son, who they name Bowie Grant. Born at nearly the same time as Dana Sterling, Bowie and Dana become friends and later serve militarily together. Vince also becomes friends with Rick Hunter as he has also lost numerous friends in battle. Vince and Jean later leave earth aboard the SDF-3 Pioneer, the flagship of the newly created Robotech Expeditionary Force. Due to health reasons however, Bowie was unable to come with them. As with Dana he was left under the care of their godfather, General Rolf Emerson. Both Vince and Jean hoped the mission would be over quickly but events keep them away from earth for the rest of Bowie's childhood. During Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles, Vince becomes a captain within the Robotech Expeditionary Force. Following the attack against the SDF-3 by the renegade forces of T. R. Edwards and the Invid Vince and Jean are forced to tell Rick that his wife, Lisa Hayes has suffered a miscarriage, causing Rick to collapse in shock and sadness. Vince later takes command of the newly completed Tokogawa, a spacecraft built for the purpose of tracking down and stopping Edwards. Although the Tokogawa is lost in a subsequent battle with Edwards' forces, Vince and Rick are eventually able to track down and stop his sinister plan. Vince is eventually placed in command of the Icarus, another fighter spacecraft. When the SDF-3 fails to return from a test-firing of a super-weapon known as the Neutron-S missile, Vince obtains permission from General Reinhardt to try and look for the ship. Vince eventually makes contact with the severely damaged SDF-3. Rick warns him that the Neutron-S missiles have a critical flaw, and that they cannot be used under any circumstances. Vince attempts to take the SDF-3 into the Icarusbut an unknown ship attacks and rams the SDF-3, throwing it out of range forcing him to leave it behind. When the Icarus returns to Earth, it comes under attack by several unknown fighters that were also accidentally transported by the ship. Scott Bernard, a resistance-fighter from Earth is able to destroy both attackers using his transformable fighter, allowing the Icarus to land safely for repairs. When Scott reveals that he has fallen in love with Ariel, the daughter of the Invid Regress, Vince and General Reinhardt are reluctant to believe his warning that a new threat is about to emerge. Both believe that the