Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles

1999 - 2000 TV-PG 12h 58m 7.4

The missions of a Mobile Infantry squad as they participate in a war of survival against a ferocious alien insectoid invader.

In this adaption of Robert Heinlein's novel, we follow the adventures of a squad of troops as they fight in a war of survival against merciless alien invaders. Facing constant danger, they are the ones who have to do the thankless task of facing the enemy head on, and for the sake of humanity, they must prevail.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Freefall

1. Freefall

Aired: Aug 30, 1999

Rico, Flores and Jenkins go Pluto and discover dangerous plasma-shooting alie...

Episode 3 Handle with Care

3. Handle with Care

Aired: Sep 1, 1999

The Roughnecks are sent to assist an intelligence officer in capturing a live...

Episode 4 Basic Training

4. Basic Training

Aired: Sep 3, 1999

Rico must train a reporter so that he can defend himself in combat. Meanwhile...

Episode 5 Deep Trouble

5. Deep Trouble

Aired: Sep 22, 1999

Dizzy suffers from an attack of claustrophobia when the Roughnecks go under P...

Episode 7 Swarm

7. Swarm

Aired: Sep 30, 1999

Rico is reunited with Carmen when a retrieval mission goes wrong. What starts...

Episode 8 Search & Destroy

8. Search & Destroy

Aired: Oct 21, 1999

The Roughnecks search for the nest and end up scrambling some eggs.

Episode 9 Missing in Action

9. Missing in Action

Aired: Nov 11, 1999

The Roughnecks are sent down to Hydora to find two squads that have vanished ...

Episode 10 Sole Survivor

10. Sole Survivor

Aired: Nov 4, 1999

The Roughnecks discover Lt. Ross, commander of Delta Squad, wandering on Hydo...

Episode 11 Betrayal

11. Betrayal

Aired: Feb 16, 2000

The Roughnecks are sent on a seemingly routine recon mission of the planet To...

Episode 12 Stranded

12. Stranded

Aired: Sep 2, 1999

Razak and Higgins needs to rescued by the Alpha team.

Episode 13 Of Flesh and Steel

13. Of Flesh and Steel

Aired: Sep 8, 1999

When a Cyborg named Chas "Cybernetic Humanoid Assault System" is assigned to ...

Episode 14 Captured

14. Captured

Aired: Jan 28, 2000

While returning from a mission, the Roughnecks are attacked and captured by a...

Episode 15 The Face of Truth

15. The Face of Truth

Aired: Feb 15, 2000

After clearing a mountain pass of a row of Blaster Bugs, the Roughnecks are a...

Episode 16 No Substitute

16. No Substitute

Aired: Nov 19, 1999

Colonel T'Phai the Skinnie who was partially responsible for Carl's fried bra...

Episode 18 Marauder

18. Marauder

Aired: Dec 3, 1999

After Gossard receives a minor injury, Rico is assigned a marauder suit for t...

Episode 19 Liquid Dreams

19. Liquid Dreams

Aired: Dec 17, 1999

Rico hovering in a coma between life and death flashes back to High School wi...

Episode 20 Heart

20. Heart

Aired: Jan 3, 2000

While Rico recovers from injuries at the Hospital at Zegema Beach, the Roughn...

Episode 21 Ice-Olation

21. Ice-Olation

Aired: Feb 8, 2000

Returning from a combat mission in a retrieval ship, the Zephyr, the Roughnec...

Episode 22 Mixed Signals

22. Mixed Signals

Aired: Feb 15, 2000

The Zephyr remains crash-landed on a frozen asteroid.

Episode 23 Hot Ice

23. Hot Ice

Aired: Nov 25, 1999

The Roughnecks are crashed on a barren asteroid.

Episode 24 The Inside Story

24. The Inside Story

Aired: Jan 17, 2000

Their ship, the Zephyr, crashed again on the ice asteroid, the Roughnecks are...

Episode 25 The Ice Men Goeth

25. The Ice Men Goeth

Aired: Mar 9, 2000

The Roughnecks' ship, the Zephyr, remains trapped inside what they now know i...

Episode 26 Metamorphosis

26. Metamorphosis

Aired: Feb 18, 2000

Aboard the Valley Forge on a long trip to their next campaign, the Roughnecks...

Episode 27 D-Day

27. D-Day

Aired: Feb 17, 2000

As the squad prepares for the D-Day invasion of the bug home planet of Klenda...

Episode 28 The Mission

28. The Mission

Aired: Feb 25, 2000

While at a temporary camp on Klendathu, the Roughnecks are attacked by a new ...

Episode 29 Letters Home

29. Letters Home

Aired: Feb 21, 2000

The Roughnecks are facing a "Battle of the Bulge" situation on the Bug home p...

Episode 30 Checkmate

30. Checkmate

Aired: Mar 6, 2000

After a long day of battling Bugs, the Roughnecks are called to a mission bri...

Episode 31 Trackers

31. Trackers

Aired: Mar 28, 2000

The Bug Queen has survived a battle on Klendathu, and is headed for Earth. Wh...

Episode 32 Among Us

32. Among Us

Aired: Mar 3, 2000

S.I.C.O.N. forces move into peacetime duty after the Bug Queen and her transp...

Episode 33 Hide n' Seek

33. Hide n' Seek

Aired: Mar 17, 2000

A massive bug mound has appeared outside of Buenos Aires. S.I.C.O.N. thinks...

Episode 34 Hide N' Seek

34. Hide N' Seek

Aired: Mar 13, 2000

SICON officials discover a massive bug mound outside of Buenos Aires.

Episode 35 Requiem

35. Requiem

Aired: Sep 21, 1999

The bugs have tunnels underneath San Francisco. Military Intelligence wants t...

Episode 36 Funeral for a Friend

36. Funeral for a Friend

Aired: Mar 14, 2000

With no LT the Roughnecks are to be disbanded. Before they break up, they ful...

Episode 38 Propaganda Machine

38. Propaganda Machine

Aired: Jan 14, 2000

Higgins is ordered to make a good Fed-Net report hiding the horrors of war an...

Episode 39 Marooned

39. Marooned

Aired: Feb 22, 2000

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

Info about Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles

Network: Syfy

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation, Action