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Animated Series · Season 2 · 2016 Setting
Young Justice: Invasion
RP Reference Card — The Team, The Light, The Reach & the Alien Invasion
7 Core Arcs9 Core Team3 Alien Factions10 Key Locations
◈Core Arcs · 7 story arcs
Season 2 — Invasion Story Arcs
Arc 01
Krolotean Invasion Prelude
Discovery of alien infiltrators on Earth. The Kroloteans are retaliating for the Justice League's mysterious "missing 16 hours" rampage on Rimbor. The Team raids alien outposts while Aqualad makes his shocking apparent defection to Black Manta and The Light.
Arc 02
Deep Cover Operation
Aqualad and Artemis (now Tigress) go deep undercover inside The Light and Black Manta's organisation — Artemis faking her own death to do so. Involves the deliberate destruction of Mount Justice as cover, brutal family vendettas from Sportsmaster and Cheshire, and Miss Martian's guilt over her psychic abuse of Aqualad's mind.
Arc 03
Search for the Original Roy Harper
Red Arrow (Will, the clone) becomes obsessed with finding the original Roy Harper, who was abducted by Cadmus years prior. The arc resolves with Arsenal's dramatic rescue — the real Roy missing a limb, hardened, and resentful of the years stolen from him.
Arc 04
Blue Beetle / Scarab Arc
Jaime Reyes battles constant internal struggle with his Reach-built scarab, which has its own agenda. Impulse arrives from the future carrying a warning — in his timeline, Blue Beetle becomes a destroyer enslaved by the Reach. Black Beetle presses hard for control, and Jaime's liberation becomes the season's emotional centrepiece.
Arc 05
Reach Public Alliance & Meta-Human Experiments
The Reach presents themselves publicly as benevolent alien allies. Behind the scenes they're abducting humans for meta-gene experiments to build an army. Lex Luthor recruits the surviving meta-human runaways for his own purposes. G. Gordon Godfrey's media manipulation fuels anti-hero sentiment and smooths the Reach's cover.
Arc 06
Warworld & Intergalactic Politics
The Team encounters Warworld — a massive artificial satellite and planet-killer — ruled by Mongul. Introduces cosmic-level stakes and Mongul as an unpredictable wildcard faction separate from both The Light and The Reach. Expands the series' scope beyond Earth.
Arc 07 — Season Finale
Climactic Endgame
Multi-squad simultaneous assaults on Magnetic Field Disruptors planted worldwide. The Reach-Light summit collapses into mutual betrayal. The invasion is repelled — but at devastating cost. Wally West makes a heroic sacrifice to stop a runaway disruptor and is lost in the Speed Force, with Bart Allen taking up the Kid Flash mantle in his honour.
◉The Team · core members, 2016
Core Field Operatives — Season 2
NW
Dick Grayson
Nightwing
Field Leader
Graduated from Robin to Nightwing. Coordinates operations from the Cave and Watchtower. Tactically brilliant but carries enormous guilt over the deep cover op's costs — particularly Wally's fate.
SB
Conner Kent
Superboy
Senior Member
Five years on the team have hardened Conner. Still powerful, still prone to anger, but more grounded. His on-again, off-again relationship with Miss Martian is strained by her use of psychic powers.
MM
M'gann M'orzz
Miss Martian
Telepath
Increasingly powerful — and increasingly willing to use psychic power as a weapon, including mind-wiping enemies. Her guilt over what she did to Kaldur and her strained relationship with Conner form her arc's emotional core.
AL
Kaldur'ahm
Aqualad
Deep Cover
Former leader now operating as a traitor within The Light and Black Manta's organisation — all part of a covert mission alongside Artemis. Bears the crushing weight of maintaining a villain persona while cut off from his teammates.
AR
Artemis Crock
Tigress
Undercover
Fakes her own death to join Aqualad undercover as "Tigress." Operates deep inside The Light while maintaining cover from everyone — including Wally. Her divided loyalties and emotional endurance define her Season 2 arc.
BB
Jaime Reyes
Blue Beetle
New Member
Bonded to an alien Reach scarab that speaks to him constantly. Central to the invasion arc — in Impulse's future, Jaime becomes an enslaved destroyer. His struggle to stay himself against the scarab's agenda is Season 2's beating heart.
BG
Garfield Logan
Beast Boy
Shape-Shifter
Miss Martian's adoptive younger brother figure. Enthusiastic, loyal, and still growing into his power. His bond with M'gann is one of the season's warmest relationships amid all the darkness.
KF
Wally West
Kid Flash
Semi-Retired
Stepped back from hero work, living a civilian life with Artemis — until her faked death drags him back. Returns for key moments. His sacrifice in the finale, absorbed into the Speed Force while stopping a runaway disruptor, ends Season 2 on a devastating note.
IM
Bart Allen
Impulse
Time Traveller
Arrives from a dark future as a self-styled "tourist" — his real mission: prevent Blue Beetle's apocalyptic fall to the Reach. Cheerful and irreverent on the surface, carrying the weight of a future he's trying to erase. Takes the Kid Flash mantle after Wally's sacrifice.
Other Active Team Members
Tim Drake · Robin
The new Robin. Competent and determined; operates as part of the wider Team structure.
Barbara Gordon · Batgirl
Active field operative. Pairs naturally with Robin and Nightwing for Bat-family missions.
Cassie Sandsmark · Wonder Girl
Powerful and increasingly confident. Handles heavy combat alongside Superboy.
Karen Beecher · Bumblebee
Shrinking/bio-electric sting powers. Bright and tactical; in a relationship with Mal Duncan.
Mal Duncan · Guardian
Ops support and combat. Later dons the Guardian suit. Mal and Karen's relationship is a grounding presence.
La'gaan · Lagoon Boy
Atlantean amphibian. Briefly in a relationship with Miss Martian. Proud and impulsive in combat.
Virgil Hawkins · Static
Joins later after the Reach meta-human experiments. Electromagnetic powers. Resourceful and quick-witted.
★Other Heroes · returning & allies
Returning & Supporting Heroes
WH
Will Harper
Red Arrow (Clone)
Clone / Ally
The Cadmus clone of Roy Harper who was Red Arrow in Season 1. Now consumed by guilt over his origins and obsession with rescuing the original Roy. Eventually succeeds — and must reckon with what he is.
RS
Roy Harper
Arsenal (Original)
Rescued
The real Roy Harper, found after years of Cadmus captivity. Missing an arm, hardened, and deeply bitter. Struggles to fit into a world that moved on without him. A loose cannon the Team can't fully contain.
AS
Adam Strange
Rann Liaison
Ally
Serves as a liaison between Earth and Rann during the Krolotean arc. Provides early intelligence on alien threats and access to interstellar resources the Team desperately needs.
Justice League — Oversight & Support
The League is constrained during much of Season 2 — the "missing 16 hours" incident left them under UN scrutiny and legally compromised. Batman, Green Arrow, and others operate from the shadows in a covert splinter group.
Batman
Orchestrates covert ops behind the scenes. Secretly leads a group of heroes acting outside official League oversight.
Green Arrow
Artemis's mentor. Maintains her cover even while believing she's dead, at great personal cost.
Black Canary
Team counsellor and combat trainer. Emotional anchor for Team members processing trauma.
Zatanna & Rocket
Now Justice League members. Appear in supporting roles with reduced screen presence from Season 1.
⚠Villains & Antagonists · The Light, The Reach & more
Primary Antagonistic Factions
The Light
Secret Cabal — Human Masterminds
A secret society of "enlightened" villains who believe chaos and adversity accelerate human evolution. In Season 2 they partner with alien powers for mutual gain — while intending to betray them all along. Key members: Vandal Savage (chairman), Lex Luthor, Black Manta (replaces Ocean Master), Queen Bee, Ra's al Ghul, Klarion the Witch Boy, The Brain, and Deathstroke (replaces Sportsmaster as enforcer).
The Reach
Alien Conquerors — Main Invaders
Insectoid alien empire that conquers worlds through a loophole — posing as benevolent until a planet invites them in, then exploiting it from within. Publicly present as Earth's allies while conducting secret meta-human experiments and preparing for full exploitation. Key figures: the Reach Ambassador (political face), Black Beetle (elite warrior agent), and scarab-controlled operatives embedded worldwide.
Kroloteans
Alien Infiltrators — Early Antagonists
Small, greedy, tech-stealing aliens initially retaliating for the Justice League's "missing 16 hours" rampage on Rimbor. Not conquering for ideology — just opportunistic theft. Eventually betrayed and discarded by both The Light and The Reach once their usefulness ends.
Notable Individual Villains
Black Manta
Aqualad's biological father. Light member. Ruthless undersea warlord — and unknowingly hosting his son undercover inside his own operation.
Sportsmaster
Artemis's father. Launches a personal vendetta against Aqualad and Nightwing when he suspects his daughter's death wasn't what it appeared.
Cheshire
Artemis's sister. Red Arrow's wife, mother of Lian. Her conflicted loyalties and vendetta arc with Sportsmaster give her surprising depth.
Black Beetle
The Reach's elite warrior enforcer. Fights at a physical level that challenges the entire Team. Tries to fully enslave Jaime's scarab.
Mongul
Ruler of Warworld. A cosmic-level wildcard — neither Light nor Reach. Introduces intergalactic scale to the conflict.
G. Gordon Godfrey
Media propagandist and anti-hero agitator. Smooths public opinion to favour the Reach — later revealed to have his own agenda entirely.
Despero
Gladiatorial alien. Appears in Warworld-adjacent confrontations. Serves as a brutal physical threat.
Deathstroke
Joins The Light as enforcer, replacing Sportsmaster. Clinical and supremely dangerous in close quarters.
Lobo
Bounty hunter. Brief early appearance — chaotic, unpredictable, and working for whoever pays.
Reach Ambassador
The Reach's smooth public face. Handles Earth diplomacy while the real invasion plan progresses behind closed doors.
◎Other Notable Characters · supporting cast
Supporting & Recurring Cast
Jade Nguyen
Cheshire. Red Arrow's wife and mother of Lian Nguyen-Harper. Her morally grey choices and family ties create one of Season 2's richest subplots.
Lian Nguyen-Harper
Will Harper and Jade's infant daughter. Her existence grounds Will's arc and complicates Jade's choices at every turn.
Tye Longshadow
Jaime Reyes's close friend. Gains meta powers via the Reach's experiments. Part of the meta-human runaway group — eventually recruited by Lex Luthor.
Aquagirl (Tula)
Kaldur's ex-girlfriend, referenced as deceased. Her death motivates significant character decisions and haunts the Atlantis-focused characters throughout the season.
Jim Harper
Will Harper's "uncle" — himself a Cadmus clone of the original Guardian. Their shared origins make their dynamic uniquely complicated.
Meta-Human Runaways
A group of teens who gained powers through Reach abductions and escaped. Eventually split — some join the Team, others are drawn into Luthor's orbit.
Wally West's fate: Wally's absence looms over the entire cast. His sacrifice in the finale leaves Artemis, Dick, and Bart all carrying grief in very different ways. The question of whether he's truly gone or lost in the Speed Force is left deliberately ambiguous.
⊕Key Locations · 10 locations
Season 2 — Key Locations
Mount Justice — The Cave
Happy Harbor, Rhode Island — Team HQ (Destroyed)
The Team's original base from Season 1. Deliberately destroyed as part of the deep cover operation to provide Aqualad and Artemis with a convincing defection cover story. Its loss marks a symbolic end to The Team's innocence.
The Watchtower
Earth Orbit — Primary HQ (Season 2)
The Justice League's orbital satellite headquarters becomes the Team's primary base of operations after the Cave's destruction. Site of the Starro endgame from Season 1 and now central to coordinating the alien invasion response.
Hall of Justice
Washington, D.C. — Public HQ
The League's public-facing headquarters. Site of major battles including the confrontation with Despero. Its symbolic importance makes it a target for enemies seeking to undermine public trust in the League.
Bialya
North Africa — Queen Bee's Nation
Returns as a hotspot for alien technology and Queen Bee's expanding influence. The Reach use it as a staging ground for some of their Earth-based operations, with Queen Bee's Light membership providing political cover.
Rann
Alien Planet — Early Arc Location
An inhabited alien world visited early in Season 2. The Team travels here to pursue Krolotean activities and get their first real taste of interstellar-scale conflict, aided by Adam Strange's connection to the planet.
Warworld
Deep Space — Artificial Satellite
A colossal artificial planet-killing satellite ruled by Mongul. Serves as a gladiatorial arena and weapons platform. Its appearance escalates the season's stakes from a planetary invasion to a genuine cosmic threat.
Atlantis
Beneath the Atlantic — Kaldur's Home
Revisited during character arcs centred on Aqualad's dual loyalties and Black Manta's operations. The death of Tula (Aquagirl) casts a long shadow over Atlantean scenes throughout the season.
Reach Flagship
Earth Orbit — Alien Command Ship
The Reach's primary command vessel in orbit over Earth. Houses the Ambassador, Black Beetle, and the alien leadership running the "alliance" with humanity. A key infiltration target for The Team in the final arc.
Global MFD Sites
Worldwide — Finale Battlegrounds
Magnetic Field Disruptors planted across the planet by the Reach as a fail-safe — if activated simultaneously, they would tear apart Earth's electromagnetic field. The season finale's multi-squad battle to deactivate them simultaneously defines the climax, and one site becomes the location of Wally's sacrifice.
Star City / Blüdhaven / Metropolis
USA — Regional Mission Sites
Various US cities serving as backdrops for Reach experiments, meta-human abductions, and Team field missions. Each carries the weight of its associated hero's territory and personal stakes in the invasion response.

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Late night, 2016 – Abandoned industrial park on the outskirts of Happy Harbor. You’ve been away from the spotlight for the full five years since the original Team’s early days and instead chose to operate in the shadows (the reasons why are up to you). Rumors of strange alien tech brought you back to the city tonight. You weren’t expecting to run into anyone… let alone the Team.

You crouched behind a rusted shipping container, watching the chaos unfold under the flickering floodlights. Energy blasts lit up the night as figures in familiar — yet evolved — costumes fought against sleek, insectoid alien drones.

A commanding voice called out:

“Nightwing to Team — flank left! Don’t let them transmit those scans!” Your heart skipped. That was Dick — now fully Nightwing, no longer Robin. He moved with even sharper precision than you remembered, escrima sticks crackling as he dismantled a drone mid-air.

Nearby, Superboy smashed through another drone with raw power, looking more mature and controlled. Hovering above them was Miss Martian, her form steady, projecting a telekinetic shield while coordinating with the others.

Then a green blur shifted into a large cat and pounced on a drone. As it reverted to human form, the teenager grinned wildly. Beast Boy — the kid you vaguely remembered as a child — was now clearly older and fully part of the roster.

One more figure caught your eye: a young hero in striking blue-and-black armor with glowing energy weapons. Blue Beetle — someone completely new — hovered and unleashed a powerful blast. “These Reach scarab drones are no joke! We gotta shut them down before they call backup!”

You shifted for a better view, accidentally kicking a loose piece of metal.

The small clang echoed.

Every head turned.

Nightwing’s lenses widened in pure shock. He froze for half a second — something rare for him.

“…User?”

Miss Martian’s eyes lit up with a mix of disbelief and overwhelming joy. She floated closer instantly, her voice cracking slightly.

“User?! Is that really you? After all this time… five years…”

Superboy landed with a heavy thud, crossing his arms but unable to hide a small, relieved smirk. “Well I’ll be damned. You finally decided to come back. We figured you’d moved on for good after the time skip.”

Beast Boy’s jaw dropped. “Whoa, wait — this is the User? The original Team User?! Dude, I’ve heard so many stories!”

Blue Beetle lowered slightly, scarab tech powering down as he stared curiously. “Wait, you know this person? Hermano/a, nice entrance. Bad timing with the drones though.”

Nightwing signaled the others to keep watch on the remaining drones while he stepped forward, looking up at your position. His tone carried the weight of leadership, but also genuine warmth and the history between you.

“It’s been a long five years. Wally retired. Artemis too. Aqualad’s… on his own path right now. We’ve got new threats — these Reach aliens are playing a much bigger game. And yeah, we’ve picked up some new members along the way.”

He gestured to Blue Beetle and Beast Boy. “But seeing you here tonight? This feels like old times… in the best way.”

Miss Martian smiled softly, though her expression showed lingering worry.

“We missed you. A lot. Whatever kept you away… we don’t have to talk about it right now. But if you’re back — even for one night — we could really use your help.”

A fresh wave of drones began powering up near the far warehouse. Nightwing twirled his sticks, already shifting back into combat stance.

“So… what do you say, old friend? Drop in, help us take these things down, and catch up after? Or are you just passing through?”

Beast Boy shifted excitedly into a gorilla again. “C’mon! Join the new-and-improved Team for a round!”

Blue Beetle formed a cannon with his armor. “Yeah, reunion later — alien bugs now!”

The fight was heating up again. Nightwing looked straight at you, extending a hand in invitation.

“Your call, User. Welcome back… if you’re staying.”

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