This is the second volume of the Robotech RPG, the RDF Manual (1987). It took a little searching, but halfway through the book, that’s defined as the Robotech Defense Force. What we have here, primarily, is more tech profiles — mostly airships and fighters rather than mecha. I get the impression that this is the tech that is in the hands of the rank and file military, nothing super fancy, and also that it largely predates the Zentraedi invasion? I dunno, it is sort of baffling for such a thin book. The big rule introduction is an optional system for randomly determining hit locations. It involves five pages of tables.

Unfortunately, aside of the cover and some reprints from the first book, not a lot of Kevin Long art here. Peter Simon does the new art. It’s fine, but the stippled style doesn’t really do it for me in this context.