Leading up until the NPO-ONOS War, ONOS had pledged independence under the banner of the Alliance Bloc GUARD. Attempting to form a strong alliance with IRON, another independent alliance, and signed an Optional Defense Pact with them. Internal strife amongst the highest officials caused one of the officials, Da Choice, to defect to the NPO. In retaliation to what he perceived as unfair treatment from ONOS, Da Choice told the Order of a supposed Spy Ring run by the ONOS officials. A Password provided to a G-Mail account he claimed was run by ONOS was provided, and this "damning evidence" started ONOS's quick down slide from Sanctioned to Couped. The evidence was brought to officials of the other GUARD alliances, and debate whether to defend ONOS or exile them soon followed. The decision fro