The Pacification of Earth

Even though the Invid now controlled the Earth, it also was far from pacified. While the majority of Earth's defenders had been destroyed in the Invasion, there were still those forces that were actively fighting against the occupation. While they had effectively corralled and neutered the forces at Point K (albeit without directly engaging them), the UEEF forward base was far from the only source of resistance.

Unknown to the Invid and their allies, Johnathan Wolfe and Nova Satori had maintained their own forces through the invasion. The two were following a plan laid out by Wolfe beforehand to launch a guerrilla war against the Invid once they landed. However, at the same time, they also had been unprepared both for the level of devastation that the Invid had unleashed on Earth, as well as their numbers. As such, the plan for a protracted guerrilla war turned into one of observation, intelligence gathering and limited surgical strikes while maintaining their forces for when an opportunity presented itself.

However, they did not represent the only resistance groups on Earth by any means. Across the world, resistance groups had sprung up and had continued to fight against the Invid with whatever weapons came to hand. Many of these consisted of surviving Southern Cross units, or members of various nation-states that had lived through the invasion. While many still had leftover weapons from the Second Robotech War, few could afford to be choosy. As a result, it was not unheard of for groups to be armed with obsolete weapons like Daniel walkers or Stoneman battlesuits.

While the Invid extensively patrolled their holdings, their collaborators proved to be one of their most effective weapons in dealing with rebels. During the early days of the occupation, more than one resistance group put their trust in a local community to provide shelter and aid in their efforts, only to be betrayed and turned over to the Invid. Some became adept at luring in resistance fighters, turning their communities into honeypot traps with offers of supplies or other opportunities. Even then, there were also many communities who simply chose indifference or isolationism, turning away any outsiders for fear of what might happen.

For all the resistance groups who were betrayed by their fellow humans, there were more that fell apart due to starvation, illness or exhausting their supplies. Many of those that survived were pushed to the margins, hiding in wastelands or ruined cities and reduced to scavenging. Time became one of the Invid's weapons, as months turned into years with no signs of any relief, many simply gave up the will to fight. Others simply gave up their cause and turned to banditry, or even in some extreme cases, threw in with the Invid and their sympathisers.

Even then there were those that fought for different reasons and had little choice but to do so, even in the face of overwhelming odds. While most of the survivors of the Robotech Masters' fleet had fled Earth during the invasion, there were those that had been left behind for whatever reason. Likewise, there were still many Zentraedi living on Earth. Both were driven to fight the Invid, as much the result of centuries of prior conflict and conditioning as well as acceptance of their situation. They knew full well that the Invid would exterminate them, no matter what they did, so their best chance was to fight back.

While the Invid did everything they could to hunt down and exterminate human resistance groups, in the early years of the Occupation they made dealing with the remaining Tirolians and Zentraedi their focus. Invid activity in South America, Central Africa, Indochina and Central Asia was sharply stepped up in order to deal with the largest concentrations of survivors. The Invid's treatment of these enemies was utterly merciless. While they would sometimes capture human resistance fighters for interrogation, they simply exterminated those Zentraedi or Triolians they found.

Possibly the best documented of these campaigns was the Jungaro conflict. At some point after the invasion, the Invid had become aware (possibly through collaborators) of the Zentraedi nation of Jungaro hidden in the Amazon Basin. The Invid in the region launched a full-scale invasion of the region, aimed simply at wiping out every single Zentraedi they found. While Jungaro's population were micronized and lacked Mecha, they were far from harmless. In response to the Invid attack they mounted a guerrilla war in response, fighting back with ambushes, boobytraps and whatever else they could mount. While this did slow the Invid, it did not stop them by any means. By all reports, Jungaro had ceased to exist within two years, its population either wiped out or retreating further into the jungle.

By 2034, large-scale, organised resistance had ended across the world. Outside of the GMP and Point K in the Americas, the last remnants of the Armies of the Southern Cross and other pre-invasion militaries had been hunted down and destroyed or otherwise given up. While there were still former soldiers fighting the Invid, they were doing such as individuals or as a part of ad-hoc bands, rather than as organised military forces.

While the Invid's efforts had been successful, they had also been costly in terms of equipment losses and Protoculture use. However, now that the Invid now had access to functionally limitless reserves of energy, they could simply stand back and rebuild their forces and then continue to grow them over time. Their efforts shifted away from active hunting and more towards passive patrols, putting more responsibility on their human allies to locate resistance fighters.

All the while, those major resistance groups had bided their time and waited for the opportunity to act. That moment would come, even if it would take seven years for it to happen.