Freedom Fighters

The **Freedom Fighters** are an organization that appears in the *Sonic the Hedgehog* and *Archie Sonic Online's* comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. They are an organization of collective or independent militia/rebel forces that originally formed to oppose the tyranny of Dr. Ivo Robotnik. After the despot's demise, the groups continued to exist when he was replaced by another dimension's version of himself that became known as Dr. Eggman. The various Freedom Fighter groups continue to wage war on the occupying forces of the Eggman Empire. The Freedom Fighters have many various factions all over Mobius, often opposing a corresponding Dark Egg Legion chapter.

## Known groups

### Active

* Arctic Freedom Fighters: Defenders of the Northern Tundra.
* Chaotix: Defenders of Angel Island.
* Downunda Freedom Fighters: Defenders of Downunda.
* Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters: Defenders of the seas.
* Mercian Freedom Fighters: Defenders of the Kingdom of Mercia whose aim is to restore Rob o' the Hedge to the throne.
* Nerb Freedom Fighters: Defenders of the Nerb Kingdom.
* Sand-Blasters: Renegade Freedom Fighters. Defenders of Sand Blast City.
* Secret Freedom Fighters: Undercover Freedom Fighters formed in secret by Harvey Who and Elias Acorn to fight Ixis Naugus. Covert operations group in New Mobotropolis.
* Team Fighters: Trackers of the Death Egg Mark 2. Created following after the breakup of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
* Team Freedom: Defenders of New Mobotropolis. Created following the breakup of the Knothole Freedom Fighters.
* Wolf Pack: Part of the Wolf Pack Nation. Defenders of Wolf Pack Nation territory in Soumerca.

### Inactive

* Dragon Kingdom Freedom Fighters: Defenders of the Dragon Kingdom. Destroyed by the Iron Queen through Monkey Khan.
* High Flying Freedom Fighters: Destroyed by Dr. Ivo Robotnik.
* Knothole Freedom Fighters: Defenders of Knothole Village and later New Mobotropolis. Disbanded after losing several members.
* Original Freedom Fighters: Defenders of Knothole Village. Destroyed by Dr. Ivo Robotnik and the treachery of fellow member Trey Scales.
* Robotropolis Spy Network: Stationed in Robotropolis. Destroyed by Dr. Ivo Robotnik.
* Rebel Underground: Dismantled - some members have since joined the Royal Secret Service.
* Secret Intelligence Division: Dismantled due to the reformed Royal Secret Service.
* Substitute Freedom Fighters: Dismantled - some members are retired, while others have joined other factions.

### Alternate versions

* Suppression Squad: The Knothole Freedom Fighters' counterparts from Moebius.
* Freedom Fighters of the Galaxy: The Knothole Freedom Fighters' counterparts from an alternate future of Mobius.
* Knothole Freedom Fighters (future): The Knothole Freedom Fighters' counterparts from Eggman's Mobius where the Freedom Fighters were Roboticized.
* Future Freedom Fighters: The current Freedom Fighters of Light Mobius.
* Future Freedom Fighters (P.X.E.): The Future Freedom Fighters' counterparts from 3437 P.X.E.
* Dark Freedom Fighters: A Freedom Fighter group from Dark Mobius.
* Prehistoric Freedom Fighters: The Knothole Freedom Fighters' counterparts from a prehistoric Mobius.

## Tactics

Freedom Fighter groups typically act as individual cells, though they have sometimes worked together on missions. It has been rare for any group to have more than a dozen members. Typically, they prefer to use espionage, sabotage and guerrilla warfare. However, the Knothole Freedom Fighters and Chaotix in particular have been known to stage frontal assaults periodically, and have at times enlisted other Freedom Fighter groups in such action as well.