Oppressors: Invasion!

Some information on the invasion proper...


The Invasion!

There was almost no warning when the Haud arrived. One moment every cell phone in the world rang and a man's voice said "Drink more Ovaltine" to all who answered, and then Pluto exploded and the Haud fleet was simply around the world, not bothering to hide at all. They even had a battle cruiser that was too large to hide, since its size distorted the gravity of nearby planets. How long the Haud were watching is unknown, as if whatever they were waiting for, but they struck swiftly and without a shred of human mercy or kindness.

Which is not to say we didn't fight back; nations mobilized armies, nuclear warheads were armed and deployed, and secret weapons confiscated from aliens, mad scientists and jaunts to other dimensions and times saw unclassified use for the first time. None of it mattered. Nuclear warheads were obliterated, nearly ever satellite in orbit destroyed and in Dune City the Defenders gathered superhuman allies and went up into space to meet the threat head on.

The Haud battle cruiser was destroyed. By some estimates, almost half the Haud fleet was decimated as well. The cost was all the superheroes in the world who'd banded together in that one brief shining moment to stand against the darkness. With their loss the resistance on earth flattered and failed in a swath of Haud soldiers. They weren't terribly better than our best, but they had numbers and motivation and city after city was broken and fell.

Some don't even thing it can be called a war, since it was only three days in the places that held out the longest. Most just call it Invasion Day. Or The End.

Aftermath

In the seven days since the last surrender the Haud have declared martial law over the planet and filled it with their lizard-like troops and other alien allies. Even now, few details are known about them: they've done what they can to shatter the communication backbone of the information age, but some commonalties have emerged.

To whit:
The Haud prefer to capture locations rather than destroy them; the people they could care less about. The planet seems to be their beachhead for something, though no one is quite sure what yet.
Every alien who was on earth and could have fled did. (And yes, this included Dick Clark for the curious.) Many others who couldn't subsequently killed themselves, stating that death was preferable to the Haud.
Haud technology ranges from far-future to using weapons from human soldiers to organic technology and alien pack animals and messengers (the latter look disturbingly like angels); they seem to be pack rats of the alien world and have many captive species working for them in one way or another.
Superhumans and humans who decide to work with the Haud are often enhanced as a reward. Those who resist them almost always die.


In Dune City the Haud have established a space port north of the city. It's the only one not located by a major urban centre, the reason generally given is either the existence either the fact that the Defenders were rallied from this locations or Wiley Corp (or what used to be it) is here, though they have yet to be able to get into the grounds owned by that company as yet.

A Haud captain, known as Rathclaw, seems to be in charge of Dune City and the local invasion. He even did a radio interview during which he stated that this world is now the Haud's and those who want to survive should just deal with it.
An ordinary man in a business suit, Mr. Johnson is a Haud representative who tries to smooth problems over without killing people, mostly to avoid wasting resources.
The Collaboration -- consisting of Fighting Fury, Replicant, Slip and Tough Guy -- are four formerly very minor supervillains who have been augmented by the Haud and are sent to deal with any uppity villains and such problems. they specialize in dealing out massive amounts of damage to people and locations.
Alan Rimshaw, formerly deputy mayor of Dune City, has joined the Haud -- though why and to what end remain unknown. The mayor, for her part, is actively collaborating with the Haud to try and lessen the amount of people killed and property damage caused by the invasion.