Title: Formic Wars | Ender's Game Wiki | Fandom
Headings: Formic Wars
Formic Wars
Human-Formic Wars
Date
Location
Outcome
Contents
First Invasion
Second Invasion
Aftermath and Preparation for Invasion
Third Invasion
Aftermath
References

Content: Ender was later joined by a group of other promising Battle School students to assist him in his commanding of the fleet. This group later became known as Ender's Jeesh. However, Ender and his Jeesh were led to believe that their "training" was merely simulations of real battles against the Formics by the International Fleet. In actuality, these simulations were the real battles, with Ender and his toon leaders' commands being transmitted by Ansible over the lightyears to reach the fleets out around the Formic homeworlds. An IF foot soldier during the Third Formic War. The Third Invasion took place over the course of weeks. The fleet was staggered out between the different Formic planets, and with each victory they drew closer to the final target, the Formic Homeworld. The massive fleets were not the only theater of war, however. Ground troops were deployed to the surface of Formic planets, fighting in close quarters with Formic workers. However, as the International Fleet began to notice, all the Hive Queens had been withdrawn from their respective planets to the Formic Homeworld.