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The ORN Empire (オーン帝国 Ōn Teikoku?) is the main antagonistic faction of the Thunder Force series.

Origins & History[]

According to the manual of Thunder Force II, the ORN Empire was originally an ally of the Galactic Federation, but for reasons then unknown rebelled against them. With their main center of operations on the ORN System, the empire was led by Khaos, a massive supercomputer and artificial intelligence which became self-conscious and acquired its own free will. Khaos viewed human beings as inferior and set the Empire on the path of destruction, starting a war against the Federation that would go on for more that 100 years.

Khaos was eventually destroyed, signaling the end of the ORN Empire in its original form. This would not be the end of the war, however, as the forces of Vios would continue the attacks against the Federation in ORNs absence. The allied forces from the Vios System led by Faust managed to retrieve Khaos remains and take it to the planet Vios, where they intended to restore it and analyze its data to launch a definitive attack against the Federation. The Federation learns of their plans, however, and launch a counteroffensive against Vios, destroying the space shuttle containing Khaos before it was able to escape.

The remnants of the ORN Empire would eventually be assimilated into Vios, becoming a new force known as ORN Faust, under the leadership of the new ORN Emperor. This new force launches a offensive against the Federation Planet and also reaches the Solar System, where it attempts to take over Earth. The Federation would find a unlikely ally in the RVR-00 "Phoenix" from Earth, which helps them in liberating their planet and repel the ORN Faust forces before their combined forces launch a counteroffensive against ORN's new fortress where the embryonic ORN Emperor resided.

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Notes[]

  • Khaos' will to annihilate the human race from the universe is quite ironic as it has been heavily implied in the ending of Thunder Force III that it was its human creators who gave it this idea.
  • In Thunder Force VI, Mongolian script is depicted as being the alien language of the ORN Empire.
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