Timeline: Third Robotech War

## 2031

**January**

* In Brasilia, Wolfe mediates in a dispute between the Stone Men and the GMP. Nigel Aldershot uses the meeting as a diversion and moves in an assault force of Battloids. The Stone Men are defeated, but Murdock escapes.
* Half the Invid species, transmogrified into energy form by the Regess, emerge into Earthspace. After effortlessly destroying the last of the TASC fleet, they commence a full-scale bombardment of Earth, destroying numerous cities.
* **Beginning of the Third Robotech War**
* Remaining Southern Cross forces as well as those of various other powers attempt to fight back against the Invid, but are overwhelmed and destroyed.
* Pinnacle Base falls. Barth Costanza, Nigel Aldershot and General Vicenzia are all killed. Nova Satori is left as effective commander of the GMP.
* Most cities across the world are evacuated or simply abandoned.
* With the aid of the 15th ATAC and 12th TASC Squadron (Black Lions), a fleet of ships are able to escape Earth; onboard are civilians, survivors of the UEG and thousands of Tirolian refugees. Most ships flee to the Mars or Jupiter colonies; those that are capable of such fold to Tirol.
* Organised resistance ends after a week, leaving the Invid in control of Earth.
* The Regess establishes the Invid headquarters on Earth known as Reflex Point. Located around the Great Lakes in North America, it encompass the wreckage of the SDF-1

**February**

* The Starchildren's camp and under-construction starship at Ciudad Lanzar are destroyed by the Invid. Terry Weston is the only known survivor.
* Catherine Wolfe and Johnathan Wolfe Jr. are captured by the Invid during a raid on Culterville.
* Invid begin recruiting collaborators to aid in their occupation.
* Alan Fredricks is captured by Invid collaborators. He spends most of the war in a prison camp.
* Survivors of the Army of the Southern Cross 6th Army come together in Northern Africa.
* Other resistance groups attempt to form, but struggle to flourish.

## 2032

* Regess establishes numerous Genesis Pits on Earth. Locations include in the Amazon Basin, the Florida Everglades (the so-called Hell Gardens), Alaska at the site of the Grand Cannon, near Norilisk in Siberia, northern Thailand, eastern Australia and the Marianas Trench.
* Invid begin a purge of remaining Zentraedi and Tirolians on Earth.
* Invid forces invade Jungaru. The population begin a long-term guerilla war, slowly retreating further into the jungles.

## 2033

**March**

* On ALuCE II, a group of 18 Zentraedi attempt to commandeer the 1000 or so Alphas in order attack Reflex Point. The mutiny is put down by UEDF forces.
* Lt. Bekka Cade is sent from Moonbase ALuCE to make contact with resistance forces on Earth. After being shot down by Invid forces and crashing in South America, she is able to contact Wolfe and Carpenter.

## 2034

* The Ethiopian Freeholds, an Invid sympathiser state, begins a campaign of conquest across north-east Africa.

## 2035

* Last Jungaru forces are either wiped out or retreat into the jungles.
* Flora from the Eastern Australian Genesis Pit begins to spread to the surface. Soon a massive mutated forest has begun to subsume the east coast, creating mutated fauna as it expands.
* Protoculture shortages and failing systems force gradual shutdown of portions of Neo-Tokyo's Geo-Grid. The city will remain occupied but continue to decay for the rest of the war.

## 2038

**Early September**

* UEEF First Reclamation Force, including the 7th and 10th Mars Divisions, arrive in Earthspace, aiming to liberate Earth from the Invid. Force makes contact with Moonbase ALuCE and begins planning an attack on Reflex Point. ALuCE reserve force of Alpha Veritechs is activated for the attack.
* ALuCE coordinates with Wolfe and GMP to provide ground forces for the attack.
* Johnathan Wolfe pulls out of attack at last minute, having learned that his wife and son are being held in an Invid Hive in Texas. John Carpenter takes his place at the head of his forces.

**September 15**

* **First Battle of Reflex Point.** First Reclamation Force along with forces from ALuCE II as well as Carpenter's forces and the GMP attack Reflex Point. The attack is an utter disaster, with most forces wiped out in space without ever reaching Earth's atmosphere. Survivors are scattered across the Americas. Ground forces suffer severe losses and are forced to withdraw. Desmond Nobutu is reported as killed.
* UEEF Lt. Lance 'Lancer' Belmont crashes in San Jose, Uruguay. He is recued by Carla Morales.
* Wolfe attacks hive in Texas, destroying it and rescuing numerous prisoners. Terry Weston is killed during the battle. However, Wolfe learns that his wife and son were never there.

**Late September**

* John Carpenter and Bekka Cade, along with many others, split from Wolfe's forces in Valhalla after a vocal disagreement over Wolfe's failure to participate in the attack on Reflex Point.
* Moonbace ALuCE II is left with less than 500 personnel and no capacity to continue fighting the Invid.

**October**

* John Carpenter's forces, now called the Splinters, set up a bases in North America in the underground shelters bellow New Portland, Stillwater, Logan Valley as well as other locations.
* Invid begin purge of remaining resistance forces across the world. One of the weapons deployed is a mobile Hive known as the Red Moon (Kaderak-Ji in Zentraedi).
* Desmond Nobutu joins the Splinters.
* The Red Moon attacks the Splinters' headquarters in New Portland. Bekka Cade is able to penetrate the Hive in an Alpha fighter and detonate its reactor core.

## 2039

* Survivors of the first recapture force rally at Resistencia under the leadership of UEEF Commander Olivia Stahl. Doctor Osmund is among their forces.
* Survivor force attacks an Invid hive, but is wiped out. The hive is destroyed by overloading a crashed *Garfish*-class ship. Stahl, who was secretly aiding the Invid, is killed.
* Splinters relocate to the ruins of Pinnacle Base.
* Invid attack the GMP headquarters and effectively destroy the organisation. Last survivors under command of Nova Satori join forces with the Splinters.
* Johnathan Wolfe begins covertly supporting the Invid by 'feeding' them resistance fighters in exchange for their not attacking Valhalla.
* By this point, most resistance forces worldwide have either been destroyed or fallen apart.

## 2040

**May**

* Lancer joins the shattered resistance in the Americas. Travelling under the guise of a female singer, “Yellow Dancer,” Lancer travels as a covert courier for the much-weakened resistance network, gathering vital intelligence and information along his travels. Yellow Dancer's music becomes an instant hit, with the promise of hope, and slightly subversive message of resistance. Yellow Dancer’s recordings spread throughout the Americas

## 2041

* Doctor Osmund sets up a personal research facility on Earth to develop Destabilizer weapons technology. He hires mercenaries to protect his facility from both human and Invid threats.
* Splinters begin operation of the Lunar Railroad, a smuggling operation that evacuates refugees to Moonbase ALuCE.

## 2042

**September**

* Second Reclamation Force, including the 21st Mars Division and elements of the 19th Jupiter Division, arrives in Earthspace. The fleet is intercepted by the Invid and destroyed above Earth. Survivors are scattered across the world.
* Lt. Commander Scott Bernard crash-lands in Argentina. He begins his personal mission to reach Reflex Point, collecting a band of freedom fighters along the way.
* *Ikazuchi*-class *UES Indianapolis* crash lands in Kenya, near Lake Victoria. Survivors form a resistance group in the region.

**November 29**

* An amnesiac soldier identified only as 'Locke' is found by a group of 21st Mars Division survivors led by Commander Silas.
* Silas' forces destroy an Invid Stilt Hive near Farthing.

**Late 2042**

* Survivors of the Second Recapture Force make their way to the UEEF staging point at Point K. The Invid respond by destroying the encampment and all present. Several nearby towns are also destroyed.
* 19th Jupiter Division survivor Aaron James is captured by the Invid.
* The UEEF Specter Special forces unit goes renegade and lands forces in Northern Europe. The team begins a relentless, brutal campaign against the occupying Invid and their collaborator forces.

## 2043

**January**

* Col. Johnathan Wolfe is killed by the Invid. A few days later, Valhalla is attacked and destroyed by the Invid.

**March**

* Geological disturbances destroy the Invid Genesis Pit in South America
* Invid Regess decides on the human form as the model for the pending transmutation of her race

**April**

* Invid simulagent, Ariel, is transmutated and inserted near the ruins of Point K. Her deployment is a failure, as she loses her memory upon landing and attempts for the Regess to communicate with her are unsuccessful.
* Ariel is discovered by Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard’s resistance group and, after being mistaken for an amnesiac victim, is taken along with them.

**July**

* Princess Sera and Prince Corg of the Invid are transmutated into human form. They are tasked with hunting and exterminating resistance forces.
* Scott Bernard's team cross into North America.

**October**

* In a desperate suicide run, a damaged United Earth Expeditionary Force destroyer with an aging crew destroys a key Invid broadcast tower in the South-West of North America.

## 2044

**January**

* Scott Bernard and his band accidentally discover the buried city of Denver. The team are forced to overload the generator and destroy the city in order to escape an Invid attack led by Corg.

**Early 2044**

* UEEF forces arrive in Earthspace and begin massive expansion of moonbase facilities to use as a staging ground.
* Jupiter Division Lt. Tasha Dixon is inserted into North America by the UEEF on advanced recon duties.
* Dixon makes contact with 9th Shadow Dancer team led by Lt. Maria Allentes. The two capture Osmund's prototype hand-held Destabiliser weapon. Osmund is killed when his modified Archon Hovertank is destroyed.

**April**

* Invid experimental test subject Dusty Ayres is killed.

**May**

* Against the direct orders of his sister, Princess Sera, Prince Corg engages in a genocidal attack against the population of New York City. He is stopped by Scott Bernard and his team who destroy the New York Hive, forcing Corg to retreat. In the aftermath, Bernard's team liberate the Protoculture supply held at Carnegie Hall.

**June**

* Lieutenant Commander Aaron Schultz arrives from ALuCE II, with war correspondent Sue Graham from the 36th Jupiter Division, and makes contact with John Carpenter and the Splinters. Schultz informs Carpenter of the impending final UEEF invasion force
* Invid Regess transmutates Thade into human form.

**July**

* Large numbers of ground troops from the fleet and the resistance forces assemble near Reflex Point for a major assault.
* The Splinters, including John Carpenter, Bekka Cade and Nova Satori are among the ground forces. Other resistance groups are also present, such as survivors from the ASC 6th Army and UES *Indianapolis*.

**July 2**

* The main fleet of the UEEF returns to Earth. The fleet assembles at ALuCE II, at the edge of the far side of the moon, and awaits the arrival of the flagship, the SDF-3, which fails to defold with main group. Lieutenant General Gunther Reinhardt onboard UES *Liberator* takes command in Admiral Hunter's absence.
* Sue Graham is killed in action after learning of the existence of humanoid-form Invid.

**July 18**

* **Second Battle of Reflex Point.** The UEEF launches its final mission to reclaim the Earth from the Invid. Suffering heavy losses, a surgical strike comprised of Shadow Fighters and drones are dispatched to Reflex Point.
* Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard and his group of resistance fighters are granted an audience before the Invid Regess at the initiative of Ariel. When it becomes apparent to the Regess that the continuation of battle would lead to the mutual destruction of both races, she makes preparations to leave Earth.
* Invid Prince Corg is killed in battle by Lieutenant Commander Scott Bernard.
* Fearing that this final Earth Reclamation Mission might end in failure, General Reinhardt orders the use of the Neutron-S warheads, knowing full well it could kill all life in the Western Hemisphere, and possibly the whole planet. Scott Bernard's resistance group and the Invid join forces to counteract the Expeditionary Force's assault on Reflex Point to give the Regess time to depart.
* The Invid leave at the command of the Regess. During their departure, the Neutron-S warheads and a portion of of the Expeditionary Force's fleet is also destroyed. The Regess takes all of the Earth’s Flowers of Life with her, along with the Invid's entire Protoculture reserve.
* **End of the Third Robotech War**