Episode
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles: Basic Training
Overview
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 impervious to laser fire.
Details
- Series
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1999-09-03
Episode context
Basic Training is Episode 5 in Season 1 of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. It aired on 1999-09-03.
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Episode 4: Stranded
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 own air strike.
Episode 6: Of Flesh and Steel
On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: Handle with Care
The squad is assigned to assist intelligence officer Earle Walker in capturing a live Plasma Bug and bringing it back through enemy territory.
Episode 7: Pluto and Beyond
Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.
Episode 2: Plasma Bugs of Navarone
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 own squad to save Carmen.
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 1: Freefall
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 mop-up operation, but find a major threat to the research stations from plasma-shooting alien Bugs.
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 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 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 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 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.