New Eridu Defense Force
Last updated 2026-09-09
The New Eridu Defense Force (NEDF) is a military organization nominally under the New Eridu City Administration. The Defense Force has three main responsibilities: Deterring external threats, containing Hollows, and expanding into new territory.
The Defense Force operate Scott Outpost, helping protect New Eridu by containing Hollow Zero. They also work in conjunction with H.A.N.D. and take their place when a Hollow grows too unstable for H.A.N.D. to manage, mobilizing a strike team to quickly suppress the Hollow by eliminating every living creature inside it. Though the Defense Force is tied to city administration, they have been shown to be a de facto independent organization with many internal struggles,[1] and Mayor Mayflower has limited influence over the army leaders.[2]
Rebel Soldiers are rogue members of the Defense Force who act for various private interests or have defected. "Rebel" is also used as a catch-all term for any citizens who opposes the Defense Force, regardless of their background.
Gameplay Notes
For the purposes of Faction-based effects, all Agents across New Eridu Defense Force squads are considered to belong in one faction. For example, Soldier 11's Additional Ability: Fields of Fire can activate with Soldier 0 - Anby, despite them being from different NEDF squads.
Hierarchy & Members
Typical Defense Force squads consist of light infantry (Jaegers), heavily-armored assault units (Gunners), and armed tactical mechs (Strikers, Rovers, Guardians, and Typhons).
Although Eridu Defense Force once had multiple divisions, all but the Obsidian Division were wiped out when the Old Capital was destroyed by Hollow Zero.[3]
- New Eridu Defense Force
- Leadership
- Major General Lorenz (Deceased, as of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night)
- Colonel Isolde (Deceased, as of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night)
- Administrative
- Tsukishiro Yanagi (Previously)
- Bangboo
- Mercury
- Self-Defense
- Many Battleboo
- Obsidian Division
Defense Force - Obol Squad
- Orphie Magnusson & Magus
- Trigger
- Seed
- Seed Sr. (Deceased)
- Soldier 11
- Chartes Squad
- Erin (Formerly)
- Erin's Friend (Unnamed, Deceased as of Out of Sight)
- Nocte Squad
- Jesse (Formerly)
- Impera Squad
- Nathan — Captain (Formerly)
- Nemesis Squad (Destroyed)
- Zoe — Sniper (Formerly and Deceased, as of Out of Sight)
- Peregrine (Deceased)
Defense Force - Silver Squad (Destroyed)
- Soldier 0 - Anby / Anby Demara (Previously)
- Soldier 11 (Previously)
- Twiggy (Deceased, as of Echoes of Silver)
- Girl A — Reformed Silver Squad (Deceased, as of Echoes of Silver)
- Wade Squad (Destroyed)[Note 1]
- Zero — Was a reserve member of the squad, but was transferred to another squad (Previously)
- Camie
- Bardie
- Marlos
- Derry
- Agamemnon Squad (Destroyed)
- Isolde (Previously)
- Orpheus / Magus (Previously)[Note 2]
- Unnamed Squad
- Captain Roland — Chief of the New Eridu Defense Force stationed at Scott Outpost
- Ethan (Scott Outpost)
- Sentinel
- Ivy (Scott Outpost)
- Marlene
- Reno
- Unknown Squad(s)
- Zero (After his transfer)
- Veronica (Formerly)
- Diamond Division (Destroyed)
- Unnamed Squad
- "Spacebar" (Deceased)
- Unnamed Squad
- Chrysoberyl Division (Destroyed)
- Unknown Division
- Unknown Squad
- Dennis — Captain of an early Defense Force squad, that led an incursion into Hollow Zero.
- Unknown Squad
- Leadership
Gallery
Uniforms
Vehicles
Notes
- ↑ Although the English localisation uses "Wade" as a reference to both the name of the squad and the name of a person within said squad, the original Chinese text is much clearer that it's solely the squad that is called Wade.
- ↑ Within the comic-book segments and dialogue of Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, it is explained that Orpheus is the name of the original soldier, with Magus being the codename. Orphie did not exist at this point.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Given the info we are provided, and how severely corrupted they were ten years ago, Lyre Squad is assumed deceased or turned into Ethereals.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Defense Force |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 防卫军 Fángwèi Jūn |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 防衛軍 Fángwèi Jūn |
| Japanese | 防衛軍 Bōeigun |
| Korean | 방위군방위군 Bang'wigun |
| Spanish | Ministerio de Defensa |
| French | Forces de défense |
| Russian | Вооружённые силы Vooruzhyonnyye sily |
| Thai | กองกำลังป้องกัน |
| Vietnamese | Lực LượngLực Lượng Phòng VệPhòng Vệ |
| German | Verteidigungsmacht |
| Indonesian | Defense Force |
| Portuguese | Força de Defesa |
Change History
- The following Agents were added to the faction as part of Obol Squad:
- The following Bangboo were added to the faction:
- Agents across New Eridu Defense Force squads are now considered to belong to one Faction for the purpose of faction-based effects.
- Defense Force - Silver Squad was released with the following Agents:
- The following Agents were added to the faction as part of Obol Squad:
- New Eridu Defense Force was introduced.
- Obol Squad was released with the following Agents:
References
- ↑ Phaethon's Story, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Episode 3: The Winner's Rules
- ↑ Phaethon's Story, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Episode 8: Ending at Last...?
- ↑ Event: Roaming the Ether
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