Secret Freedom Fighters

The Secret Freedom Fighters are a team of covert agents formed by Harvey Who and sponsored by Elias Acorn. Their mission focuses on taking back the Republic of Acorn from Ixis Naugus without taking actions that would directly oppose the will of its people. The team's agents consist of Elias Acorn (King), Silver the Hedgehog (Ace), Shard (Jack), Lyco (Queen of Hearts), Leeta (Queen of Diamonds), and Larry Lynx (Joker). They also have a list of allies which include Sir Charles Hedgehog acting as an informant, and Lupe Wolf being a talent scout for them. They operate out of Secret HQ, a hidden bunker built by NICOLE in an undisclosed location within New Mobotropolis.

Secret Assembly
When Ixis Naugus made a claim for the crown, he carefully manipulated public opinion to his favour. To avoid conflict, King Elias Acorn stepped down; however, he secretly approached Harvey Who, seeking help to regain control of the government without putting the public in danger. While Harvey was reluctant at first, he eventually agreed to help when Elias proved his determination. Harvey took up the task of finding appropriate candidates for the team. He approached Sir Charles Hedgehog and the exiled Nicole for their assistance, and began recruiting.

Tomb of Vale
Upon learning from from Sir Charles that Geoffrey was bound for Soumerca on Naugus's orders, Director Who dispatched a team to learn the reason behind this. Operatives Ace (Silver), Joker (Larry), and Jack (Shard) followed St. John to Windy Valley, and stuck a tracker on his unattended Extreme Gear once they arrived. They then went underground through a variety of traps designed for Ixis Wizards, and eventually discovered they had entered the tomb of Ixis Vale, finding fresh tracks left by St.John. In the team's attempt to pursue and trap him, Geoffrey managed to escape and caused the tomb to cave in with an explosion. However, Ace used his powers to keep the rubble from crushing them, while Jack started to drill an escape route. In the meantime, Geoffrey fled the area with remains he had stolen from the tomb, unaware of the tracker on his board. (SU: #41)

Background Information

 * The uniforms worn by the Secret Freedom Fighters seem to be based on the "Leather" and "Race" character skins of Sonic Rivals and Sonic Rivals 2 respectively. Silver's uniform is, in fact, his "Leather"\"Race" skin from those games.
 * Each of the field operatives uses a call sign based on a playing card.