Episode
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles: No Substitute
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1999-11-19
Episode context
No Substitute is Episode 14 in Season 1 of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. It aired on 1999-11-19.
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Episode 13: Missing in Action
Trying to locate two missing squads that seem to have vanished into thin air, the Roughnecks find themselves battling giant amphibious beetles.
Episode 15: Hot Ice
Having crashed on a barren asteroid, the Roughnecks try to make their way to a crashed science vessel for help.
More episodes from this season
Episode 12: Sole Survivor
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.
Episode 16: Marauder
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 11: Search & Destroy
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 find the nest?
Episode 17: ...And Then There Were Two
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.
Episode 10: Water, Water Everywhere
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 previously unknown type. Is this the bug home world?
Episode 18: Liquid Dreams
While a monsoon hits the Zegema Base hard, Rico floats unconscious in a regeneration tank, fighting his subconscious to stay alive.
Episode 9: Swarm
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.
Episode 19: Heart
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 tunnels near the base.
Episode 8: Deep Trouble
When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.
Episode 20: Propaganda Machine
Higgins is ordered to make a good Fed-Net report hiding the horrors of war and showing something positive about the bug campaign.