Vios (ヴィオス Viosu?) was a planet and acted as a secondary antagonist faction of the Thunder Force series.
Origins & History[]
No one knows about Vios' origins, nor about their leader Faust. However, it has been reported that Vios acted as a third organization that showed up 2 years after the war between the Galactic Federation and the ORN Empire, gathering the remaining ORN forces into Vios and increasing its military strength, launching various attacks against the Galactic Federation before revealing themselves.
As of Faust, its origins are unknown, though it is speculated it was originally created by the ORN Empire to serve as an enforcer before gaining independence. Because Vios contained the ORN Emperor "Khaos", the Galactic Federation attempted to strike Vios, mobilizing all of its power and embarked on a search for Vios.
They started the war above Aquaria, where a large Vios fleet is mobilizing to attack the Federation. However, the Vios forces proved to be too powerful against the Federation, resulting in their defeat. Soon after, Vios' forces were expanded in every zone of Aqauaria, but they were attacked by a new ultra-high performance fighter aircraft which was under development by the Federation, codenamed Fire LEO-04 "Rynex".
After the starfighter destroyed many forces of Vios, their battle was occuring in outer space, as the Rynex moved from Aquaria to the planet Vios. There, as Rynex destroyed the Vios' carrier ship, Faust sent Versus, a large mecha controlled by Faust itself, but ended up damaged, forcing it to retreat against the starfighter, which had been modified in the meantime.
Eventually, as Rynex destroyed most of Vios' army and invaded the planet, Faust sent Versus again to destroy Rynex, but ended up destroyed. Soon after, Faust tried to escape, containing a reconstructed Khaos, as a giant space shuttle, but failed to do so and was seemingly destroyed.
Legacy[]
Unberknownst to Rynex's pilots, Faust and Khaos had both survived. Also, Carol T. Mars and Roy S. Mercury both discovered that Faust intended to launch an attack at a distant planet known as Earth, so they left a distress call on the ship and ejects, as Rynex is left drifting in space. As Faust's wherabouts were unknown back then, Khaos quickly took control over a space shuttle and took over the abandoned Rynex, triggering the events of Thunder Force V.
After the war against the rogue computer Guardian, Faust reappeared, proving to have survived, reborn as ORN Faust, and announced to recreate the ORN Empire, engaging a war between Earth's Integrated Forces and the ORN Empire, triggering the events of Thunder Force VI.