The SDF-3 Pioneer Battle Fortress and its escorts arrive
at Tirol.
Tirol is currently under siege by the Invid Regent. Invid forces engage
the Pioneer.
SENTINELS WAR (later called the FIRST INVID WAR)
BEGINS
2031
Robotech Masters arrive at Earth.
Armies of the Southern Cross engage Robotech Masters.
SECOND ROBOTECH WAR BEGINS
2032
Robotech Masters are defeated above the remains of the SDF-1.
SECOND ROBOTECH WAR ENDS
United Nations world government collapses completely.
Armies of the Southern Cross officially disband.
Invid Regent is killed by REF/Sentinels forces on Optera.
FIRST INVID WAR ENDS
Invid Regis gathers remaining Invid forces and retreats to unknown system.
2033
REF Venus Attack Group, led by Colonel Johnathon Wolff, arrives at
Earth with warning about Invid.
Dana Sterling and remains of the 15th ATAC hijack Johnathon Wolff's
flagship, the Warrior-class destroyer RSS WolfPack, and return
to Tirol along with 200 clone survivors from the Robotech Master's main
mothership.
2035
Invid Regis and her forces arrive in the Sol system.
First wave of Invid attack Earth. 90% of Earth's surviving military forces
(including the remains of the Venus Attack Group) are destroyed.
THIRD ROBOTECH WAR (later called the SECOND INVID WAR)
BEGINS
Earth is occupied by the Invid Regis and her forces.
2036
REF Mars Attack Group arrives at Earth. The fleet is destroyed in
orbit by Invid forces.
Lieutenant Scott Bernard is one of the few survivors that make it to Earth.
2038
BATTLE OF REFLEX POINT. The REF Jupiter Attack Group (95%
of remaining REF fleet) arrives in the Sol system.
Invid Regis abandons Earth, but approximately 98% of Jupiter Attack
Group is destroyed.
SECOND INVID WAR ENDS
SDF-3 Pioneer is lost in space. Lt. Cmdr. Scott Bernard and
Commander Vince Grant lead a rescue mission in the Haydonite cruiser
Ark Angel, the only surviving Jupiter Group command ship.
Invid Regis and remains of the Invid race settle on a remote world on the
very edge of the galaxy. Planet is named New Optera.
First crops of the Invid Flower of Life do not do well on New Optera.
Invid scientists estimate that the race will starve in 6-9 months unless
a temporary food supply can be found.
Regis begins to consider re-occupation of Earth.
2039
Regis creates the Stage 6 Invid as leaders
for the Earth Occupation Forces.
Invid forces return and reoccupy Earth.
Remains of Jupiter Attack Group attempt to defend against the Invid but
are destroyed.
THIRD INVID WAR BEGINS
2040
Stage 6 Invid slowly become corrupted by their power.
Friction between Stage 5 and Stage 6 Invid starts to increase.
Rook, Rand, Lancer, and other heroes of the Second Invid War form
Rook's Knights, a large resistance group operating primarily
in western North America. Rook and Lancer are elected co-leaders of
the group.
2041
Stage 6 Invid develop the "Fortress Earth" plan to blockade the
planet with a series of powerful orbiting hives.
Back at Tirol, Colonels John Korcheck and Roger Harris receive approval
for an Earth reconnaisance mission. Preparations for REF Icarus Recon
Group begin.
Anton Kosmas betrays Rook's Knights and leads the group into an
ambush. Kosmas detonates a nuclear device killing most of the Knights,
although Rook, Lancer and the others heroes survive.
The surviving members of Rook's Knights break up and go their
separate ways.
2043
Events in "Lancer's Rockers" take place.
Invid complete Space Hives. New Invid mecha designs begin to appear on
Earth.
2044
Icarus Recon Group launched for Earth.
Tenative plans for REF Prometheus Attack Group begin. Final
approval is witheld pending results of Icarus mission.
Icarus fleet arrives in Solar System near Jupiter. Attempts to contact
REF Jupiter Base Io and REF Moon Base Aluce II are
unsuccessful. Recon patrols reveal that Jupiter Base Io has been
completely destroyed by an unknown force. Icarus begins to move towards
Earth.
Advance squad of ships are sent ahead of Icarus fleet to recon Earth and
attempt to contact Moon Base Aluce II. Ships are destroyed upon entering
Earthspace by Invid Space Hives. Only one ship escapes to warn the
Icarus fleet.
Icarus forces begins hit-and-run attacks against Invid space
defenses in the hopes of getting small groups of mecha to Earth to
contact resistance groups.
THE LaGRANGE MASSACRE. Icarus forces are ambushed by large Invid
force during retrieval of Earth personel. Col. Harris splits the
survivors into two groups. Harris leads the majority of Icarus' remaining
ships and mecha against the Invid, while Col. Korcheck retreats to Tirol
in the heavily-damaged flagship RSS Icarus.
Icarus returns to Tirol with data collected by the Icarus mission.
Final approval is given to Prometheus Attack Group.
2045
THE DARK YEARS begin. Invid forces begin mass enslavements of
civilians and mass extermination missions against Earth Resistance forces.
Resistance forces begin to take heavy casualties. Morale begins to falter
among terran forces.
The Ark Angel returns to Tirol after having unsuccessfully searched
for the SDF-3 Pioneer for over 7 years. The Pioneer and its
crew are listed as missing and presumed dead. The Ark Angel
and its crew are assigned to the Prometheus Mission.
2046
OPERATION STARFALL succeeds; first major victory against Invid
since 2044. A small group of resistance fighters manage to infiltrate an
Invid Space Hive and sabotage the power core. The Space Hive falls out of
orbit and burns up in the atmosphere, creating a spectacular fireball that
inspires terran forces around the world.
Col. Roger Harris killed by Stage 6 Invid while defending civilians.
2047
Concentrated attacks by Invid forces bring terran resistance to the edge
of collapse.
Stage 5 Invid Sera and Marlene propose OPERATION EMISSARY. The two
women will infiltrate an Invid cargo ship and travel to New Optera to
confront the Regis. Resistance leaders reluctantly agree. Lancer, Rand,
Rook, Lunk, and Annie accompany them on their mission.
REF Prometheus Attack Group is completed and launched towards
Earth. Arrival of the Prometheus Group inspires terran resistance groups.
Reinforcements and New Mecha begin to arrive on Earth. However, REF
starships still cannot penetrate the Invid space defenses. As battles
continue, Prometheus group begins to weaken due to lack of supplies.
Marlene and Sera arrive at New Optera and contact the Regis. The Regis
is incensed at the brutality of the Stage 6 Invid, and travels to
Earth herself to end the war.
Regis assumes command of most Invid forces on Earth and orders them to
attack the Stage 6 Invid in their Space Hives. The Stage 6 Invid resist
with their own forces of Inorganics and loyal/controlled Invid, but are
eventually defeated by combined attacks from the Regis and the Prometheus
fleet.
Space Hive defense ring is destroyed.
Regis orders all Invid in Earthspace to return to New Optera. All Stage
5 Invid are offered the choice of staying behind or returning to New
Optera.
Stage 6 Invid are stripped of their powers and banished from the Invid race.
A few stay on Earth and attempt to discreetly build their own empires.
Regis leaves Earthspace forever.
THIRD INVID WAR ENDS
2048
Prometheus Fleet returns to Tirol.
The Ark Angel and most of its crew stays behind with a
representative group from the REF in an attempt to foster a new world
government on Earth.
LOCAL GROUP GALACTIC CONFERENCE is held on Haydon IV. Tirol (now
home to REF as well as Tirolians), Fantoma (home to remaining Zentraedi)
Karbarra, New Praxis, Garuda, Spheris, Haydon IV, and Peryton form the
Sentinels Alliance.
Remains of REF fleet and other surviving space forces are combined
into the ROBOTECH GUARDIAN FORCES (RGF), the military arm of the
Sentinels Alliance.
Back on Earth, negotiations to form a new world government fail.
New countries form overnight and begin to stake territorial claims.
Ex-EBSIS forces seize South America to form the South American
Coalation (SAC).
REF survivors (Non-RGF related) and North American resistance fighters
form the United States of North America (USNA).
Other pocket republics continue to form around the world. SAC and USNA
quickly become Earth's major superpowers due to their large supplies of
mecha.
ERA OF REBUILDING begins.
2051
7-DAY WAR begins on Earth, between the SAC and USNA. The Ark
Angel, led by Scott Bernard, steps in to end the war when SAC attempts
to use nuclear weapons on USNA targets.
PANAMA TREATY signed, establishing the rebuilt Panama Canal as the
official boundary between the SAC and USNA. In addition, Earth
leaders agree for the planet to become protectorate of Sentinels Alliance.
The protectorate agreement is not popular with many terrans.
