Enemies of the AOs

Parts of the general populous
While a majority of Culte's population treats AOs as bold servants of the empire, there has always been a layer of fear surrounding them. The AOs are very hidden and confidential, what they protect people from is on a need-to-know basis.

Lots of theories spark about their almost terrifying presence. They are unavoidable, due to always being on patrol in cities, but also able to slip away undetected. Whether or not they are magical or supernatural or not is unknown to the general populous.

What the word "AO" stands for isn't known by anyone who doesn't work for the government.

Opinions on them can range from the true saviours of the world to hellish beings who kill without mercy. The mysterious nature of AOs raises suspicion and can make the rumors even worse.

Sometimes, the enemies of the AOs can be basic law breakers, or people who want anarchy and to dismantle power structures and try to kidnap or murder AOs. This rarely ever goes well.

The rebels, or Anti-AOs
It's enemies aren't all normal humans. A large portion of who the AOs fight are people known as "rebels". Most are previous AOs who either left legally or escaped the work without permission of release. 90% of rebels are funded by other countries who work against Paradiso and view AOs as a tool of imperialism that must be destroyed. A sizable portion of rebels are construction workers who live illegal in Paradiso's territory and tend to build underground when they create bases for rebels. They come in as stowaways through foreign trade ships and planes to Paraforan soil. There are Paraforan citizens that assist in these rebellion tasks with providing financial aid and other assistance in secret to these rebels.

While most rebels work on attacking directly, invading AO bases of operations, many work undercover. This can be done through hacking the AO's database system and adding your own information in and joining a group; full intentions of destroying the group from the inside or to leak information of future wars. Hard to do, and is traceable if you're not careful, but possible. Their use of kidnapping is integral to information leaks through blackmail and interrogation.

Rebels aren't known for being the best trained in combat, but they are known for being slick and making easy escapes when their undercover work is done.

There are rebels that are more vengeful than others and will try to murder as many AOs as they can get their hands on. This is considered a messy way of thinking since the overall goal of the rebels is to liberate the AOs, deprogram them, and defeat Paradiso's occupation of previously foreign soil- but it is common.