Viltrumite War

The Viltrumite War ranks among the most defining clashes in the history of the Viltrumite race, serving as the final reckoning between the Coalition of Planets and the empire that had spent generations subjugating the galaxy. It brings down the curtain on the Thragg Era, the stretch of Viltrumite history defined by relentless outward expansion.

Battle lines stretch across an enormous span of space, reaching Earth, drifting asteroid fields, and numerous conquered worlds, all the way to the empire's own capital. On one side stand millions of allied fighters bound by decades of shared strategy; on the other, a shrinking core of pure-blooded Viltrumites hiding behind the armies they have enslaved.

The road to open war begins once Conquest resurfaces and Nolan throws in with the Coalition. Having uncovered the empire's buried vulnerabilities, Coalition leader Thaedus sends Nolan, Allen, and Telia to hunt down the assets catalogued in Nolan's writings, a search that also draws the wandering legend Space Racer into the cause. Nolan and Allen then return to Earth to bring Nolan's sons, Mark and Oliver Grayson, along with the human called Tech Jacket, into the coming fight, and after a hard conversation the recruits agree to help.

On the way back to Talescria the group is ambushed by Conquest, Lucan, and Kradd; the drawn-out brawl ends with Conquest falling to Invincible. Over roughly two months the Coalition drives forward, liberating one occupied world after another. Aided by a mole planted in their ranks, the Viltrumites strike back by invading Talescria, hoping to wipe out the Coalition and avenge the murder of their old emperor by killing Thaedus. That assault collapses when the Grayson family arrives, forcing the invaders to fall back to their home planet, where every remaining Viltrumite gathers for a last stand.

The closing battle unfolds above and across Viltrum itself. Losses mount heavily on both sides, and Thaedus is struck down by Grand Regent Thragg. In the end the allied forces shatter the empire's grip on the universe and tear the capital planet apart, leaving the surviving Viltrumites scattered and stripped of resources.

The war frees every world once held under the empire's dominance. Conquest lies dead by Invincible's hand, Thaedus has been killed by Thragg, and Viltrum itself is destroyed by the allied forces. With their leader gone, the Coalition names Allen its new head. Casualties on both sides run deep, including Conquest, Thaedus, Kradd, and Torth, alongside many enslaved aliens and Talescrian citizens.

Only about thirty-six pure-blooded Viltrumites remain. Under Thragg's command they abandon the ruins of their empire and slip away toward Earth to begin a contingency plan that becomes the Great Resurgence. With the capital gone, a single Viltrumite cruiser survives the conflict, since the rest of the fleet had been stationed on the planet when it fell.