Defenders of Imperium (Shining Bonds)

## Defenders of Imperium

### Equipment

From real-life WW1 & WW2 equipment to modern-day equipment, including equipment used by Team GDI

### Motto

Victorus aut Mortis! (Victory or Death!)

**Defenders of Imperium** is an ancient world-defending paramilitary organization featured in *Shining Bonds a la Mode* established during Federal times. Today, they are totally mysterious and near-nonexistent to everyone else as they no longer have a capital, little known of their origins and most of what's told remains rumour and speculation.

## Relationships

### **Friends/Allies**

* Team GDI & Team Harmony - DOI's beloved allies because of how much they have protected the Multiverse.

### **Enemies**

* Phoenix Soviet Socialist Republic - Because Arcturus believes that communism is heresy, even though PSSR and its sub-factions are non-existent in SBALM.

## Role in the Series

(Feel free to add any WW1, WW2 and modern-day military equipment here, more to be added. However, I'm lazy to add any WW1 & WW2 equipment here...)

### **Infantry**

* Basic Unit: GD-54 Assault Rifle, GD-34 Assault Carbine, GD-43 Battle Rifle, M4 Carbine, M16 (various), FN SCAR, SA80 Assault Rifle (L85A2 or L85A3 variant), FAMAS, SCAR-H, M4GD1 Carbine, GD-60 Plasma Rifle
* Heavy Unit: G-121 Plasma Rifle, M249 SAW, GD-166 Heavy Assault Carbine
* Sniper: L115A3 Sniper, GD-499 Sniper Rifle
* Anti-Tank: HEAT Anti-Tank, FGM-899 Anti-Armor Weapon System, RG-230 "Stinger" Railgun
* Officer: M1911 Pistol, GD-07 Pistol, GD-10 Blaster
* Spec Ops: GDI SAS Equipment, Heckler & Koch MP5, MAC-11, GD-11 SMG
* Support:
* Other: Personal Role Radio, Milkor MGL

### **Vehicles**

* Light Vehicles: AM General Humvee
* Light Tanks: M24 Chaffee, M48 Patton (used as MBTs, but now used as light tanks)
* Main Battle Tanks: M1A2 Abrams MBT, M21 Abrams MBT, M52 (A1, A2 and A3) MBT, MBT-10 "Predator", Challenger 2, GD-2077 Heavy Tank, M1AX Abrams MBT
* Super-Heavy Tanks: M-998 Mammoth Tank, M-998-X Kaiser Mammoth Tank, M-998-HT Mammoth Hovertank, B-2020 Mammoth Heavy Assault Tank, B-890 Mammoth Future Tank
* Mechanized Walkers: Titan Mk. I, Titan Mk. IV, Wolverine Mk. III, Juggernaut Mk. III
* IFVs: M2A3 Bradley IFV, M8 Bradley Hover IFV, ICV Stryker, Warrior (IFV),
* Artilleries: M109A7 Paladin, M270 MLRS, M540 Hover MLRS, J-89 Prism Tank, GD-1200 Self-propelled Artillery
* APCs: M113, M-334, C-394, FV430 (includes its Bulldog variant)
* Support Vehicles: Mobile Utility Transport (variant of the M-334)
* Other: M-23 Stealth Tank, M-122 Flame Tank, Alvis Stormer, Shatterer Mk. II, Disruptor Sonic Tank, Hard Mobile Launcher (type of mobile ICBM launchers)

### **Aircraft**

* Fighters/Attack Aircraft: F-22 Raptor, F-28 "Starlight" Fighter
* Transport Aircraft: F-35B, C-130 Hercules
* Bombers/Electronic Warfare/Surveillance Aircraft: B-52 Stratofortress, B-2 Spirit
* Aerial Refuelling Aircraft: Strategic Tanker Aircraft
* Drone/UAV: MQ-9 Reaper
* Helicopters: GD-64E, AH-70 & AH-64 Apache, Boeing CH-47 Chinook, GD-900X Cryo-copter, GD-120A Orca Gunship
* Other:

### **Naval Ships/Starships**

* Capital ships: Apollyon-Class Capital Ship, Redeemer-Class Capital Ship
* Aircraft carriers: Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier
* Dreadnoughts: Arcturus Porter-Class Dreadnought (starship, ship classification named after Jim's ancestor)
* Battlecruisers: Kodiak-Class Battlecruiser (starship, former command ship)
* Battleships: Excalibur-Class Naval Battleship
* Command ships:
* Amphibious warfare ships: Wasp-Class Amphibious Assault Ship
* Cruisers: Birkenhead Cruiser, Javelin-Class Cruiser
* Destroyers: Type 45 Destroyers
* Frigates: Scout-Class Naval Frigate, Intrepid-Class Railgun Frigate (starship), Siren-Class Frigate
* Corvettes: Modern Flower-Class Corvette
* Littoral combat ships: GDI-Class Littoral Combat Ship
* Submarines: The Samurott
* Other:

## Trivia

* Defenders of Imperium is based on Death Korps of Krieg from Warhammer 40K and Nazi Germany.
* Fans claimed that Defenders of Imperium is Team GDI's ancient predecessor, but much stronger and has a lot of firepower and manpower than the said organization.
* It is said that they has around 20.6 million soldiers, this is just a speculation since it's unknown how much manpower DOI has.

## Gallery

Defenders of Imperium's basic infantry concept.