History VideoGame / TerraInvicta

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Humanity First believes that the only way to safeguard the human species is to exterminate the aliens and anyone who defends them. It's stated plainly that they've gathered most of the Earth's xenophobes beneath their banner.

** Humanity First is Fanatical and Anti-Alien. They aim not only to [[KillEmAll kill every single alien]], but also [[CategoryTraitor every human who worked or sympathized with the aliens]].
** The Protectorate is Practical and Pro-Alien. They believe that the aliens are too powerful to be defeated, and that [[LesCollaborateurs giving the aliens what they want]] is better than provoking further attacks.

* LesCollaborateurs: The Servants, who worship the aliens and believes they'll solve all of the world's problems.

* MultipleEndings: Each faction has its own endings:

** [[spoiler: The Academy stroke a deal with the aliens and prevented an all-out war.]]

* RedIsViolent: Humanity First, the AbsoluteXenophobe faction, has a blood-red handprint as their sigil. Not a subtle bunch, those guys.

** The player can also enforce this further with the unification polities that become available later in the game, such as creating a UnitedEurope or [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Union Arabian Union]].

** The Servants are Fanatical and Pro-Alien. They are a {{Cult cult}} who worship the aliens as gods and try to brainwash everyone into becoming the aliens' slaves.

''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is a GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game was released for early access on September 26, 2022, and before that, a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game was released for early access on September 26, 2022, and before that, a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

'''''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]'''''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game was released for early access on September 26, 2022, and before that, a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

'''''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]'''''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game is due to be released for early access on September 26, 2022, but a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: The modern [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Economic_Union Eurasian Economic Union]] can turn into a single country just as easily as the European Union can, and the entire former Soviet Union can be invited - or [[RegimeChange "invited"]]. And while Russia isn't necessarily any more aggressive than any other country, they begin as an authoritarian dictatorship invading Ukraine, it's a lot easier for Russia to expand militarily than just about any other country, and God help the Earth if a nuke-happy faction gets control of them.

* NextSundayAD: The game begins on October 1st, 2022, and global politics are pretty damn accurate to the present day.

* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: When Earth realizes that the aliens do not, in fact, come in peace, the diplomatic Academy faction gets kicked in the metaphorical junk and loses a good chunk of their support to the other factions.[[spoilers: Although in the game it is possible to achieve the Academy's goals.]]

* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: When Earth realizes that the aliens do not, in fact, come in peace, the diplomatic Academy faction gets kicked in the metaphorical junk and loses a good chunk of their support to the other factions.

'''''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]'''''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game is due to be released for early access on September 27, 2022, but a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

'''''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]'''''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of ''VideoGame/XCOMLongWar''). The game is due to be released sometime in 2022, but a free demo was made available on Steam from June 12-20, and again on September 1.

* VideoGameCaringPotential: Once you have executive power over a country, you can use your influence to end wars and rivalries, improve living standards, stamp out ethnic violence and xenophobia, retire nuclear weapons, and even adopt policies to combat GlobalWarming.

* [[LetNoCrisisGoToWaste The Initiative]], who just want to profit from the turmoil engulfing the solar system; and

'''''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]'''''[[note]]"Earth unconquered"[[/note]] is an upcoming GrandStrategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of the ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' mod ''[[VideoGame/XCOMLongWar Long War]]''). The game is due to be released sometime in 2022.

* BlueIsHeroic: The Resistance has lavender as their color of choice.

* [[VichyEarth The Servants]], who worship the aliens and want humanity to submit to them;

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: One thing you don't need to deal with is logistics for your space resources. All resources, mined anywhere in the Solar System, are available to you everywhere.

* {{Cult}}:
** The Servants openly worship the aliens and want to help them conquer humanity, believing they'll cleanse the Earth of sin.
** Humanity First also qualifies, if the quote above is any indication.

* StandardHumanSpaceship: As you'd expect for a near-future setting, human-built warships are white and angular, with lots of heat radiators and other hardpoints lining their hulls.

* VichyEarth: The goal of the Servants, who worship the aliens and believes they'll solve all of the world's problems.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Humanity First believes that the only way to safeguard the human species is to exterminate the aliens, possibly including their homeworld as well as their invasion force.
* AlienInvasion: It quickly becomes clear that the aliens in the Kuiper Belt are in the early stages of an assault on the inner solar system, and will soon begin to launch attacks on Earth and humanity.

NextSundayAD, an alien invasion force enters the solar system and sets up shop on a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, with ambitions to invade the inner solar system once they've built up a power base. With their motivations unknown, the nations of Earth begin to flock under the banners of seven transnational factions, each with its own plan to address the alien threat:
* [[FightingForAHomeland The Resistance]], who aim to resist the alien takeover of the solar system by any means necessary;
* [[AbsoluteXenophobe Humanity First]], who aim to exterminate the aliens and establish a human-supremacist regime;
* [[PrecursorWorship The Servants]], who worship the aliens and want humanity to submit to them;
* [[VichyEarth The Protectorate]], who want to surrender to the aliens to avoid human extinction;

* [[OnlyInItForTheMoney The Initiative]], who just want to profit from the turmoil engulfing the solar system; and

The player will take control of one of these factions and aim to establish their supremacy across the Earth, expand across the solar system, and -- eventually -- take the fight to the aliens, who by this point will be well on their way to attack Earth itself.

* AlienInvasion: The aliens in the Kuiper Belt are in the early stages of their assault on the inner solar system, and will soon begin to launch attacks on Earth and humanity.

* ColonizedSolarSystem: Once your faction has a solid power base on Earth, you can expand into the rest of the solar system, building bases, space stations, and shipyards on the various planets, moons, and asteroids. The aliens will be doing the same, mind you.

* VichyEarth: The goal of the Servants and the Protectorate. The former worships the aliens and believes they'll solve all of the world's problems, while the latter believes that becoming a VoluntaryVassal is the only way to avoid human extinction.
* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: When Earth realizes that the aliens do not, in fact, come in peace, the diplomatic Academy faction gets kicked in the metaphorical junk and loses nearly all of their support to other factions.

* VichyEarth: The goal of the Servants and the Protectorate. The former worships the aliens and believes they'll solve all of the world's problems, while the latter believes that becoming a VoluntaryVassal is the only way to avoid human extinction.

TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, an alien invasion force enters the solar system and sets up shop on a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, with ambitions to invade the inner solar system once they've built up a power base. With their motivations unknown, the nations of Earth begin to flock under the banners of seven transnational factions, each with its own plan to address the alien threat:

* RestrainedResistanceRecklessRebellion: The Academy, Resistance and Humanity First are at different points on this scale. The Academy are the most restrained; they'll fight back to defend Earth but really want to establish a cooperative relationship with the aliens. The Resistance are in the middle; they want to protect the Earth, period, and don't really have much in the way of political goals for what Earth should look like afterward. And Humanity First are the Reckless ones, who want to exterminate anything not from Earth.

* AbsoluteXenophobe: Humanity First believes that the only way to safeguard the human species is to exterminate the aliens, possibly including their homeworld as well as their invasion force

* VichyEarth: The goal of the Servants and the Protectorate. The former worships the aliens and believes they'll solve all of the world's problems, while the latter believes that becoming a VoluntaryVassal is the only to avoid human extinction.

'''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1176470/Terra_Invicta/ Terra Invicta]]''' is an upcoming grand strategy game created by Pavonis Interactive (the creators of the ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' mod ''[[VideoGame/XCOMLongWar Long War]]''). The game is due to be released sometime in 2022.