724:) β An old friend of Rico's from high school, Dizzy has a crush on him which is unrequited for most of the series. She figures they will sort out their relationship problems after their tour of duty. She had a relationship with Goss in an attempt to make Rico jealous which ended in the Tesca Campaign, but started an affair with Zander Barcalow for the rest of the Tesca Campaign and the entire Zephyr Campaign. This shattered as Barcalow became a Bug/Human hybrid during the Klendathu Campaign. She eventually redeems Barcalow in the Klendathu Campaign. In the Homefront campaign, Rico eventually admits to being in love with her, but Dizzy rejects him, revealing that she believes herself to be a "jinx" and that any relationship would bring about Rico's death. And, to keep him at a distance, she suggest that SICON command would find their behavior "wholly inappropriate" because of their respective ranks, hinting at the threat of
839:) β The former military leader of the Skinnies, T'Phai was an enemy for most of the Tophet Campaign under the influence of a Control Bug. He was indirectly responsible for Jenkins' extended medical leave, which didn't help when he was assigned to the Roughnecks during the Tesca Campaign. Not accepted initially, T'Phai receives the acceptance of all Roughnecks but Rico at the end of the first episode, not receiving Rico's approval until the end of the second episode. His rank is Private within the Mobile Infantry, but he is still referred to as Colonel (his Skinnie rank) by the Roughnecks. After enlisting with SICON, T'Phai studied human languages so he won't require a Talk Box. T'Phai is considered a father figure since he had a wife, who was also in the military, and two children. He believes in fighting a war so that his children would not have to share his fate.
784:) β A pilot in the SICON fleet. Rico joined the military just because Carmen said that she wanted to be a pilot and Rico blindly attempts to follow her. Carmen is smart, calm and rarely lets her emotions get in the way of her tasks. Whenever a drop ship she's piloting crash-lands, she helps the Roughnecks carry out their missions. While reminiscing about the past, Carmen admits that she had a big crush on Rico during the sixth grade, but didn't tell him. It is not clear if she feels the same way about Rico after Dizzy tells Carmen that she's the reason Rico enlisted. She is apparently demoted to Ensign either for crashing the ship or for insubordination in the first episode of the Klendathu Campaign.
717:) β The main focus of the series, Rico is a good soldier but a distrustful of technology and overreliant on his instincts. He is best friends with Carl Jenkins and Dizzy Flores, and carries a torch for Carmen Ibanez for most of the series but eventually admits he is in love with Dizzy and they eventually become a couple. Rico is the last of the Roughnecks to accept T'Phai. He is promoted first to Corporal during the Zephyr Campaign, then to Sergeant in the Klendathu Campaign as a result of Brutto's paralysis, and finally to Lieutenant during the Homefront Campaign, carrying on Razak's legacy.
777:) β An ambitious Roughneck who wants a distinguished career. The elder of two siblings, Goss is a technological master, adept with any form of machinery. He invented the "TALC Box," which was intended to translate Bug shrieking into human language, but used to translate for Skinnies instead. Goss is the assigned pilot for the Long-Range aka "King Kong" Marauder. He had a short relationship with Dizzy following the Pluto Campaign, but broke up with her because he knows that Dizzy still loves Rico.
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General Miriam Redwing's supposed disappearance being unaware of Redwing and Razak's sting operation against a mole within the SICON ranks. During the Homefront campaign, Walker and Razak along with their squads put aside their differences and befriend each other. Walker is not seen after Razak's death except for taking command of his squad fighting elsewhere during the conflict.
754:) β A somewhat ruthless taskmaster, Brutto is very outspoken and aggressive. Originally something of an antagonist for the rest of the squad, he eventually becomes easier to get along with during the Hydora Campaign. His son, Max, is 17 and an All-Star Fullback. Brutto is crippled before the Klendathu Campaign, and afterwards his son (who apparently joined the Mobile Infantry in the aftermath of the
875:. CHAS joined the Roughnecks for a single mission during the Tophet Campaign, at the end of which he sacrificed himself to save Higgins and the rest of the squad. Audio commentary by the production crew has stated that the C.H.A.S. units cost a lot of production resources. Although they do appear later as bridge guards and combat but are easily dispatched by the Zander bug.
832:) β A FedNet reporter assigned to the Roughnecks, Higgins is something of the trademark outsider. His inexperience and degree of military incompetence makes him something of a liability on occasion. Higgins usually shoots with a camera instead of a gun. He is able to stay in the squad only because Rico gave him training. Higgins is the narrator for the series.
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882:) Rico's and Flores' Drill instructor, who joins the Roughnecks during the final stages of the Homefront campaign. Revealed to Rico that machinations between him and Razak guided him to his potential as they recognized something great in him. Zim is the only character in the series that is voiced by the original
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player in high school, Barcalow joined the SICON fleet as a pilot and was ranked Major at the start of the Pluto Campaign. He started off as Carmen's flight instructor in a drop ship. Other than transporting troops, Barcalow occasionally flies fighters to provide air support. His personality is
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powers worry them. He destroys the Hydoran Brain Bug with a Mind-Bomb but suffers mental trauma in the process. Jenkins grows weaker and his powers become less stable during the Tophet Campaign, when T'Phai's Control Bug breaks loose and it attempts to attach to Jenkins. He destroys it with a
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website, and some of their animation completed. This existing material was not included in the series' DVD release. Some of that material leaked online. A version of the lost episodes was performed once in 2000 in Orlando as an audio play at the annual
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Ice Bugs β Bugs the size of a large asteroid, found covered in ice and floating in space for eons. If one makes contact with Firefries they begin a symbiotic relationship where the Firefries feed on the Ice Bug while the Ice Bug uses the Firefries for
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complex. Things went worse during the Klendathu Campaign when Barcalow mutated into a Bug and nearly had the Valley Forge crash on Klendathu. He later died a noble death saving the Roughnecks after Dizzy reminded him "to play on her
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box set, which consists of stripped down versions of the individual DVD releases, removing the cast and crew commentaries (and in the United Kingdom edition the Tesca Campaign is incorrectly listed as volume 2, instead of volume 4).
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Skimmer β A hovering transport, this is capable of going on both water and land and was even shown to have flight abilities. Having no personal offensive capabilities, it relies on personnel to fire from the open deck of the
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143:Irene Bedard
137:Steve Staley
129:Rider Strong
100:Jamie Hanes
79:Developed by
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56:Comedy drama
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1902:(2008β2009)
1892:(2005β2014)
1882:(2003β2004)
1832:(2001β2002)
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1771:(1999β2001)
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1721:(1997β1998)
1711:(1997β2001)
1681:(1996β1999)
1551:(1999β2000)
1543:(OVA; 1988)
1505:3: Marauder
1424:on Facebook
1358:February 9,
1116:atmosphere.
965:collective.
819:telekinetic
768:exoskeleton
764:James Horan
741:Jamie Hanes
715:Rino Romano
713:(voiced by
540:Hyper Image
521:cliffhanger
275:Syndication
249:Hyper Image
191:of episodes
122:Tish Hicks
115:Rino Romano
107:James Horan
1968:Categories
1818:Heavy Gear
1329:2023-02-24
1308:2023-02-24
1237:2008-01-31
1214:References
1189:evacuated.
1175:first film
1173:. (In the
1171:Roughnecks
1145:Power Suit
1001:incubated.
950:equipment.
933:bug zapper
895:See also:
814:telepathic
782:Tish Hicks
745:prosthetic
689:Characters
588:flashbacks
583:clip shows
515:for daily
503:Production
443:story arcs
371:syndicated
305:2000-04-03
295:1999-08-30
231:30 minutes
223:Audu Paden
203:Production
196:clip shows
194:40 (and 4
180:of seasons
156:Jim Latham
119:E.G. Daily
91:Jeff Kline
1878:Astro Boy
1788:Max Steel
1578:(pinball)
1474:Franchise
1203:training.
1194:mech-type
1151:soldiers.
1091:Starships
1016:fireflies
963:hive mind
673:Roughneck
562:website.
560:TrooperPX
447:campaigns
437:Campaigns
431:Klendathu
390:Minisodes
97:Voices of
1921:See also
1513:Invasion
1422:Fan page
1177:and the
1167:Filipino
1097:Dropship
1049:Trackers
793:football
595:Problems
490:Trackers
382:Teletoon
220:Producer
153:Composer
62:Based on
1737:Dilbert
1677:Jumanji
1062:Tophet.
1022:energy.
957:larder.
939:system.
810:psychic
637:website
386:Crackle
313:Related
303: (
299: β
293: (
288:Release
271:Network
172:English
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1691:(1996)
1524:(2017)
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1500:(2004)
1492:(1997)
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886:actor.
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801:team."
323:(film)
52:Action
1798:Sammy
1780:2000s
1669:1990s
1559:Games
1481:Films
1132:ship.
1104:mecha
929:laser
756:Pluto
603:are:
413:Pluto
401:Pluto
44:Genre
1417:IMDb
1360:2011
1282:ISBN
1257:ISBN
891:Bugs
884:film
665:Sony
615:SyFy
511:and
445:or "
407:Plot
364:Bugs
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