The Desert Raiders were first formed to counteract the Egg Army chapter in Shamar. However, the true intent of the group was to keep the forces of the Eggman Empire and the Freedom Fighters at a stalemate in Shamar, therefore compromising complete control from Eggman. The leader of Shamar's Egg Army, Nephthys, conspires with the Desert Raiders for the plan to work.(StH: #279)