The
Galactic Patrol
The
Galactic Patrol is the military/police arm of the galactic government, the United Planets,
and is headquartered on Earth. The Galactic Patrol seems to have a policy of concealing
things in plain sight. The location of the HQ is supposed to be secret, but everyone
(including Umbra) seems to know exactly where it is, as it is frequently targeted for
destruction.
Like Star Trek's
Starfleet Command, the Galactic Patrol seems generally more interested in police and
exploration duty than actual combat, and they rely heavily on Mighty Orbots in this area.
The one time GP forces actually engage Shadow forces without the Orbots' help
("Operation Eclipse"), they are soundly defeated.
Rondu
 The Commander of the Galactic Patrol, Rondu is a
member of an elf-like, psionic race. Whether they are aliens or some sort of relation to
humans is not clear, as it is never explained. Wise and soft-spoken, Rondu gives the
Orbots their assignments, and he alone among the Galactic Patrol knows all of their
secrets.
Rondu's formidable mental powers
are demonstrated in "Raid on the Stellar Queen," in which he is captured and
used to power a monstrous ethereal creature called a "Thetan," and in
"Operation Eclipse," in which he engages in a mental battle with his old
friend-turned-traitor, Drennan. Beams of energy emanated from the sigil on each
combatant's head-circlet.
Dia
Rondu's beautiful daughter, Dia, is one of the
Galactic Patrol's most capable agents. As Dia herself says, "Mighty Orbots isn't the
only member of the Galactic Patrol." An expert pilot and dangerous fighter, she
unfortunately spends much of her time being rescued by Mighty Orbots. Rob has quite a
crush on Dia, who seems oblivious to his interest. Ironically, Dia has hinted that she might
be interested in the Orbots Commander (who is, of course, Rob in disguise).
Dia is the officer in charge of
Earth's defenses, but is frequently dispatched by Rondu on a variety of missions either in
lieu of or in support of Mighty Orbots. She jets around in a small cruiser with just enough room for herself
and a prisoner. Her only equipment other than her uniform and helmet is a
wrist-comm on one
hand and a wristband force field projector (for subduing criminals) on the other. Whether
or not all this is standard equipment for a GP agent is unknown; Dia is the only field
agent we get to see.
Dia never demonstrates any
mental powers in any of the episodes, but she does offer to help her father to break
Drennan's psionic lock on the Orbots, so it would seem likely that she does possess such
powers.
Rob Simmons
Rob's day job is as a robotics
engineer, where he interacts daily with Dia and Rondu. In addition to having designed and
built the Orbots for the Galactic Patrol, he is
frequently inventing various life-saving devices for those in need. Ohno acts as his lab
assistant, and the other Orbots generally wander about the place and get into trouble. The
lab houses recharge chambers for each of the Orbots, where they "sleep" (and
bedtime is strictly enforced... by Ohno, of course).
GP Hardware
Other than Dia's cruiser, the only GP hardware we
see are large transports and a few pod-like fighters ("Operation Eclipse'), and the
short-lived Deflectron ("Trapped on the Prehistoric Planet"), a defense
satellite capable of projecting an impenetrable force field around an entire planet. We
also do see some interesting Galactic Patrol robots organizing the city evacuation in
"The Phoenix Factor."
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