Editing Babylon Rogues (section)

===Past===
According to legend, the Babylon Rogues were a band of technologically advanced thieves known as the [[Babylonians]].<ref name="SR"/><ref name="SRTech">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). ''[[Sonic Riders]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: [[Splash Canyon]]. "'''[[Doctor Eggman|Eggman]]''': Can you believe the REAL treasure is the ancient, but advanced technology of the Babylonians? What irony! I've found a story about a boy who received an Angel Wing from the Babylonians as a gift. The story says that with it, the boy was able to rule the world. And this was just a gift! I'm anxious to find this technology as soon as possible. Imagine the vast possibilities of the technology they must have kept for themselves. Hehehehehe!"</ref> The Babylonians themselves were a group of genie-like aliens who got stranded on [[Earth]] in the ancient past when they were forced to disconnect the engine units called the [[Ark of the Cosmos|Arks of the Cosmos]], which were advanced stones capable of harnessing the power of a black hole, from the warp drive of their spaceship, the [[Babylon Garden]], and send them into orbit around earth in order to keep their ship from generating a black hole.<ref name="SRZGending">[[Sonic Team]], CRI Middleware (22 February 2008). ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/level: Ending sequence. "'''[[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]]''': They crash landed on this planet in ancient past... They disconnected the units... / '''[[Amy Rose|Amy]]''': And left it in orbit hoping that some day it would fall back down to the surface. Every time they saw a shooting star... / '''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]''': I bet they’d wished they could get back to their home planet. / '''[[Amy Rose|Amy]]''': Maybe that’s why people started wishing on shooting stars."</ref><ref name="Decision">[[Sonic Team]], CRI Middleware (22 February 2008). ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. "'''[[Wave the Swallow|Wave]]''': ...we’ve reached our decision. We must sever the engine unit from this vessel. For if we delay, the contraction of the engine core will lead the lightless black to consume everything."</ref> Whether the Babylon Rogues were formed before or after the Babylonians landed on Earth is unknown, however.

[[File:Babylon legend.PNG|thumb|225px|left|The Babylon Rogues as depicted in ancient legends, from ''[[Sonic Riders]]''.]]
On Earth, the Babylon Rogues became a legendary band of great thieves. They made their home on Babylon Garden, which was made into a floating island that could fly across the sky.<ref name="SR"/> During the time of [[Stolen]], the thirteenth leader of the Babylon Rogues, the Babylonians invented the [[Magic Carpet]], which was an early prototype of the first [[Extreme Gear]].<ref name="Stolen">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). ''[[Sonic Riders]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: [[Babylon Guardian (track)|Babylon Guardian]]. "'''[[Doctor Eggman|Eggman]]''': Let's see... Ah, this looks interesting. "At long last, we've completed our ultimate invention. With this, our lives will be easier, without the need to work so hard to keep ourselves flying. Stolen, the 13th leader of the Babylon Rouges..."</ref><ref name="ProtoGear">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). [[Sonic Riders]]. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: [[Babylon Guardian (track)|Babylon Guardian]]. "'''[[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]]''': Hmm, what's this? / '''[[Wave the Swallow|Wave]]''': Good eyes. Didn't think you'd spot it for a second, shorty. But you did. / '''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]''': Hey, what're you talking about? / '''[[Wave the Swallow|Wave]]''': This, isn't just a piece of fabric. / '''[[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]]''': Right. Take a look at the material; it's the same stuff we use for OUR Extreme Gear! / '''[[Jet the Hawk|Jet]]''': You don't say. / '''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]''': Oh, it's... / '''[[Wave the Swallow|Wave]]''': Not sure, but maybe it's a prototype Gear. / '''[[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]]''': A magic carpet? I thought that those only existed in fiction."</ref> This piece of technology was invented to allow the Babylon Rogues to travel all over the world to gather treasure.<ref name="SREnding">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). ''[[Sonic Riders]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: Ending sequence. "'''[[Jet the Hawk|Jet]]''': Yeah. The back of the carpet has more words of wisdom. It says, "This was invented to allow Babylonians to travel all over the world to gather treasure." Some things never change, huh?"</ref> After that, the Babylon Rogues would become specialists in the art of Extreme Gear.<ref name="SR"/>

Despite having settled on Earth, the Babylonians still yearned to return to their home planet. Due to having left the engine units for the Babylon Garden in orbit however, all they could do was wait for them to fall down to the surface so they could use them to relaunch Babylon Garden into space.<ref name="SRZGending"/><ref name="GiganRocks">[[Sonic Team]], CRI Middleware (22 February 2008). ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: [[Gigan Rocks]]. "'''[[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]]''': ...the divine wings, straddler of stars, lose their plumes to the dark and fall to the ground. The plumes become as stars, returning to this land. We, the children of Babylon...  / ... / '''[[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]]''': We, the children of Babylon, seal one star here, and another within the great scar, formed in heaven’s fall, until the time of the divine wings' rising."</ref> As such, whenever the Babylonians saw a shooting star, they would wish to go back to their home planet.<ref name="SRZGending"/> [[Amy Rose|Amy]] theorized that the Babylonians may have developed the tradition of wishing on shooting stars, believing that they would have looked to the night sky for the falling Arks of the Cosmos to return.<ref name="SRZGending"/> Eventually recovering two Arks of the Cosmos, the Babylonians would seal one away in the [[Gigan Rocks]] and the other in the [[Crimson Crater]] until it was time to relaunch Babylon Garden.<ref name="GiganRocks"/>

According to legend, the Babylon Rogues eventually incurred the wrath of the Gods because of their crimes. As punishment, Babylon Garden was cast into the depths of earth, leaving it buried underneath [[Sand Ruins]]. After that, the Babylonians were supposedly scattered for all time.<ref name="SR"/> Despite this, a clan of Babylonians called the Babylon clan persisted.<ref name="Clan">[[Sonic Team]], CRI Middleware (22 February 2008). ''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: [[MeteorTech Premises]]. "'''[[Jet the Hawk|Jet]]''': They aren't just some rocks. They're spoken of in Babylon clan legend as..."</ref> This clan continued their thieving ways as the Babylon Rogues for generations to come, with the [[Key to Babylon Garden]], a relic from the Ancient Babylonians which could return Babylon Garden to the skies, being passed down along with them.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sonic-riders.com/en/index.html |title=Sonic Riders official website |archivedate=12 June 2006|accessdate=29 May 2015|work=Characters: Jet the Hawk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060612233043/http://www.sonic-riders.com/en/index.html|publisher=[[Sega]]}}</ref> However, the Babylon Rogues' knowledge about their alien origins and achievements were slowly forgotten over time. Eventually, all the Babylon Rogues had left were the Key to Babylon Garden and misunderstood legends about Babylon Garden, the treasures it supposedly held, and their scattered relics.<ref name="Clan"/> One of these legends in particular told that ancient Babylonians left a hidden treasure behind in Babylon Garden.<ref name="SR"/><ref name="SROpening">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). ''[[Sonic Riders]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: Opening sequence (Babylon). "'''[[Storm the Albatross|Storm]]''': I wonder... Could it be true? Could our ancestors have left behind hidden treasure that's just waiting to be discovered?"</ref>

Not too long ago, there was a group of Babylon Rogues whose members included [[Jet's father]] and Wave's father.<ref name="WaveFather"/><ref name="SRFather">[[Sonic Team]], [[Sega Studio USA|Sonic Team USA]] (17 March 2006). ''[[Sonic Riders]]''. [[PlayStation 2]]. [[Sega]]. Area/Level: Opening sequence (Babylon). "'''[[Storm the Albatross|Storm]]''': Storm: What's this? Oh, is this...? / '''[[Jet the Hawk|Jet]]''': Yeah. That's when I took over things for my father."</ref> This group was eventually superseded by the current generation of Babylon Rogues: [[Jet the Hawk]], [[Wave the Swallow]] and [[Storm the Albatross]]. Jet himself took over as leader of the team and received the Key to Babylon Garden from his father.<ref name="SRFather"/> In time, these Babylon Rogues became a talented group of professional thieves and gained world-wide acclaim for their Extreme Gear riding skills.<ref name="SRZGManual">''[[Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity]]'' ([[Wii]]) United Kingdom instruction booklet, pg. 5.</ref><ref name="Acclaim"/> Jet's revered skills as an Extreme Gear rider in particular earned him an impressive reputation, leading him to become known as the "Legendary Wind Master".<ref name="SRJet"/>