As of July 2026, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 aired in 1999 with 40 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1

1999 40 Episodes Animation · Action & Adventure ⭐ 7/10

Right now you can watch Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 on streaming — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. 26 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Rider Strong sets the tone, and the world-building does the rest. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 is not trying to be everything to everyone, and that focus is exactly what makes it work. What makes Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 work is that the ideas never crowd out the people having them. Season 1 of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles includes 40 episodes. It aired from August 1999 to April 2000. This season stars Rider Strong, Irene Bedard and Steve Staley. Rider Strong and Irene Bedard lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1999. What separates Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 from lesser genre entertainment is a willingness to let the concept cost the characters something. There is real craft here, even in the moments that do not fully land.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 a chance. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Rider Strong anchors it with a performance that makes the more abstract moments feel personal. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.

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🎬 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1 — Episode Guide

Rookie troopers Rico, Flores and Jenkins journey to Pluto as part of Alpha Team "Razak's Roughnecks" on what is supposed to be a simple mop-up operation, but find a major threat to the research stations from plasma-shooting alien Bugs.

Plasma Bugs of Navarone

When the Roughnecks pick up a distress call from pilots Ibanez and Barcalow, who are under attack at a research outpost, Rico risks the safety of his own squad to save Carmen.

Handle with Care

The squad is assigned to assist intelligence officer Earle Walker in capturing a live Plasma Bug and bringing it back through enemy territory.

As the war moves to the planet Tophet, the Roughnecks go after Razak and Higgins, who are trapped behind enemy lines and about to be blown up by their own air strike.

Rico has to train Higgins the reporter to defend himself in combat, as the Roughnecks try to defend themselves from new flying Bugs that seem impervious to laser fire.

Of Flesh and Steel

On a mission to capture an important mountain pass, Rico has trouble trusting the squad's newest member, a cyborg.

Pluto and Beyond

Higgins summarizes the current state of the war on Pluto and Tophet in clips from previous episodes.

When the Roughnecks go beneath the surface of Pluto to locate the Bug army's incubation center, Flores suffers from disabling claustrophobia.

The battle against the Bugs moves to the watery planet Hydora, where Rico and the Roughnecks again come to Carmen's rescue when she is stranded while evacuating wounded.

Water, Water Everywhere

The "Transport" Bug that was found bringing reinforcements and eggs to Pluto is followed back to the watery planet Hydora, where it releases barb-shooting flying bugs of a previously unknown type. Is this the bug home world?

Search & Destroy

Searching for the Rippler nest on Hydora, the Roughnecks come under heavy fire and Jenkins is severely wounded by an acid-tipped barb. Can Jenkins survive his wound and can they find the nest?

While trying to find out what happened to Lt. Ross, who was found wandering on Hydora with his memory gone and his entire squad missing, the Roughnecks are captured by the Bugs.

Missing in Action

Trying to locate two missing squads that seem to have vanished into thin air, the Roughnecks find themselves battling giant amphibious beetles.

The Skinnies, formerly working for the Bugs, have changed sides but one of them meets considerable resistance when he joins the squad for its assault on Zegema Beach.

Having crashed on a barren asteroid, the Roughnecks try to make their way to a crashed science vessel for help.

As the squad tries to locate a brain bug on Tesca Nemerosa from underwater, Rico is trapped when his Marauder suit runs out of power.

...And Then There Were Two

Rico still doesn't trust T'Phai, but In the jungle on Tesca Nemerosa, they are forced to work together when the other squad members start disappearing.

While a monsoon hits the Zegema Base hard, Rico floats unconscious in a regeneration tank, fighting his subconscious to stay alive.

Still in the tank, Rico grows increasingly angry and frustarted that no one is taking his claims that the bugs are coming seriously. Meanwhile, the squad is out to charting bug tunnels near the base.

Propaganda Machine

Higgins is ordered to make a good Fed-Net report hiding the horrors of war and showing something positive about the bug campaign.

🎭 Cast of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Season 1

Rider Strong

Carl Jenkins (voice)

Irene Bedard

Miriam Redwing (voice)

Steve Staley

James Horan

Richard 'Doc' LeCroix (voice)

Nicholas Guest

Zander Barcalow (voice)

David DeLuise

Francis Brutto (voice)

E. G. Daily

Isabelle 'Dizzy' Flores (voice)

Rino Romano

Johnnie Rico (voice)

Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke

Jeff Gossard (voice)

Alexander Polinsky

Alexander Polinsky

Robert Higgins (voice)

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