Secret Society



Secret Society is an antagonist faction of a military science fiction mecha anime series, Armored Trooper VOTOMS.

Despite the rise and fall of planetary and interstellar governments, the true powerbrokers of all worlds in the Astragius Galaxy for the past 3,000 (three-thousand) years have been members of the Secret Society. In the beginning, they served the Quentian Overmen as a priest class who wielded power and considered themselves the Children of God. With the outbreak of the Hundred Years War, they infiltrated the militaries of both sides.

Shortly before the war's end, they developed the objective of creating an "Army of God." They would prepare for their god's second coming by building up a force to rule over the entire Astragius Galaxy. To support this goal (and line their own pockets) they began to operate a group of arms dealers rather than as a group of religious functionaries. Eventually few members of the Society truly believed that the Quentian Overmen were gods, or indeed anything more than a myth.

The current Secret Society may indeed have true links to the beliefs of their priestly origins, but if so, these beliefs are far overshadowed by their more secular ambitions.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, they are also members of the Global Liberation Union.