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* GratuitousSpanish: She sometime uses ([[CriticalResearchFailure mostly badly translated]]) spanish words when angry or excited.

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* GratuitousSpanish: She sometime uses ([[CriticalResearchFailure mostly (mostly badly translated]]) translated) spanish words when angry or excited.

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* MissFanservice: Wears a fairly revealing outfit, and is pretty beautiful by Votan and human standards. to the point she's weaponized it a few times, and/or beat the hell out of guys trying to hit on her.

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* MissFanservice: MsFanservice: Wears a fairly revealing outfit, and is pretty beautiful by Votan and human standards. to the point she's weaponized it a few times, and/or beat the hell out of guys trying to hit on her.



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Remember the Terrasphere bomb (known in-universe as a Burkus Rig) from the first episode of the show? She disarms one a terrorist attempts to set off. Note this usually takes an Indogene experienced with ArkTech to do, not a regular human.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Remember the Terrasphere bomb (known in-universe as a Burkus Rig) from the first episode of the show? She disarms one a terrorist attempts to set off. Note this usually takes an Indogene experienced with ArkTech [=ArkTech=] to do, not a regular human.



A Human-Votan Private Mercenary Company that works for the highest bidder. They are currently working for Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective.

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A Human-Votan Private Mercenary Company that works for the highest bidder. They are currently working for Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective. Their contracts were based around [=PvP=] play.



A scientific and altruistic company founded by one of the Defiant Few, currently under the direction of Rosa Rodriguez.

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A scientific and altruistic company founded by one of the Defiant Few, currently under the direction of Rosa Rodriguez. Their contracts were based around helping farmers and dock workers from raiders.


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!!Neo-Votanis Front
A successor of Dark Matter following the death of Nim Shondu. They were attempting to created bio-weapons using the Shrill to attack human settlements. They only appear in Season 4's story missions and expedition.

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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A genuinely nice guy who gives you missions, despite the fact that the EMC is kinda evil...
** He's also a far cry from the E-Rep higher-ups we see in the series, insisting on putting TheMenFirst and gradually warming up to the Ark Hunter.

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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: A genuinely nice guy who gives you missions, despite the fact that the EMC E-Rep is kinda evil...
evil (well, Morally Ambiguous, anyways.)
** He's also a far cry from the E-Rep higher-ups we see in the series, insisting on putting TheMenFirst and gradually warming up to the Ark Hunter.
Hunter. Of course, this is also because he refused to be put behind a desk and remained a field officer as well.



* MissFanservice: Wears a fairly revealing outfit, and is pretty beautiful by Votan and human standards. to the point she's weaponized it a few times, and/or beat the hell out of guys trying to hit on her.




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** Shows this is really a lie by the time the mission to take down Nim rolls around, as she's found she actually likes Paradise and most of its people. Not that this stops her from snarking a lot about the lack of payment.
* TheAlcoholic: The woman loves the hell out of her booze. And it's implied Cooper's had to pull her out of at LEAST one bar fight since she showed up in the area, if not several (even calling him to let him know she's about to start one in the epilogue cutscene).



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Remember the Terrasphere bomb (known in-universe as a Burkus Rig) from the first episode of the show? She disarms one a terrorist attempts to set off.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Remember the Terrasphere bomb (known in-universe as a Burkus Rig) from the first episode of the show? She disarms one a terrorist attempts to set off. Note this usually takes an Indogene experienced with ArkTech to do, not a regular human.



* VerbalBeatdown: Ara hands him a well deserved and massive one during the San Fransisco questline which shuts him up... for about five seconds.

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* VerbalBeatdown: BigShutUp: Ara hands him a well deserved and massive one during the San Fransisco questline which shuts him up... for about five seconds.
seconds. Of course, this also leads to Ara nearly strangling the little bastard.



* GadgeteerGenius: Not to the point Rosa is, but the guy knows his ordnance. Something Dark Matter and the Raiders learn quite painfully when attempting to raid his garage. Of course, you'd think they would have had a clue when there's a pair of TANKS parked on his driveway. And a cruise missile silo.

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* GadgeteerGenius: Not to the point Rosa is, but the guy knows his ordnance. Something Dark Matter and the Raiders learn quite painfully when attempting to raid his garage. Of course, you'd think they would have had a clue when there's a pair of TANKS parked on his driveway. And a cruise missile silo. And the land mines covering his front yard.


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** Comes out of retirement without question once he knows Dark Matter is back.

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* TheFaceless: Not met in person in her introduction in Season 2, or for the entirety of it.

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* TheFaceless: Not Never met in person in during her introduction in Season 2, or for the entirety of it.ever thereafter.



* DeadpanSnarker: Does this a lot, mostly to do Von Bach, and occasionally to Torc, who he's VitriolicBestBuds with.
--> '''Cooper''': "Well, this sure is a good Goddamn time! I missed having my teeth rattled by close impacting artillery shells!"
--> '''Torc''': "I was usually the one doing the shelling, so I don't know what you mean, Coop!"
--> '''Cooper''': "I know! That's what makes you an asshole!"




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* MercyKill: Does this to a mortally wounded miner per his request.
* TranquilFury: Has his moments, like immediately after said MercyKill, as he proceeds to gun down every Raider at the mine along side the Ark Hunter to a man.



* BaldOfEvil

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* BaldOfEvilBaldOfEvil: Not a strand, most likely because it was torched off by the same blast that made him require his extensive cybernetics.



** Given Varus was personally attacked by him at one point, and the fact [[JerkAss Varus is literally responsible for the 99ers' existence in the first place]], it's not terribly surprising.



* TheBeastmaster: His "friends" are hellbugs.

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* TheBeastmaster: His "friends" are hellbugs.hellbugs, whom he controls/calls via a cybernetic implant in his larynx that lets him mimic their cries.

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* TheCameo: He appears in [=S2E1=], coming down to LA upon hearing that Nolan has shown his face on the west coast again.

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* TheCameo: He appears in [=S2E1=], coming down to LA upon hearing that Nolan has shown his face on the west coast again. At which point Nolan headbutts him and then punches his lights out (Something players wanted to do for YEARS) after Irisa puts knives in several of his mercs and gives him the opening to do so.



** Also pretty much the entire reason the 99ers exist, given he essentially ruined Clive Towers, and forced him and the miners who stood to need to rely even more heavily on cybernetics.



* Verbalbeatdown: Ara hands him a well deserved and massive one during the San Fransisco questline which shuts him up... for about five seconds.

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* Verbalbeatdown: VerbalBeatdown: Ara hands him a well deserved and massive one during the San Fransisco questline which shuts him up... for about five seconds.



* RetiredBadass: He wants to be one anyway. The raiders have other ideas.

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* RetiredBadass: He wants wanted to be one anyway. The raiders have had other ideas.ideas. They died for it.



* WideEyedIdealist: A few data recorders show that she was like this when she was younger. She still works toward her ideals, but has a more pragmatic outlook when you meet her.

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* WideEyedIdealist: A few data recorders show that she was like this when she was younger. She still works toward her ideals, but has a more pragmatic outlook when you meet her.
her. Given the hell you find out Tranquility (the community she was raised in) actually was, this is understandable.



** And God help you if you threaten Eren.




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** Though in the context she says it, "Chivo" might be her calling Karl Von Bach a "Pussy" as it's the Castithan word for.. well.. [[CountryMatters you know]].



* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: They are this to Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective Embassy

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* CadreOfForeignBodyguards: They are this to Varus Soleptor and the Votan Votanis Collective Embassy


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** Actually does this twice, as the remains of Dark Matter that don't rejoin the VC form into the Neo-Votanis Front, which is even more hellbent on causing a new Pale War. They then proceed to get beaten into the ground the same way as the original unit, by the VC and E-rep working together.

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!!Jon Cooper

The local lawkeeper, a member of the Defiant Few. He joins the Ark Hunter to make sure the Ark Reactor parts don't fall in the wrong hands.

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!!Jon Cooper

The local lawkeeper, a member
!!Camden Pace

Founder
of the Defiant Few. He joins the Ark Hunter to make sure the Ark Reactor parts don't fall in the wrong hands.Few as a local faction and a friend of Rosa's.




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* BadassNormal: Pretty much par for the course, as she's a survivor of the Battle of Fort Defiance like Torc, Cooper, Nolan and Rosa.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Remember the Terrasphere bomb (known in-universe as a Burkus Rig) from the first episode of the show? She disarms one a terrorist attempts to set off.
* TheFaceless: Not met in person in her introduction in Season 2, or for the entirety of it.
!!Jon Cooper

The local lawkeeper, a member of the Defiant Few. He joins the Ark Hunter to make sure the Ark Reactor parts don't fall in the wrong hands.
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* DirtyCoward: Loves to brag about scamming people, wets himself when he's in actual danger. Which is probably why there's always at minimum six heavily armed and armored Echelon Mercs around him. Not that that usually stops whoever happens to be pissed at him at the time (Ara, Cooper, you).




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** Does the same when Jackleg Joe is killed, despite you and Rosa doing all the work.
* Verbalbeatdown: Ara hands him a well deserved and massive one during the San Fransisco questline which shuts him up... for about five seconds.



* ICallItVera: His missile launcher is named, ROXI.

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* GadgeteerGenius: Not to the point Rosa is, but the guy knows his ordnance. Something Dark Matter and the Raiders learn quite painfully when attempting to raid his garage. Of course, you'd think they would have had a clue when there's a pair of TANKS parked on his driveway. And a cruise missile silo.
--> '''Cooper:''' (Upon seeing both) Von Bach owes you an apology for calling this place a shithole.
--> '''Torc:''' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner He sure does]].
* ICallItVera: His missile launcher is named, ROXI.
** He's also extremely protective of her, as he bluntly tells Cooper after the former says he would have asked to borrow her if Torc hadn't been willing to help that he'd have a better chance of beating [[GiantMook a Volge]] in a fist fight.
* NeckLift: Does this epically to Von Bach after the latter bitches one time too many. With one hand. While carrying ROXI in the other.
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A Castithan veteran who served in the Dark Matter black-ops unit during the Pale Wars. Fought against the Defiant Few at the Battle of Defiance where he garnered a reputation as a BloodKnight and was tought killed during the Pale Wars. However, he resurfaces years later and reforms Dark Matter into a terrorist organization, with the goal of using an Ark to destroy the fledging Human-Votan community that formed following the conflict out of a burning hatred of humanity and those willing to co-exist with them.

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A Castithan veteran who served in the Dark Matter black-ops unit during the Pale Wars. Fought against the Defiant Few at the Battle of Defiance where he garnered a reputation as a BloodKnight and was tought thought killed during the Pale Wars. However, he resurfaces years later and reforms Dark Matter into a terrorist organization, with the goal of using an Ark to destroy the fledging Human-Votan community that formed following the conflict out of a burning hatred of humanity and those willing to co-exist with them.
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One of many ark hunters hired by Von Bach Industries and implanted with an EGO device.

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One of many ark hunters hired by Von Bach Industries and implanted with an EGO device.E.G.O implant.



* AscendedExtra: There's a contest in which whoever the top ten players are will have a chance to be voted on as a character for the second season of the show.

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* AscendedExtra: There's There was a contest in which whoever the top ten players are will have had a chance to be voted on as a character for the second season of the show.



* SupportingProtagonist: The people around the Ark Hunter advance the story as they only participate in it by helping them realize their goals.

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* SupportingProtagonist: The people around the Ark Hunter advance the story as while they only participate in it by helping them realize their goals.
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* HazeFeelTurn: After it's defeated at the end of Season 2, it hacks into the Ark Hunter's E.G.O implant and guides them to Alcatraz island where there's a refugee camp, telling the Ark Hunter that they can still help "their people" by doing expeditions into the many hostile factions' underground bases/hideouts/hives. However, there's a bitterness in it's tone.

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* HazeFeelTurn: HazyFeelTurn: After it's defeated at the end of Season 2, it hacks into the Ark Hunter's E.G.O implant and guides them to Alcatraz island where there's a refugee camp, telling the Ark Hunter that they can still help "their people" by doing expeditions into the many hostile factions' underground bases/hideouts/hives. However, there's a bitterness in it's tone.
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* HazeHeelTurn: After it's defeated at the end of Season 2, it hacks into the Ark Hunter's E.G.O implant and guides them to Alcatraz island where there's a refugee camp, telling the Ark Hunter that they can still help "their people" by doing expeditions into the many hostile factions' underground bases/hideouts/hives.

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* HazeHeelTurn: HazeFeelTurn: After it's defeated at the end of Season 2, it hacks into the Ark Hunter's E.G.O implant and guides them to Alcatraz island where there's a refugee camp, telling the Ark Hunter that they can still help "their people" by doing expeditions into the many hostile factions' underground bases/hideouts/hives. However, there's a bitterness in it's tone.
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!!L.O.C.I
An AI that's believed to be the basis of all E.G.O implants. It takes over [[spoiler:Karl Von Bach]]'s body in TheStinger of the main campaign and it's the main antagonist of the last episode of Season 2.
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* AiIsACrapshoot: An insane AI that wants to force both Humans and Votans to live under a HiveMind.
* CultOfPersonality: It uses [[spoiler:Karl]]'s body to form a cult based around everybody living under a HiveMind by having prospects implanted with hacked-E.G.O implants and putting them under its control.
* HazeHeelTurn: After it's defeated at the end of Season 2, it hacks into the Ark Hunter's E.G.O implant and guides them to Alcatraz island where there's a refugee camp, telling the Ark Hunter that they can still help "their people" by doing expeditions into the many hostile factions' underground bases/hideouts/hives.


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* [[DroppedABridgeOnHim Dropped A Bridge On Them]]: In the ''Expeditions'' update, it's stated by L.O.C.I that the Earth Republic has been decimated -- an event that happens in the TV Show's third season.
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* KarmaHoundini: He's responsible for the raiders invading Paradise but never pays for his actions outside of being forced to assist in the fight against Dark Matter.

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* KarmaHoundini: KarmaHoudini: He's responsible for the raiders invading Paradise but never pays for his actions outside of being forced to assist in the fight against Dark Matter.

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* RisingEmpire: They control what was northeastern United States with them adding more towns and communities into their fold every year and the expedition also serves to expand their control on the continent.

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* RisingEmpire: They control what was northeastern United States and some parts of South America with them adding more towns and communities into their fold every year and the expedition also serves to expand their control on the continent.



!!TopNotch Industries

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!!TopNotch !![=TopNotch=] Industries


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!!Dark Matter
Originally a black-ops unit of the Votan Collective during the Pale Wars, now is an anti-human terrorist organization reformed by Pale Wars veteran Nim Shondu.
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* AntiHumanAlliance: They are a Votan terrorist organization that firmly believe that humans and Votans can't coexist and as such, they have to destroy humanity to safeguard the Votan races, even if that means killing moderate Votans in the process.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: Nobody believed in their existence until they started raiding mines and docks in search of the Ark Reactor pieces.
* RenegadeSplinterFaction: The original Dark Matter seceded from the Votan Collective after the signing of the Armistice to continue fighting humanity until they were put down by both the remaining Earth and Votan forces. The new reformed Dark Matter is officially condemned by the Votan Collective.

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* HonestCorporateExecutive: Unlike most of the post-Pale Wars corporations, she uses hers for altruistic purposes with most of her's Faction's contracts revolt around helping people under assault.



* CadreOfForeignGuards: They are this to Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective Embassy

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* CadreOfForeignGuards: CadreOfForeignBodyguards: They are this to Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective Embassy

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!!The Earth Republic

The nation-state formed out of the ruins of the Earth Military Coalition. Currently covering most of northeastern United States with its capital being New York City.

They sent a Von Bach-sponsored expedition to the ruins of San Francisco in search of Ark technology and to establish a foothold in the region.

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!!The Earth Republic

The nation-state formed out
!!Captain Noah Grant

Commander
of the ruins of the Earth Military Coalition. Currently covering most of northeastern United States with its capital being New York City.

They sent a Von Bach-sponsored expedition to the ruins of San Francisco in search of Ark technology and to establish a foothold
E-REP forces in the region.bay area. Overwhelmed by the hostile factions of California and keeping his soldiers' lives, he reclutanly assist Von Bach and the Ark Hunters.



* AdaptationalHeroism: In the TV show, they are an expansionist PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny. Here, they are TheFederation.
* {{Eagleland}}: They view themselves as the successor of the United States.
* HegemonicEmpire: They tend to "convince" towns and communities to join them and it's one of the biggest reasons why people not under them are wary of them.
* RisingEmpire: They control what was northeastern United States with them adding more towns and communities into their fold every year and the expedition also serves to expand their control on the continent.

!!Captain Noah Grant

Commander of the E-REP forces in the bay area. Overwhelmed by the hostile factions of California and keeping his soldiers' lives, he reclutanly assist Von Bach and the Ark Hunters.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the TV show, they are an expansionist PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny. Here, they are TheFederation.
* {{Eagleland}}: They view themselves as the successor of the United States.
* HegemonicEmpire: They tend to "convince" towns and communities to join them and it's one of the biggest reasons why people not under them are wary of them.
* RisingEmpire: They control what was northeastern United States with them adding more towns and communities into their fold every year and the expedition also serves to expand their control on the continent.

!!Captain Noah Grant

Commander of the E-REP forces in the bay area. Overwhelmed by the hostile factions of California and keeping his soldiers' lives, he reclutanly assist Von Bach and the Ark Hunters.
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* KarmaHoundini: He's responsible for the raiders invading Paradise but never pays for his actions outside of being forced to assist in the fight against Dark Matter.



The current CEO of [=TopNotch=] Toolworks. A skilled mechanic and engineer in her own right.

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The daughter of one of the Defiant Few and current CEO of [=TopNotch=] Toolworks. A skilled mechanic and engineer in her own right.



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!!Nim Shondu

Castithan leader of Dark Matter. Fought against the Defiant Few at the Battle of Defiance.

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[[folder:Enemies]]
!!Nim Shondu

Castithan leader
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!!The Earth Republic

The nation-state formed out
of Dark Matter. Fought against the Defiant Few at ruins of the Battle Earth Military Coalition. Currently covering most of Defiance.northeastern United States with its capital being New York City.

They sent a Von Bach-sponsored expedition to the ruins of San Francisco in search of Ark technology and to establish a foothold in the region.




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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the TV show, they are an expansionist PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny. Here, they are TheFederation.
* {{Eagleland}}: They view themselves as the successor of the United States.
* HegemonicEmpire: They tend to "convince" towns and communities to join them and it's one of the biggest reasons why people not under them are wary of them.
* RisingEmpire: They control what was northeastern United States with them adding more towns and communities into their fold every year and the expedition also serves to expand their control on the continent.

!!Echelon

A Human-Votan Private Mercenary Company that works for the highest bidder. They are currently working for Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective.
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* CadreOfForeignGuards: They are this to Varus Soleptor and the Votan Collective Embassy
* PrivateMilitaryContractor: They are a straight examples of this.
* PunchClockVillain: They are hired by a criminal during Season 2 and you have to fight them to stop him.

!!TopNotch Industries

A scientific and altruistic company founded by one of the Defiant Few, currently under the direction of Rosa Rodriguez.
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[[folder:Antagonists]]
!!Nim Shondu

A Castithan veteran who served in the Dark Matter black-ops unit during the Pale Wars. Fought against the Defiant Few at the Battle of Defiance where he garnered a reputation as a BloodKnight and was tought killed during the Pale Wars. However, he resurfaces years later and reforms Dark Matter into a terrorist organization, with the goal of using an Ark to destroy the fledging Human-Votan community that formed following the conflict out of a burning hatred of humanity and those willing to co-exist with them.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:He's taken over by the LOCI A.I after the events of the main campaign but is freed at the end of Season 2.]]


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* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:After being freed from the LOCI A.I, he, the Ark Hunter and Cass go to confront the leader of the cult formed around the A.I. However, he tricks Cass into leaving the Ark Hunter to fight against the leader alone by trapping them with the leader, with him saying that he was just "playing hero" to get the Ark Hunter to fight the leader and only "saved" her because he finds her attractive.]]


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* HesBack: [[spoiler:He returns in the final episode of the Season 2 missions.]]

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