AEGIS

The flag of AEGIS (circa 2317 IK)

* Vikla, Croatia (among the seat of the Eurasian Empire nobility and as a military force)
* Moscow, Russia

## Background

### Formed From

Resistance group all over Philipp; mainly those of from the Ghetto of Area 1

### Goal/s

* To achieve the independence of Philipp (achieved)
* To maintain peace and order

## Statistics

### Affiliation

* United Order of Nations (2318 IK)
* Eurasian Empire
	+ The Order of Gallia Reims (since 2318 IK)

### Notable Member/s

*See: Members*

The **Autonomous Espionage Group of International Service**, simply known as the **Knights of AEGIS** or **AEGIS** alone, is a group of vigilante rebels who fight against the Eurasian Empire. Founded by a masked figure named X Code, they defined themselves as the **"Heroes of the Weak"**, and differentiate themselves from other terrorist groups such as the Ma-I Ophir and the Philippine Liberation Front, who takes hostages and saves civilians, though this may simply be a tactic to increase public support and recruitment. Most members are former Filipinos, many of whom have defected from other insurgent groups, though many other people, even Eurasians, may be found among their ranks. Their logo is a mythical dragon that can be seen in most of the items that they possess such as their uniforms, Chevaliers and armaments. Their members wear a plain black mask.

## History

Jonathan Carter created the identity of X Code, a masked hero, who introduce the AEGIS to the world as an organization which protects those without power from those who have it. Contrary to belief, AEGIS was also funded by the military hence being named as such; though it was much known to be a reflection of the group's stand to be the "representative" of Philipp in the world stage. Under his leadership though, the AEGIS grow in strength exponentially, becoming a force rivaling the Eurasian Army, something that both the Ma-I Ophir and the Philippine Liberation Front didn't manage to do. Jonathan declared the formation of the "New Asia" and the "Republic State of the Philippines", a continent and country of acceptance and tolerance where any and all can seek refuge against the invaders from the rest of the world.

Though Jonathan reorganizes the AEGIS to form a structural hierarchy and chain of commands, the AEGIS rely heavily on his masterful strategies, unable to act effectively when he was not given them specific orders. During the Blood Rebellion, the group fell apart when Jonathan suddenly took his leave. In the process, senior members of AEGIS were killed, several key members were arrested by the Eurasian Empire, and the others went into hiding.

Despite their defeat, some of the Knights of AEGIS remained active during the period between. One of their activities was when they attacked King Ivan the First Academy by committing robbery in the Philippines during the school festival. The Philippine Action Entrails (PeAcE), began making its move to continually resist the Empire for the period of time until their return. Terrorist movements have occurred in other countries as well only to increase the Empire's reign. Though during this period, Vivienne Wilson and Leila Izlar, X Code's right hand and Captain of X Code's squad, respectively, found their own way to reach Jonathan once more who was in St. Petersburg on the first months after the failed Blood Rebellion as Parsifal Arcilla, a military advisor for the Eurasian Empire. With the help of Gregory Wilson and the USR, Vivienne was able to return some of his memories but it was later rewritten another time that they needed to make up a new plan to reach him.

After having Jonathan's memories restored, Jonathan worked to form a larger alliance of nations to fight the Empire. He arranged the exile of the Knights of AEGIS from the Philippines for this purpose, making their new base of operations on Spratly Islands, where China and the Philippines both share territory. He started by returning control of China to its Empress, making them his first greatest ally.

After the Second Battle on the Manila Settlement, a Eurasian envoy carrying Fifth Prince Sergei Vasilyev of the Eurasian Empire landed on the AEGIS's flagship *Corregidor*. In a meeting with a majority of the AEGIS's core members, Sergei revealed X Code's true identity and Kaio, as well as insinuating that Jonathan had used his Kaio to make them nothing more than his pawns. This, along with Adele Pearson and Gilbert Villaruz's testimonies, further drove a wedge among the Knights of AEGIS. Following Gilbert's suggestion, they decided to betray Jonathan in exchange for the liberation of the Philippines. Ray Lowe convinced the others to announce that X Code died of injuries sustained in battle, as no one would believe the truth and they would be stripped of their positions if they tried to explain it. Leila later took the role of leader temporarily. Gilbert was forced to reveal the truth to Ayame Dy and Yuzuki Li when Jonathan caused a rebellion with the Emperor's forces with the help of the remaining members of USR; which had been Jonathan's primary goal of rebelling in the first place.

A month later, the Knights of AEGIS were stunned when Jonathan took the Eurasian throne for himself and asked the United Order of Nations (UON) to allow the Empire to join, giving them two weeks of ceasefire for them to approve his wishes. After Jonathan conquered the Philippines and took the UON leaders as hostages, they've allied themselves with Sergei's forces to oppose Jonathan. The Knights of AEGIS were defeated, however, and Akito Ryu took up the mantle of X Code. He proceeded to ask for the independence of the Philippines and the release of the prisoners in exchange of him being his personal advisor. Upon the agreement, Akito became the new leader of the incarnation of the Knights of AEGIS who were given nobility titles in the recovery of the Philippines and the rest of the Empire's former Provinces and to its independences.

### The Order of Gallia Reims

> *Main article: The Order of Gallia Reims*
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The Order of Gallia Reims is the highest command of the current order of the Knights of AEGIS as a military force of both the Eurasian Empire and the United Order of Nations. It is composed of the core members of AEGIS that led the uprising against Jonathan on 2318 that were immediately pardoned when X Code (Akito Ryu) surrendered to Jonathan, and also of the main loyalists of Jonathan since the start of his reign. The Order remained exclusive to its signatories.

### The Federation of Three

> *Main article: The Federation of Three*
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At the sudden announcement of the Colonial Coast's war against the Eurasian Empire, and its ideals against the principles of the United Order of Nations, the three superpowers of military strength: the Empire, UON, and AEGIS, worked together to form the alliance of nations that was known as "The Federation of Three". It's main goal at its formation was to stop a much deadlier and costly war, and apprehend the presence of the Colonial Coast's intention of world domination.

## Base

Upon the creation of AEGIS, the group didn't have a permanent place to consider as their base. During their meetings before a respective attack, they gather at an undisclosed and abandoned place to fortify their plans. Any additional ideas were given at the same instant since the majority of the plans were pre-planned by Jonathan before meeting the group. They mostly gather for three hours at most before setting the plan into action, considered by X Code as "the classroom moment". As the Southeast Region of USR supports them, the Southern Leader continues funding them, and with Rizalyn's connection to India and Japan, AEGIS managed to acquire a submarine and armaments of their own.

It is only during the exile of X Code and the members of AEGIS that they've acquired Spratly Islands as their base of command. They've also acquired *Corregidor* as their main intelligence carrier fleet during battles.

After the Dark Age, upon given positions in the nobility of the Eurasian Empire, AEGIS also gained secondary bases at Vikla, Croatia and Moscow, Russia.

## Government and politics

The group follows an organizational chain of commands since the start. X Code considered their organization as some sort of a chess game that he can control with his planning. He considers himself the head or the King, and the rest of the pieces as those whom he had given command and the ones who could contact him when a problem arise. Due to that, AEGIS moved in a systematic order since their members were assigned troops with commanders heading them, and the commanders headed by X Code.

## Mission

Since the creation of AEGIS, it's ultimate goal is to free the Philippines from the oppression of the Eurasian Empire. It had been the primary goal to achieve, but due to Jonathan's real intention to avenge his mother's death by defeating the Emperor of the Eurasian Empire drove the group in aiming to destroy the Empire as a whole. After their defeat during the Blood Rebellion, their mission became much more solid in not only freeing the Philippines but ultimately sharing the same goal as Jonathan: to defeat the Empire. Though they weren't able to do so upon their betrayal of Jonathan and him becoming the Emperor, Jonathan succeeded in defeating his father. Later on, Jonathan secured the independence of the Philippines from the Empire, as well as other countries. Their ideals then remained in promoting world peace and suppressing oppressor since the combination of the Eurasian Empire and AEGIS.

## Known members

### Core members circa 2317 IK

#### Former Resistance Members

Originally led by Gilbert Villaruz, the following were the first members of AEGIS after Jonathan Carter helped them save Leila Izlar from being caught by the Eurasian Empire during the Skirmish in Ayala Ghetto. Jonathan helping them made them not fitted to be part of the Ma-I Ophir due to their inability to follow the orders of Khan Iskandar. However, they've been seen as important and reliable members of Jonathan's plans for a rebel group.

* **Gilbert Villaruz:** Second-in-Command
* **Leila Izlar:** Captain of X Code's Special Force
* **Daniel Acosta:** Captain of Second Special Force/Espionage Team
* **Keith Gonzales**
* **Michael Pastor**
* **Glenn Villamor**

#### Former Philippine Liberation Front Members

Originally under the leadership of Major Neil Diriano whom Jonathan Carter had ordered to commit suicide, they have no intention of joining the AEGIS. But after the sudden arrest and capture of Hubert Arbis, the other three sought their help when the Ma-I Ophir had shown little interest, since the Ma-I Ophir also viewed the Philippine Liberation Front as enemies. Upon joining, they were considered as the "Four Swords of AEGIS".

* **Hubert Arbis:** Chief of Military Affairs
* **Evelyn Lopez**
* **Lucero Solmoro:** Captain of the First Squad
* **Antonio Ramos:** Captain of the Second Squad

#### Southern Leaders

Because of the risk that the Southern Leaders had given to support the AEGIS by giving them Chevaliers equally matched of the Empire's and handing over the possession of *Urduja*, the Southern Leaders saw it befitting to join them than the Ma-I Ophir or the Philippine Liberation Front. Especially at the time that Roano Madrigal learned that it was Jonathan Carter who was in the disguise of X Code.

* **Ayame Dy:** Head of the Dy clan
* **Roano Madrigal**

#### USR Southeast Asian Division

The USR Southeast Asian Division had been the first supporters of Jonathan's rebellion; hence, upon the creation of AEGIS, they've immediately joined in as well though they usually work in the shadows due to the difference between them as Eurasians and the rest of the group being Masques. However, they remained faithful to Jonathan, serving then as the group's primary intelligence unit.

* **Gregory Wilson**
* **Vivienne Wilson**
* **Jules Everett:** First Officer of X Code's Special Force

#### Other Members

* **Khan Iskandar:** Ameer of the Ma-I Ophir but joined the group as "Timo Nyman" due to his obsession with X Code.
* **Ray Lowe:** a Eurasian and formerly working for a news agency but resigned and joined the group due to his obsession with X Code in making him a sensational hero; Chief Intelligence Commissioner.
* **Rizalyn Buenaflor:** formerly worked with SIEGE Chevaliers but was fired due to her smoking addictions; Research and Development.

### Organizational Structure circa 2318 IK

* **Leader/s:**
	+ X Code (Jonathan Carter, founder)
	+ Vivienne Wilson (X Code's right hand)
	+ X Code (Akito Ryu)
	+ Leila Izlar (temporarily)
* **General Commander:** Yuzuki Li
* **General Secretary:** Gilbert Villaruz
* **Head of the Joint Stuff:** Hubert Arbis
* **Deputy Chief:** ???
* **Chief Espionage Command:** Gregory Wilson
* **Secretary of Media and Intelligence:** Ray Lowe
* **Science Secretary:** Rizalyn Buenaflor
* **Special Forces/X Code Division Captain:** Leila Izlar
* **Seven Wing Commander of AEGIS**
	+ **First Squad Commander:** Jules Everett
	+ **Second Squad Commander:** Khan Iskandar
	+ **Third Squad Commander:** Michael Pastor
	+ **Fourth Squad Commander:** ???
	+ **Fifth Squad Commander:** ???
	+ **Sixth Squad Commander:** ???
	+ **Seventh Squad Commander:** ???
* ***Corregidor* Operators**
	+ **Captain:** Glenn Villamor
	+ **First-in-command:** Anne
	+ **Second-in-command:** Mae
	+ **Engineer:** Frances
	+ **Armament:** ???
* **Commander of Special Forces:** ???
* **Interior Custodian:** Keith Gonzales
* **Deputy Science Secretary:**
	+ **???**
	+ ???

## Flag

### Original (circa 2317 IK)

Designed by Jonathan Carter under the disguise of X Code, AEGIS's first flag was a black mythical fierce dragon outlined in white in the middle of a black field facing away from the hoist. The dragon was the very symbol of the group ever since it was first seen printed on the left side of X Code's cloak. For quite a time, since being first unveiled during the Hotel Hijacking Incident, the flag had been considered as the trademark of AEGIS aside from the plain black mask its member wears, even though their flag had undergone countless revisions to come.

### Revised (circa 2318 IK)

Designed by Jonathan Carter under the disguise of X Code, the previous flag was amended as a sign of rebirth and a new start for the group since the failure of the First Blood Rebellion. The flag, as of year 2318, was divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner; the upper triangle is black and the lower triangle is red, with a black mythical fierce dragon outlined in white (a symbol of AEGIS) in its center and facing away from the hoist.

Due to the popularity of the original flag, this revised flag was rarely used. Though the flag was flown and seen around their flagship *Corregidor* and their base at Spratly Islands, the most featured flag associated of them had remained to be the original. With the joining of AEGIS as the main military force of the United Order of Nations, the revised flag was also used and favored during the telecast than the previous one. Later on, when the Knights of AEGIS betrayed Jonathan, the revised flag was disposed of and replaced by the old and original flag they earlier used.

Since the time that the Knights of AEGIS was absorbed by the Eurasian Military, the revised flag was used once more to serve as the official standard of X Code (Akito Ryu) instead of the whole group.

### With the Eurasian Empire (circa 2318 IK)

Designed by Jonathan Alexander Lawrence Vasilyev, 77th Emperor of the Eurasian Empire and former X Code, and Akito Ryu under the disguise of X Code, was used as the flag of AEGIS to consider their organization as part of the Eurasian Empire, especially as its military force. The flag used the blue field of the Eurasian Empire's flag, the original black mythical dragon outlined in white was in the middle field, and added with three dark red stars: one on its mouth, and one on each leg that symbolized the three main islands of the newly freed Philippines.

### X Code's Personal Standard (circa 2317 IK)

> *See also: X Code*
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Designed by Jonathan Carter under the disguise of X Code, the flag was used exclusively by X Code as his personal flag. The flag, ever since the creation of AEGIS, was a black mythical fierce dragon outlined in white (a symbol of AEGIS) in its center facing away from the hoist.

X Code used the flag as an equivalent to an Emperor of the Eurasian Empire's personal flag. It is usually seen hung inside X Code's quarters aboard their flagship *Corregidor* and their base at Spratly Islands. It is also flown aboard *Corregidor* and Spratly Islands whenever he is present in the said place. Though it was revealed that members of AEGIS will need to ask permission from him first before being flown aboard either of the two. A secondary flag to be flown was always with X Code (aboard the Simoun) and handed to be flown whenever he wanted to reveal to the others of his presence.

Later on, when the Knights of AEGIS betrayed Jonathan, the flag was used to drape over X Code's empty coffin as in honor of the announcement of his "death". It was burned along with the empty coffin. When AEGIS had been absorbed by the Eurasian Military, the revised flag of AEGIS served as the official standard of the "new" X Code (Akito Ryu). Even after taking up the mantle of X Code again, Jonathan decided not to use it.

## Affiliates

The Knights of AEGIS were originally founded by a small group of Filipino businessmen called the Southern Leaders who secretly work against Eurasian rule. Aside from them, personally supporting Jonathan as X Code had been the members of USR's Southeast Asian Region who've acted as the group's intelligence about the movements and inner core of the Eurasian Empire.

They also begin negotiations with the Chinese Confederation, who grant them control over the Spratly Islands as well, though it had been a move done by Jonathan to search for the whereabouts of the Kaio Order and a consideration that grant the Philippines ownership of the islands in the West Philippine Sea after years of oppression in the area even before the Empire's invasion. They also served then as the contracted force for the United Order of Nations, which also begin funding their operations. Officially, they are not affiliated with any nations, but a majority of their equipment and members derive from the Philippines, Japan, Singapore, Australia and India.

When Jonathan rise to power as the Emperor of the Eurasian Empire, over the leadership of AEGIS and UON, the organization was considered to be under the control then of the Empire. After X Code (Akito Ryu) supported his reign, the previous offered that as the real leader of AEGIS, the group will be an independent military force of the Empire, with the main goal of accompanying the countries toward freedom, ensuring peace, and the Empire's partner with the wars against the Colonial Coast. Since that declaration made by X Code and of the independence of the former provinces of the Empire as promised in the agreement of the Empire and the UON, the group didn't question it and are receiving funds from the Empire as well. This then led to the creation of the Order of the Gallia Reims, a sub-division of AEGIS.

Aside from the funds alone, they also receive armaments and supplies from the Empire. They were given territories that are situated in the seat of the capitals in Vikla, Croatia and Moscow, Russia; considering the two as their headquarters as well while maintaining their original base of Spratly Islands. Since then, they were given a seat on the parliamentary house of the Empire, and a seat for X Code as the Emperor's personal advisor and knight.

## Appearances

* *Revival*
* *Refrain*
* *Reload*
* *Repeat* (mentioned only)
* *The Rook's Scars*
* *The Bishop's Curse*
* *Lessons* (mentioned only)
* *We can't tell Jonathan* (mentioned only)
* *Before the Showdown* (mentioned only)
* *Such Agony* (mentioned only)
* *A Women's Battle* (mentioned only)
* *The Final Invitation* (mentioned only)
* *Expected Confrontation* (mentioned only)
* *Return a Loved One* (mentioned only)
* *No Boys Allowed*
* *Don't Forget Me Again* (mentioned only)
* *Prototype* (mentioned only)
* *The White King's Scheme* (mentioned only)
* *My Strange Mission* (mentioned only)
* *For the Next Move* (mentioned only)
* *The Plan of Refrain* (mentioned only)
* *Clothed for a Funeral* (mentioned only)
* *Last Notice* (mentioned only)
* *Finalization of Plans* (mentioned only)
* *A Secret*
* *Affections*
* *X Code, Signing Off* (mentioned only)
* *Final Goodbye* (mentioned only)

## Trivia

* Known descriptions
* Other descriptions