You can [not] save the world.
Commander Al-Shams is actually a giant chicken disguised as a man, but only certain people are able to notice.
The Theoi really are gods, but not the ones they were named after.
Cairo-3 was designed to channel a massive human sacrifice, thus creating a Philosopher's Stone, summoning the Demiurge, or tearing open the barrier between this world and the next.
Two of the pilots are agents in service to ancient cyber-liches. The other two serve something even worse.
Lucien's parents are dead, and he could make a decent attempt at being Batman if he really wanted to.
Araceli is no orphan, but the child of the most dangerous Theoi in existence. Her memories have been suppressed, until such time as she is called upon to fulfill her purpose.
Adam has a family besides his fellow Spartoi trainees, but when they are reunited, he may wish otherwise.
Teddy is exactly what he seems to be.
There are four [REDACTED] in Terminal Dogma. In the direst of emergencies, one of those [REDACTED] may be expended to save the day. But each use permanently raises the chance of Apocalypse by 25%.
Ultimately, all the adults are using the pilots for one agenda or another. Not a single one of them cares about the pilots simply as children or as human beings.
Your Pharaoh is powered by the soul of a forsaken child.
Every time she looks at you, she is seeing someone else.
Any pilot can, if they believe and practice hard enough, learn to control their A.T. Field outside of their Pharaoh. This is called the "bleeding effect", and ATEN keeps a special Section 2 kill-team on constant alert, in case one of the pilots spontaneously discovers this ability.
DON'T open it. You will regret it if you do.
Some of these rumors are false.
Some of these rumors are true.