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This article is about the character from Robotech

Robotech

Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985...

. See Britai Kridanik for the original inspiration for this character in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

is an anime television series. According to story creator Shoji Kawamori, it depicts "a love triangle against the backdrop of great battles" during the first Human-alien war....

In the fictional Robotech
Robotech
Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985...

universe, Commander Breetai is second in command of all Zentraedi

Zentradi

The are a fictional, militastic race of alien, humanoid giants and often the main antagonist in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series and its Robotech adaptation....

forces, after Supreme Commander Dolza himself. Breetai was one of the original creations of the Robotech Masters

Robotech Masters

-Robotech:In the fictional Robotech universe, the Robotech Masters are a species of humanoidswho mostly appear as triumvirates, native to Tirol, a moon of the planet Fantoma. According to the Jack McKinney novelizations , a Tirolian scientist named Zor discovered the Invid homeworld, and the...

, and has lived for over 500,000 years. Breetai has shown himself, a true military genius, time and time again, securing his well-established position. Breetai's full name was given as Breetai Tul during the Jack McKinney

Jack McKinney (writer)

Jack McKinney was a pseudonym used by American authors James Luceno and Brian Daley before the latter's death.As well as adapting Robotech into novel form, they were also responsible for the Sentinels series which continued to expand the Robotech Universe...

novelizations and Eternity Comic's adaptations. Robotech.com states that Breetai stands 13.54 metres (44.4 feet) tall and weighs 16,750 kg (36,930 lbs), although in the Jack McKinney Robotech novels, Breetai's height exceeds 18.3 metres (60 feet). Breetai is the second largest Zentraedi after Dolza himself (although Breetai is eventually micronized to human form in Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt by Harmony Gold USA to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a feature-length film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes...

).

Breetai has black hair and one dark blue eye. The right half of Breetai's scalp and nearly half his face were severely burned in a battle with the Invid

Invid (Robotech)

The Invid are a fictional alien race in the Robotech storyline. They appear in the New Generation portion of the series, which uses the animation of the unrelated Japanese series Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, so their on-screen behavior and appearance matches the antagonists of that series, called the...

many years earlier. To cover his injuries, Breetai wears a metal alloy prosthesis on the right side of his face with a glittering crystal lens in place of his right eye. In Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt by Harmony Gold USA to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a feature-length film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes...

and Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles is a five-part comic book mini-series written by Tommy Yune along with the Waltrip brothers, who were previously the art-and-writing team of the Robotech II: The Sentinels comic series. It was published under DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint...

, Breetai, after being micronized, wears a different face plate in the form of a helmet that covers his entire head.

In addition to his size, Breetai is stronger and more resilient than most Zentraedi as is demonstrated in episodes 10 and 11 of the series. Breetai, after being blown out of a hull breach while engaging in hand to hand combat with three Veritech mecha, is able survive and function in the vacuum of space for several minutes without any protective suit or oxygen

Oxygen

Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...

source. Upon safely reentering the ship, Breetai's incredible strength is evident in that despite that ordeal he quickly reengages his opponents with even more ferocity and is able to overpower and tear apart most of them with his bare hands. Max Sterling

Max Sterling

Maximillian Sterling, voiced by Cam Clarke , is one of the fictional characters in the Robotech anime television series. He is a young fighter pilot assigned to Rick Hunter's various commands along with Ben Dixon...

escapes only by being blown out another breach himself. Breetai is also able to survive thruster blasts and explosions at very close range without any visible injuries.

First Robotech War

Dolza is ordered by the Robotech Masters to find the SDF-1

SDF-1 Macross

The SDF-1 Macross is a fictional interstellar transforming spacecraft from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime science fiction series that aired in Japan in 1982–1983, and its American adaptation Robotech...

, because they are running out of Protoculture, a form of energy. Dolza knows that finding the ship is like finding a needle in the galactic haystack. Breetai is chosen for this difficult mission because of his military skill and intellect and his reputation as the best field commander of all the Zentraedi. Eventually, Breetai and his fleet find the SDF-1 on Earth

Earth

Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

, which marks the beginning of the First Robotech War. Breetai is assisted by Exedore

Exedore

Exedore is a fictional character in the Robotech Universe. In the original Macross version, he was called Exsedol Folmo.Exedore is a Zentraedi who serves as adviser to Fleet Commander Breetai during their search for Robotech Master Zor's missing battlefortress...

, the oldest of the Zentraedi and one the smartest and most knowledgeable of his race. The two are rarely apart as Exedore's intelligence proves to be an asset to Breetai's military prowess in both military and diplomatic endeavours. Breetai conducts his operations from the bridge of his flagship. The largest ship in his fleet, Breetai's flagship is four kilometers long.

On Earth, Breetai finds the ship completely remodeled and is confounded by the actions of the Micronians. Their raid consisting of two ARMD class carrier bewilders him, as he believes that the Micronians are not even able to use their own weapons. Breetai then orders a scout team down and the destruction of the city surrounding the fortress. These actions cause SDF-1's captain, Captain Henry J. Gloval, to order a space-fold, which takes his ship and Macross island around Pluto. Breetai follows, and as the SDF-1 tries to work its way back to Earth, he launches wave after wave to harass the ship, but not destroy it, out of fear of destroying the Protoculture Generator.

As the war with the SDF-1 continues, more and more soldiers under Breetai's command become enamoured with the human way of life due to their increased exposure to human emotions and culture. In April 2011, Zentraedi inflitrator Miriya Parina

Miriya Parina Sterling

Miriya Parina Sterling, voiced by Edie Mirman, is one of the fictional characters in the anime television series Robotech. She is the self-styled "finest combat pilot in all the Zentraedi forces." She is distinguished by her slim figure, green eyes and her long green hair.-First Robotech War:Miriya...

falls in love with human ace pilot Max Sterling

Max Sterling

and the two are married in a huge ceremony on board the SDF-1. The wedding proves to be such a significant event that the Zentraedi also observe the wedding (which was broadcast on television). Breetai, who is watching the event on his monitor, asks Exedore

Exedore

what Miriya is doing. Exedore explains that she is "getting married", which he explains to Breetai is "a condition in which male and female live together". Breetai, despite his view that marriage is a "strange Micronian custom", nonetheless believes that Miriya is enjoying herself and he wonders aloud what he suspects: that Miriya, like previous Zentraedi defectors, has found the human way of life too enjoyable to resist. Exedore comments that human emotions are something which the Zentraedi seem to have no defense against.

Breetai is subsequently ordered by Zentraedi supreme commander Dolza to launch a full scale assault to destroy the SDF-1, but by now, Breetai, like many of the Zentraedi under him, is having second thoughts. During the battle, Miriya shows Max how to disable Zentraedi power armer without killing the pilots. This new tactic is then utilized by the rest of the SDF-1's forces. This development, combined with the Zentraedi's increased exposure to human emotions and the realization that the human way of life may just be more enjoyable (a feeling that was amplified by watching Miriya, their greatest warrior, get married to a human) causes a wave of mutinies to spread through the Breetai's fleet as soldiers refuse to fight and turn against their superiors. Breetai, realizing that his forces can no longer fight, is forced to call a truce with the SDF-1, although by now even Breetai has accepted that the humans do not have to be his enemies.

Breetai's decision to call a truce with the SDF-1 one marks him and his fleet for death by Zentraedi Supreme Commander Dolza, who fears that the contamination of human culture will destroy the Zentraedi if it is not halted. In 2011, Dolza mobilizes his entire fleet of 4.8 million warships to travel to Earth to destroy the planet, the SDF-1 and the contaminated Zentraedi. Breetai and his forces join the SDF-1

SDF-1 Macross

in the against Dolza's fleet. Although this new alliance are unable to prevent 95% of Earth's surface from being devastated by Dolza's fleet, they are able to destroy Dolza, his planetoid home base and virtually the entire Zentraedi Grand fleet. This defeat marks the end of the Zentraedi's once awesome galactic power.

Following the destruction of Dolza's fleet, Breetai and the surviving Zentraedi work to rebuild Earth along with the 70,000 human survivors of the war. Although many Zentraedi soon find themselves unable to overcome their natural urge to fight, Breetai remains loyal to his newfound human friends. In June 2013, Breetai leads a Zentraedi/human operation to capture the last remaining Zentraedi Satellite Factory. Among those under his command during the operation are Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter, voiced by veteran voice actor Tony Oliver, is one of the fictional characters in the Robotech anime television series. He begins the series as a naive and headstrong nineteen-year-old civilian pilot, having flown for his father "Pops" Hunter's world-class flying circus...

, Lisa Hayes

Lisa Hayes

Lisa Hayes is one of the fictional characters in the first Robotech anime television series. She is known as Misa Hayase in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, the series which was adapted into the first saga of Robotech.- Biography :...

, Claudia Grant

Claudia Grant

Claudia Grant is a fictional character from Robotech, specifically the part of the anime series known as Macross .Born in 1983, Claudia is distinguished by her blue eyes and short dark brown hair...

, Max Sterling

Max Sterling

and Miriya Parina Sterling

Miriya Parina Sterling

. In addition to helping rebuild Earth, the factory also serves as the platform to build the SDF-3 Pioneer, the flagship of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) to search for the Robotech Masters' homeworld. A micronized Breetai joins the SDF-3 on its mission when the ship is launched in 2022. Even micronized, Breetai still stands eight feet tall. He proves to be valuable asset to the REF on a mission which would span more than two decades.

Robotech Expeditionary Force

In December 2022, Breetai is micronized to human size (although he remains very large compared to most humans) in order to enable him to join the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) on the mission to find the homeworld of the Robotech Masters

Robotech Masters

. On the day before the SDF-3 launches, Breetai gives away the bride at the wedding of Rick Hunter

Rick Hunter

and Lisa Hayes

Lisa Hayes

.

In Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles
Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles is a five-part comic book mini-series written by Tommy Yune along with the Waltrip brothers, who were previously the art-and-writing team of the Robotech II: The Sentinels comic series. It was published under DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint...

, Breetai dies while fighting the Invid Regent

Invid (Robotech)

but, both are killed aboard the Regent's flagship when it is fired upon by General T. R. Edwards

T. R. Edwards

Thomas Riley Edwards is a fictional character from the universe of Robotech. He would have been a main character in the storyline of the aborted animated sequel series Robotech II: The Sentinels, which was later realized as both a series of a novels and comic books.-Concept and creation:T.R...

.

In order to avoid infringing on the original designs for Macross characters designed by Haruhiko Mikimoto, Breetai, like other Macross characters was redesigned for later Robotech productions such as Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt by Harmony Gold USA to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a feature-length film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes...

. Not only was he micronized, but he also acquired a helmet to replace his metallic eyepatch.

Secondary Continuity

In the Jack McKinney

Jack McKinney (writer)

Robotech Sentinels novels, Breetai is placed in charge of mining operations on the world of Fantoma, where he recalled the suppressed memories of his past life before the Zentraedi race was made into soldiers for the Robotech Masters. Eventually he commands the remaining Zentraedi in a battle against the Invid

Invid (Robotech)

on the world of Optera, where he and the Invid Regent die in combat together. However, before dying, he develops a romantic relationship with a female Zentraedi, Kazianna Hesh, with whom he conceives the first non-micronized Zentraedi child shortly before his death.

The other events that occurred in the novels (which have been relegated to secondary continuity) may not have occurred in the rebooted Robotech timeline.

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