To understand Heroic Age , you must first understand the "Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Heroic" system.
: Humanoid masters of technology and psychic powers who view themselves as the Golden Tribe's heirs. Bronze Tribe : An insectoid hive-mind species serving the Silver Tribe. Iron Tribe heroic age anime
The mission: The starship Argonaut (yes, the naming is intentional) must transport Age across the galaxy to reach the various "Star Roads" and fulfill the "Twelve Labors"—a deliberate mirror of the Hercules myth—to save humanity. To understand Heroic Age , you must first