Vex

Invader Vex, a former Engineer and top scientist back on allied Vort, is a cunning and witty invader with a customized PAK (customized by himself, of course) and a synthetic skin disguise. The defective but capable Vex is always ready for a challenge.

Before Invading

Vex as a newborn smeet.

In the first two hundred years of Vex's life, he worked on Vort (an Irken ally at the time), inventing many new kinds of commonplace Irken equipment such as engine and power systems for starships, artificial intelligence brains, and even many components in The Massive itself! This is also where he met Invader Vax and Invader Xav, fellow scientists and friends, and served as an engineering mentor for Invader Ark. Vex developed a sibling-like relationship with Ark, and gave her the nickname "little sister".

During his career on Planet Vort, Vex created his durable and dangerous starship: the Blade Runner. He subsequently used it throughout his career as an invader and upgraded it many times.

Invader Vex's Inventions are used all over the Irken Empire, and are some of the best in quality and efficiency, although most are quite expensive to manufacture, unfortunately.

It was quickly observed that Vex was defective even as a smeet. His unquenchable thirst for knowledge got him in trouble many times for eavesdropping, breaking through firewalls and lockout programs to access more data, and later in life, even replacing most of his PAK components for maximum energy and data storage. Unlike most defectives, however, Vex is not and was never destructive or impulsive, although it cannot be said that he is "normal".

As an Invader

Vex, in his earlier Military Years.

After taking extensive military training in only seventy five years, Vex became an Irken Elite. For the next 30 years, he fought across the galaxy as an Elite and began to create his own SIR unit: The Versatile Information Retrieval, or VIR unit.( VIR- Vex's SIR unit) Vex was then promoted to Invader for Operation Impending Doom Two, and assigned to search out Vortian refugees living on the other planets in Vort's star system during a secret briefing between Vex and the Tallest. The primary concern was that the rather intelligent Vortians would form a powerful resistance against the Irkens, especially since the Vortians possessed schematics for most of the ships in the Irken Armada.

Vex fighting on Vort.

Vex raiding a Vortian lab

CONQUEST!

After a short and un-publicized sweep, Vex destroyed presumably all Vortian copies of Irken schematics, and all Vortian refugee camps. Vex's destruction of these camps left only one survivor: a small Vortian scientist named Lard Nar. Shortly After Lard Nar started The Resisty, Vex was assigned to infiltrate and destroy the small but determined group.

Vex's Human disguise.

Vex was then sent to planet Earth to clean up after Invader Zim, making sure that the humans were unaware of the Irkens and of Zim. During this time, he was assigned to complete various missions including infiltrating and exposing locations of the members of The Resisty after the loss of their capital ship. Most of them turned up on Foodcourtia, eventually. Vex was almost discovered by Agent Disembodied head, but Vex cornered him and smashed his head into a wall, the damage making him forget about Vex entirely.

As for his appearance, Vex still wears his customized scientist's robe and gloves. He has specialized multifunction boots, and his customized upside-down teardrop shaped PAK holds nearly every tool Vex would ever need.

Some of Vex's weapons.

Vex's fully equipped PAK.

Vex with a handgun!

After Invasion

Vex and Vax in "The Growing Darkness"

While Vex still maintains the status of Invader, he has finished his career in Operation Impending Doom 2. Vex spends most of his time in his space station inventing, or on a planet of his choosing. He frequently meets with friends, and they do still engage in many perilous activities.

Vex and Jib in "The Return of the Meekrob... Again"

One of such activities was Vex's helping of Vax in The Growing Darkness event, where he helped Vax travel to Earth to locate some dark matter. When they were ambushed by Knox, Vex and STARE helped the others escape. Another instance would be Vex's involvement in King Nark's invasion where he led VIR and LIR throughout Nark's palace via wireless instructions and schematics. Vex enjoys these exploits, as it reminds him of his career as an Irken Special Operations Elite. Vex and Jib were been presumed dead after their infiltration of the later destroyed Meekrob base on Planet Dot Dot Dot, and were working undercover to put a stop to the invasion of Z-14 by Nightmare Clod's army.

Personality

Vex using his Bio-Electricity manipulator.

Vex is very outgoing when it comes to his work, and is thoroughly dedicated to it. Having attended years of specialized engineering training, Vex is mainly and engineer, but is also qualified as a physicist, surgeon, astrophysicist, and a Irken Invader, and is dedicated to each one of these as well.

Out of work, Vex can either be found in his study or his laboratory, simply experimenting with new things. He also does enjoy flying, and takes frequent trips in a Flash Runner to exciting solar systems and exciting planets, often those unknown or unmapped by the Empire.

Vex is a bit narcissistic, but is nonetheless willing to help his friends with most issues they have, which often lands him in dangerous or odd situations. Because of his natural curiosity and need for discovery, Vex does sometimes enjoy these adventures and explorations.

Relationships

• VIR- As Vex's SIR unit, VIR is a loyal ally and one of Vex's greatest tools both in battle and in the laboratory.
• Invader Vax- Vex and Vax are friends, and Vex often contacts him when in need of assistance. They have worked together quite often, but Vex has noticed that Vax has gained an obsession with the paranormal, and keeps a watchful eye on Vax, fearing that he might one day become like Knox, Vex's and Vax's predecessor.
• Invader Plazatrax- Vex sees Plazatrax as a helpful ally, with his databanks always filled with information useful to Vex's various projects. They are friends.
• Nightmare Vex- Vex sees his Nightmare counterpart as either a great ally or a dangerous enemy, depending on the situation at hand. As his exact mental and physical equal, Vex is not intimidated by him.
• Invader Zim- Vex is amused by Zim's various blunders, but despises him for destroying his lab on Vort when Zim created an Infinite Energy Absorbing Blob during his training. Vex is often surprised by Zim's apparent inability to stay hidden. During Vex's mission to Earth, he had to brainwash an entire theatre that Zim crashed into in a giant metal pig.
• Invader Mez- Vex and Mez have quite a bit in common. As Mez once pointed out, "Great minds think alike!" They assist each other with many different experiments and missions and are good friends.
• Invader Jib- Vex is good friends with Jib. Vex often helps Jib update and refine his equipment. Vex helped design Jib's mechanical eye and arm.
• Invader Zyl- Vex knows Zyl only as a customer, but now knows that he is Jib's mortal enemy. This fact leads Vex to like him less.
• Invader Xav- Vex and Xav share interests in the scientific world, and are good friends. Vex, Xav, and Vax often meet at the nearest good Irken Coffee house to discuss their scientific discoveries.
• Commander Thresh- Vex and Thresh are good friends. They have worked together on many missions, but first met of Vort, where Thresh was assigned to investigate and destroy a large blob creature that killed Almighty Tallest Miyuki.
• Invader Ark- Vex has a sibling-like relationship with Ark, and during his mentoring of Ark as an engineer on Vort, he nicknamed her "little sister."
• Plixx- Vex and his Technician Plixx have worked together for years, and are good friends, seeing as they both enjoy the fascinating world of science. Vex is Plixx's boss, but Plixx is more like an apprentice to Vex.
• Irken Elite Crux- Vex supplies Crux with weapons and equipment, and admires his mental and physical prowess. Crux reminds Vex of his younger self. They are friends.
• Graf- Vex is Graf's employer, and is grateful of Graf's prolonged service with him.
• Vira- Vex is strongly opposed to Vira's operations against Irken troops and citizens, knowing that she has killed almost a hundred of her own species.
• Hakk- Hakk and Vex are enemies. They have tried to kill each other on a number of occasions, but they are fairly evenly matched. Vex is currently unaware of Hakk's operations.
• Lurk- Vex thinks that Lurk is quite eccentric, but they are friends nevertheless. Vex does not know about Lurk's mission to Robloxia, however, so doesn't judge him on any events that may have happened there.
• LIR- Vex thinks LIR is actually quite annoying, but will tolerate him because of his fighting abilities and help while on missions.

Vex's disguise for his mission to the Vortian system.

Facts of Doom

Vex Infiltrating the Resisty!

Vex working on his ship's ion converter.

Vex despises the publicized nature of Operation Impending Doom Two, believing that compromising information is much more likely to leak.

Because of his importance, the Tallest granted him permission to install a bioelectricity manipulator into VIR.

Vex occasionally formulates plans to overthrow the tyrannical control brains and regain real Irken leadership for the Empire.

Despite Vex not being all that much older than Zim, he must disguise himself as an adult Human on Earth, and a non-Vortian refugee when in the Vortian system.

Vex invented advancements in transmission equipment that allows any interstellar transmissions to travel past the speed of light, allowing for long distance calls throughout the galaxy while traveling near the speed of light. This technology resides inside all modern pieces of Irken equipment, including The Massive and all main control brains.

Vex owns a PAK-less clone of himself for an organ donor if he is ever severely injured. The clone is hooked up to a life support system to keep it alive.

Vex owns a battle cruiser called the Plague Runner and is a licensed fleet commander. He has a crew of highly trained pilots and gunners aboard the ship with him at all times.

Vex's synthesized skin disguise makes him impervious to dangerous Earthly substances like heavy-ion water and meat.

As one of the main military equipment providers for the Irken Empire, Vex either has invented or can easily get his hands on equipment and weapons needed for each mission he completes.

Quotes

"Just because perfection is unattainable does not mean we should strive for any less."

"The enemy is only another algorithm. Simplify it, solve it, and set it in its place."

"I never liked thermodynamics... Its limitations are so dull, aren't they?"

"What's more frightening: To know that the path is infinite, or to walk that path alone?"

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