Freedom Fighters (Kingdom of Acorn)


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Current= The Knothole Freedom Fighters are a group of Mobian heroes who came together to oppose Dr. Eggman's tyrannical rule over their plant of Mobius. Inspired by the heroic efforts of Sonic the Hedgehog, who later became a member of their group, they managed to reclaim their home city of Mobotropolis and keep it and their old base of Knothole secure. They later built a new mobile headquarters, the Sky Patrol, in order to travel the skies of Mobius and challenge Eggman's evil wherever it appears. The  Knothole Freedom Fighters are one of the first modern Freedom Fighter groups, formerly based and operating out of Knothole, and, like other groups, were opposed to the tyranny of Mobius' former despot Dr. Ivo Robotnik, and as such spent years fighting his reign via guerrilla warfare and sabotage. Following his defeat, the Freedom Fighters later became involved in a war against one of his inter-dimensional counterparts, Dr. Eggman, as well as a number of other villainous individuals who emerged to threaten Mobius. Their original headquarters was Freedom HQ, though in the post Super Genesis Wave timeline they now reside in the mobile Sky Patrol.
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History
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=Origins= In the altered reality, the Freedom Fighters were formed by Sally out of a desire to stop hiding and make a difference. It is currently unknown how long it took the team to be formed, but it was said that it was inspired by Sonic's heroism. Among their victories were liberating Mobotropolis from Dr. Eggman and rescuing King Acorn from the Special Zone. Despite Sally's fears, King Acorn allowed her to stay with the Freedom Fighters, realizing how valuable she is out there despite his own fears for her safety.

=New Reality: Back in Business= In the altered reality created by these events, the Freedom Fighters had apparently never split into Teams Freedom and Fighters, but remained a cohesive team. At some point they left the city in order to work on a highly classified project, one that even King Acorn-restored to the throne by the reality alterations-was in the dark on. The team was subsequently separated as Amy disappeared, while Sonic and Tails were dispatched to rescue King Acorn from Ixis Naugus. Sonic retained his memories of the original reality, and Tails regained his after contact with NICOLE, who suggested that they seek out the other Freedom Fighters to get to the bottom of the matter. Having rescued King Acorn, the pair set out to locate their missing teammates. They soon found Rotor in the Mystic Ruins area, hard at work on their new Sky Patrol base, and restored his memories by having him hold NICOLE. He then informed them as to the last known whereabouts of the other Freedom Fighters, noting that Amy had vanished mysteriously. (StH: #252, #253)

Following Rotor's directions, Sonic and Tails traveled to Knothole in the Wood Zone, where they found Antoine serving as Uncle Chuck and Muttski's bodyguard. They soon restored Antoine's memories as well, and worked together to save the two scientists and their equipment from an earthquake. Antoine departed with Chuck and Muttski while Sonic and Tails headed for the Metropolis Zone in search of Bunnie, who had been on a deep cover assignment. Retrieving her and a shield generator for the Sky Patrol, they returned to the Sky Patrol and reunited with Antoine prior to restoring Bunnie's memories. This left only Sally and Amy unaccounted for. (StH: #254, #255)

By the time Sonic and Tails returned to Mobotropolis, they had the answers they were looking for as Amy, returned from her trip to the Sol Zone, and Sally were stuck in a battle with Metal Sonic. The two drove Metal off and retrieved the two, along with Cream the Rabbit and Cheese, taking them to Sky Patrol just in time for the planet to tear itself apart. (StH: #256)


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=Beginning, Formation= The original members of the Knothole Freedom Fighters, Sonic, Princess Sally, Rotor, and Antoine, were children evacuated to the hidden village of Knothole in the Great Forest following the fall of Mobotropolis to Dr. Robotnik, and the first resistance operations began when the Original Freedom Fighters formed, serving in this capacity until Robotnik trapped, roboticized and banished the group to the Zone of Silence. Inspired by their sacrifice, and many of their number looking up to them as inspirations and guides, the Knothole Freedom Fighters, the kids being the main core of the team, formed to carry on in their stead. (StH: #142, #143)

=Campaigns Against Robotnik= Despite being only a small band of Mobians, with time, the group quickly stood out among the rest as a major force to be reckoned with. Their members, led by Sally and their primary agent Sonic, quickly gained experience and intelligence with time, performing many operations against Robotnik; launching several guerrilla tactic strikes, sabotaging supply lines, destroying factories, interfering with his projects etc., effectively doing anything to hamper and/or ruin Robotnik's plans, all in the name of their primary objective: to defeat Robotnik forever, reclaim Mobotropolis and restore the Kingdom of Acorn. Other missions included helping Mobians across the planet in need. (StH: #1, #13, TMS: #1, #2, #3)

On a personal level, the group's members began friendships and relationships with other members, and the group joined several other Freedom Fighters groups, mostly getting along well (the only exception being the Rebel Underground, the "official" underground resistance movement against Robotnik started by the last members of the His Majesty's Secret Service under the pompous and imperious Geoffrey St. John). (StH: #20, #26, #46)

=Disbanded= Eventually, the group succeeded in it's mission; with Robotnik being killed by the Ultimate Annihilator while engaging Sonic in combat, and Maximillian Acorn was retrieved from the Zone of Silence and resumed the role as king. Upon their victory, the Kingdom was quickly re-established and Mobotropolis re-captured, with time becoming habitable and functional again. With time, Max began to see no need for the group to continue fighting; as he considered Freedom Fighters; who were nothing more than children (according to him), no longer preferable in favor of the restored Royal Army, and as such, eventually officially disbanded the team, in favor of using the re-built Royal Secret service under St. John. (StH: #43, #50, #70, SSS: #2)

=Reformation to Fight On= This policy was changed when, following the coming of an alternate version of Robotnik called Dr. Eggman and his attack and re-invasion of Mobotropolis, the group was officially reformed and relaunched by King Max, with their status changing from ragtag rebels fighting a ruthless dictator, to soldiers fighting a threat to the Kingdom. (StH: #75, #76, #78)

Upon their revival, their old base was restored and links with other groups established, most especially the Chaotix under Guardian Knuckles. The group fought threats by Eggman across the world and other threats such as Mammoth Mogul, Ixis Naugus and his minions, the Destructix, Scourge the Hedgehog other Bounty Hunters, and the Dingo Regime. (StH: #130, #132, #133, #138, #139, #160, #162, #163, #164, #165, #187, #188)

After years of fighting, with professional and personal struggles, and the comings and goings of allies and other members, the group suffered a massive defeat when Eggman launched an all-out assault by Eggman's Egg Fleet, which razed Knothole to the ground, and all but a handful of Freedom Fighters taken prisoner. Quick actions were taken by the remaining team members, however and the population of Knothole was rescued from the Egg Grape Chambers and sent to safety in New Mobotropolis. (StH: #175, #176, #177)



Following this the Freedom Fighters began to rebuild Freedom HQ, though they were first forced to contend with the threat of the second Enerjak. Not long afterwards, they fought to defend it against the invading Suppression Squad. Although withdrawing for the time being, they later allied with the Suppression Squad to take down Scourge and send him back to Anti Mobius. (StH: #180, #181, #182, #185, #189, #190, #195, #196)

With the Suppression Squad defeated, the Knothole Freedom Fighters pressed their assault against the crumbling Eggman Empire. Working along side the Chaotix, they managed to force the Dark Egg Legion to retreat, and defeated the Egg Phoenix. The next day the Freedom Fighters and the Chaotix proceeded to break into the Eggdome and face off again with the Dark Egg Legion. (StH: #198, #199)



After Bunnie and Mighty the Armadillo finally managed to knock down the barricade, all of the Freedom Fighters entered and found Eggman broken and defeated. Having finally won, they all went back to New Mobotropolis to celebrate. The festivities were cut short, however, as Monkey Khan arrived with news that the Iron Dominion had taken over the Eggman Empire. Not long afterwards, the Freedom Fighters were forced to battle Bunnie as she was manipulated by the Iron Queen's magitek powers, and then Monkey Khan as he was similarly affected. This would be the first of many engagements with the Iron Dominion, as they were forced to confront the Iron King, Queen, Yagyu Clan, and Dark Egg Legion in a battle over the escaped Dr. Eggman. Later, the group would lose NICOLE to the Iron Queen's power, forcing them to fight the Iron Dominion inside New Mobotropolis as they attempted to evacuate civilians. Sally was later able to free her, and left NICOLE as a spy to aid resistance forces-including teammates Amy Rose and Antoine-against the Iron Queen while she, Khan, Sonic, and Tails set out for the Dragon Kingdom. The group of four set out to break ties between the Dominion and the Clans that had sworn loyalty to it, and later returned to join their teammates in a final battle with the enemy. (StH: #200, #201, #203, #206, #208, #209, #211, SU: #13, #14, #15)

With the Iron Dominion beaten, the Freedom Fighters found themselves with other tasks to perform. After a largely fruitless search for Dr. Eggman and returning the Iron Queen to the Dragon Kingdom for her imprisonment, the group found itself split up yet again. Sonic and Sally accepted an invitation that had been extended to the entire group to become honorary members of the new Wolf Pack Nation, only to land in the middle of a conflict between the Wolves and the Felidae. Tails, Antoine, and Bunnie departed New Mobotropolis as well, leaving Rotor to his Council of Acorn duties and Amy Rose to keep watch over the city in the absence of her teammates. (StH: #212, #213)

=Fallen and Divided=
 * See also: Team Freedom and Team Fighters

Following the events of the arrival of the new Death Egg, everything slowly fell apart for the team. Sally sacrificed herself to save Mobius from being roboticized during Eggman's Operation: Clean Sweep. The end result had her roboticized and becoming one of Eggman's most dangerous soldiers. Some time later, after Ixis Naugus became the new king of New Mobotropolis, the Freedom Fighters were tasked with escorting Elias Acorn, the true king, to Feral Forest. An ambush by Mecha Sally and the Death Egg resulted in Antoine being critically injured while fending off a self-destructing Metal Sonic.

With the departure of Bunnie (who was recently deroboticized by Naugus's magic), NICOLE's exile (who was still blamed for the Iron Dominion's invasion), and Antoine hospitalization, the Knothole Freedom Fighters had suffered too many loses to be capable of combating the threats posed by the Eggman Empire and Naugus effectively. The remaining members split into two teams with Team Freedom protecting New Mobotropolis, while Team Fighters would combat Eggman. The two groups continued in this capacity for some time, until Mobius was hit by the second Genesis Wave. Super Sonic later undid the effects of both this wave and the following Super Genesis Wave, but Eggman's interference resulted in drastic changes to Mobius. (StH: #236, #247, #251)

Tactics
The Freedom Fighters originally used guerrilla tactics as they did not have the numbers or the resources for a proper army. However, since the reestablishment of the Kingdom of Acorn and Eggman's open declaration of war, they have abandoned these tactics for a more direct and frontal method of attack.

Transportation
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 * Sky Patrol - The base of operartion for the Freedom Fighters in the Post-Super Genesis Wave World.
 * Tornado
 * Twister
 * Extreme Gear - Small hoverboards employed by members of the Freedom Fighters incapable of independent flight or for high speed transport.
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 * Tornado
 * Freedom Fighter Special
 * Bathysphere - Rotor's personal submarine
 * Sea Fox - Tails' personal submarine
 * Extreme Gear - when Sonic had his run in with the Babylon Rouges, Tails built some for himself, Sonic, and Knuckles to combat them. Other models were later employed by other Freedom Fighters, primarily to help them keep up with Sonic, though their speed made them difficult to control.
 * Saucers - repurposed Dark Legion hovercrafts. These are not as high as the originals, but can cover a lot of ground. Before the team splintered, these would often be used to carry several Freedom Fighters at once.(Pre-Super Genesis Wave)
 * Mobo-Cruiser - an all-terrain vehicle used by the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix during their attack on New Megaopolis.