It didn't help to know that he was underwater.

Chapter 1-=-Pilot

A few days earlier, life had been good. Commander Larson was chosen for this special new mission-commandeering a new prototype ACU, fresh from the labs. In his mind, he had earned this. He was one of the best commanders from the UEF faction, and he had wanted to prove it. So, he signed up for the new ACU. Apparently, it was highly dangerous, and pretty unsafe.

The lab boys had somehow managed to get technology from all three factions, and had put it all together into one big ACU. But that didn't stop Larson-he was the best of the best, and he knew it. The problem was, others didn't. So he decided to make them believe him, whether they liked him or not.

It wasn't hard for him to be chosen-he was the only one who dared to sign up. But when he got in that ACU, man,did it feel good. The ACU was able to build anything from all three factions-UEF, Illuminate, and Cybran. It wasn't really all that hard to get it to work-it was the normal ACU controls. But what disturbed UEF headquarters the most was that Commander Larson seemed to be taking up a lot more missions-and winning by simply overpowering the enemy. But that was when the UEF did a bad, very bad, deed. They attacked an innocent Illuminate Colony.

Larson immediately realized that the UEF was not his kind of faction. The problem was, neither was the Illuminate or Cybran faction. This wasn't good. This meant that Commander Larson was on his own. So when he was ordered to eliminate another Illuminate colony, he refused The UEF attempted to recall his ACU, but he immediately tried to get away.

That's when the trouble started. He built the transport with the most defenses (UEF Star Lifter) and tried to get away. The problem was, he was being tracked down by wasps. He was eventually shot down over the planet Ovonel lll, and was sent to the bottom of the ocean. With him gone, his assignment was given to Commander Maddox. Meanwhile, Commander Larson was resting at the bottom of the ocean, with his air reserves running out.