was neutral towards the Volgans, Quartz had secretly sold weapons to them via murky legal means. Stories Timeline: 2078 – 2080 Day of the Robot Starlord Starzine 1 (prologue) Unable to find buyers for his merchandise, robot dealer "Flash" Harry Lowder orders his second-hand robots to report to Mek-Quake for destruction. Ro-Jaws and Hammer-Stein are among those droids saved due to a timely intervention by billionaire entrepreneur, Howard "Mr. Ten Per Cent" Quartz. The North Sea Tunnel" Starlord Starzine 1 (1 episode) A submarine crashes through the North Sea Tunnel connecting Britain and Scandinavia. Red Mist Starlord Starzines 2 – 4 (3 episodes) An experimental gas leaks through the Florida swamps. Humans and animals alike succumb to its effects, causing them to go insane with violent consequences. Midpoint Starlord Starzines 5 – 6 (2 episodes) As part of a secret US program, Lep-574 is the latest rocket launched from the Yucca desert, Nevada. Containing nuclear waste bound for outer-space, the rocket malfunctions, crashing into Midpoint, London's foremost conference tower. The Ritz Space Hotel Starlord Starzines 7 – 12 (6 episodes) Farnborough Droid Show Starlord Starzines 13 – 14 (2 episodes) Massacre on the Moon Starlord Starzines 15 – 19 (5 episodes) The Taxman Cometh! Starlord Starzines 20 – 22 (3 episodes) Death on the Orient Express 2000 AD Progs Progs 86 – 87 (2 episodes) Hammer-Stein's War Memoirs 2000 AD Progs 88 – 92 (5 episodes) Hammerstein recounts his war stories as the first successful war robot fighting against the Volgans alongside humans. Ro-Jaws's Memoirs 2000 AD Progs 93 – 97 (5 episodes) The Terra-Meks 2000 AD Progs 98 – 101 (4 episodes) Plans to flatten and redevelop an old port go wrong when the demolition team – the gargantuan but particularly low intelligence Terra-Meks – go on the rampage. The harbour pilot, an equally large but good-natured robot stops them. The only member of the Ro-busters to appear is Mek-Quake. The Rise and Fall of Ro-Jaws and Hammer-Stein 2000 AD Progs 103 – 115 (13 episodes) The robots escape a planned insurance write-off when their transport craft is blown up by their own boss. They find out about the robot underground that takes robots to safety on a moon in the outer solar system. To help the others get away, a few robots (led by Hammerstein, and including Ro-jaws) stay behind. Avalanche! 2000 AD Annual 1980 (1 episode) Earthquake!