These E.U. ground forces only make one significant appearance in the original series, in R2 Stage 03,Imprisoned in Campus. The E.U. pilots displayed enormous courage, attacking Suzaku with little hesitation in spite of his reputation as "Britannia's White Death." The role of the E.U. ground forces is greatly expanded in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled OVA, as the main characters belong to the special ops unit W-0. The EU state armies seems to be technological superior to the Britannian army, as evidenced by the common use of holographic systems.