
Despite their inferior numbers, they were powerful enough to pose a serious threat to the Rebel and Regular Army, and they would have conquered the earth if it weren't for the protagonist. Military Prowess: Unknown in their totality, at least hundreds of soldiers, vehicles and mecha's during a single attack, as seen at the end of the second and third Modern War. Higher after reaching a true agreement with the rebel army, given the mutual help. The clone incubator can generate dozens of clones in a fast rate. They were able to launch a second attack on earth less than a year after losing in the second modern war. Industrial Capacity: Unknown, likely high given the number of forces deployed during both wars. They possess a capsule to electrocute their victims), water manipulation(the mars mecha can release a slime like substance for offense purpose), duplication (able to create duplicates of their enemies with the Clone incubator), acrobatics (clones can leap into the air and perform multiple spins), blood manipulation(corrupted clones can release huge stream of blood from their mouth), all of Rootmars abilitiesĪttack Potency: Street level to Large building level, possibly higher(foot soldiers and war vehicles are comparable to if not superior to those of the Rebel army.) For vehicles and robots), Danmaku (when in large numbers), cyborgization(Able to transplant organic brains inside machines), limited gravity manipulation(Via tractor beam of the mother ship), large size (Type 0(mars mecha, fake Rootmars, Rootmars), teleportation, self-destruction and surface scaling(via hopper mecha), electricity manipulation(some of their weapons seem to have electrical properties. Some of their UFOs could be seen scouting the Earth during the first year), minor body control(They are able to retract their tentacles to perform long jumps and slowing their descent while in the air), inorganic physiology(Type 2. One of them shape shifted into Morden and controlled the Rebelled Army during the War. Orchestrated plans to manipulate the Rebel Army, pretending an alliance and triggering two wars with the Rebel Army in order to weaken both factions. Minor spacecraft can easily fly and fight in space), energy projection(Via energy weapons), preparation, social influencing and stealth mastery(Can prepare the forces before invading a planet. Technology and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristic, weapon and vechicular mastery, flight, spaceflight(Able to perform interplanetary travels with the Rugname.

Some areas of Earth held in conjunctions with the Rebel Army Territory: At least part of their home planet, which might be Mars and possibly other planets they conquered. The Mars People were last seen saving Morden and some of his soldiers when they had been apprehended at the end of Metal Slug 7.Ĭlassification: Hierarchy for the military, unknown for the entire civilization After that, the two collaborated with the Regular Army to face a common threat, the Invaders. Despite all of this, the Mars people and the rebel somewhat got over everything and forged a sincere alliance. Their ultimate defeat arrived when the protagonist boarded the mothership in space and made it collapse, then killing their leader Rootmars in a following battle. They returned in the next war, when it was revealed that one of them replaced General Morden and triggered another war in a second attempt to make the two armies destroy each other.

Unfortunately for the aliens, Marco and his commanders managed to fight back their forces and a rebel soldier gave his life in a kamikaze attack in order to comprise their mothership and force it to retreat. During the events of Metal Slug 2, they allied with the Rebel Army against the Regular Army and provided them troops and technological help, just to eventually betray them. They are highly manipulative and prefer to make the native inhabitants of a planet wage war with each others, before launching a direct attack. They are a race of belligerent aliens that tried to conquer the Earth in two occasions.

The Mars People are a major antagonist faction in the Metal Slug franchise.
