Babel was founded by Theresa, the previous Sarkaz King of Kazdel, to further her vision of using her power and status to bring a better life for the Sarkaz and end the fragmentation of the nation. It consisted of both brilliant thinkers such as the Doctor, Kal'tsit, and Closure, and soldiers and mercenaries, such as Scout and Ace. Babel also possessed a mysterious, excavated landship from Rim Billiton which she christened Rhodes Island, thus becoming its mobile headquarters.
Throughout the most recent civil war in Kazdel, Babel was an active belligerent against Theresa's brother, Theresis, who had taken control of much of Kazdel. Meanwhile, Babel contracted a band of mercenaries which consisted of Hoederer, Ines, and W to escort the company through the Kazdel warzone. The convoys later ran into an ambush by Theresis' Sarkaz forces that forced Theresa and Kal'tsit to intervene and save the mercenaries, taking them into the Rhodes Island landship.[2] While Hoederer and Ines chose not to maintain their service to Babel after a couple of years, W continued working for the organization.[3]
Theresa was eventually killed in a "decapitation operation" during the autumn siege by Theresis' forces in the year 1094. It was said that the Doctor was involved in the incident and was responsible for the murder. Left leaderless, Babel was effectively disbanded, with most of its members becoming mercenaries or defecting to Theresis' side, while some managed to escape Kazdel with its mobile headquarters and reorganize itself into a pharmaceutical company named after the landship: Rhodes Island.
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Addendum
Despite Babel having ceased to exist by the events of Arknights and the respective individuals being part of Babel's successor Rhodes Island, W/Wiš'adel, Hoederer, and Ines are listed as affiliated with Babel to show them as the heirs of Theresa's legacy.
Amiya, Closure, Kal'tsit, and the Doctor became the core members of R.I. after Babel's dissolution while Ace, Logos, Mantra, Pith, and Scout became R.I.'s Elite Ops, and Ascalon becoming the director of S.W.E.E.P.
Odda was formerly affiliated with Babel and later returned to Kazdel upon its dissolution. He later returned to become an informant for Rhodes Island and Messenger for Kazdelian Sarkaz operators.
