Sand-Blasters

The Sand Blasters were a Freedom Fighter group from Sand Blast City led by Jack Rabbit. While originally those who managed to escape capture and roboticization in Sand Blast City remained in hiding, the defeat of Dr. Ivo Robotnik by Sonic the Hedgehog gave them the confidence to rally together and retake their city. The Sand-Blasters are modelled after Knothole Freedom Fighters but also use tanks and other military equipment. While the Sand-Blasters did succeed in expelling the Robians from their city, they also tended to use questionable methods to get what they wanted, such as when they captured Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower and Bunnie Rabbot to fight for them.

Attempted Capture of Sonic and Tails
The Sand-Blasters attempted to hold Sonic and Tails captive in their city behind a force field so that they would always be protected from outside forces. Their efforts failed however when Sonic destroyed the shield generator to their city and escaped, causing the Sand-Blasters to once again defend their city from the attacking Robian hordes, swearing revenge on Sonic and his friends. (StH: #62, #63)

Bagging Bunnie Rabbot
Some time later they captured Bunnie Rabbot and used the reprogrammed Robians to attack her, though they had originally planned to use them to attack Sonic. However, Bunnie defeated the Robians and chased the Sand-Blasters off. (StH: #119)