The Alien Alliance
The alien coalition consisted of several disparate races. Assembling this alliance was a major diplomatic victory for the Dominators, considering the animosities many of the members shared for one another (particularly the three races of the Vega system). As it worked out, the Dominators provided the overall strategy for the invasion, with input from each member world while the Khunds acted as the shock troops for the first wave of attack that overran Australia. Each member world was then tasked with invading or subverting a particular sphere of influence:
| Dominators: | the driving force behind the Alliance and the invasion of Earth, and consequently the Alliance's de facto leaders |
| Khunds: | a brutish race of humanoid warriors |
| Thanagarians: | Hawkman's people, now living under a fascist police state |
| Gil'Dishpan: | an aquatic race of conquerors that live within hovering, armed and armored cybernetic shells |
| Durlans: | a race of shapeshifters (see Chameleon Boy) |
| Warlords of Okaara: | a race of warmasters from the Vegan star system |
| Citadelians: | the twisted clone-race that comprised the armies of the Vega system empire known as The Citadel |
| Daxamites: | the seemingly mild-mannered humanoids who acquire Kryptonian-type abilities under a yellow sun, but are vulnerable when exposed to lead |
| Psions: | yet another species from the Vega system, a reptilian race of amoral scientists, the result of ancient experiments in genetic engineering by beings who would one day become the Guardians of the Universe |
- The Warlords of Okaara launched a major attack on European Russia. They battled Firestorm and the combined Soviet metahuman forces, led by the Rocket Red Brigade.
- The Durlans infiltrated Cuba, kidnapping and then replacing Fidel Castro and leading members of the Cuban government and army. They were unmasked by the Flash and Manhunter.
- The Gil'Dishpan established a major underwater base of operations within the Arctic Ocean, fighting the Doom Patrol, the Sea Devils, and military forces from Atlantis.
- The Khund spread out over many islands in Oceania, fighting both the United States Marine Corps and a number of heroes, including Power Girl, Firestorm, Firehawk, and the fifth Starman.
- The Psions conducted secret experiments on humans in Gotham City.
- The Alliance also launched a raid on Wonder Woman's home of Paradise Island.
Additionally, some members of the Alliance were tasked with specific areas of responsibility and played little part in the military operations side. The Citadelians were given charge of administering the Alliance's vast Gulag of potential opponents and experimental subjects; the Psions were charged with (or left alone to) conducting biological research on humans; and the Daxamites were largely an observer group, providing medical and scientific assistance to the Alliance.
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