some Zentreadi survivors
of the war with Earth. That the humans had used a voice that could control
them, he sent scouts to the survivors
and learned that the human culture had contaminated them.   And the
humans had acquired knowledge to build mecha that were more powerful than the
Zentraedi but primitive. He decided to rebuild the mecha of the Zentran and
Meltran that he had. He watched secretly as some surviving RoboTech Masters
had joined up with the remaining Zentraedi. The RoboTech Masters had a few of
their factory Satellites operating and were able to make new mecha.

Lord Emperor Ingues decides to approach the RoboTech Masters after their last
attack that they make on the Earth. He approaches them with the new battlepod
designs, spaceships, and powered armor. The Marduk reduced the different types
of pods to 2 designs. The
soldiers battlepod and the officer+s battlepod.  Ingues forces the
RoboTech Masters to surrender all the remaining Zentraedi under his control or
they will be destroyed. The RoboTech Masters did so relunctely, but the Marduk
decided to keep them in stasis for the time being.

Lord Emperor Ingues that the time to invade the RoboTech Masters former
territory was right. He moved into areas of the Sentinels. The aliens of that
group offered only token resistance. They surrendered to avoid total
destruction. The armada was moving slowly toward the Earth. Ingues was
thinking dreams of conquest after the Earth was conquered. He has devised a
plan to use
a few of the RoboTech Master  Mother ships to invade Earth+s solar,
but they will be carrying Marduk, Zentran, and Meltran Mecha.