Armored Core Lore The Story of Armored core 2 The Year is ED0158 after the fall of both Chrome and Murakumo, a new war for power broke out between the smaller companies within the underground cities lasting until ED0187 when finally the war would come to a stop with all sides exhausted and the citizens of the underground world seeking an end to the twenty nine years of war as some starts to head back to the surface where the world is starting to show signs of recovery. It just a short year after this that the Formation of the Underground World Ceasefire Committee is made to handle the ceasefire in the Great Depth War. Along with the "Treaty of Isaacs", a war treaty, is signed. While the treaty itself is never disclosed to the public, it seems the Underground cease-fire commission which was meant to disband after all remaining companies had signed however it was decided that the work of the committee was not done as such they would continue in order to rebuild the inter-company information network and reuse company-owned land. It is never stated who or where the members are from however it is very likely some are from the remaining corporations allowing them with their ties and the issac treaty to concentrate the military forces of the remaining organizations and become a powerful controlling force. In just two short years in ED190 the committee would rename themselves as the Earth’s government with a new goal of returning humanity to the surface, they begin an investigation above ground. However while they do this it has become clear that the earth government is not completely free from corporation influence as the funds of these investigations and equipment have to come from somewhere. A year is all it takes for the investigation to happen as with report of surface partially habitable promotes the migration of people to the ground. However while some people took this chance others refused wanting to spend the rest of their days underground as such the rebuilding of earth and the running of the underground cites would be continued to support the choices of all citizens. It during the next five years however in ED0196 that one of the major corporation on earth at the time Zio Matrix the succeeder to Murakumo Millennium found data inherited from the former MURAKUMO Millennium containing the plans of the Mars terraforming project started in ED096. Taking these finding to the new earth government an independent exploration of Mars it was discovered that the terraforming of Mars was in progress for while the corporations of the past had been battling underground the pioneering fleet equipped with artificially intelligent robots sent to Mars had kept on working. Its with this report that Zio matrix sends a survey mission to Mars it is presumed on an agreement with the earth government and Determines that Mars has a habitable environment. It should be noted here that among these people would be a raven named Leos Klein who acted as security for the team and seem eager to be apart of the team. All this was only good news for the government as earth in it current state could not handle the population it had as such migration to Mars began. However with the earth government still dealing with earth and the underground cities the migration task was handed off to Zio Matrix due to their advantage in Mars research. This would let Zio Matrix get a head start on the new planet over their rival corporation named Emeraude as they quickly began to develop and build their own cities, power stations and mt factories. However like the corporations before them the chase for power began as the two would soon begin to fight on Mars, a place where the earth government could not interfere due to the lack of power and distance between them. With earth government busy and lacking in man power to deal with the Mars divisions of these corporations. Two more organisations would head to Mars, the first being nexus Concord which had began to function as the new Raven umbrella organization on Earth however relocated to Mars and began to function as an intermediary organization there resulting in ravens from earth going to Mars as that is where the work was and creating a rifted between Mars born ravens and earth ravens who believed the ravens from earth are make their homes economic system unstable. Along with this group another corporation by the name of Balena, they seeked to gain a more equal footing on mars with the other corporations unlike they have on earth. However their earth division would not supply them with the resources for such a task as such they are given the bare minimum for the task and while the mars division is no where near as large or resource heavy as Zio matrix or Emeraude they managed to establish themselves with enough military might to fend off the other corporations and facilities to build ac parts. All this would lead to the red planet becoming a battlefield once more, as fighting to control the planet the corporations would battle all over the planet hiring ravens and even using their own miltary might to secure or take over bases and others arenas of importance. This all happening between the years of ED0199 and ED0210 when finally the earth government tried to stop this with their own branch the LCC the Large Scale Enterprises of the Central Committee. However with limited resources, a general lack of Mars war fare and having little to no armored cores on their side the LCC became nothing more then a dog with no bite on mars as the fighting between corporations to went on. After thirteen years of corporation war this is when a new raven would spread their wings under the guidance of another raven by the name of Strung. The test is explained to the new raven in this briefing. This mission is designed to test your abilities. The objective is simple: Find and destroy all MTs that have entered a particular area of the city. To be registered in the arena as a Raven, you must succeed in this Mission. If you fail you will be executed. A Raven will accompany you as an examiner. He will not help you under any circumstances. We're eager to see what you learned on Earth. The location of this mission would in Zio Satellite City and the raven would show their skill easily completing this mission by taking down seven mts. After this the raven is welcomed into the Nexus Concord as a raven and an arena combatant. After this the raven is greeted by new emails the first being from nerves Concord explain their role and what they expect of the raven while the two email is from his new Concord liaison manager, the person in charge of his assignments and communication support Nell Aulter. She welcome s he new raven and explains her role to the raven and that it will up to them how long she remains as their manger. She also writes a line that speaks about how the life of a raven really is. Some birds can fly and others can not. Its these word the raven keeps in their mind as they look at the options open to them as along with missions the arena is also open to them. A place where a raven could climb all the way to the top to gain the title of nine breaker and be seen as a powerful and skill raven. Whatever route they pick the raven would have to do both to become a know figure on mars and earn their keep. As such the raven would do this climbing the ranks of the arena and completing missions such as elimate informer which would see the raven working for the LCC to kill an LCC employee that is selling their information to corporations, MT suppression which will see the raven work for Zio matrix to take out prototype muscle tracers in their Bundle mts factory which may have started malfunctioning due to electrotactic magnetic field of a passing meator and defend the bridge which see the raven destroy all Zio Matrix mts in the area as it it under the jurisdiction of the LCC. After this and climbing the ranks in the arena taking down foes such as werehound who has a reputation of putting new raven back in their place. The raven would then get a message from Nell with the subject disorder units it reads as follows We have a request for the removal of disorder units. These are unmanned, armored weapons known to have existed prior to the martain development. Disorder units display organised insect like behaviour and appear unannounced in various martain cite and facilitates causing great damage. It’s not exactly known what the disorders are. We only know they’re dangerous and that a number of different types exist. The mission called remove disorder units comes from the LCC and will send the raven into the 17th district of the underground high-speed railway. Here they will encounter these small green armored looking spiders who vary in size from large to small and all able to fire an energy shots. The small mass of units would destroy a train before the raven arrives showing even for their small size these foes could cause real damage together. Never the less the raven gets to work, blading and shooting these Disorder units until the tunnel is clear allowing the other services to clean up the tracks and wreckage. After this the raven would resume missions and climbing up the arena ranks all the while the war between Zio matrix and Emurade would go on along some of these would include Defuse explosives where the raven is hired by Emeraude to remove explosives which had been planted there by an unknown force, Attack Rektena Installation another request from Emurade to take out the Rektena installation in the Hellas Plain. It is a Solar power station with solar devices blanketing the area, collecting sunlight and converting it into energy for use in the major Martian cities. The idea is to undermine the public trust in the corporation by showing them the corporation can not supply them with power. Another mission the raven takes is capture cargo a mission from Emeraude that will have the raven attack Zio Matrix transport vehicle travelling on the T-20 highway which they believe is carrying information on a newly developed technology. However once the raven causes the transport vehicle to crash the back of lift up and a disorder unit walks out. Nell is surprised at this but tells the raven there is no way to recover it so they are to destroy it and then return. After the raven does they return to base to find an email from Nell talking about the event titled Zio Martix and disorder units. In the message the young women write about how the concord confirmed that it was a disorder unit being transported however it is a type not seen before. She also question how and where this corporation is capturing these units before ending that if the concord find anything she will let the raven know. It seems the red planet has many secrets however in their job the raven can only keep moving forward as such their next mission that comes the raven way after more arena matches is one titled spaceport escort. It comes from LCC requesting the raven to guard The Vihul Spaceport the main hub for travel between Earth and Mars. Since One of their Earth Government spaceships is scheduled to land at the Spaceport. They believe the attack is probably intended to prevent it from doing and suspect one of the corporations is behind it so the raven job is to make sure it is clear for the incoming spaceship to land. It seems a simple mission and arriving at the spaceport all is quiet even one of the mts who also guarding the spaceport comments that everything seems normal. That is until the mts is blown up by attack making the rest scramble and the raven ready themselves for action as the spaceport become under attack from a number of jet fighters before a bomber show up to. The raven is able to complete the mission taking down all forces and once again returns to concord only to have a new message waiting for them. This time it is from the LCC who thanks the raven for their work writing that the spaceship arrived safely and now they can move forward with their plans. The raven pays little mind to this unaware that on this ship the LCC had just brought AC’s of their own a group called the freighters. Stillthe raven goes on to perform more missions and climb the arena ranks once more. Some of these mission include Escourt armroed train where for the first time the corporation Balena would request the raven to guard their armored train black tail from emurade forces as it is carrying new armored core parts. In this mission the raven will kill the raven Cruel Justice who shows up as part of the attacking force. As such like any raven killed on a mission he will be removed from the arena. Another mission is Assist Malea Base where a secret zio martix base located in the Barreld Desert is being being attacked by disorder units and they want the raven to clean them out along with reminding the pilot that this base is a secret and its location must never be disclosed to other parties. After this however the raven would be contacted by emeraude, they request the raven to head to the talent underground factory which has come under attack by LCC force. The reason for the need for a raven is while this factory looks to be a simple mt factory in truth it is where they storge all their ac information as such they believe LCC attack is because they have learned of this. As such the raven is to go in and take out the LCC forced before they reach the data with the added bonus that another raven will already be on site to aid. To the raven it seems like a simple mission after all at this time the LCC is still a rather weak power so they head off to shoot their way through the place only as they do they hear their ally having trouble as over the radio frighteners already on mars followed by a cry of pain as they are destoried. Luckily the raven is just behind the door of the room where this is taking place and opens it only to be confronted by two armored cores. One points its enegry machine gun at the raven ready to fight however a radio call on an open channel calling these ac pilots by their names Boyle and Remille tells them that the mission is over making the pair leave as the raven stands there before his allies wreaked ac. Nell words shake over the radio as she says the name frighteners before telling the raven that the mission is complete and to return home. However in truth the raven had failed as such they would end paying out for repairs and ammo. Luckily their time in the arena had allowed them to save credits from the wins. With a sour taste in their mouth the raven returns to concord only to have two emails waiting for them. The first is from LCC how writes address all martain citizens about how the existence of the corporation might ruin Mars with their environmentally risky development and excessive arms race it could cause another great destruction. As such as the governing body they will ensure that this does not happen as such all corporations on Mars are henceforth under their control and will be regulated by them. They also threaten drastic punishment for corporation promoting aggressive tactics and this goes for the raven working for them too. It is a clear message that the LCC seem ready to take over mars however the raven knew corporations simply do not roll over as such they move on to the next email from Nell explain about the frightener it explain how they are the earth government special forces, most are ex ravens and have come to enforce order among the waring corporations along with weaken them by taking out Ravens and she believe they can do it as their leader is a man named Leos Klein a rumoured nine-breaker from earth who never surrender his number one ranking in the arena. It with this information on hand that the raven heads out more taking on more mission like ground based attack, save water generation plant and rescue research team. All these would show the corporation paid no heed to the LCC rule and instead went on as they were and Nell would message the raven again about clear it was becoming clear that frighteners where targeting ravens and warns the raven to be careful. The raven also get an email from the conord itself addresses about how very early on terraforming project how there is a large number of ancient structures unearthed proving that at some point in the distant past was inhabited by an advanced civilization. However all this has been kept a secret from the people living on mars as they need hope not silly stories of the past. The secrets of mars and now the LCC going after ravens, it would seem mars is about to go through a change however for the raven life would go on as a new mission comes in infiltrate rader base. This request would come from Balena who wants the raven to aid them in taking over the emeraude zamda radar base. This would be done in a joint effort with the LCC who will come in once the radars of the base are taken out. The raven would take this mission and compete it however after they would then receive a new mission this time from Emeraude. It seems the loss of their ac data and the LCC last attack is forcing their hand as this mission ask the raven to feign an attack in the arden river which will drawn away the defence force and allow their own team to attack. They are doing this as they believe to crush the LCC, Zio martix technology must be incorporated into their own. However while on this mission things do not go as plan as during the mission the raven recoves a call from Nell stating the attack force from Emeraude as been wiped out and calls for a retreat. An email later from Nell would confirm the attacking forces of emeraude were wiped out by the frighteners. This puts them in a very bad position as this attack has made them lose nearly all their military strength, forcing them to be pushed into a corner by LCC. However it is clear they will not give up without a fight. LCC however would not stop here as the raven would then get two missions from Zio martix one requesting them to guard their head quarter rooftop as the LCC is launcing n attack on it while another asks the raven to detsory top secret files in containers that were being transported by their own transport plane before got shot down. This would not be the only mission as the raven would also be asked by LCC to detory the rader base they captured not long by taking out its main computer giving emeraude no mean in which to continue battling. If this was not enough to keep the raven busy its made clear by an email that the Balena corporation are working with LCC upgrading their ravens as it seem this coprtaion was simple aiding the side it thought is winning but also trying to push it own power on mars. The LCC had lots of moving parts and it seems Leos is a key part as the raven gets a mission from strung the raven who watched over him during the test to take out a Zio martix reseach team only then to turn on him saying Leos was right, your too powerful. The raven however does not die here, putting the veteran raven into the ground they return once again only to be sent off by zio Martix to recover some stolen files from balena ac research lab a mission which would see the raven recover the files but also plant a bomb to detsory the lab. It in this whirl wind of missions that Concord would update the raven on some records they found from Murakumo millennuin archive that state that disorder untis are guard unit created by an ancient martain civilization. However it seem they are not acting on their own as they are being guided by some remote control tower. However no such tower has been found, but if it was and someone could take it over it would be relatively east to conquer mars. The mysterys of mars would keep unravelling as would the battles as the raven is once again call into action by balena who’s facing Emeraude last trick as they have two large surface weapons named SRBIA advancing through the barreld desert toward be balena’s satellite replays which if detsoried would cripple their information network. As always the raven is ready to strike taking down these weapons along with two ally mts however what this will result in is the end of emeraude’s mars power grab as both the mars branch earth branch have agreed to come control of the LCC and the earth government. With one down, Zio Martix and Balena are the only two corporations still active in the fighting however even this is not all clear cut either. As it would be learned that Zio matrix earth headquarters and their mars division relationship is deteriorating at a rapid pace due to the earth headquarters not wanting to damage it ties to the earth government however the mars division is only concered with consolidating power. In such a case the raven missions would not let up as their next mission would take them to the Murakumo dome a structure left over from the first terraforming. They want the raven to sneak in as Leso Klein as been seen entering and leaving it a lot and hope they will find something to oppresse the LCC. However in the end this turns out to be a trap set by LCC who fire a missiles at the dome to destroy it while also sending two loyal LCC raven to kill the intruder. Luckly the skill of the raven allows them to escape taking the lives of the two LCC ravens as they do. However rest is not allowed for the busy raven as the next mission comes in fast. This time from the Zio martix earth headquarters. It tells the raven that they are now at war with their mars division thanks to the heavy handed tactics of the LCC. However since the battle is no in their favor they made a peace proposal with the LCC during an earth meeting. The mars divison made it very clear they did not want this and left the meeting saying we still have a card up our sleeve. It made Zio earth headquarter worry as after this the mars branch ceased all commnications and sent troop to the underground railway on mar which they believe is where this card is being kept. So the raven would set off, clearing out any who oppose them before finally they find this card, a very large disorder unit hiding in one of the tunnels. A battle begins between the two and the raven comes out the winner putting this card down, however the zio mars branch is not done as straight after this another mission comes from Zio’s earth headquarter as now their mars branhc has declared independence and now are readying to fire high density napalm missiles from an occupied quire missile station at major martain cities. A desperate attack however the pay is so high the raven can not say no as they go in killing two ac’s who are guarding the missiles named Heilos and time keeper before stopping the lauch. It here finally it seems the war on mars stop as after this the LCC send a message to all ravens. Unchecked corporate competition has taken it toll on mars, just as it had on years years ago. However now that the battles have ended a;; corporation will fall into line under the LCC’S Control. We the LCC hereby make a declaration we have achieved the unification of mars and brought order and peace to this planet. It looks to be all over as the LCC would send the raven a mission in it is a request to stand guard at the Vilhil spaceport as with this new order, the LCC is getting a new director from earth. The job is simple stand there as a show of power after all this will be their last job as an independent raven as soon all raven will work for the LCC. The end of wars on mars and of ravens. The thought passes through the mind of the raven as they stand there watching as the shuttle lands with the vip. However suddenly an mt is down by gun fire coming from the special force escort of the new director, an announcement blares out over the communication radio. A rebellion by the special forces quickly saw the shuttle of the vip filled with bullet as the raven fights to clear the base of the attack force. In the end however the new director would be killed and the speical forces would leave mars shaken. As for the raven they would return to concord to be greeted by more emails, one from Leos Klein the leader of the special force we write that raven have too many restrictions, as such those who wish to create a world where racens are totally free should follow me. The other would be from the earth government itself, writing that the LCC is no longer functional due to the mutiny of the speicals force and how they will be taking control of mars temporary with the gaol of suppressing all rogue elements starting with Les Klein. They ask for the ravens understanding and support. A new war began on Mars and now the raven found themselves in the middle of it as soon the earth government is sending the raven on mission after mission some of these including surpassing the zio city where LCC had taken over Zio own city and there headquarters, space station assault which see the raven remove more sepical force from the hammerhead space station and the removal of a large flying disorder unit, Underground lab where the raven is sent in to clean up the remains of the special forces that fled to the underground lab of Zio Matrix headquarters where here the raven will witness and fight another strange discorder unit. The battles wore down the raven and rest for the fighting mercenary is only filled with Nell writing to him about what concord has discovered about Klein. He wrote a report during the first mars research team stating that a central control systeam exisits on mars and all information regarding the history of mars is stored there. The only ones that have access to this system however are armored machines unique to mars, the disorder unit they have been fighting. However they have no idea where this system is and somehow does Klein know something about it location already? It all questions and no answer and the raven has little time to think as another mission is given to the raven this time the government have confirmed Leos Klein location in Rapture core, the earth to space elevator. The raven heads there thinking that after all this maybe the war would end however after battling their way to the core to meet and battle Leos Klein who is waiting for them in the reactor suddenly the leader of the LCC starts to repeat himself, again and again until suddenly his ac blows up. However Nell points out that its unmanned, this ac did not have a pilot. Leos was not in it and soon the raven would learn why as their return would lead to their next mission. For this battle had been a diversion while the special forces took over an LCC military facility and launched Balena STAI battleship from it. The earth governments admits in the briefing for the mission that this battleship has enough power to destory the entire planet and now they would be sending a team of raven to deal with Klein inside who seemed to be headed for Phobos, one of the two moons orbting Mars. While the purpose of this is unknown at the time to the government and the raven, Phobos is an ancient Martian construct designed as some kind of super weapon that served as the control unit for the Disorder units. Yet unknown to both parties at the time the raven sets off with the team of other raven to shit down the STAI battleship. All of the team expect the raven is lost either in transport to the battle ship or inside leaving only the raven to fight a waiting leos who has some words for them. Its a quick battle however Klein is no finished for making his escape he tells the raven he will be waiting on Phobos to be reborn. The ramblings of a mad man or where the real final battle would be? Nell would confirm in an email after that concord has learned that Probos is the martian control system however they have no idea what is goal is there and what he would gain from this information. There is more questions then answers yet for the raven the next mission that lands on their lap would be one of great important to raven history and the future of mars. The earth government recives a transmission from Leso Klein on phobos it claims the moon is in fact an artifact left by an ancient martain civilization. He claims its an enormous mobile weapon controlled by a high tech computer. While they had a hard time believe it, as recent calculations done by earth scientist have shown p hobos orbit has already shifted. The government does not care if it is wepaon or not the fact is if phobos plummets to mars then the damage it would do to mankiind would be irreparable. The raven must stop klein. If they do in return the earth government will grant all ravens their freedom, they relinquish their control over them and allow the raven to live as independent mercenaries. It is the greatest reward offer to raven ever and as such what choice did the raven have. To live free as a bird, they could not turn away from this offer. The battle on Phobos would be the toughest the raven have faced having to take down, a large disorder unit, one of Leon right hand raven named Boyce, see leon betray his last remaining ally as she is left to die and finally having to face Leon himself in a strange and power machine disorder unit in two forms known as Scarabaeus and Filial. After its defeat the raven still recovering would hear that the moon is falling towards mars at an increased rate leading to Leos to tell the raven to destroy the orbit control mechanism further in as it will cause it to stop before it hits mars. The raven does this however the damage causes phorbos to start deteriorate leaving the raven no time to escape. However as the raven makes a run for it and as they do Klein asks the raven what is their last wish? It seems that wish is to escape, for as phobos explodes Nell shares one last message with the raven as the story of armroed core 2 comes to an end.


Armored Core Lore The Story of armored core Project Phantasma The year is ED0156, in Amber City a doomsday organisation known as the Wednesday agency is active and performing research in the closed areas on their new project. The citizens of amber crown have been forced into living in slums while the Wednesday agency only expands taking over laboratories, training grounds and even the city defences. The corporation of chrome and Murakumo have no interest in the city leaving this group to take over as little tyrants. However it during this year that a raven would receive a message from an unknown group in their emails. By passing the usual checks of R and even ravens nest, the email request the raven aid in a mission located in amber city. However before this, they have a test for the raven to see the pilots true power. It here the location coordinates for a Materials dump is supplied and along with it a very large credit offer. The raven being one not to turn away from a challenge accepts this mission and heads out to this material dump only to find it light guarded. With this in mind the raven is set on a path as they engage the defence force wiping out mts as calls for help echo from the radio of the foes. The raven however is quick destroying what they can in the time given before fleeing, this bird of darkness would pass the test with flying colours and it would not be long before the unknown group who first contacted would be in touch again this time with a real mission for their now hire raven. Infiltrate Amber base, This would be the first mission the raven take to counter the doomsday organisation although not know at the time by the pilot it would be the start of the downfall of the group as well. For being dropped outside the city the raven is quick to destroy the four generators that power the security door keeping the energy shield of the entrance to the city operational before storming in. In a hail of bullets and two lift rides later the raven is finally at his targets, four underground condensers that the raven destories allowing the pilot to enter amber crown and complete the first of many mission from this unknown group. This would lead to the first encounter with Stinger, an irregular raven who seem to have a bone to pick with the people who he seem to be working for. The mission was set to trap the raven working against the Wednesday agency however Stinger has other plan as he kills the supposed target of the raven before comment. With a fail trap and the unknown group making it clear to the raven through email that the last mission was not from them. This would cause the raven to be a little cautious towards the next mission the group has as they send him off to rescue an ally of their from a laboratory. The detail as always were limited however with the basic information in hand that to even have a chance to rescue the prisoner the raven would have to destroy the main power generator of the lab to open the security doors of the lab he was off. With little to no defence forces outside the lab, the raven storms into the laboratory taking out any mts that stands in his way before meeting stinger once again. Acting as a guard for the laboratory the pair of raven battle it out with bullets and lasers flying before finally stinger is disabled by the raven attack. His ac on it knee as the raven head deeper into the lab, the security of this lab is a joke to the raven as clearing out any who get the mercenaries way before finally taking out the power generator. This sets off alarms all across the base and seems to give the raven target the chance to escape as over the radio a message is heard. It seem the prisoner is not about to sit about and wait to be recovered as such the raven heads to the third sector to find this running prisoner cornered by two other battle rigs. For the raven the rigs are easy picking as after their death the raven and his target now flee together toward the laboratories air transport area where a transport plane awaits them. A daring escape of dodging bullets and a count-down till the base goes into lock down finally leads the pair of escape in the plane before the prisoner introduces herself. Sumika a raven from amber group and also the unknown group who had sending the raven messages. She would from here hire the raven as her personal mercenary to combat this doomsday organisation and their project phantasma. The pair would forge a quick alliance as soon after this the pair get to work Sumika and her raven would first take out a military force from the Wednesday agency performing a military drill. Sumika believed this to be a way for the group to get data for this project, however the raven did not comment as their only job was to kill and so they would. After what could only be described as a bloodbath of oil and metal, Sumika would not slow down the assault on the doomsday organisation as she would then send the raven off to disput the shipping lanes of Wednesday agency. It seems after their last attack the group seem to be trying to send new supplies to the military base however the ravan would be there to stop them. The truck of supplies and even their defences again had little chance against the skill of the raven who with the aid of sumika would stop them all with bullets and lasers before heading back to the slums of amber crown to get his next mission. The pair seem to have little rest as sumika and the raven move out this time to capture a vip from the Wednesday agency testing ground in the south west of amber city. More jungle then city, the raven and sumika sneak about the testing ground until the arrival of a well dressed man who is dropped of by helicopter. After he enters the building the pair strike wiping out the defence force of the base before sumika captures the VIP at gunpoint. With prisoner in tow the pair then flee back to the slums of amber city where sumika plans to interrogate him however the pair are ambushed by stinger and Wednesday agency mts. A battle between them ensure with the raven being the driving force behind the attack while sumkia defend their prisoner. Its here again stinger would feel the sting of defeat from the raven before he flees commenting. This would allow for some time to rest and interrogate the Vip leading to the raven to learn from sumika email that this wednesday organisation is being funded by a conglomerate and aided by companies in an effort in their research. It seems outside help is allowing for this group to function and have such military might however it seems they that trust was breaking down. After learning about this the next mission would see the raven and sumika take out a detracment of the group that seem to be looking for their vip. Those Sumika is not such why there are in the south of amber city, however she take no chance and with the raven wipes them out. Another battle over, the pair return to the slums to rest before sumika comes to the raven with another mission shortly after. The raid of the Wednesday agency head quarters, the mission is to get into the base and retrieve data on project phantasma as it is still an unknown quality and more information is needed to make their next move. This mission is a lot more difficult for the raven as the base is armed to the teeth with mts and defences that stand in the way. It would be after more fighting and boosting that finally the raven and sumika would arrive at the computer room where the data is stored. However while sumika extracts this data, the raven must hold back a wave of foes before finally the pair make their escape. It is a hard fought battle out yet it is far from over as the pair witness bombers bombing the base while dropping off para mts as well. It seem to be the sponsors of this group wanting to wipe off the base out and them along with it, yet once again the skill of the raven saves them before they both flee into the darkness as the base burns into ash. Sumika and the raven however have no time to rest as the new information leads the pair to the north highland. A snowy area of amber city where the the remains of the doomsday organisation and stinger are hiding with the project phantasma. Its here the raven would deploy before being put to the test once again by the forces of the Wednesday agency and finally the first real sighting of project phantasm being piloted by stinger. The pair of raven duel in their machines of war with the raven forcing stinger to flee once again with damage to the new project. He takes flight leaving the group as the raven take their leave only to find the new base of sumika are under attack by the wednesday agency at the Northern Old Castle. This seem to be a last rush as the mts keep coming and coming as they seem to throw everything they have at the two. Yet it is not enough and when the battle is over Sumika thanks the raven for their assistance however knows they can not stay here as such the pair must move on with their task to take out the project. This new drive would lead them to the place where sumika believed stinger and the project can be located in the subway area of Amber Crown. Its an area looking to be war zone with large holes in the ground however a security system is still in place leading sumika and the raven to have to take it out before finally the raven and stinger meet again. This time however the irregular is more aggressive and seems determined to not let the raven get project phanstama. The raven however is not one to back down who after another gruelling battle between Stinger and the raven stinger cries out in a rage before running off in his damaged armored core. The raven gives chase only to see stinger has taken off with the project once more and this time sumika orders the raven to give chase and finish him off. It is then after this that the raven would return to base to recover however he would soon get a emial from stinger himself. A call out to end this once and for all, the raven would answer and head to an area known as Sealed Establishment Abyss where the real project phantasma would be seen. Scarlet red as blood, the machine had merged with Stinger who rambles about being unstoppable and how the raven will now die. It is not a si9mple battle but war between a new machine of war and the known armored core as laser flash, missiles fly and machines clash. The end comes for stinger as the raven kills him before escaping the explosion of the project as finally he and sumika share some final words between them. After this the raven would return to issac city and as for sumika she would remain in amber city, the fate of sumika would not be shown. However for this raven, the pilot would go on to become a nine-ball killer.


Armored Core Lore The story of Master of Arena The year is ED0130, where a now rebuilding human race is living in underground cities controlled by two corporations known as Chrome and Murakumo Millennium. These two giants of production have made nearly all the cities their own however even that is not enough for the power hunger corporations. For one young raven, his story begins when his home of issac city becomes a battlefield for one of the many battles between these corporations. During this battle where civilians ran for their lives while corporation forces simply pushed on against their foes. Their reckless fire and the power of a certain red armored core would cause the loss of many lives including the lives of the family member of this young raven. Their deaths would be the match that lights a fire of revenge inside him burning with hate for the red armored core that they knew killed their loved ones. For months the young raven would hunt for information about the red armored core through the city’s information network known as nerve, and finally through endless nights of searching he would learn the name of the pilot of the red ac who killed his family, hustler one. The number one ranking raven in the organization known as raven nest. But to him, it did not matter how high this killer was, this young man would do anything to kill the one who took away his loved one and that is when he gets a message, a message from someone named Lana Nelson and in it subject heading it read Do you want to be a raven? It would be a message that sets the young man off on this path of revenge as he answer with images of the red ac in his mind was yes. From here she would direct him to raven’s nest the home of Hustler one and to many mercenaries for hire. Here is where he would take the test to become a raven before finally he would receive another message for Lana Nelson. Congratulations how does it feel to finally be a raven? I’m your ravens nest contact and the person in charge of handling negations with requesters to sort out your missions. Orders must be followed to the letter. It would go on to advice the male raven to take caution in missions and there is no telling what he may come up against. Also his first mission was waiting for him. The first mission for this new raven would be fugitive capture, a hacker known to target corporations. The issac city guard did capture this criminal however he escaped, hijack an armored car and flee into the botanical zone. A zone where plants are grown for the use in skin and hair products and others that are derived from a plant such as flavouring agents. The hacker had already taken over the mts security force on site as such the issac city guard wanted this done quickly and effectively by a raven. With this information the raven sets off to the arena and proceeds to destroy 30 MTS called Spatula as seen here from the armored core master of arena guide book. After this and destroying the controls for the gates to the area the hacker is hiding, the raven is quick to corner the hacker who admits he has not chance against a raven and is getting out the armoured car to surrender when. (Play nine-ball clip of his killing hacker) It was if the killer of this ravens family knew he would be here, even mocking the raven who is told by Lana that they need to talk back at raven nest. Here the raven and Lana will talk through email once more this time she reminds the raven that the first time they met on the network meaning nerve the network all information passes through in the underground cities. That he wanted to become a raven to kill someone only then to bring up Hustler one name, his ac known as nine-ball and how that raven is rank one in the arena stating that is all we know on the raven your after. To do this she tells him that he will need to have a corporate sponsor to even get into the area before warning the raven that anyone who attempts to face nine-ball in battle will surely be destroyed. If your willing to risk your life, I can arrange it so one day you will fight him. That is all. The message made it clear to the raven to even get a chance to kill hustler one, he would have to find a corporate sponsor, a task that could only be done by showing his skills in missions as such the raven moves out performing missions such as destroying the maintenance computer in protechs weapon manufacturing factory which has malfunctioned resulting in the factory being over run with faulty mts which attack anyone in sight. The mts found in this mission would be called Triguard. Another mission would including recovering a meteor from north rock’s heaven ane supply point for a corporation named R and G industries. The raven would be there to witness the meteor crash before having to kill flying mts name kafars and another raven by the name Inky and his armored core Regulon. This Raven and ac have different names in the Japanese version of the game. After this the raven would perform more missions including one from protech once again to attack a transport trucks filled with unknown martial and recover secret files where a research group by the name of izumo materials is attacked and files about their research are stolen. The thief is making a get away in an armored truck and the raven has to give chase stopping the thief before he flies off in a helicopter waiting for him at a nearby airport. On this mission the raven can either kill another ac by the name of Frog-man or let him live and only kill the thief. Its after this however that things would start to really move for the raven as he receives a message from Lana again this time it reads. A corporation has extended an offer to sponsor you in the arena, the sponsor is progtech. One of the companies operating in the arena. There is one condition though you must defeat all ravens current associated with the arena. The Company wants to see what you capable of. I have done some research and it does not matter who you fight. But remember they are all ravens just like you that is all. What is means is the raven has to kill off a current raven in the arena to make room for himself and it would seem Lana already had three targets in mind for the raven. However since this was simple for his benefit he would not get paid for the kill as such this was coming out of his pocket. The three targets Lana had found for the raven include a raven named Sweet devil and his ac Evil kiss who the raven could kill in the mission cavern invasion. IA female raven named ideal and her armored core goldly in an issac city construction site under a false mission brief to lure her in, however if the raven does take this mission he will also kill another raven named Superb hunter and his ac Super bow. And finally a raven named Bugsy and his armored core Hercules outside of chrome head quarters as he is acting as a guard there. No matter who the raven kills, Protech will see his skill and sponsor the raven however he will only be able to fight in the sub arena. An arena where ravens have to prove themselves before begin allowed to enter into the higher rank where only the top class raven are and where nine-ball reigns as it top contender. It clear at this point to the raven that the path to hustler one would require him to fight in this sub arena and take missions to allow him to upgrade his own armroed core for the fights to come. As such that is what he would do, climbing the ranks of the sub arena while also taking on missions such as defend submarine where the raven would fight off helicopter bombers named slings and a battle cruiser. And others like Enemy fortress where the raven would take out the defences of a large fortress located at the north west White Land Old Castle. Here he would take down a number of anti aircraft gun, large artillery, Bubby and a raven name Ninya and his ac Stalker. It then after all that suddenly the raven would get a message form his sponsor Progtech requesting his aid with an emergency. Their marine lab has come under attack by an unknown force of mts, while they seem to have no clear objective they came in force and so far progtech has already dispaced one raven to stop this attack however all he was able to do was stall the attackers for a while. In truth they have an important company official housed within this lab and he needed to be rescued and brought to safety. While the raven was not sure since this mission seem to not been passed through raven nest, however in the message it made clear progtech would not wait for an answer as with their right as a sponsor they had temporarily revoked the raven licence to participate in the arena. This situation left the raven no choice without the arena he would never be able to reach hustler one as such he accepted the mission and headed out. The raven would arrive the sea bond lab on a hover transport from protech before jumping off and attacking a number of Mts called Stink bugs that seem to be the attacking force or what reminded of them. After their defeat, a door of the base would open and the first raven from his mission fritz would roll out to thank the raven for his help as his ammo reverses had run. It should be noted here that this seem to be done only in English version where it even add what looks to be a grim reaper tarot card on the shoulder of this ac. In truth however this ac is meant to be another raven named Hydranger who is said to have replaced his water intake to be beer instead however in the English version he shares fritz name. However the pair have little time to chat more suddenly from the water a large mt jumps out like a creature from the sea depths and lands on the floating base. This MT would come to be known as merman, an mt capable of amphibious operations however at this time Fritz would run for it in his ac with the mts firing upon him. It unclear here if the raven was able to save fritz or not either way the raven would take down this new foe and return to base. Upon returning however the raven would have two emails, one from a man named Elan Cubis, he introduces himself as the head of development at progtech. He thanks for the raven for the rescue from the marine base however he does want the raven to know he think the amphibious MT that attacked is odd as no corporation or company as achieved yet as such he fear an unknown group is using technology before the great destruction to attack progtech. The next email is from Lara and her words are a very different kind of warning as she writes. As I explained earlier, I am you RAVEN’S NEXT contact and the one who will supply you with your orders. You will follow the orders you’re given and do as your told. Even if you are approached by a sponsor, you are not to accept any missions without my approval. Don’t let it happen again! That is all. It clear the raven will now have to tread carefully after upsetting Lana as such he continues to rise in the ranks of the sub arena and perform more missions she send him including destroying a giant tank being used by a group of terrorists, destroying a cannon designed to take down satellites which would also see the raven kill another raven by name of Locagos and his ac Toll-keeper. Board the space ship which would see the raven try to find his way through a vertically crashed spaceship to find protech research team which had come under fire. After this and climbing more ranks in sub arena protech would once again contact the raven with another request. However it would through lana this time who write how the raven seems to have flown up the ranks of the sub arena and how it would soon be time for him to enter the arena where hustler one makes his home. Its reading this the raven at once heads out to support his sponsor this time with a secret material that was stolen by a raven named The wolf. He fled into an abandon mine and now progtech wants the raven to get the marital back. Once again the raven right to battle in the arena is revoked until this mission is done. As such with little choice the raven head out, deep into the abandoned mine taking out MTS named Float suits and Spatulas before killing wolf in his ac and recover the material. While this success it pleases progtech who sends the raven a message after sending their congratulations on a job well done and how they have now registered him as a contender in the area. They explain usually a raven would have to wait for one of the fifteen ravens of this area to drop out however a space recently opened up as such he may take their place. The reason this space become available is thanks to the raven killing wolf who held rank 14 in this arena as such the raven would now step into the arena where hustle one waited at the top. As such the raven would focus on climbing the ranks of this arena once more, however it is when he defeat the rank 10 raven Shadow master that suddenly Progtech contacts him again. Another emergency request this time to defend their lab located in the centre of issac city as an unknown group of mts are attacking in groups to break in, they fear the target of the attack is Elan cubis and request the raven help in this. Of course the raven hands are tied once again as his arena licence is temporarily revoked again as such he head out to the lab. One there the raven with be dashing from gate to gate that leads to the lab to stop the invading groups spilt forces consisting of mts called Wasps before a single foe is reported near a gate, the raven heads there hoping this is the last one however to his surprise this foe is none other then hustler one’s ac Nine-ball. A battle ensures between the raven and nine-ball with cannons fired and energy shots burning the pillars around them finally the raven damages nine-ball to the point the ac flees. Its a tough battle however things would only get tougher for the raven when he returns to read his emails. One would be from Elan thanking him again for saving him and how he had no had any luck with his research on the amphibious mt, however seeing that this time nine-ball came he decides he will looking into this ac instead. The other email however is of much greater importance as it is from lana nelson with the title support cut off and it reads. You were warned not to accept any request without my approval. I am no longer acting as you contact at ravens nest. In fact I’m cutting off all support to you. Good luck, you’ll die soon enough. Losing the support of Lana however does not bother the raven as with enough credits in his pocket and progtech paying the repair bill for his arena fights. The raven would only focus on the arena raising from rank 10 to 4 before he called upon again by Progtech and another email from Elan. Opening elan message first the raven reads that Elan has discovered that any corporation that has to do nine-ball either experience massive growth or a rapid decline. The attacks of progtech he believes are to finish the company off however the reason behind it still remains unknown to him, however it seem this raven has a hidden agender. Putting this aside the raven then reads the request from progtech, a mission request to elimate intruders in the progtech headquarters. It seems after transferring Elan to their head quarters suddenly has come under attack with elan inside. The attacker are again are an unknown force and on site security is unable to stop them as they race towards the building core where elan is based. Once again with his licence suspended by his sponsor, the raven moves out storming the headquarters to take out this invading force consisting of Stink bug and Heavy bold MTS as he dies however Elan contacts him. Nine-ball appears to be waiting for him where Elan is hiding as such the raven make this way their only to met by the red ac itself who has some words for him. Another battle between the raven and nine-ball after with more hole being blasted in walls, energy shot marking the raven ac while his fires off his own weapons at nine-ball until finally the red ac blows up. It looks to be the end of nine-ball and hustler one, the raven take a moment to breath before elan radios him to report that all the remaining forces are retreating and he wants to talk to the raven later about nine-ball. The raven however paid little mind to this as for him, he had killed his target and with that his revenge is done. Or so he thought, for returning to the nest and checking the ranking he finds that still sitting at the top of the area is nine-ball? The raven knew he had killed him, he’d seen it with his won eyes yet there at the top of arena nine-ball remained. Elan would also have the same thought as the raven as in his email to the raven after the mission he would question how nine-ball is still alive too. However what Elan did find is that Raven nest had been tampering with his data, but for what purpose he did not know yet. Whatever the case the raven had no time to stop and think, his families killer is still alive as such he would have to keep climbing the ranks till he could face nine-ball. The raven would do this taking the number 3 raven Max and the number 2 raven pandora in the arena before again he would be disturb by emails One from Elan who reveals he did some digging in the nest data base on nine-ball and found a strange word H-1. To Elan this is strange as it sounds like a part not a raven name as such he suspects that hustler-one may no even exist and along with this the raven previous contact with the nest Lana Nelson name is also in with the data on nine-ball meaning she must be connected in a way. At this point the raven head is spinning at this suggestion before he see the other email is from none other then Lana Nelson which reads. It has been a while. Congratulations on reaching the second highest ranking in the arena. I never thought you would achieve such success. Your skill has far exceeded my original estimation of you. You have become too powerful. Do you remember? I told you I’d arrange a meeting with nine-ball for you one day. Well that day has arrived. The raven had no idea what she meant until he receives a mission from none other then Lana, this mission asked him to come to a factory outside of issac city no one knew about and meet her there if he’s got it all figured out. To the raven this clearly screamed trap however if nine-ball had something to do with Lana then what choice did he have. As such the raven would head there alone with only his armored core, he would enter only to sudden become under attack from nine-ball however the ac feel too easy, something was not right as such the raven went deep in. As he does the voice of Lana comes over his radio. Then hustler one voice joins in mixing with Lana’s. The pair seem to moulding together talking about their purpose and how they created all corporations, armored core. Just who are these people? The raven would not find that answer out however walking down the corridors he would see lines of nine-balls ac all waiting. Nine-ball was not one ac but seem to be mass manufactured and he would see this as the raven then has to battle two more nine-balls. A hard battle fought and won, The defeat of these two nine-balls would lead for the voice of Lana and hustler one to speak again. Purpose? The raven did not understand, however he carried on down a lift until he came to a new foe. A monstrous looking nine-ball which seems to have modified and taller then then an ac it is here the final battle between raven and the final line of defence of whatever called itself hustler one and Lana. This machine of death and terrifying power would later to be named nine-ball seraph the final defence of as would be learned much later was the same ai from ac1 who had used the name of hustler one and lana as covers to keep control over everything. However with the raven defeat of nine-ball seraph, he would watch as the machine burned all over, flame spouting out of it arms and legs it body shaking as it insides fried and yet it tries for a final shot at the tired battle worn raven only for its arm to blow off and finally fall too it knees. After this battle the raven last action is to leave the arena, his destination unknown what would be clear however is just a short time after raven nest and all it function would fall silent and the underground world would fall into a war known as the underground war. This end the report on the story of armored core master of arena.


Armored core Lore The story of Armored core 2 another age It has been five years since the rebellion on Mars where the LCC special forces and their leader Leos Klein tried to control the red planet. The Earth government having spent a lot of resources and money on stopping this rebellion has the governing body now focusing on building military assets instead of rebuilding the planet they call home. It is the only option in their eye as after all with the corporations who waged war on Mars first still active on earth the government needed to show the might of the government to these business, who tried to escape their regulations to simple make more money. As such the rapid military growth of would soon lead to the government having proxies like the Bureaus of Control and the LCC to govern locally while they tried to focus on environmental reclamation and the re-population of Earth's surface. However while this was going on the corporations ceos would be brought before the government for questioning about the war on mars. The Emeraude corporation who had surrendered first to the government would be the most servery punished as reports and information from officials would show that this corporation deliberate went out of their way to go against the LCC forces along with trying to undermine the government like paying informers for inside information. All this and more would see the emeraude corporation being heavy restricted by the government and while it is never made clear what these restrictions are from a look over some real word restrictions it would be a stretch to suggest the earth government put a limit on the number of MTS and armored core parts the corporation could produce, limited the trade this corporation could do on earth and mars along with a stricter process on the corporations use of ravens after all though ravens have been granted to right to operated independently the government could still ask for details about why and when a raven was used by emeraude. In effect what all this did is cripple earth largest corporation who went away to secretly rebuild their own military might, their hunger for power not stopping as soon they would strike out again to become number one as with all these restrictions it made them fall behind the next corporation to be seen Zio Matrix. Unlike Emeraude, Zio made its case that the war on mars was not the fault of the earth branch, they only wished to make mars a home for earth’s people however it seems they misjudge the excitative they placed in charge of the mars branch. They lost sight of the parent companies goals and went rouge causing terrible damage to the image of Zio Martix and all its affiliates. A business like apology and with all the evidence to back up their claim, Zio would not face so harsh as restrictions like Emeraude however the earth government would still place similar restrictions on their Mts production and AC part production. This allowed Zio to function better as a business then emeraude making them now the number one corporation of earth. However with the government growing might and the always watching eyes of the bureaus Zio would more cautious in its dealings with the government and all other future ventures. Finally Balena’s ceo would also be questioned as it was their parts and modifications that allowed Leos klien and his forces to be able to perform their rebellion. The corporation would be clear in their answers that the balena corporation did so as to aid the earth’s governing body on mars the LCC, it like many did not expect someone the government personal selected to lead their forces to rebel and use the parts for war instead of keeping the peace which is the goal they along with all the people of earth want. Its a statement the earth government certainly could not argue back with after all they had been advised to select Kelin for his knowledge on mars and his ability with an armored core. This would lead to Balena being let off by the government however while the government did not punish this small corporation Zio Matrix and Emeraude would by cutting off all trade and ties with them as for these two saw them as supporters of the government. While the loss of business from the two did hit Balena hard, they would continue to do business with the government but also start to support a new group who would rise from the underground cites known as the indies. They did not to support the reason the indies are fighting for but with a terrorist group running about the government would need their ac parts and weapons, they created a problem to make more money. With all this the government would go on to form more Bureaus to tackle the issues on earth and Mars as tensions between the corporations and government would grow to a breaking point. They would be the only one however as with the government's efforts currently focused all over the place resentment towards the governing body from the general populace would also reach a breaking point. Tired of being neglected the people living in the underground cities would take matters into their own hands and incidents of armed revolt would start to become a daily occurrence as the rise of the indies group would only see the government once again having to turn to ravens as the corporations and indies would use the independent mercenaries to wage war on again. This is where history takes a twist for some will say a new raven rose from the ranks of earth’s Nerves Concord or this will be the return of the raven from AC2 who stopped leos Klein rebellion and returned to earth. Either way this raven would perform a number of tasks from all the corporations, the indies and even the earth government themselves from rescues, defence training, attacks on bases to even fighting off a relic of the past however in truth the world is tuck in a motion of war with the corporations seeking power, the Indies wishing to overthrown them all and the earth government trying to retain order for all on mars and earth. The events of this time are very normal for the life of mercenary to be honest, in fact its fair to say that the battles the raven fights here all are simply creating a never ending cycle where corporation fight on another to gain power from the earth government, the government will try to maintain order by investing heavily in military which in turn means the funds can not be spent on aid the population who in turn form groups like the indies who battle against the corporations and the government who simple are not supplying them a decent life above or below ground. Yet it is from this normal life of raven that we do see some important events and the affects the mars rebellion has for this final stop for the first timeline of armored core. Starting off the continuation of human re-engineering, the mission Target Elimination it here we learn that project like human plus are still going on even after the fall of murakumo and this time the one’s doing it are emeurade which is understandable seeing as the corporation is looking to use power to fight back against a growing earth government. The target here is a man named Gespent who not only escapes Emeraude but also steal a zio matrix armored core that is using part that zio believes will revolutionise armored cores. What this really shows however is that the human plus idea is still being used by the corporation and again much like the corporations before them Emeraude prays on people in large amount of debt. Another important event is seen in Eliminate Biological Menace, it here we see the return of bio weapons much like the Warrior bugs as seen years before created by chemical dye co. While a creator is never name it here at the Hilda Abandoned Facility where these flea seem to live and repopulate suggesting either one of the corporation is playing god again or that these weapons have been here before the fall of chrome and Murakumo. The stimulatory between the two bug like bio weapons are so close and even require a bio sensor to lock onto them once again suggesting that either chemical dye co left these experiments behind or that one of the current corporations did this. Still while this was a bringing something from the past, the next key event would be in the missions Destroy Top-Secret Unit and Destroy Top-Secret Unit which will have the raven fight a very large and power mts in two way. This mt would be named the grey cloud, armed with two rapid-fire grenade launchers mounted as weapon arms, two energy machine guns mounted on the shoulders, and eight missile launchers as back weapons. The grey cloud also came armed with an orbit cannon mounted in the head and Its legs have integrated boosters for flight capabilities along with four large boosters on each side of its rear. To some ravens this massive mt may look very much like the Leviathan seen in armored core nexus and last raven. This however would be the mt first appearance in armored core 2 another age with it coming from Balena finding it in a newly discovered research facility in Zearm Desert. It is believed to have come from before the great destruction making this mt a focus point of many questions about it origin as it would later be shown in armored core 3 timeline as the Leviathan. Finally the last event to cover would show the state of mars and the raven still up there, the mission Free Rapture Orbit Elevator. In this mission from the earth government that reads This is a direct request from the Government. We're sending you to Earth's Rapture Orbit Elevator to take care of several ACs that have entered the facility without authorization. The perpetrators all hail from Mars and are demanding transfers to Earth. In an attempt to make us comply with this demand, they've seized Junction Station Bliss. Because of their actions, all operations relating to Rapture have ceased, which in turn has created an economic backlash. You are authorized to resolve this situation through force. Their leader, Antares is one of the most feared Ravens on Mars. He should not be taken lightly. Good luck. From this mission we can learn that since no corporation is active on mars thanks to them all being absorbed or destoried that Mars is peaceful. The need for ravens on the red plant is at an all time low and since only the LCC would be active at the time all the missions would payed for by the government who was weary of using raven in the first place. This mission would also suggest that a raven could not simple hop a lift down to earth to find work as due to government restrictions as such nexus concrod would be focusing on giving jobs to earth based ravens over the mars one forcing these three ravens to take action or be out of work. This is important to note as this shows that with one single power, the red planet is at peace with no wars and the need for machine of war are at an all time low. While this is seen as a terrorist attack in truth this could be seen as a cry for jobs from mars and without the wars between corporations raven could not feed themselves and if this was the case for them what about the factory workers, the guard anyone who once worked for the corporations. Did they become employees of the earth government or where they replaced? While this question is never answer what is shown to come from Mars is disorder units making the earth government look straight at Zio Matrix since there mars branch was so interested in them the government is quick to point the finger however once again the reason behind these disorder unit apperiacte is not explored. In the end this really is the story of Armored core 2 another, it is a story about what a raven life is like after being a hero of the world, everyone just goes back to their old way with corprations fighting, the earth government still fighting againest them and the people suffering all the while.


Armored Core Lore The Story of Armored core 3 This timeline begins before there was even a date system in place with the Construction of the underground cities of Layard beginning with no date system in place all we know is these cities would be completed before the outbreak of the The Great Destruction." The few survivors would be relocated to the first layerd city. Its here we learn from the book armored core complete works 10 that the city would be run by management. It is unknown at this point if this management was human or AI, however it is highly likely due to the loss of lives that an AI was already active and was the management spoke of within these pages. A strong case for this is when The Layard calendar is established by the administration as a standard of living for people living in Layard. The year in the Layard calendar is not based on the earth's orbital period, and the day is not 24 hours long. Furthermore, the length of the year and the length of the day in the Layard calendar has changed many times, making it impossible to measure the exact period of time. It would be later discovered that This was a measure taken to deprive the people the rhythm of life and to get them ready for underground life. Could a human do this? Perhaps however in truth this would be the first recorded date of this timeline E.D.0000. Its during this time The administrator would confirm that some terrestrial environments have been restored to human habitable levels as such once again adjusts the Layard calendar to the length of one year and one day on earth for the peoples return to earth. However that return would never come, in fact for the next a hundred and fifty three years the administrator would govern the cities and in turn the lives of the humans within, its in this time corporations would be established and humanity would once again begin to flourish with the corporations building in sectors of layered, the rise of jobs and even the first muscle tracers pro types more commonly known as MTs by both mirage and crest would begin production and testing. Its three years later that these two powerful corporations would then start to mass produce these mts for practical use within their own factories and other manual labour intensive jobs. However perhaps like all corporations these machines are not enough as they seek to expand and make more money research of these mts into a more military use would begin if not already in progress. By the time of ED0166 the research of these mts in combat would lead to the Development of the next generation MT incorporating the "core concept" where we start to see these working mts now take a human like shape and gain the name armored cores due to their much heavy armor when compared to other muscles tracers. These new machines of war would rapidly becomes popular for the corporations as products and a new age war machine to fight each other with. However these corporations would not not escape the eyes of the administrator who already seem to have a plan in motion. For while there is no written account of when and how it seem this Ai administrator had already assigned a place for these ravens in fact it made it clear to all that to become a raven one would have to pass a test and be assigned such a role by the administrator itself. This seems to have been the birth of global cortex, a middle man service for raven to be hired by the corporations. It here where all ravens would have to registered and while they seem to enjoy some freedom from the administrator rules, they would still be held to account for how they acted which is made clear by the email when the raven of armored core 3 becomes one of these armored core pilots. This business would boom and along with it the rise of the arena where ravens would battle it out for the entertainment of the people of layered. However it should be noted this middle man business would remain neutral during the wars between corporations and only follow the rules of the administrator of layard. But this is when trouble would start to brew in the peaceful world of layerd for in ed00172 a disaster would happen many Layered citizens would die from a deterioration of water quality and air pollution due to the failure of an environmental control system. Crest in particular would be heavily affected. However they swept this under the carpet quietly and quickly. This would lead fifteen year later for a rebel group by the name of Union to be formed when an information leak reveals that the administrator has kept secret that the surface has been restored. Armed clashes between Union and the administrator's faction follow. However it in the year ed0187 where the raven of armored core would become a key figure in this history, It begins with his first mission end employee stand off, the raven would be sent to remove rebelling workers from the Crest owned Zidan weapons factory after they made the decision to shut it down to use the space to build more housing. The raven being fresh and new will take this mission and cut down the workers perhaps with a thought for them as what this means is that these citizens would be reassigned jobs by the administrator which we would learn has the name controller if there was any. The raven however would complete this task with ease only to return to have an email from crest thanking him for a job well done. They explain that it was not their decision at all to close the area but instead the controllers who they believed is making the right call for all humanities survival. This would be one of the many missions the raven would face as other include the removal of a smaller corporation force called Kisaragi by the largest corporation at the time Mirage. This being done due to the fact this smaller corporation found a vein of rich metal ore and it was decided all three corporations would share the mine however Kisaragi even after agreeing to this would continue to mine breaking the contact they made with both crest and mIrage as such their force would have to be removed to fixed this. Another mission would see the raven defend the area from a terrorist force who seem to want to shut down the arena by attacking it. After this however the raven would go back and forth between the three corporations with missions all the while nothing seems to be happening. This would change however with a mission from crest named Eliminate intruders which would sent the raven to city sector 513, a sector said to have been heavy damaged by earthquakes a few years back and has been deserted since with strict access over who may enter. Crest however has picked up moment in the area and wants the raven to go in and make sure none of them leave alive. It is not an usual request as such the raven takes it only to find this sector said to have had earthquakes look untouched even his operator noticed this and find it all very odd. However the raven keeps going killing these intruders in their mts and tanks before also killing another raven by the name of Crossback who comes to aid these trouble makers. After the mission Laine the operator of the raven would contact the raven by email with information about the sector being breached by an underground organisation named union. It is believed that this group is responsible for behind the number of recent uprisings making them a threat to layered as their ideas conflict with the Controllers however their main goal is still unknown at this time. Laine also notes there has been an unusual rise in sectors being closed off and wonders if the union has something to do with it? However the raven would also get an email from crest this one explaining that once again the decision to close this sector was the controllers and they followed the orders. Because they believe the controller is doing this to help them survive, this is our last refuge we have, no harm must come to it. They also make it very clear to the raven that the truth as far as he is concerned is that the sector was damaged by earthquakes and that the truth. Hiding the truth about why a sector is close. It here that we see that crest seems to know more then letting on. However the raven has no right to question them as such he must move on, taking on more missions for the corporations that would see him used as missile training and preventing crest information capsules from falling into the hands of hijackers. Its after these however he would get his first message from Union, they tell the raven they are in need of pilot like him as they write the lies that govern our existence must be exposed and the truth revealed, the controller is hiding a power that even a raven could not stop. It asks the raven to think about what is going while they continue to act. The raven perhaps more confused then curious has this email put aside as his work goes on putting down a mirage force by the request of Kisaragi before finally seeing something strange in his next mission defend ruglen labatory it here it is claimed a mirage force is attacking this crest laboratory however when the raven arrives the mts on site are not what he expect instead large sphere shaped ones that no corporation seems to have used, could this be a new mts type? Question however would have to wait as the raven saves the ally mt cold heart here before rushing off to aid the other raven night flyer sent here only when he finds the raven, his foe is not who he expects it a strange ac with skills that seem to be unusual for the average ac pilot as it hops and fly about in a way that would make most raven sick. The raven depending on report either manages to save his allies and defeat the strange ac or flees the battle. It is twist in history we may never know the answer to yet what we do know is on his return his operator has an email for him and so does the union. Starting with his operator the raven reads that there is some questions about his foe has the ac is not registered with global cortex a rule that all ravens must follow by the word of the controller. She also write that after analysing the ac that it seem this ac has levels of performance beyond that of an ordinary ac unit. It however the email from union that would start the wheel of fate turning as it reads that they believe the attack force was not mirage at all but the controller itself. But this raises the question why would the controller attack a corporation that is loyal to it? The union plan to find out and show layard what is really going on with all these recent incidents. Confused and perhaps a little shaken by this, the raven puts the messages aside to get back to work after all being born under the controller rule was it possible? What could it mean? Never the less the raven has little time to question before more work comes in this time the raven would see himself fighting a giant spider in the water ways of layered, grab the cargo off a sinking mirage ship and escort a new alloy sample that crest created to their research lab. Its after this however that the union would email him again this time writing this We’ve had abrupt interruption of power supply, the changes in the eco system due to the failure of the environmental system and the forced closure of sectors due to the run away core. These anomalies ,along many others are becoming too common occurrences. Layred is no longer a utopia maintained by the controller. The truth of the matter is the controller is malfunctioning. The time has come to take action we will attempt to enter layered hub, where the controller is believed to reside. This would explain all these rouge attacks, the change in weather that suck mirage ships and the fact that sectors are being closed off when there is clearly no damage to them. It is hard however for anyone to see this after all the controller had guide them for so long was this really the truth? Perhaps the raven thought so as he would then take a mission from the union to aid in the take over of a crest data storage facility where he and a number of raven would secure the facility for the union by taking out the generators that powered the defences along with any crest forces on site. It is noted here that Mirage also seem to be working with the union however they would not show up as learned after in an email from union. The raven would also learn that the group was unable to obtain the information on how to gain acsess to the controller they believed crest had. The mission was a failure. And things would only get worse for then union as the next mission the raven would take is from crest themselves who believe the union next move is to bomb the waste disposal network underneath the city backed by Kisaragi They found this out through one of their spy and even seem to dismiss the idea that the controller is malfunctioning. The raven will take this mission however the act of bombing a certain area of the city does not seem to fit with the unions past activates in fact it suit that more of Kisaragi who already blew up one of mirage bridge with bombs. Never the less once the bombs are removed and the raven return possible killing the ac Volcano see the raven return to more emails. One from this operator who write about how recent rumours put the union is to blame for all the trouble affect layered and crest see this backlash as the perfect time to wipe them out and already is massing forces to rid layered of this group. While these two fight however the raven would get back to work with mirage having the raven attack a crest assemble plant shutting it down and defend water process for Kisaragi before finally being asked by crest to help them fight the union on the mission destroy gun emplacements. It here the raven learns crest interrogated a capture union operative to find out the union base is in sector 614 a conservation area lush with vegetation with thick fog and heavy rain the union is using this as natural cover for large gun emplacement to defend their headquarters. They want the raven to take them out. It a mission the raven takes and along with this has the choose to join the attack on the headquarters or not this would see the raven act as distraction while crest readies missiles for an assault. After the missiles are launched however and the raven returns to base there is another email from his operator. It read about an emergency development during his time returning as it seems while it seemed crest would overrun the union suddenly a new large force entered into the fray and started to attack both sides, forcing heavy casualty for both sides. Along with more of these unknown forces have started to appear all over layard and seem to only wreak havoc where they go. It is suggested from reports that these unit share the same enhanced performances levels as that one ac the raven fought in ruglen laboratory. Global cortex best guess is that these attacking forces are being lead by the controller however they are not sure. It seem this unknown force had thrown everything into chaos and the raven would see this first hand with his next mission when mirage pay for his aid in defending one of their cities, trene which has been invaded by some of these unknown forces. Yet the true extent of these attack would only by read about the raven on his return from this mission where his operator once again emails him to let him know that the controllers forces are targeting corporation assets and even the life systems of layard itself. With this mirage is trying to develop a program to access the controller. It is no clear however is they are stop the controller or use this as chance to try to take control of it for their own purposes. Layard is in chaos and yet the raven would keep getting jobs as corporations would keep on fighting each other even during this time. Some of these mission include destroying the remains of kigaski force in a mine, the removal of pulse generators set up by crest in the vents of in waste disposal layer which mirage facilitates has been suffering constant system outages. Even as the world around them burned these corporations would only do things to suit themselves. It would only be one mission from mirage that seem to be doing something as they ask the raven to take out radar equipment on a crest base they need to work on their program to access the control making the raven head out to do this. It here inside the base he would kill the ravens back breaker and Flare up. A hard mission with a result the raven may not be happy with as after returning he gets an email from mirage They attempt to access the controller had failed and to even try again they would need time, something they did not have as the controllers force now where causing major leak of water, radiation and oxygen. They end the message by saying as the controller abandoned us. It a clear sign that even mirage is feeling like they have lost yet the raven had little time for the worries of a corporation who only made things worse with their fight as next he would be requested by crest to defend their headquarters. The raven would be guarding the ventilation duct to stop controller forces and while he would succeed the news on this return would not be so good. Crest headquarters feel as their line of defence was wiped out by the controller force and now is spreading into all the other area under crest control as well. Mirage is gathering forces to defend it own areas but the outcome looks bleak. Perhaps anger or even scared the raven then reads a message from crest that reads we appreciate the help raven, but crest is through. We no longer have the mean to retaliate That the controller has been malfunctioning has been known to use for a long time. Malfunction or not if the controller has decided to destroy us, then that is our fate. People cannot survive in a world without order, even if that order is simple an illusion. So it is here that crest give in unable to do anything as the controller force march on, for mirage however they are not done yet as they have a mission for the raven. This mission would see the raven destroy a massive underwater mt that mirage believe only the controller has in a sector that was closed due to becoming flooded. However it after this that mirage send an email asking for the raven help. Not in their usual way either it was very kind and talked about the people of layered hoping he would take this mission as if he was a savoir. It was strange and the raven knew this. However a job is a job as such he would be sent by mirage with another ac named huntress to investigate manga ruins as they believed there was a way to get to the controller here. On arrival however the pair of acs are attacked by cloaked controller forces before then another raven enters. A trap and it had been laid to kill the raven as his own partner turns on him as for trying to destroy the controller. In the end however the raven of armored core 3 would kill off both huntress and Fanfare. Spitting feather at this point, the raven returns there is a message from mirage who state they never intended to get rid of the controller, simply wanting to administrate it power. As they rely on the controller for their continued existence. If you act in haste will condemn us all. Spoken like a member of a cult, it seems the raven had become the bad guy however there was one group left willing to hire him, the union who wants the raven to do this. And so the raven would do this along with this killing the raven named Nocture. After which the union would mail the raven telling him they are decoding the location as fast s they can however the controller force have take over the energy reactor for layerd which is destroyed would start a chain reaction causing extensive damage through the city. The raven would set off to do this destroying a weapon very much like the justice seem in the armored core 1 timeline before having to face a controller ac. It destruction however would seem to send the controller into an all out attack mode as it send out another massive mt this time a flying fortress of a machine and the raven either take it down alone or with a partner. The name of this mts would be D-C001 armed with Large Missiles, Pursuit Missiles and Laser Cannons the mt would be a hellish fight for the raven as it spilt in two to have another way to attack. However it end would finally let the raven do what needed to be done. His final mission would be Infiltrate Layered Hub where finally he would make his way to destroy the controller. The place is a maze with pillars he has to jump on to access the higher areas, room filled with controller mts before finally he comes to a room with two controller Armored cores. No a word is spoken as the three battle it out, by the end however the raven is the last one standing as finally he enters the room these two controller acs guarded to come face to face with the controller. A large AI data base protected by a powerful shield and small mts, it here the raven would have to destroy the piece of the centre pillar the ai sit one to revel its emergency reactor. Its destroying this the raven sees the final moment of the ai as it shuts down saying this. The end of controller rule as he looks up to see the once dark ceiling of layard open up, the surface once destroyed by mankind had become full of life, rolling green hills and a bright sun that shone brightly into the depths. This is where the story of Armored core 3 ends.