Paeo IV sent Jessie Clemence at the age of six to enlist with the Royal squad, the only one to be selected out of the three sent. Closest friends with Terra, Sicylia, and Christie. A friend to all, Jessie's extroverted personality easily connected with the introverted of the squad. Her skill was discovered in marksmanship and she was placed with Hope's sniper team. Her injuries through the war were minor and Jessie tried to cope with survivors guilt after making it through the battle of Selstra. She welcomed the Serre Campaign and proudly served the princess.

Charlie team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Black
Eye: Brown
Height: 1.75 m 

Youngest of three, Jessica arrived with Terra Sagin from Sashe. Despite being on the same transport, the two were not friendly before the selection. Instead, Jessica was shunned by the Sagin palace escort, her family mere water harvesters, a main labor job on Sashe. Due to her background with water, she received rudimentary medical training, but it was discovered she did not have any talent in healing, negating her potential of leading a medical team in the squad. Upon graduation, Jessica was placed within Ririe's fire team. Excellent friends with each of the squad members, Jessica surprisingly saw herself as an close sister to the quietest member of the squad, Terra Sagin. Introvert in her grief, she was pressed into a team leader position of the demolition team after Sicylia was killed. A promotion she attempted to refuse and pass to Aki, which happened before the war arrived on Aerion. Shot twice in the leg at Meira, Jessica was recovering when the Viol attacked Selstra. Despite her injury, she survived a full day in the city before her tragic end at the teeth of a dragoon.

Delta team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor, (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra 

Hair: Charcoal black
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 1.73 m

Megan Dothan was born on Urrizen, a small farming village north of the capital. Her mother discovered the notice of eligible girls to try out and her family managed to get Megan on a ship in time to Aerion and the palace. Growing up in the palace out of her humble beginning, Megan always felt out of place but covered that up with a sharp tongue and a flirty wit. At sixteen, she was put into the sniper team with Madison, and the two proved a dangerous duo when together. Megan received accolades on her marksmanship score, but never enough to unseat Hope and Adrian. After Savannah, Megan was assigned to protect the princess on her mission to the Quova ambassador for information regarding the attack against Aerion. She shadowed the heir inside with her team geared in Palace Guardian armor large building and then back to the embassy. One of the first injured of the Royal squad, Megan received an injury from a dragoon on Quova and almost again during the fighting on Meira. One of the few survivors within the Royal squad at Selstra, Megan received a promotion to Sergeant, though she remained with the sniper fire team.

Bravo team, Royal squad, Raptor battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 1.7 m

Second youngest of the Royal squad, Christie was born in Selstra and raised in the shadow of the palace. Selected to attend the tryouts as a citizen of the kingdom, Christie proved herself in the tests and joined the Royal squad. Always quick to defend the princess and earned herself a coveted position within the princess' team. A fighter at heart, Christie pushed the limits and discovered her losses to the others stemmed from lower stamina, the others merely outlasting her initial attacks in training. Adjustment came slow but in time before the war began. Fighting through each battle with little injury, Christie received her first serious blow at Meira and then saw her final stand at Selstra.

Alpha team, Royal squad, Raptor battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 1.63

Born to Captain Jones Fey of the Selstra Defenders. Hope the oldest of the Royal squad. She was informed by her father that there was a call for girls of the same age as the Princess, Hope was accepted as a possible candidate.
With her father stationed in the capital, Hope met her closest friend on the way to the palace, Adrian Halis, and proposed that she join her at the palace for the review. Placed in the leadership role during training, Hope was held responsible for the victory of her team and was later accepted to the Royal squad. Dedicating herself to her academic studies until she was fifteen, Hope was granted permission to begin training before the others and by the end of training, was selected as a leader of the sniper team. As one of the team leaders, Hope remained with the princess at nearly every single event the heir was to be at, though young, she was considered permanent security detail. The same year her professional career began at sixteen, her father retired from service and moved south near Cabmel, putting them outside of the conflict that came to Aerion during the war.
As most of the Royal squad, Hope maintained an athletic build through her career. In addition, her personal life remained wrapped into the squad's and before the war, Hope never attempted to be in a relationship. After the fighting on Savannah, Hope recognized the need to keep her team in line as her closest friend, Adrian, was turning into the wild card of the squad. In doing so, she and Adrian were able to create an outward image of hostility toward one another despite their close camaraderie. Fighting together through each battle of the war until Fate intervened in Selstra.

Charlie (sniper) team leader, Raptor battalion, Royal squad.

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Eyes: Brown
Hair: brown
Height: 1.83 m

From Sashe, Kara was already on Aerion when the request for six-year-olds was announced. Her family believed she could distinguish herself to find a position within the squad and she volunteered. Throughout the years, she stood out and was placed with Janna Hawks Bravo team. Unfortunately, she also became known as being in the wrong place at the wrong time. She found herself on the ground and injured most of the time, which pushed her to train harder in hand-to-hand combat. After Savannah, Kara began to study explosives, realizing Dragoons were a real threat that could not be killed close up.
During the first battle of the war on Quova, Kara took a blow from a Dragoon and another during the fighting on Sashe. Recovering easily from the aid of Saesh, Kara avoided severe injury until her luck ran out, and Kara joined the other fallen in Selstra after taking a fatal blow from a Dragoon.
She never discovered her parents' fate after the fall of Sashe, and they never sought her out after Sashe was evacuated. Kara has no romantic interest, as her dedication to the squad took priority over other interests.

Bravo Team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Brown
Eyes: Green
Height: 1.68 m

The firstborn of three and the only girl, Adrian's parents were farmers in Selstra working the fields outside the walls. Despite the age difference, Adrian's best friend was Hope Fey, and though later she would deny it, Adrian idolized Hope. Hearing that her friend was attending the palace squad tryout, Adrian followed Hope, and when vouched for, she was accepted into the recruitment trials.
During one part of the trials, there was a skirmish held. Despite her side losing, Adrian demonstrated enough to overshadow other candidates and was selected for the squad despite being the youngest at five. Recognizing her young age, the palace selection pressed her to understand what she was volunteering for, and after acknowledging it, she was accepted into the Royal squad. As her education merged with the rest, her academia remained average while her hand-eye coordination and athleticism tested in the top percentile.
Hand-to-hand and melee training pushed her choice to learn to fight with two sabers, unique to the squad and Phalanx; Adrian continued to push herself to stand out and had the drive to be different than her peers. At fifteen, she led the squad in marksmanship. But as she was younger, remained aloof, and rarely a team player, Adrian was passed over for a leadership role which had not been a personal goal. Only the Princess and Hope Fey could get through to Halis, and with Hope's high testing in marksmanship, Adrian was placed into the sniper team under Hope.
She did graduate with the rest, her hard work paying off as she became personally selected to guard Sierra on diplomatic missions. After surviving Savannah, she accompanied Sierra to Quova on a diplomatic fact-finding mission where she was able to observe, without incident, Sierra's meeting with the Viol ambassador. With the war beginning, Adrian began to feel the battles turning monotonous as the Viol failed to present her with a challenge. With the first loss on Sashe, Adrian became unleashed in vengeance with the rest of the Royal squad.
On Paeo IV, Adrian witnessed the death of their next loss, one of the few leaders in the squad that Adrian had grown to respect. This turned the victory bittersweet, and as she reflected on the war, Paeo was her favorite campaign against the Viol. Going into Selstra, Adrian was one of the few that made it relatively unscathed.
While downtime was welcome, Adrian missed the thrill and adrenaline rush the battle brought. Her closest friend, Hope, managed to get her off each ledge and back to the squad as more of the squad fell in the war. Personally, Adrian discovered an interest in another Raptor, Sergeant West. Though she never let on there was anything between the two and preferred to refer to him as a professional equal, she remained at his side for nearly every moment there was no training scheduled.
With the war landing on Urrizen, Adrian aided in the slaughter of the Viol after another leader fell to the Viol, and heading to Aerion, she adjusted her focus to the fight as the war claimed more of her sisters, including her closest, Hope. Only afterward did she allow herself to dwell on the loss and mourn for her near-sister.

Charlie team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Black
Eyes: Dark brown
Height: 1.55 m

Born on Urrizen, Janna comes from an old family that had been a part of the founding of the original colony. Despite this, Janna joined Sierra at the palace after her family learned of the loss of the queen, hoping the new Princess would become friends with Janna.
Over the years, Janna became the doppelgänger to Princess Liandri. Daughter to a palace worker, her similar appearance and age attracted Sierra's attention and allowed Janna and Sierra to bond and become best friends. They were copying and mimicking one another, which was later encouraged as Janna began training as a decoy guard for the princess. However, after Janna and Sierra pranked the king; Janna was ordered to wear her hair short to be known apart from Sierra.
Regardless of her status with the Princess, Janna worked hard to remain second in command, though none of the Royal squad ever challenged her for the position. Early in her training, she met and pined after Sergeant Lhyle Darrien before his transfer to Quova. Her personal life never evolved as she found contentment and joy in serving the princess as second in command and her best friend.
At Savannah, Janna led half of the squad through the colony to discover dragoons had slaughtered everybody. Training became life after; learning what happened to the colony gnawed on her mind until the mystery concluded with the defense on Quova. Almost watching her near-sister fall twice sobered her focus by fighting on Sashe, and Janna rarely sought entertainment with the rest of the squad.
On Paeo IV, she watched a close sister fall to Glory. Despite only being the second of the squad to die, Janna never had a chance to mourn as the Viol took a city on Urrizen. Janna joined the assault to take back the city and never returned to Aerion.

Bravo team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)

Hair: Dark Brown-Auburn
Eyes: Hazel
Height: 1.75 m

At six AR (Aerion Rotations), Sierra completed her first level of education and was then introduced to different elements of her future job as the ruler of Aerion. Fascinated with the Phalanx, Sierra researched both the budding star fleet and the central Phalanx and determined that she wanted to serve in the Phalanx. After consulting with various officers, Sierra met with her father at six and requested her training.
Though difficult to secure her father's permission, he granted it under the terms that she complete her full education. Additionally, fifteen selected peers would train with her. Sierra agreed, and within that rotation, thirty girls, the same age, were brought to the palace for selection. Continuing her proactive stance, Sierra joined the thirty as if she were a candidate to gauge the others and hopefully earn a little respect for her efforts. Her participation was rewarded with loyalty from the fifteen. Through the next fifteen years, Sierra dedicated herself to the craft of leadership, combat, and her duties as the kingdom's future heir. At the training graduation, her eighteen-year-old self was officially given her squad command and assigned the Raptor Battalion as a Fifth squad. Even though they were a part of the Phalanx, they formally were within palace command and did not go on regular maneuvers with the Raptors unless Sierra felt the need to join them.
Sierra began to attend multiple state functions to continue positive relations with the large Viol Nation empire. Her squad was able to accompany her on every function as their secondary role of bodyguard.
In her second AR, the Royal squad deployed to the new colony Savannah to investigate communications loss. Dragoons wiped it out with all three hundred civilians dead and the squad of Defenders slaughtered. With further investigation, they discovered two dragoons had been responsible. Aerion never found another dragoon on the planet, but the evidence never appeared regarding who brought them to the planet. For three revolutions, Sierra acclimated into the battalion until the first Viol assault on Aerion, which saw the destruction of the shield generator protecting the planet.
After the destruction of the generator, Sierra joined the first war council and pleaded with her father to seriously take the threat and demand the Viol Nations take action against any possible element responsible for the attack. Even with her father's slow movement, Sierra stepped up her training with the Raptor Battalion as she believed a war was close and the Phalanx would need her on the front lines.
Despite the evidence, it took a few more Rotations until the conflict broke out in earnest. With the Raptors on patrol to Terush, Sierra self-deployed to Quova. Her squad was successful in their mission to pull the diplomatic corps off the planet despite the losses suffered to the Quova battalion. It was one of her early experiences with war casualties. Returning from Quova, she discovered that the Raptor battalion was nearly wiped out at Terush and required her squad to acquire the second squad's two survivors. Jake Murose received the promotion to the battalion commander. Sierra and the Royal squad joined the fighting on Serre to squash the first attempt of a Viol foothold and again returned to Serre with the second invasion that saw the destruction of south and north cities of Serre. During the final assault, the Viol managed to capture a civilian transport which Sierra led her squad to take back. 
After the events on Sashe, Sierra and her squad rejoin the Raptors on Paeo IV, hitting critical targets that open a channel for the newly developed Strafer bombers. With the loss of another in her squad, Sierra turns to her battalion commander, Jake Murose, for advice. She opens up to the Captain after the fall of another squad member on Urrizen. Sierra did not have time to mourn her best friend's loss as the Viol chose to land on Aerion and take Meira and advance against Selstra.
Before the assault began against Selstra, Sierra shares a kiss with Jake that the squad discovers and insists on her pursuit of the Captain. The Viol attack came the next morning, and the two fought together and apart until the end of the battle.

 Alpha team, Royal squad, Raptor Battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Born on Erua, parents were both in the Erua Defenders Brigade. After selection at six, Amanda became interested in fitness and strength-building. Nearly the same height as Hope at graduation, Amanda was picked to carry any extra equipment used for a mission as she was the strongest of the squad. When the war began, Amanda was wounded on Quova but could evacuate with the rest of the squad. Patched up quickly, she fought in the Sashe Skirmish, where she was cut across the forehead during the melee fighting. Her personal break came with news of Erua falling to the Viol. Both parents fell in battle, and then Amanda discovered that all three of her siblings failed to escape the slaughter.
Dedicating herself to the battle completely, she managed the last two battles on Sashe before aiding in recovering a fallen sister on Paeo IV.
Urrizen saw the death of her team leader, and with the arrival of Sergeant Cordero to Delta team, Amanda was moved there to aid Carmen during the battle of Meira. Surrounded by her only family, Amanda entered the Battle of Selstra, ready to fight for those around her, knowing it could be her last battle with all of them.

Bravo team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad.
Delta team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad.

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Green
Height: 1.78 m

Selected at the age of six, Madison is the daughter of a battalion captain within the Erua Defenders. A representative of Erua, Madison understood the honor of her selection and determined every day to prove it. Despite not achieving as team leader, Madison joined the sniper team but later became reassigned to Janna's Bravo Team. Megan Dothan was her closest friend within the squad, and the two aspired to prank those unaware of their shenanigans.
Madison accompanied Princess Liandri to the Quova Embassy before the war, proving she could remain professional while protecting the heir. She narrowly avoided death during the battle of Quova by a dragoon, and then again at Meira after getting caught by a Unias. After getting clear of the base, Madison transferred to Pyaun to receive medical treatment for her arm after Sergeant Cordero managed to treat her on the battlefield. Megan remained on Pyaun during the fighting on Selstra and learned the last of those lost in the capital. Her injury forced the complete amputation of her right arm, though she returned to the Royal squad and back into the sniper team with her best friend, Megan Dothan.

Bravo team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad.

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira

Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue Cream
Height: 1.62

Born on Aerion, Anna joined the Phalanx a year after her cousin Erin. Anna completed her training before the war began and her first mission with the Raptor Battalion was to the planet Terush. A survivor of the slaughter, Anna did not second guess her decision to join the Royal squad as the first outside member. Anna fought until her end on Selstra where she and her cousin met the same fate within the capital city.

Battles
Terush
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Daughter of Admiral Mark Ririe, Sycilia was accepted into training with the princess and the others at the age of six. Same age as the princess and stood out among her peers as a leader and one that the others respected.
Sycilia became the leader of the demolition team at the age of sixteen. Terra, Jessica, and Aki, the three others of her team all fit exceptionally well with personalities that matched. One of her closest friends was the princess and another was Janna as the two were also the leadership of the squad and they were constantly in communication with one another. She remained aloof from the rest of the squad, personally, distancing herself as she had seen her father do during his time with the fleet. After the war began, she fought to keep the princess alive and manage to save Sierra twice during the battles before Sycilia herself fell on Paeo.  

Delta team leader, Raptor battalion, Royal squad

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV

Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Sea green
Height: 1.72 m 

Erin was born on Aerion a year too late to be considered for joining the Royal squad as her family was connected with the royal family and led the governing on the second continent of Haveo. She joined the Phalanx at sixteen, a year before her cousin Anna. Though her family was not directly in line for the throne, they were not strangers to the palace and Erin was a participant in several skirmishes during her training.
Her first assignment was with the Raptor battalion and first battle was Terush. During the battle, she found her cousin and the two managed to survive through the worst to make it back to Aerion. Enlisting with the Royal squad saw Erin fighting with the princess through the thickest of the war and she managed to make it back to Selstra where she fought to her end in the capital with her cousin.
Survivor of the Raptor battalion's defeat at Terush. Joined the Royal squad with her cousin,

Battles
Terush
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Born on Paeo IV, Samantha was sent to Aerion for the selection trials at the age of six. She was selected and created a close bond with Sierra and Janna. It was a difficult choice for Sierra to select Samantha for the role of communications officer to avoid showing favoritism, but Samantha's multitasking proved superior to the rest of the squad, and she was chosen to be third in the squad.
Teamed with Alison Sid, Samantha learned everything she could about the technologies deployed with Knights and how to maintain it all in the field. At the start of the war, Samantha was promoted to Lieutenant so that she was ranked enough to get attention from the other side of the comms.
One of the few survivors of the Royal squad, Samantha found little time to mourn the friends who fell, Janna, being her closest. Her time was consumed by duties, and her personal life felt non-existent regardless of the furlough provided by the Phalanx.

Alpha Team, Royal squad, Raptor battalion

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Yellow-green
Height: 1.73 m

Daughter of Governor Sagin of Sashe, Terra was initially accepted into the Royal squad as a political appointment. Despite the politics behind her appointment, Terra held her own during the recruitment trials and achieved acceptance on her own. She was quiet and almost thought a mute, but it was only to her closest friends that eventually broke her out of her shell. During the fighting on Serre, she came to the conclusion that the war was going to consume the entire human kingdom and broke from her introverted self. It was short lived however, as during the final battle, she was brought down on the bridge of a Civilian refugee ship that the Royal squad was attempting to retake.
Within her family, Terra was considered with high regard, though her father viewed her as a tool for the family to elevate their status within the kingdom and achieve the independence rule that her father sought. Despite this outlook on her position, Terra refused to buckle to her father's pressure of elevating the family status.

Delta team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre

Hair: Light Brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 1.59 m

Born south of Cabmel, Alison was sent north to the capital, hoping to make the roster and serve with the Princess. Successful in her endeavor, Alison proved to be mischievous yet cautious as she continued to doubt her position among the higher-status members of the squad. Because of this, her closest bond remained solid throughout the war with Adrian Halis, another member of Aerion from lower status. After the war began, Alison knew that her position with Sierra's team required her to protect the princess whenever it was possible, and she managed to save the princess several times from stray Viol. Surviving through each battle, Alison emerged from almost every single engagement unscathed outside of combat fatigue and bruising. Alison proved her skill and abilities within the squad and cemented her legacy within the Elite Knights. With the loss of Terra before Selstra, and two other exemplary leaders who fell, she questioned her own mortality within the war. She prepared herself, but her continued survival proved in her mind that the fight must be finished. Personally, Alison remained out of any relationship as her focus was with the squad.

Alpha team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra

Born on Aerion but raised on Terush when her family joined the first wave of colonists on the planet. Aki returned to Aerion hoping to be the Terush representative on the Royal squad. After selection, she excelled in mathematics and demonstrated a penchant for destruction. Ushered into Ririe's demolition team Aki developed close friendships with Sicylia and Adrian Halis. After hearing about the destruction of Terush and the loss of her family, Aki realized that her real family had become her sisters of the Royal squad. One of the few to begin a relationship before the war, Aki broke it off with the man because of her task with the Royal squad and the protection for the princess.
When Sergeant Ririe was killed in action, Jessica Deuces became the team leader rather than Aki. Jessica passed on the promotion, and Aki stepped into the team leader position. Aki became the sole survivor of the original fire team after a dragoon killed Jessica. Aki rebuilt her fire team the following year and continued with the Raptors through the Serre campaign.

Delta team, Raptor battalion, Royal squad 

Battles
Savannah Incursion
Quova Defense
Sashe Skirmish
Battle of Sequire (Sashe)
Sashe Massacre
Assault of Paeo IV
Aestfor (Urrizen)
Meira
Selstra