The Invid Fighter Scout was the standard air/space fast-attack combat mecha of the Invid. An upgraded variation of the standard Invid Scout, the Fighter Scout had two top-mounted Plasma cannons which enabled it to engage air and ground based targets with the same lethal power. It was in this capacity that most resistance fighters on Invid-occupied Earth encountered it. Even though it was usually called the Fighter Scout (or "Armed Scout") scouting was certainly the lesser of the two roles.