A Chronology of Important Dates

2022

• 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 Wolf Pack, and return to Tirol along with 200 clone survivors from the Robotech Master's main mother-ship.

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.
• Construction of the Invid Space Hive ring begins.

2042

• Events in “Return of the Masters” take place.
• Back at Tirol, Colonels John Korcheck and Roger Harris receive approval for an Earth reconnaissance 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.
• Tentative plans for REF Prometheus Attack Group begin. Final approval is withheld 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 Earth-space 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 La Grange MASSACRE. Icarus forces are ambushed by large Invid force during retrieval of Earth personnel. 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.
• RSS 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 Earth-space 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 Earth-space 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 Coalition (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.
• Anti-Sentinels terrorist groups appear on Earth.

2080

• ROBOTECH: GUARDIANS begins.