Alien invasion force Mastermind?

This is a bit of a dilemma for me, in that I want to make a new Mastermind, but I'm not sure a set exists that works for this. For those of you who don't like long posts, my concept is simple: The Mastermind needs to be the leader of an invasion force of LIVING aliens, be they human or inhuman, who look futuristic enough to believe.

I've always found Masterminds to have a very broad theme selection, but it just occurs to me that we really don't have any futuristic/sci-fi Masterminds if you discount Robotics. We have plenty of magical ones (Zombies, Demons, Ninja) and plenty of natural-looking ones (Thugs, Mercs, Ninja), but the only futuristic set we have is Robotics, and I'm honestly tired or recycling that. But what else can I use?

Here's what I need to make: I have a character - we'll call him Cedric - who leads a large space empire, who has conquered many worlds before, and has now set his eyes on Earth. I want to create a Mastermind to serve as his commander-in-chief, who will lead Cedric's forces. The trick is that this yet-to-be-named Mastermind is a psychic, leading said forces via mind control, kind of like what Paxton Fettel had going with the Replica Soldiers. This means that the soldiers have to be alive in some way, and perhaps even human-looking, so that they can be mind-controlled.

However, the problem is that I really don't have access to a set that looks like soldiers from space. I've already used Robotics MORE than enough times, so I want something else, but there isn't much left aside from that. Ninja are not acceptable, and Demons and Zombies look a bit too magical for my purposes. We're essentially left with Thugs and Mercs, and Thugs just look too disorganised and freakisth to pass for an army.

I want to use Mercs, myself, but they look so... Contemporary. You have the standard helmet-wearing foot soldiers, the SWAT dudes and the ridiculous Vietnam era Arnold Schwarzenegger musclebound commando, but this does not look like a galactic invasion force. It looks like Reb Brown's Robowar.

So what can I do about this? What justifications and excuses can I think up to justify any of the possible solutions? Can this even work?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

I felt like you were describing illusion control but that is probably just me.

Future MM sets I'd like to see: Pirates, Aliens, and Femme Fatale.

I'd go with the zombies. Out of what's available, I think they might appear to be the most alien.

Of course, an alien from an advanced race would probably have sophisticated tech, so robots would probably fit best with the alien theme, but not the living soldier one.

I've never had one, but I could imagine the phantom army from Illusion Control looking like a living alien army.

My first choice for you would be Zombies. Zombies don't have to be magical. My Zombie MM is Science. He is a walking pile of Ooze (a la Clayface) that infects his victims with pieces of himself (the Zombies).

Thugs may also work. My Thugs MM is a mutant who takes over the minds of street thugs for his own purposes. An alien could also do the same.

Come to think of it, none of my MM are magical. My Robots is a Robotic alien sent here to wipe out all organic life (he is very bad at his job I guess :-) and my Demon MM is a Mad Scientist who invented a machine that opens a gate to Hell. I have't played the other ones.