[Alastor Mobius Toth]

Originally Posted by sasahar17

Sorry, can’t help you there since I’m not that big on Armored Core lore. All I know is there’s several different continuities and each one is more grim-dark than the last, and that AC4 is the one with the overpowered mechs that are turning the world into the desert.

How does it end by the way? As far as I can tell with my limited AC knowledge and Angrypokstick’s comments, you just killed off the hero and gave the baddies a free pass to end the world.

It gets rather convulsed, and fast. Failed translations do not help (although arguably AC:FA is clearer then AC4).

Basically your character in AC4 ends up completely playing up to the bad guys (the Omer Science Technology, which makes USA of MuvLuv look peaceful and idealistic). And it causes a *lot* of problems.

Spoiler for AC4 storyline:

By AC:FA, the Kojima pollution ruined most of the world. The "Cradle" system - a network of giant aerial platforms - is used to keep half of the population in comfortable conditions, while corporations fight over the surface.

But the pollution will eventually spread into the skies. The only saving throw is Space. Corporations do have the technology to construct space colonies. However, in the past, they deployed countless unmanned battle stations called Assault Cells. These shoot down everything that tries to leave Earth (so that no corporation can get an advantage) and...cannot be turned off.

Rayleonard, the main antagonist in AC4, realized what was going to happen before the whole mess, and enacted a Closed Plan - an attempt to destroy Assault Cells and other companies to control the Outer Space.

In AC:FA, things get complicated, because Closed Plan is *needed* to get off Earth. But to take out all the Assault Cells, you'd need many ground-to-space weapons...which needed enough power as the entire cradle system.

The Omer come up with idea to unite all LYNXes that oppose it under ORCA Brigade - a terrorist organization that was meant to enact the Closed Plan. That way Omer could claim innocence, and take out their competition in the process. The activation of anti-satellite batteries would require diverting energy from Cradles, causing them to crash. Their destruction would probably scare population into seeking even more corporate aid. The destruction would also revitalize industry (more stuff to rebuild = more stuff and services to sell). ORCA leadership, which is composed of ex-Rayleonard employees is aware of this, but they see cooperating with Omer as the only way to carry out the plan.

Depending on player choices you:

Either join ORCA and carry out Closed Plan (though you possibly screw over Omer too, given that they sic their agents at you, aka Odstarva/Thermidor)

Throw a wrench in whole thing by joining up Wynne D. Fanchon (another pilot), who disobeys corporate orders and willingly fights ORCA, saving people of Cradles (who wouldn't survive on the surface).

Or focus on slaughter of civilian population, earning the hatred of all factions, and getting them to work together to kill you.

Also, Odstarva pilots Stasis (the guy I put Yuuya as), not Fragile. Fragile is the super-speed mech that Cryska/CUBE pilot.

The game's White Glint is actually protagonist of AC4, who gets killed off as a smoke screen. It also serves as convenient way to stage Odstarva's death to get him to join ORCA. Other LYNXes suspect it, but have no proof; Wynne being the only one really willing to poke into this.

So yeah, there's quite a bit of plot. Whew.