Tyrusian

The Tyrusians are a race of humanoids from Invasion America.

Biology
Humanoid beings from the planet Tyrus. The Tyrusians are recognizable by very slim, long eyes, deep temples, and various mental abilities. When threatened or angered, their eyes seem to involuntarily turn solid black; refer also to the  Eye Dilation Greeting. Many resemble humans enough that Tyrusians have been able to successfully infiltrate human society and even rise through the ranks of the U.S. military, and have been doing so since the mid-20th century. Tyrusian possess psychic abilities though these powers are not very clearly defined, but seem mainly centered on telekinetic abilities. Tyrusians are compatible enough to breed with humans.

History
In the early 1980s where humanoid aliens from the planet Tyrus begin to initiate their plans for making contact with Earth. Cale-Oosha, the ruler of Tyrus, looks into his uncle's project with Earth. However, his uncle, The Dragit, claims that their dying planet ought to invade Earth and take hold of its resources. Cale refuses, and a civil war breaks out.

Cale and Rafe, his bodyguard, trainer, and trusted friend, escape to Earth, disguising themselves as humans. Cale meets Rita Carter, a human woman; he falls in love with her, and they marry. After a long time of running from the Dragit's forces on Earth, Cale returns to Tyrus to help strengthen his loyalist forces, the Ooshati, leaving Rita and their young son, David, under Rafe's protection.

In the present day, when the Dragit finally finds the family, he is determined to kill them, and David Carter's teenage life is thrown into a devastating adventure of stopping the Dragit, losing and gaining friends, and finding out just who he is.

Culture
Tyrusian culture span ten thousand years old.
 * Eye Dilation Greeting  - Without any particular term, this is often a sign of greeting and identifying people. This occurs when the greeter seems to turn his or her retina inside out and back again, and in turn, the greeted person's retina turns outside in, both accompanied by a blue luminescence in the eye. How Tyrusians identify one another with this greeting is unknown.
 * Ooshati  - The name applied to an organized band of resistance fighters led by Cale-Oosha. When the Dragit usurped Cale's rule nearly two decades ago and announced his intentions to invade Earth, not everyone was happy with the change in the monarchy. Composed mainly of Tyrusians, those few humans who know of the invasion also count themselves among their number. The Ooshati are, as a people, willing to fight (and if necessary, die) for their beliefs. Actual numbers are unknown, but there have never been many. The main goal of the Ooshati is to see Cale back on the throne of Tyrus, and to bring Earth and Tyrus together peacefully.

Tyrusian language

 * "Yosh"  – A Tyrusian exclamation meaning "awesome, cool."
 * "Oosha"  - Translates roughly as 'ruler' or, more exactly, as 'ruler of us all.' The title of the given planetary leader of Tyrus. There is no average length of rule, and terms have ranged from one day to nearly eighty years.
 * "Dragit"  - A term only applied to one ruler in Tyrusian history, we may assume that this is a title usually applied to a regent, or to one who is within the royal family but not in the direct line of succession (barring the death or departure of the current leader and/or the absence any heirs to the throne). The Dragit himself seems to have chosen to retain the title throughout his entire life, to the point that his real name has been lost from recorded history.
 * "Erdlufi"  – 'Erd' literally means 'Earth' and 'Lufi' means 'people.' Quite literally, 'people of Earth.' Like a number of Earth languages (Spanish, for instance), Tyrusian has both masculine and feminine forms of certain words. For example, 'Luf' is the both the singular and masculine form of the word 'people,' and can mean either 'person' or 'man' respectively. 'Lufa' is the singular feminine version, and can also be translated literally as 'woman' or, as in the case of the Lufa Kinlo, 'lady.'
 * "Kek'luf"  - A swear word favored by the Dragit. From what we can gather, 'Kek' means 'nothing,' and 'Luf' means 'person.' To have this term applied to you means that you are a worthless person, or a waste of space.

Tyrusian technology

 * Exotar  - A thin glove able to fit on the right or left hand of the Oosha as a sign of power and authority. Rafe states it was used by eight hundred of David's ancestors. Cale initially wore the glove, and eventually it was passed onto David. The Exotar enhances the Tyrusian powers of the user, allowing David to cut the very fibers of branches, hurl objects (as well as manipulating them in other ways), and even use it as a type of detector. At one point, David used it like a flashbang grenade, momentarily blinding Tall Men and preventing them from capturing him. If anyone without royal blood tries to wear the Exotar, it crushes their hand. The creation of the Exotar remains a mystery.
 * Arbus  - A Tyrusian hand weapon roughly equivalent to an Earth pistol, with as much (if not more) stopping power as a .45 caliber handgun. Usually requires slight telekinetic abilities to fire, although only minor modifications are required for humans to be able to use them. The weapon is silvery, crescent-shaped, and has two small twin barrels set very close together. Usually worn on a harness over the chest, it can be drawn using telekinesis. The arbus fires interlacing twin energy beams (that somewhat resemble glowing DNA strands) powerful enough to blast through almost any material. Unknown power supply, but it never needs recharging. The color of the beam (green or gold) is dictated by which side the wielder is on.
 * Ar'kron  - A much heavier design based on the arbus, this weapon packs a slightly stronger punch, and often sees use as a ranged weapon. Good over long distances, but the weight tends to throw off aim during close encounters, although some people find the size reassuring. When paired with a temple piece modified as a sight, it is also useful as a sniping rifle.
 * Temple Piece  - Like the Exotar, these devices boost a Tyrusian's mental abilities, although not to the same degree. Anyone can wear these, and in their normal form, they resemble a metallic framework with a retractable amber visor worn over the eyes. They may also be disguised as a less noticeable pair of sunglasses with only minor modifications. They can also be used as recording devices, and can be programmed to give vital statistics and so forth. See the Ooshati during the attack on the underground base for examples.
 * Comm-Orb  - A universal device used by Tyrusians. Some are used for controlling vehicles like a Raider or David's motorcycle, while others are for communication, spying and viewing activities. How these communication devices are linked is unknown, but Doc fixed his broken one using tools he owns on Earth. These orbs are only powered and used by Tyrusian energies, which may explain why anyone of the Oosha family make naturally better pilots as their energies appear stronger.
 * Tachyon Drive  - The Tyrusian version of faster-than-light (FTL) speed, a method of crossing interstellar distances. Tachyons are hypothetical particles with a theoretical ability to travel faster than the speed of light. Long ago, Tyrusian scientists hit upon a way of harnessing the strength of the reaction between matter-antimatter pairs. In order to engage tachyon drive, they use a form of particle acceleration to emit this energy as a highly-concentrated beam of tachyons, amplify the process and produce a high-momentum outflow of particles that consumes enough internal energy to perfectly balance the gain in kinetic energy. Proof that while the light speed barrier can be broken, the law of conservation of energy cannot. It is this process that allows their ships to use anti-gravity fields (so that they can both hover and maintain artificial gravity at almost no energy cost).
 * Standard Raider  - This red ship of original design holds an interior able to carry approximately twenty men, and can be controlled via a Tyrusian's powers over an orb, usually holding two pilots. It has fast, short-ranged blasters of rapid firing power, though the shots are far slower than human guns and missiles. Its capacity and interesting design, however, makes it an effective medical, rescue, scout, and fighter ship. Raiders also have the ability to jump in and out of a planet's atmosphere, thus avoiding the high, destructive temperatures.
 * Ooshati Raider  – A Raider that is green in color and very similar to the Standard Raider of multitudes. An interesting note is that every Ooshati Raider is slightly damaged in some area. These Raiders do not have the full four protruding prongs, but two larger ones at the top and two much smaller "wings." They are much bulkier than the Standard counterpart, but are much more powerful, accurate, and can travel across galaxies. Ooshati Raiders also have an interesting stealth mode, able to turn virtually invisible. These are used in effective guerrilla tactics against the Dragit.
 * Rita's Dream  - Cale's personal Raider, possibly customized and upgraded to fight faster and more quickly than other Raiders with even longer range. Whether or not this is due to the fact of being directly under the influence of a powerful Tyrusian (Cale) or upgrades is undetermined.
 * Tyrusian Mother Ship  - A carrier imitating a long centipede. Its only defense is a powerful frontal blaster and the long row of some seventy-five short-ranged Raiders lined along its spine. These Raiders are attached by their rears to this spine and, when ready, are thrust into movement by the turning of the rows of ships. A certain weak spot of this turning device can be destroyed to successfully blow up every single ship along the spine, a dangerous frontal attack tactic.