Mimic

The Mimics are a species of aliens from the 2014 film Edge of Tomorrow and the Japanese manga the film was based on, in which they serve as the main antagonists.

Origin
The Mimics first arrived in a meteor which hit the Earth near the city of Hamburg in Germany, from which they began to spread across Europe, killing millions of people.

Variants
Drones: Drones are the most common form of mimics. They do not contain the ability to reset time upon death. They are fairly large creatures composed of a ductile material, allowing them to rapidly shift and contort into different shapes and forms at incredible speeds. They are also capable of expelling large, explosive projectiles from their backs. They often hide buried underground until an intruder walks by, after which they will burst forth and erratically attack their targets.

Alphas: Alphas are larger, blue variants of Drones, and are psychologically-interconnected to the Omega; if an Alpha Mimic dies, a response is instantly triggered in the Omega that causes it to turn back time while retaining knowledge of the potential future. This mechanic allows the Mimics to adapt to any combat strategy since they are capable of continuously turning back time until a favorable outcome is reached.

According to Dr. Carter, Alpha Mimics are rare, only appearing about 1 in 6.18 million times.

Omega:  The Omega is the central intelligence of the Mimics. It is a massive, hive-like organism that conceals a glowing brain-like core. An Omega is linked to all Mimics and possesses the ability to turn back time in order to continuously retry different battle strategies until the Mimics win. This ability has been used countless times by the Omega to allow the Mimics to lay siege to nearly all of Central Europe.

All You Need Is Kill (オール・ユー・ニード・イズ・キル Ōru Yū Nīdo Izu Kiru?)
In the book, the Mimics are described to look like bloated frogs slightly smaller than humans with four legs and a tail. They are extremely heavy and strong, being silicon-based life forms; their insides are filled with what appears to be a sand-like substance but is actually nanites, as it turns out that the mimics are machines sent by an alien race to terraform the planet before their arrival. A 50 mm round is required to pierce their armor. In addition to all this, they can fire projectiles called javelins from vents in their body that have the equivalent power of a 40 mm round.

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