Status: INTERSTELLAR RACE
Popularly named Sectoids, the members of that diminutive, big-headed race were once used by the Star Gods as footsoldiers, scouts, battlemages and analysts during the conquest of the Earth, then, as they have outlived their usefulness, abandoned.
Nowadays it's the Wild Sectoids whom one's the most likely to meet: degenerated remnants of these proud forces, their very survival depends on the ancient technology they barely understand - as they can neither eat or reproduce without it. However the Stellar Empire still uses Reticulans on many worlds, and some are seen on Earth as the Star Gods' honor guard. These 'other Sectoids' are smart, well-equipped and think nothing of their 'earthly' brethren. All Reticulans have natural Heat Vision of 80%.