Robotech

Robotech is a science-fiction series that largely associated with an 85-episode television series produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production and first released in the United States in 1985. It was adapted from three original and unrelated, though visually similar, Japanese anime television series; The Super Dimension Fortress Macross became Season 1 of the series, Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross became Season 2, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA became Season 3 to make a series suitable for syndication that appeared to span three generations. The series was a major factor in creating the anime boom of the 1980s as its style and storylines were unlike the normal American cartoons people were used to.

Stardust (Season 2, Episode 9)
The Robotech Masters send out their Bioroids and capture about 200 people to subject to probes to see how much they know about Protoculture; we get to see one of these probes carried out.