History Characters / TerraInvicta

* DayOfTheJackboot: Downplayed. [[spoiler:While the Servants ultimately resort to GasMaskMooks to enforce the Hydras' will, they otherwise rule with a relatively lighter hand, as much of the population would have already been brainwashed into embracing their new order.]

* DayOfTheJackboot: [[spoiler:Territories occupied by the Hydras are generally implied to be unpleasant places to live. Though this is less to do with intentional malice and more with both overseeing xenoforming operations and prioritizing their own kind over the surviving human population.]]

* NoPlaceForMeThere: Judith is aware that [[spoiler:she would likely be assassinated even after brainwashing much of the planet, hoping instead that her vision would be vindicated. That doesn't stop her from maintaining an army of GasMaskMooks and heavy security, however.]]

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even by the standards of the Initiative, there are certain lines that Soren won't cross. As much as he gives little regard for the lives of his underlings, he won't waste them needlessly. Moreover, in spite of his [[WarForFunAndProfit arms dealing]], he considers bloodshed and open conflict as wasteful, if not undesirable, unless there's a good reason for it.
* JerkassHasAPoint: For all his BadBoss tendencies, some of Soren's quotes show that he does make some rather valid and pragmatic points that ultimately benefit the Initiative in the long run, such as how innovations need to be both groundbreaking ''and'' financially viable to stick.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Project Exodus tries to maintain a public image of being a group of enterprising dreamers and scientists seeking to push the boundaries of space exploration. This is both done to gradually ease humanity into the idea of escaping to a new homeworld [[spoiler:and conceal the fact that only a handful of the human population will realistically be able to leave]].

* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:Downplayed, in that it's only in regards to the Protectorate and Initiative, but their ending has humanity as TheDragon to the Hydras, as their willingness to actually ''talk'' with their masters instead of reflexively appeasing them led them to realize that the Hydras' initial plan was outright cruel; they successfully leverage their loyalty to negotiate a better place for humanity in their empire.]]

* EvilIsEasy: The Servants have the designated easy campaign. This is in part because the aliens will take actions that benefit the Servants.

* SociopathicSoldier: Castillo places very little value on human life, seeing people as tools to be used and expended as needed. During his war crimes trial in 2015, Castillo proudly declared that WarIsHell and that he did what was necessary to neutralize a potential threat, and mocked the court for their idealism.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Initially brushed off as delusional zealots and traitors, the Servants [[spoiler:wind up being getting a considerably better deal with the Hydras than the Protectorate could ever pull off]].

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Even in the event of the Servants succeeding in their plans on handing Earth to the Hydras, she has contingencies in place to rally surviving nations and rebel movements around the Resistance.]]

* ScienceHero: Khalid certainly sees himself as one, given his fascination with space exploration and genuine intelligence. At the same time however, he purposefully plays this up to garner more support towards Project Exodus.

%%* MysteriousPurple: The color associated with the aliens, as well as the Servants who venerate them.

* MysteriousPurple: The color associated with the aliens, as well as the Servants who venerate them.

* EarlyGameHell: The Academy gets an extra dose of early game hell - in addition to all the regular challenges any other faction would face, once the goals of the Hydras are realized, they take a large hit to global public opinion and suffer roughly half of their control points being cracked down for an entire year, meaning they give the Academy no benefits and are very easily taken by other factions. Arguably just as bad, even if the Academy manages to avoid losing too many control points and manages to fill their control point cap again, when those cracked down control points come back online, they can find themselves far over their cap and forced to abandon many nations or suffer many valuable control points again being easy pickings for the other factions.

* PunyEarthlings: How they measure up to humans is... complicated. It soon becomes clear that the Hydras are ''tough''. Early in the game, you find out that a typical member of the species is two meters, or about 6'6", tall on average. They have [[SpareBodyParts multiple redundant organs]], a majority of which must be taken out rapidly to put them down with anything other than [[MoreDakka heavy machine gun fire]]. And their pherocytes allow them to effectively MindControl other creatures just by proximity. However, they have no natural weapons beyond simply using their bare hands, they lack humanity's endurance and natural throwing ability, and it's noted that a human of the same size would be all-around stronger than a hydra. There is also one particular weakness that comes up later, and is especially important to Humanity First's win condition: [[spoiler:though long-lived, they have a low population and very low birth rate, leaving them extremely vulnerable to plague. Humanity First uses this to engineer a bioweapon to destroy them]].

* EvilIsEasy: The Servants have the designated easy campaign.

* BeneathTheMask: For all of Fiona's jadedness, there's still a spark of wide-eyed optimism and a hope for a better world, no matter how realistic that might be.

* BreadAndCircuses: Explicitly invoking South Africa's ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zef Zef]]'' counterculture, believes that so long as people get what they want, preferably at minimal expense to his bottom line, they will accept whatever the Initiative has in store. And if they don't, they could always be bought off in one way or another.

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: [[spoiler:Averted. They worship the Hydras, but they aren't stupid enough to think their initial, rather insulting, offer was really the best humanity could hope for.]]

* VoluntaryVassal: Compared to the Protectorate, the Servants not only want Earth to welcome the Hydras with open arms and praise [[spoiler:but in the process, also seek to give humanity a higher, more favorable position within the hierarchy itself. Though it involves spreading mind-controlling pheromones, their plan turns out to be more successful.]]

* LetThePastBurn: Downplayed. While Khalid puts preserving humanity's culture and history into account, he also considers Project Exodus' end-goal as a perfect opportunity to start from a clean slate. Hoping that perhaps this time, mankind will not repeat the same mistakes.

** As the Protectorate starts JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, some of its members [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere either grow disillusioned or join the other factions]], evidently unwilling to be complicit with what its leadership are willing to do in the name of appeasing the Hydras.

** The Initiative is also all too happy to help Project Exodus launch its arkship, not simply for the corporate kickbacks or as a backup insurance policy [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere in case things go bad]]. [[spoiler:It's also because Project Exodus acts as a convenient dumping ground for potential troublemakers and those who wouldn't fit in with the Initiative's nascent new world order.]]

** The Initiative is also all too happy to help Project Exodus launch its arkship, not simply as an backup insurance policy or for the corporate kickbacks. [[spoiler:It's also because Project Exodus acts as a convenient dumping ground for potential troublemakers and those who wouldn't fit in with the Initiative's nascent new world order.]]

* PragmaticVillainy: Even the rapacious Initiative will put some effort into stopping GlobalWarming and generally maintaining order. Though this is more to mitigate potential opposition and to consolidate power than anything else.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even by the standards of the Initiative, there are certain lines that Soren won't cross. As much as he gives little regard for the lives of his underlings, he won't waste them needlessly. Moreover, in spite of his [[WarForFunAndProfit arms dealing]], he considers bloodshed and open conflict to be undesirable unless there's a good reason for it.
* KarmaHoudini: Despite being criticized by activists over his labor practices and arms dealing, which have led to more than a few high-profile court battles, Soren has a knack for getting away with none the wiser.

* ToWinWithoutFighting: PlayedWith. He's all for more power and control, so long as ''he's'' not the one pulling the trigger. As such, he considers it much more prudent to either pull the right strings, intimidate foes to submission, or have others do the dirty work for the Initiative.

* DayOfTheJackboot: [[spoiler:Territories occupied by the Hydras are generally implied to be unpleasant places to live. Though this is less to do with intentional malice and more with prioritizing both xenoforming operations and their own kind over the surviving human population.]]

* PurposefullyOverpowered: Downplayed. The Hydras field technology and weaponry that's generally superior to whatever equivalent humanity has, though not ''so'' overpowered as to be impossible to counter. That said, even a fully state-of-the-art Earth fleet would have to tread carefully when facing down its Alien counterpart.

* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: They're a race of bipedal StarfishAliens with red tendrils danging from their mouths.

* BecomeTheirOwnAntithesis: Kiran Banerjee started his political career as a protestor, being shot by the police officer while protesting forced sterilization by the authoritarian nanny state in control of his home country of India during !![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India) The Emergency of 1975-77]]. He then went on to become an active humanitarian leader, ultimately rising to the UN. By the end of the Protectorate campaign, [[spoiler: he has formed his own authoritarian nanny state in subservience to the Aliens and has obliterated the UN as well as a sizable chunk of New York City.]]