Put me in the Marlene camp. Ariel was interesting though.
Carla I would have to look up since I don’t remember her at all.
I read a few of the McKinney books and saw one of them around here a few years ago.
Glad to talk to another fan.
Carla was in The Secret Route, she was the girl who took Lancer in following the ill-fated attempt by Mars Division to liberate the Earth.
http://robotech.wikia.com/wiki/Carla
http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/episodes/viewepisode.php?episode=71
It was the episode where Annie briefly leaves the team to go with a family who had a map that they bought which supposedly told of a secret route that would lead them safely away from the Invid.