mission, he was part of the new generation of Earth's defenders. Later on in his life, he proposes to Marlene Rush, his then girlfriend who accepts. Scott was set to marry her, but she is killed in a battle with the Invid that devastates him. Scott received a holographic medallion she gave as a token of her love before her death though, and he uses it to give him strength in future battles. Scott vows to do all he can to help weaken the Invid on Earth, and he is joined on his mission by other freedom fighters as the series progresses. Along the way, the group encounters a woman named Ariel who apparently has amnesia. They decide to call her Marlene after Scott's fiancé. As she travels with them, Scott and Ariel fall in love with each other until Scott discovers that she is an Invid, at which point his feelings start to get mixed. In the end, Scott realizes that he is in love with Ariel but during the battle can not bring himself to admit it. During the final battle, Scott helps lead Earth resistance forces and Robotech Expeditionary Force commandos against the Invid forces. Ariel meanwhile manages to convince her mother, the Invid Regis to leave Earth lest both races be destroyed. Ariel chooses to stay behind and Scott meets her after the battle. He then tells Ariel that he must leave Earth to rejoin the Robotech Expeditionary Force to search for Admiral Rick Hunter and the SDF-3, which is lost in space. Scott promises Ariel though that he will return. Scott Bernard is also known as Stieg Barnard in Genesis Climber Mospeada Ariel Ariel (voiced by Melanie MacQueen in The Next Generation and by Kari Wahlgren in The Shadow Chronicles) is the first of the Invid that transmutates into human form. In the original anime Genesis Climber Mospeada, her character was known as Aisha. In The Next Generation, she is sent to spy on Scott Bernard's group of freedom fighters, but appears to suffer amnesia when she is recovered by Scott's resistance group. Due to the transmutation into human form, her mindset is that of a newly born human. Ariel is initially frightened as she now has the free will to live independently from the Invid. The group takes her in their company and Scott names her Marlene, after his fiancé who was killed by