Reflex Point
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Reflex Point is location of the Invid
hive complex inhabited by the Invid Queen Regess in the Robotech
animated series, and is also thought to be located upon the ruins of the SDF-1
. In the recently released Shadow Chronicles movie, the location of the Invid Hive at Reflex Point is laid out over the Great Lakes of North America during the breifing before the final assault.
Reflex Point was the code name assigned to the location of the containment complex where the remains of the SDF-1 were buried after the Battle of New Macross City in 2014. The location is later referred to by the Army of the Southern Cross
as SX Point 83.
During the Second Robotech War, the Robotech Masters
sought to recover the hidden protoculture
matrix. Its contents, the Invid Flower of Life, had already begun to break through the containment unit of the SDF-1 wreckage. In an act of desperation, Zor Prime
blew up a Tirolian Mothership above the three giant burial mounds in an attempt to wipe out the flowers. However, the attempt backfired as the blast only succeeded in spreading the spores around the Earth.
Within a year, the Invid Sensor Nebula pinpointed the growth of the Flower of Life on Earth and the Invid Invasion began. The Army of the Southern Cross and other Earth forces, already weakened by war with the Robotech Masters, were no match for the Invid
. Reflex Point soon fell under the control of the Invid Queen, also known as the Regess.
After years of failed attempts to liberate the Earth, the returning Robotech Expeditionary Force launched a massive final assault to retake Reflex Point. Led by the SDF-4, the expedition utilized new Shadow Fighters and was prepared to use Neutron-S missiles to destroy Reflex Point and the Earth if the mission failed.
At the command of the Invid Regess, the Invid amassed their life forces and abandoned Reflex Point and the Earth. The departing burst of energy wiped out the Neutron-S missiles. Afterwards, the famed singer Yellow Dancer held a farewell concert near the ruins of Reflex Point to celebrate the end of the Third Robotech War.
Invid (Robotech)
The Invid are a fictional alien race in the Robotech storyline. They appear in the New Generation portion of the series, which uses the animation of the unrelated Japanese series Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, so their on-screen behavior and appearance matches the antagonists of that series, called the...
hive complex inhabited by the Invid Queen Regess in the Robotech
Robotech
Robotech is an 85-episode science fiction anime adaptation produced by Harmony Gold USA in association with Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. and first released in the United States in 1985...
animated series, and is also thought to be located upon the ruins of the SDF-1
SDF-1 Macross
The SDF-1 Macross is a fictional interstellar transforming spacecraft from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime science fiction series that aired in Japan in 1982–1983, and its American adaptation Robotech...
. In the recently released Shadow Chronicles movie, the location of the Invid Hive at Reflex Point is laid out over the Great Lakes of North America during the breifing before the final assault.
Reflex Point was the code name assigned to the location of the containment complex where the remains of the SDF-1 were buried after the Battle of New Macross City in 2014. The location is later referred to by the Army of the Southern Cross
Army of the Southern Cross
The Army of the Southern Cross is a fictional military organization in the Robotech universe. In the series´ second part, "The Robotech Masters", the ASC is the force tasked with defending Earth from the Robotech Masters, who came to retrieve the Protoculture Factory, following the failure of the...
as SX Point 83.
During the Second Robotech War, the Robotech Masters
Robotech Masters
-Robotech:In the fictional Robotech universe, the Robotech Masters are a species of humanoidswho mostly appear as triumvirates, native to Tirol, a moon of the planet Fantoma. According to the Jack McKinney novelizations , a Tirolian scientist named Zor discovered the Invid homeworld, and the...
sought to recover the hidden protoculture
Protoculture (anime)
is a term introduced in the 1982 Japanese animated television series Super Dimension Fortress Macross and adapted to the Americanized Robotech.-Macross definition:...
matrix. Its contents, the Invid Flower of Life, had already begun to break through the containment unit of the SDF-1 wreckage. In an act of desperation, Zor Prime
Zor Prime
Zor Prime is a fictional alien character from the Robotech universe, mapped onto the human character Seifriet Weiße from the Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross source material.-Fictional character biography:...
blew up a Tirolian Mothership above the three giant burial mounds in an attempt to wipe out the flowers. However, the attempt backfired as the blast only succeeded in spreading the spores around the Earth.
Within a year, the Invid Sensor Nebula pinpointed the growth of the Flower of Life on Earth and the Invid Invasion began. The Army of the Southern Cross and other Earth forces, already weakened by war with the Robotech Masters, were no match for the Invid
Invid (Robotech)
The Invid are a fictional alien race in the Robotech storyline. They appear in the New Generation portion of the series, which uses the animation of the unrelated Japanese series Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, so their on-screen behavior and appearance matches the antagonists of that series, called the...
. Reflex Point soon fell under the control of the Invid Queen, also known as the Regess.
After years of failed attempts to liberate the Earth, the returning Robotech Expeditionary Force launched a massive final assault to retake Reflex Point. Led by the SDF-4, the expedition utilized new Shadow Fighters and was prepared to use Neutron-S missiles to destroy Reflex Point and the Earth if the mission failed.
At the command of the Invid Regess, the Invid amassed their life forces and abandoned Reflex Point and the Earth. The departing burst of energy wiped out the Neutron-S missiles. Afterwards, the famed singer Yellow Dancer held a farewell concert near the ruins of Reflex Point to celebrate the end of the Third Robotech War.