Irkens, also known as Til'uni Ko'en by the Second Human Empire and Annoying Green skinned Insect by the United Earth Federation are a species of green-skined humanoids native to the planet called Irk from the Inio'zioni Universe. These beings have a complex history having stages of sanity (First Irken Empire, Irken Hierarchy, Irken Republic) and insanity (the Second Irken Empire ruled by the control brains).
History[]
Joining the Axis[]
The Irkens, under the Irken Hiearchy, became members of the Axis of Empires in 2040 Inio'zioni (1446 NE) largely in order to help their efforts in their conquest, be they new systems or reconquering systems that seceded during the chaos of the Irken Civil War that marked the end of the Second Ikren Empire, (Although the truth was the Combine viewed them as easy to manipulate and controllable, even without the control brains they used to have) and aided the Combine in their invasion of their version of Earth where they swiftly conquered it and split it between themselves, the Combine and Nazi Germans. But during this conquest, the Irken recounted two relics from a bygone age, a wouldbe invader named Tak and a far more infamous Invader... One by the name of Zim who indirectly killed the Red and Purple Tallest and led to the rise of Tallest Kia and the eventual Irken Civil War and creation of the Irken Hierarchy from the ashes of the Second Irken Empire. While the Irken leadership had mixed feelings on the insane invader, since his actions did result in the Irken rediscovering their old pre-control brain selves and the creation of a more effective military and governing force, his insanity made it nearly impossible to truly handle him, much less use him for anything at all. To make things even more complicated was the fact that both of these invaders were in the company of the Combine's insane puppet leader, Professor Lucio Membrane's son and daughter, Gazlene Membrane and Dib Membrane, which the leadership of the Hierarchy knew will be a problem and correctly guessed that the Combine would want them killed before Professor Membrane could ever discover them.
Biology[]
"well, we have just found out about the Irken skeleton, it's incredibly resilient and heals at a extraordinary rate. How we came to find this is our slow timing to get to the wounded Irken soldiers, namely those with broken bones, when we came to them, their bones healed, but it healed in a unnatural position, so, we had to break their bones again and set it properly"
- Dr. Richard Chandler's journal
The Irkens are very secretive about their species biology, however, it is known that the Irkens are humaniod insect like species with three fingers and two toes and have a skeletal structure that resilient and heals quickly (a fact that was accidentally discovered by Allied doctors when they were treating wounded Irken soldiers).
Irken eyes have no sclera or pupils and are only one colour. Ruby is the most common, but other colors such as various shades of red, pink, purple, green, blue, and even yellowish-brown exist as well. Due to the other insect-like traits of irkens, it is possible their solid colored eyes are intended to be either compound eyes much like those of a fly or simple eyes like those of a spider.
It has been discovered by accident that while their skin more tolerant to damage, but cannot tolerate meat or water, the former burning their skin and sometimes even fusing to their skin. They also have negative reactions when exposed to water (this could be a result of a genetic defect), though some appear to not exhibit this weakness when splashed with other liquid substance with hydrogen.
Evolution[]
Second Empire modifications[]
Hierarchy Restorations[]
Society and Culture[]
Early Society and First Empire[]
Second Empire[]
Hierarchy[]
Republic[]
Technology[]
Known Irkens[]
Trivia[]
- Irkens are a species from the Invadee Zim franchise.
- The Irkens share some similarities with the Daleks, from the British show Doctor Who. Both are alien races hell-bent and biologically engineered for simple universal conquering and destruction of all races they consider "inferior" to themselves, which is pretty much all of them. Both are single-minded in their goal and possess complete apathy and lack of mercy for others in their pursuit of conquest. Also, like the Galactic Empire in the Star Wars franchise, their organization and ideology mirrors the Nazis and other associated fascist states.
- According to Derrick J. Wyatt, the Omnitrix from the Ben 10 franchise can accept Irken DNA, Jhonen Vasquez however hasn't confirmed nor denied this.
Notes[]
- While the show is rather vague as to how and why Irken became dependent on artificial reproduction, in this setting that is the result of the Control Brains (which themselves are really the physical and mental amalgamation of the First Empire's greatest minds, which also explains their apparent insanity) using technological means to effective control the population following the collapse of the First Empire, taking an unknown amount of time slowly converting the Irkens (and conquering their former territories) into what was seen in the show and movie, meaning small, arrogant and kindof stupid beings, but that's just the surface level, what they really do is effectively using the paks to slow down their biology and ensure they do not age past their equivalent of 10 years old, in essence, Irkens of the Second Empire age are actually children kept from growing by the Paks they are implanted with, which turn gives the Control Brains another means to control the species, the cloning vats. Put it bluntly, the Control Brains are one of the better examples of a totalitarian society, even if it doesn't appear so.
- Likely owning to their insanity, the Control Brains created a frankly stupid hierarchy system based on height, and the way they did was was by subtly using the paks to enhance the heights of certain Irkens to reach a certain height. This system, despite the illogical nature of it and other factors, work surprisingly well for the Control Brains up until Tallest Kia, or “the Irken Butcher”, who quite literally slaughtered his way to the position of Tallest, and that's when the system began to crumble and lead to their downfall and destruction.
- Irken biology and mental state are a bit more similar to humans then the show, though it is hidden due to the Control Brains mad control over them, but once they are gone, Irken biology revert back to their original state, meaning they grew to be similar height to Humans, albeit slightly smaller on average and had a similar age range pre-nanities and their minds also reverted back to their previous state, which is say that humans understand their beliefs and concepts without being confused by them.
- It was stated to many that the Irkens lived up to their name as one of the most irritating and annoying species in the Inio'zioni universe, at least during the time of their Second Empire. Following the Second Empire's fall Irkens are considerably less irritable then they use to be, although certain actions they do still frustrate and annoy beings.
- After first contact with the Axis, many on their first impression were baffled how this species became a dominant force... or just by random luck.