The First Invasion

The First Invasion is the first event in the entire history of the RP. It has caused minor damages to countries and has wiped out 4 agencies due to inactivity.

## The Unusual Sightings Incident

The landing of Echelon's MAV under Project Ares took place on Year 38, with Utopia Planitia chosen as the landing site of the lander. Wearing specially designed Mars Dust Resistant *EVA* suits, commander Conrad Cooper, crew members Rachel Hemms, Mike Martinez and Naomi Bennett step onto the Martian rocks, with the first words said by Conrad:

***`"We made it. We're on Mars. Humanity's next chapter begins."`***

They had stayed on the Martian surface for 10 months, collecting samples of rocks, dust, exploring the Martian surface. The live feed of the crew ready to begin the Martian ascent was recorded and patched to ensure a smooth transcript.

`*"MC: T-1 hour to ascent.*`

`*C: Roger that, we're starting up the MAV now.*`

`*N: Disconnecting hatch.*`

`*M: Hatch out.*`

`*C: T-40 minutes to ascent. Crew do we have all go?*`

`*R: Go.*`

`*M: Go for me.*`

`*N: Same here.*`

`*C: MAV navigation guidance unit startup*`

`*M: Wait, what's that?*`

`*R: That rock wasn't there before, someone check out on it?*`

`*C: I'll take that one. (looks out window)*`

`*C: What the- I don't- is that?*`

`*N: What did you see?*`

`*C: Oh my god. (The crew goes towards the windows to check)*`

`*R: What the-*`

`*M: IS THAT AN ALIEN?*`

`*R: Wait there's more on the other side- I-*`

`*MC: Ares do you copy? What's the situation?*`

`*C: Mission control, I think- I think we're not alone.*`

`*MC: Can we get an explanation on that.*`

`*M: We're surrounded. And they have some bio-alien weaponry things and-*`

`*(The unidentified humanoids start firing at the MSH, sustaining immediate damage)*`

`*C: OH FU- FIRE UP THE MAV!"*`

After that the Global Defense Organization has expressed their concern about this incident and has tinted the possibility of an invasion and stressed the importance of setting up defenses.

## The War for Earth

After GDO's transmission was made, agencies quickly planned strategies to protect our homeland.

▪︎ Echelon Aerospace has utilized the remaining MRN left from the Mars landing, Mars rovers and Mars orbiters to conduct recon on the aliens, which were officially named Xandrians, and spy on them, searching for their facilities. They have developed a cluster bomb, officially named Wheel Bomb (as the projectiles look like wheels), and can deal great damage to pressurized areas of enemy spacecrafts. Echelon engineers has also found a way to produce Reaper Shuttles, the Invictus warship and a railgun for planetary defense.

*^ A reaper shuttle*

▪︎ Richardson Aerospace has invented and launched a super laser to orbit while evacuating the Starlab.

▪︎ Bremen Rocket Agency has launched 9 impactors as an early warning system.

Defenses were set up on the Moon and Captured Asteroid as well, allowing humans to chip off the Xandrian's fleets before reaching Earth.

The Xandrians have started to establish swarm fleets and refurbish their flagships used in past battles. The swarm fleets can attack with pinpoint accuracy and have speed as an advantage as well. They are equipped with laser turrets and missiles - their preferred weapon in space combat. It is also confirmed that most of their facility is underground in order to hide from spy probes and rovers.

The war started on Year 50, with Xandrians fleets consisting of swarm fleets and two flagships entering the SOI of Earth by the Early Warning Detector. The reaper shuttle hidden in a shadowed crater on the Captured Asteroid took off, ready to chip off some of the fleets, while the EWD continues to track their trajectory and location as the railgun is ready to fire at any moment.

Another reaper shuttle conducts a surprise attack in order the weaker fleets, while distracting the flagships as the railgun is locked onto the pressurized regions of the latter. The distraction was successful as the high mobility of the reaper shuttles through RCS while destroying some of the swarms.

While the Xandrians pass the orbit of the asteroid, the defenses on the Moon were activated, and some of the swarm fleets went to battle them. At the same time, reinforcements found out the spy probes at low Mars orbit and shot them down as to prevent humans from spying on them. They might have realized the spying technology of humans so the atmosphere was tense in the facility.

Back at the battlefield, the railgun activates and shoots at the distracted flagship's pressurized areas, allowing the vaccum of space to suck the Xandrians out. Two reaper shuttles locked onto the flagship and deployed a wheel bomb each, dealing massive destruction to it, basically destroying it. The blast radius of the wheel bombs also damaged several nearby swarms.

## "There's something wrong with the laser"

With the reinforcements closing in, only two flag ships (including the one in the reinforcement fleet) left and a bunch of swarms, the one reaper shuttle from the asteroid arrives the front line along with 8 shuttles in HEO as the swarms form a high orbit around the Earth, starting to attack space stations with missiles.

One Gen-1 reaper shuttle was about to kamikaze into a flagship but its auto-triple laser turret takes aim and shoots the shuttle, blowing it into fragments. The other Gen-2s quickly reassemble with a significant fraction of swarms destroyed while Echelon's super laser activated, jamming and disrupting their shield array, which activated before the activation of the super laser. The reaper shuttles prepared to dodge when one of the flagships started charging a laser cannon, but no laser beam is emitted although the cannon has finished charging.

As the Xandrians try to fix the problem, the entire flagship exploded, wiping out the majority of the remaining swarm fleets and severely damaging the remaining flagship's back and engines. The swarms escape while the reaper shuttles continue to pursue the last flagship, destroying it with a wheel bomb. The swarm fleets left Earth's SOI as engineers and agency officials party, declaring victory against the Xandrians.

## Transmissions

Here is the full list of agency transmissions during the preparation phase of the event:

`*"Mission control, I think- I think we're not alone."*`

`We are deeply shocked about the findings of unknown entities on Utopia Planitia of Mars by the Echelon Aerospace and we have expressed our deep concerns on this incident. It might a possible that they have already studied enough on our species *Homo sapiens* and have been planning to destory our civilization, burning them to the ground. As we keep the sighting secret from the public, we hope that every agency can unite and prevent the aliens from dominating our home planet.`

- Global Defense Organization

`Welp, we're kinda responsible for this, aren't we? We trespassed onto their planet which started this hostility. But we won't let them trespass ours. We will stop the aliens by all means necessary.`

- Echelon Aerospace Administrator

`We hope that we can utilize everything that we have in Low Earth Orbit or Low Mars Orbit to track their activities and see if they are organizing a large fleet - ones that a capable of destroying a specific locations in a short time. If time is available, we might have time to build a fleet of ours too. Should there be technological differences between us and them, they might give out false information.`

-Global Defense Organization

`We are very concerned about the safety of our miniature pale blue dot, we and our best engineers are very much looking forward to cooperate and reach new endeavors regarding space defense initiation, with past goals we were able to reach them with relative ease, but we believe that in present times we shall become one.`

- Swipe Industries CEO

`As the Richardson Aerospace crew we will be evacuating the Starlab and launching a super laser into orbit to help stop the aliens`

- Richardson Aerospace Founder

`Currently, Echelon Aerospace and Richardson Aerospace both have orbital laser for a deadly strike on the the enemy fleets. We might need something more defensive than offensive if that doesn't work...`

`... the recharging time is long, it will be a great opportunity for them to strike back.`

`From our current assets, seems that they are building swarm fleets rather than a big mothership.`

`Did they underestimate the power of humans??`

- GDO

`We've specifically designed ours to have a lower charging time, though if anything we may need something else to complement it, and hold them back before the laser is finished.`

`If they're building swarm fleets, it's better if we have pinpoint attackers as well. Reaper Shuttles can be made very easily but they are hard to launch into orbit en mass without super-heavy lift launchers. The problem for that is twofold, the launch costs for such launch vehicles are too expensive and we don't have any ready Saturn Vs. I think we can circumvent the first problem easily though.`

- Echelon Aerospace Administrator

`They are starting their rampage...`

`With the help of mars probes, we have detected that the Xandrians has their fleets are preparing to lift off.`

- Global Defensive Organization

## Aftermath

The GDO has decided to keep this incident and war secret from the public, probably making a story to hide the real incident away from civilians except government officials.

Although the Xandrians came back after the Second Contact with stronger weaponary and better battle plans, a splinter group made its way to oppose the Xandrian's Council and formed a new nation named Xalithars, starting the long conflict between the two sides of the same species, which also indirectly led to the fall of the X Empire.

## Trivia

▪︎Echelon Aerospace, or greenpogman, is the only event participant other than the owner himself.