The Mechanoid Invasion

"The Mechanoid Invasion" (and its source books, supplements and sequels) was the first role-playing game from Palladium Books, conceived and written by Kevin Siembieda.

"The Mechanoid Invasion" centered around a powerful, malevolent, and numerous race of bio-driven machines that had come to invade a planet called Gideon E that was colonized by humans. In its original edition, the game was published as a series of three comic-book sized sourcebooks: [ [http://www.epinions.com/content_50288823940 Monster Robots From Outer Space - Kevin Siembieda - Rifts Sourcebook Two Mechanoids - Epinions.com ] ] The first, The Mechanoid Invastion, dealt with the eponymous invasion of Gideon E, the second, Journey, dealt with human survivors living within a mechanoid mothership after the destruction of the Gideon E colony and introduced "minor magic and some psionics [ [http://palladiumbooks.com/profile.html Company Profile ] ] ", and the third, Homeworld, dealt with the Mechanoid homeworld itself. The first book was revised and republished in an expanded form in 1985 [ [http://www.azer.co.uk/rmech.html The Vortex Rifts Mechanoids ] ] , and then all three as one compiled work in 1998 [ [http://home.kih.net/~sbundy/pal-faq.html#Section11 The Palladium FAQ ] ] .

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