Order Of The Black Knights

Name: Order of The Black Knights
Type: Super-Squadron
Notes: After the Fall of the old Holy Terran Empire, though the New Human Empire officially came to power over Terra, there were still remnants of the old government that controlled large swaths of the planet's surface. One of these were a group of ultra-nationalists, discriminating against other Terrans based on skin color and place of birth, that were able to dominate the northern half of the western hemisphere and were working on using their military might to conquer more regions.
It took some time, but an exiled member of this group's new royalty, which had ruled their original homeland under the flag of the Holy Terran Empire's imperial family in exchange for not being wiped out as potential competition, was able to bring about the fall of his power hungry relatives by unifying previously seperate rebel groups into the Order Of The Black Knights. Deifying terrorist actions like taking the innocent hostage and harming civilians, they took a few years in order destroy the old order. In recognition of his aide and that of those of his relatives who sided with him, the New Human Empire allowed them to name of one of their own as the new leader to represent them in the new unified government of Terra.
The Order Of The Black Knights, now with no purpose, was attempted to be brought in as part of the New Human Empire's military forces. However, they had grown to the point where they felt it was best they remained outside the control of any specific government, thus they declined the offer. In result, the Empress of the Zodiac Empire personally visited the leadership of the Order Of The Black Knights in order to offer them a suggestion: establish the group as one of the Zodiac Empire's super-squadrons. Intrigued by this, though it would add them to the Zodiac Empire's armed services, it would allow them independence to operate as they saw fit, within the rules. After a vote, it was agreed this would be the best course of action.
Currently, the Order Of The Black Knights operates as a super-squadron dedicated to fighting corruption and helping the oppressed. Back by the Empress herself, this gives them extensive access to the governments that fly the flag of the Zodiac Empire as well as the means due to not having to be blocked by orders of the corrupt they hunt. Not only do they police the unpoliceable, they also help maintain part of Terra's defense forces.
The Order Of The Black Knights is also one of the Zodiac Empire's premiere experts on Knightmare Frames. A number of Frame technologies currently in use, in fact, originated from the technologies first created by the Knights for their use.
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