Picture of the landing module after the Ares shuttle has finished its mission. It brings back the most precious cargo of the IAASA, trained astronauts brave enough to fly into space knowing that this could be their last.
Object Alpha the Invaders home base. A FTL craft that is stuck in orbit around Jupiter. It occasionally sends down Invaders to harass man kind other wise dormant. All of mankind's most powerful telescope are focused on this object to study and predict future attacks. Very little else is known.