🪖🟢Trooper and Rebel📣🔴

Nextbots in Evade are the main enemies, sending players running around the map, dodging and jumping. But if you look beyond the gameplay and also at the additional content (even if it's fan-made), you'll see that they're not just a "spoiler alert" but a frightening anomaly that bends reality. In the game itself, Nextbots are autonomous NPCs:
They always move toward the nearest player. They don't have complex tactics: the algorithm is simple: "I see a target, I move toward it."
Even if players hide behind a corner, Nextbots will still move toward them. For example, some Nextbots drive toward cars, others slide, and Tritbys move in jerky motions. This makes them unpredictable. Troopers can shoot at them, but it's of little use: Nextbots either don't take damage, or Lobo doesn't affect their behavior. The Trooper's goal isn't to destroy them, but to distract and buy time. In packs, they spawn at specific points or activate when conditions are met to create increasing pressure on players.
Nextbots are popular memes, faces from old games, pop culture characters—but they look "off": like the image is slightly off, the textures flicker, the proportions are slightly distorted. The movements are inhuman. There's no emotion in the traditional sense.

This is the most mysterious part of Lore. There are several popular theories.

1. Side effect of experiments.

Corporations conducted research into spatial-warfare anomalies, and Nextobot is a "leak" from the laboratories: fragments of distorted reality that have become entrenched in our world.

2. Distortion of reality

Nextobots aren't from our world: they're beings or phenomena from parallel dimensions that fell through weaknesses in the Pronstarnva structure. The UEC is trying to plug these "holes," and the Rebels want to understand how they can be used against corporations.

3. Digital entities.

Some fans believe that Nextobots are digital anomalies that have infiltrated the physical world. This explains their unnatural behavior and ability to defy the laws of physics.

There is no official confirmation, but item descriptions and events often contain hints of experiments and "reality breakthroughs."

Evade is a dystopian world where corporations hold power, and the dominant force is the UES (Universal Enforcement Corps). They bill themselves as "order and security," but in reality, they're a paramilitary force that controls cities, suppresses dissent, and covers up the corporations' dark dealings. Large corporations like Elysium Corporation and Atomic Co. operate alongside the UEC: they own the infrastructure, labs, and technology, and the UEC ensures their "quiet operations." This world is home to anomalies—Nextbots. These aren't just enemies, but reality distortions of sorts: they appear unexpectedly, behave unnaturally, and break the established rules of space and physics. For the UEC, Nextbots are the main threat that must be contained at all costs. For the Rebels, they're yet another argument against the system: "If corporations create such things, then they can't be left in the hands of the authorities."
UEC (Trooper) is the corporate military force. Their mission is to suppress unrest, protect facilities, and destroy Nextbots. For them, dispipline is the basis of survival. Troopers are not asked unnecessary questions: they are trained to follow orders and hold the line.
The Rebels are rebels fighting against corporate rule and the UEC. They have no centralized force: they are disparate cells united by a common goal. The Rebels believe the corporations are concealing the truth about Nextbots and using them for their own experiments.
The player is often a civilian caught in the conflict zone, either by accident or because they were trying to uncover the truth. In Lore, they act as "neutral survivors": their main goal is to reach a safe zone while the war between the Rebels and the UEC rages around them; in Nextbots, reality is erased.

Defect's real name is Kyle Renner. Before the war, he was a technician in the UEC's logistics unit, responsible for calibrating communications systems and performing minor repairs on armored vehicles. He didn't want to be a soldier: he liked things to work smoothly, according to instructions, without unnecessary drama.
Everything changed during one operation. His unit could have provided communications for the Trooperoch squads, but due to a logistical error, they were given damaged repeaters. When the battle began, communications were lost, and the Trooperoch squads were cut off. Kyle watched them die in the air, through fragments of conversations, through the quiet clicks of headphones. After that, he could no longer remain in the UEC. He believed the system had broken down not because of poor technology, but because of indifference: For the sake of reports and graphs, command sacrificed people. Kyle defected to the rebels and took the ostentatious "Defect" badge—an admission that he himself had become a flaw in the flawless UEC machine: someone who didn't follow a template and didn't pretend everything was normal. His uniform is his badge, the color of old UEC repair suits, and he kept it to remember who he was and why he left. For other Rebels it's just a color scheme, but for him it's a reminder: he's not an avenger or a fanatic, he just doesn't want anyone else to die because of the system's words.
For the average Trooper, Defect is an enemy. But if they were to know each other, their confrontation would be filled with bitterness, not hatred.

With players: He's an ally. He provides cover, shoots at Nextbots and Rebels, and helps create an escape window. In gameplay, this works like a team effort: the player runs, and Trooper holds the line of fire.
With Rebels: direct hostility. Depending on the Rebel class, Trooper reacts differently: he tries to keep his distance from Shotgunner.
With Nextbots: Neutralizes as the primary threat. Its behavior here is extremely utilitarian: detect, assess trajectory, suppress with fire.
With Defekt: In a match, Trooper immediately perceives Defekt as a threat and opens fire. He sees no difference between regular Rebels. The blue color scheme can confuse Defekt for a split second: in the heat of battle, the uniform's color sometimes blends into the background, forcing Trooper to waste an extra second identifying the target. Trooper dislikes uncertainty, so upon noticing the "non-standard" color scheme, he becomes more attentive. "Something's wrong here. New tactics? Or just a new color scheme?"

Appearance: He has pale yellow skin and a stern appearance. He wears a gray collared shirt with suspenders. He wears black boots and fingerless gloves with black and red pads on his lower arms. He has a prominent red stripe on his left shoulder and a Mil-Grade Pack backpack on his back (the same as Trooper's).
Haratker: Aggressive and straightforward. Depending on their class, they behave differently: some keep their distance, others rush into combat. Rebels don't engage in senseless carnage for show; their goal is to eliminate the threat and take control of the zone. In the game's lore, they are rebels fighting for the UEC, so they act like soldiers on foreign soil. They tend to improvise. The Rebel Shotgunner is hot-blooded and impulsive, loves to be at the center of the action and doesn't tolerate long deliberations; their motto is "Action first, deal with it later."
Facts: Rebel Shotgunner is the one who always goes first. He was a former mountain rescuer, accustomed to the need to act quickly in critical moments. Now, this trait makes him dangerous in close combat—he's not afraid to take risks and often covers for his comrades, literally becoming a "human shield." Because of this, his armor has more dents than most, and he always carries an old photo of his rescuers in his pocket.

Appearance: Trooper has yellowish skin and short hair like a normal guy. His face is partially hidden by a black balaclava. He wears a black and white uniform, with a camouflage pattern on the white areas. He wears a green flak jacket based on a retextured Coliny Defender Helmet. The jacket is complemented by a belt with pouches, shoulder pads, knee pads, elbow pads, fingerless gloves, and boots. He also sports a Mil-Grade Pack. He wields an AK-47 assault rifle. Personality: He acts like a soldier: he follows protocol and carries out his mission to the letter. His priorities are protecting players and containing threats. Unlike most Rebels and other hostile soldiers, he is friendly and helps players fight alongside them. He's hostile to Rebels and Nextbots, and acts decisively and without hesitation. Facts: He's obsessed with orderliness. He keeps his locker organized to the millimeter, and he cleans his weapons even when they're spotless. If an ally leaves their gear out of place, he'll politely but firmly ask them to return it.
On the inside of his bulletproof vest he keeps a whole collection of stickers with the emblems of the Ranz Podrovleny.
He's accustomed to the noise of the radio, the sound of footsteps nearby. When he feels complete silence, he gets a strange feeling that something is about to go wrong. He has a notebook where he writes short messages to someone at home—just to remind himself why he's doing all this. But he's hesitant to send them: he doesn't want to scare or upset anyone. His favorite "food" is an energy bar with a "what's left in the warehouse" flavor.
He believes in omens and considers Nextbots not just enemies, but something unnatural.
Loves listening to old radio programs.
The calmest person is in a panic. When chaos surrounds them, it's Trooper who remains the one who says in a calm voice, "Stay behind me," or "Everything will be okay now." He's not so much fearless as he is able to mask his fear with clear instructions.