Invid (Robotech)

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The Invid are an alien race that features in Robotech.

History

Long ago, they encountered the threat of the Children of the Shadow who were threatened by the use of Protoculture leading to them devastating the Invid's homeworld.

To find the Protoculture Matrix, the Invid created a Sensor Nebula that scoured the universe for signs of Protoculture. It eventually approached the Sol system during the Second Robotech War that was being fought between the Robotech Masters and the United Earth Government.

This led to the Battle of Reflex Point that was the culmination of the Third Robotech War when the Robotech Expeditionary Force returned in order to stage an assault to liberate the planet from the Invid. As the fleet struck, ground resistance forces moved to launch a ground based offensive on the planetary surface as part of a two-pronged attack. Though inflicting large casualties on the Invid, the alien invaders managed to similarly bring about heavy losses on the humans. Under the orders of Admiral Hunter, the Expeditionary Forces launched the Neutron-S Missiles intending to destroy Reflex Point despite the damage it could cause. However, the Invid ruler the Regess was convinced by her daughter Ariel to end hostilities. This was partly because the Regess recognised the Neutron-S Missiles as being weapons of the Children of the Shadow. As such, she decided to take all her children and depart elsewhere in order to continue their evolutionary development away from others. In the process, she destroyed the Neutron-S Missiles and consumed all remaining Protoculture on the planet. Only a few Invid chose to remain behind that included Sera and Ariel. In the aftermath, Earth suffered from a dwindling Protoculture shortage making it necessary to seek out the Protoculture Matrix on-board the SDF-3. During this time, Ariel assisted the humans during the conflict with the Haydonites that had masqueraded as allies of mankind but in reality sought the elimination of all races that utilized Protoculture.

Overview

Technology

An specialist area they had developed was the capacity to sense Protoculture with all their Mecha able to see its emanations. As such, it afforded them a key advantage in tracking their enemies that utilised Protoculture as a power source.

One of their creations were sensor nebulas that were roaming clouds that moved through space that scanned the universe for Protoculture. These served as one of the methods that heralded the arrival of the Invid.

Members

• Regess :
• Ariel :
• Corg :
• Sera :

Notes

• The Invid were adapted from the Inbit in Genesis Climber MOSPEADA.
• In Robotech II: The Sentinels, the unproduced series would have bridged the gap between the Masters Saga and the New Generation Saga. It would have seen Admiral Rick Hunter's Robotech Expeditionary Forces battle the Invid forces of the Regent who had conquered the domain of the Robotech Masters.

In other media

Video games

• In Robotech: Invasion, the Invid served as the primary antagonists in the game set during the Third Robotech War. The playable protagonist was initially a human named Locke that was involved in an attack on Reflex Point. Locke was killed with an Invid evolved into a human form that resembled him. The human Invid 'Locke' suffered a loss of memories and believed himself to be human where he joined the resistance forces against the alien invaders.

Appearances

• Robotech: The Next Generation:

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