Editing Advance Guard (section)

==''Modus operandi''==
Advance Guard were known as an "icon" group, meaning that they were one of the hero teams that also pushed an agenda in the civilian sphere.<ref name="II1.8e1"> Some capes were taking on roles as icons and iconoclasts for the various movements in the civilian sectors.  Four hero teams led the ‘icon’ groups.  Advance Guard, Foresight, the Shepherds and the Attendant.<br><br>The first two were aimed at pushing forward.  New approaches, doing things right this time.  The opinions on what that way forward looked like it differed, feeding into the division between the two groups. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/01/daybreak-1-8/ excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.8]]</ref>

Specifically, Advance Guard's ideology focused on moving forward and new approaches, leaving behind the mistakes of the old world.<ref name="II1.8e1"/><ref name="II1.1e1"/> Their views on what this new world should look like differed from the other notable "progressive" icon team, [[Foresight]].<ref name="II1.8e1"/>

Advance Guard cooperated with police, sometimes using [[mover]] powers to increase their response times.<ref>I watched him glance over the small crowd, looking for the person who had spoken.  He kept looking out for the speaker as he told us, “There’s some police on their way.  With all the reconstruction and the lower priority, they’re trying to get through the traffic right now.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref> This tied into their larger strategy of fast strikes against an enemy to overwhelm them.<ref name="5.2 e3">“They’re money hungry, with fancy costumes and nice facilities.  I’ve had pretty mixed reactions dealing with them, too.”<br><br>Tristan frowned.  “Okay.  I’m bothered they’re just marching in here.  Assuming it’s not a trap, what’s even their plan?<br>[...]<br>They’re good,” Tristan said.  “And there’s a lot of them.”<br><br>“But they’re aggressive.  Their usual M.O. is to blitz a target,” I pointed out.<br><br>“Not out of the question here,” Tristan said. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/27/shadow-5-2/ Excerpt] from [[Shadow 5.2]]</ref>
===Aesthetic===
Advance Guard members generally wore the team's symbol worked into the sleeve or breast of their costumes; a stylized person wielding a shield shaped like a ">" symbol.<ref name="II1.1e1">I caught a glimpse of the emblem on his sleeve.  A badge, not a personal symbol or icon, but part of the team he belonged to.  Advance Guard.  They were a team with an agenda to push.  The world had ended, and they were pushing hard for a better and different tomorrow.<br><br>I could respect that.<br><br>I could also cringe inwardly at the fact that our superhero here was implicitly sporting a ‘move forward’ ideology when that was the last thing this old man probably wanted to hear with a freshly reopened emotional wound.  Time and place.  Unfortunately, because of the team emblem the cape had on his breast- a stylized figure holding a shield shaped like a greater-than symbol, the guy represented that ideology every time, in every place. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/09/11/daybreak-1-1/ excerpt] from [[Daybreak 1.1]]</ref><ref name="WoG1">Therealtahu: Advance Guard emblem. I'm having a hard time imagining the "shield" thing.<br>Wildbow: I could draw it<br>[...]<br>Wildbow: [Image deleted at WB's request.]<br>[...]<br>Wildbow: Picture the chevron/greater than symbol being worked into the border of the sleeve/breast/whatever - Discord conversation with Wildbow, [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/41469564/ Archived on Spacebattles]</ref>

Their costumes tend to have a futuristic look with abundance of angles and geometric shapes.<ref>The costume he wore was in the usual Advance Guard style, all angles, geometric shapes and future-tech in style - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/07/23/dying-15-6/ Excerpt] from [[Dying 15.6]]</ref><ref>“ReSound,” I addressed Advance Guard’s leader.  She had a costume in yellow and orange gradient, with dark concentric circles and the jagged, dark lines of a typical Advance Guard costume. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/07/radiation-18-7/ Excerpt] from [[Radiation 18.7]]</ref>