History
I added this history section for my fanfic so any people who are new to armored core, or want to go in depth on what happened before my story can read this. SOME OF IT MAY BE INACCURATE, but this is how I want it to be. It's not too far from what really happened though.
Timeline:
2031 - Japanese invent the first MT, start of the Mechanical Era
2037 - America invents the AC, Robot Arms Race begins
2057 - World War 3, Nuclear Arms Race begins again
2061 - American researchers begin to make plans to create a massive weapon that uses nuclear energy and focuses it into a beam
2069 - The world begins to descend into anarchy, no more concept of countries, just any group of people trying to kill eachother
2081 - The "massive weapon" is finished
2082 - The "massive weapon" is launched into space
2083 - The "massive weapon" is fired at Earth for the first time, it is fired 5 more times that year
2085 - End of World War 3, the world is heavily scorched, popularity of underground bunkers sprout, massive underground shelters are constructed
2092 - A group of terrorists high-jack the "massive weapon", it is fired 162 times that year, the terrorists are all killed by a security device on the massive weapon, this year is known as the "Great Destruction"
Earth Year (EY) 0 - Great Destruction
EY 0 - Humans hide in the giant underground bunkers that were made to cover people from the nuclear warheads, these bunkers are interlinked and become "towns", sense of date is lost, culture is forgotten, all forms of money become discarded
EY 7 - Earth Year date system is established, Credits become the accepted form of currency (1 Cr. = 30ยข)
EY 33 - Mercenary group called "The Ravens" is established
EY 52 - AC parts company called Chrome rises to a corporation power, construction corporation named Murakumo begins to produce AC parts, high tensions between Chrome and Murakumo signal the start of the Corporation Wars that still go on
EY 88 - Humans return to the surface
EY 96 - Fall of Chrome, the Second Great Destruction is single-handedly thwarted by a single, unknown raven
EY 108 - Arena battling becomes an official sport
EY 129 - The first revolution, known as Project Phantasma is destroyed by a single raven
EY 131 - Fall of Murakumo
EY 134 - The second revolution, no true "revolutioners", instead a flaw in "auto-ACs", was ceased by a single Raven
EY 197 - Establishment of the Earth Government
EY 201 - Raven's Nest is outlawed
EY 284 - Mars Expeditions Begin
EY 291 - Terra-forming of Mars is completed, Mars is now open for immigrants
EY 299 - Zio Matrix Earth is formed
EY 300 - Emeraude is formed on Mars
EY 301 - Balena is formed on Mars
EY 302 - Zio Matrix Mars is formed, a branch of Zio Matrix Earth
EY 345 - Martian Revolution, Establishment of Klein's Fellowship, Decline in influence of the Earth Government, a revolution led by Klein, aimed at the destruction of Mars, it is single-handedly stopped by an unknown Raven, Phobos is destroyed, Klein's Fellowship is established, democracy reinvented
EY 347 - Chrome is reborn, renames itself Crest
EY 350 - Zio Matrix Earth renames itself Mirage to separate itself from Zio Matrix Mars
EY 354 - Myk Linear, main character of my fanfic is born
EY 361 - Kirasagi is formed on Earth
EY 381 - Myk runs away from home, starts as an MT
EY 385 - Myk becomes a Raven
EY 387 - Year which my fanfic begins, Martians attempt to overthrow the Earth Government and convert Earth into a democratic society
WARNING! This next part is going to be the FUTURE of this fanfic and may spoil some parts!
EY 388 - People of Layered emerge, Earth Government declares war on Mars, Layered declares war on Earth Government, Earth Government orders the re- establishment of Murakumo to mass-produce a special MT, Deimos is the second massive weapon, Martians attempt to use Deimos against Earth
Societies:
This section is so that you can learn what is going on in Myk's time period
Earth
Government: Earth Government
Type: Dictatorship, very little influence, Earth is now divided into city- states, as in the cities are their own little "countries"
People: Taller than Martians and Layered, "Earthlings" are light to medium skin color, since they have been exposed to actual sunlight for 300 years. They have a diverse range of hair and eye colors. They have average strength and below-average mechanical skills, since they don't have any real need to study them
Strength: Population. They have over twice as more humans than Layered and Mars combined. They also have advantage over the battlefield, since everyone is fighting over their land
Weakness: No organization. Earth government's influence over surface dwellers has decreased to being almost non-existent since the Martian revolution. People only fight to protect their own cities, hence the city- state form of society.
Main cities: Neo Isaac (One of the oldest cities), Neo Zion (Center for many corporations, therefore it is very dangerous), Skyline City (Largest and most technologically advanced city on Earth), Cliff Side (A unique city, it is in a big canyon and has an average-sized city at the top of the cliff, and massive tunnels in the wall of the cliff. Trains and monorails are main modes of transportation to go up, down, and across the cliff wall), Oceania (Underwater city specializing in research and massive weapons)
Mars
Government: Klein's Fellowship
Type: Democracy, it is hardly a fellowship, it was named that because originally the leaders were followers of Klein. Mars has made itself into one, big country
People: Very similar to humans, since they were separated only about 50 years ago. They are usually dark-haired and have a kind of light to medium reddish skin, though still very close to the resemblance of earthlings. They are slightly shorter, have slightly more strengh, and have a better understanding of mechanics than earthlings
Strengths: With technology developed by Zio Matrix Mars that they took from dissecting automated "aliens" called disorder units, they have above- average weaponry and technology
Weaknesses: It takes 6 months to reach earth to Mars. Supply lines are extremely slow
Main cities: Unknown
Layered
Government: Union
Type: Communist, ex-monarchy, The Controller, a giant computer, would govern the massive underground city of Layered, recently overthrown by a single Raven, it is now led by the Union
People: Smallest of the 3 kinds of humans, they average about 5' 10". They are pale in skin due to the lack of actual sunlight for about 400 years. They usually have blonde to brown hair. They have below-average strength, but have the best understanding of mechanics. People are taught mechanics primarily since mechanics practically make the whole city of Layered move.
Strengths: Defense, they don't have to leave the city of layered, and therefore could easily defend it
Weaknesses: Population is small compared to surface dwellers, so offensive forces are extremely small
Main cities: It's one big city! Layered is in layers, and most of these layers are much, much larger than the biggest surface cities
Note: When humans returned to the surface in EY 88, some humans stayed in the underground cities, and were forgotten for 300 years. Neither surface dwellers nor the people of Layered were aware the other existed.
Games:
This section is miscellaneous. If you want to see where the AC games take place in my story, here they are
Armored Core: EY 88 to EY 96
Project Phantasma: EY 129
Master of the Arena: EY 134
Armored Core 2: EY 345
Another Age: Anytime after EY 345, Another Age has no specific date, it is the life of a normal Raven on Mars after the Martian Revolution
Armored Core 3: EY 388 (My story starts just before AC3)
I added this history section for my fanfic so any people who are new to armored core, or want to go in depth on what happened before my story can read this. SOME OF IT MAY BE INACCURATE, but this is how I want it to be. It's not too far from what really happened though.
Timeline:
2031 - Japanese invent the first MT, start of the Mechanical Era
2037 - America invents the AC, Robot Arms Race begins
2057 - World War 3, Nuclear Arms Race begins again
2061 - American researchers begin to make plans to create a massive weapon that uses nuclear energy and focuses it into a beam
2069 - The world begins to descend into anarchy, no more concept of countries, just any group of people trying to kill eachother
2081 - The "massive weapon" is finished
2082 - The "massive weapon" is launched into space
2083 - The "massive weapon" is fired at Earth for the first time, it is fired 5 more times that year
2085 - End of World War 3, the world is heavily scorched, popularity of underground bunkers sprout, massive underground shelters are constructed
2092 - A group of terrorists high-jack the "massive weapon", it is fired 162 times that year, the terrorists are all killed by a security device on the massive weapon, this year is known as the "Great Destruction"
Earth Year (EY) 0 - Great Destruction
EY 0 - Humans hide in the giant underground bunkers that were made to cover people from the nuclear warheads, these bunkers are interlinked and become "towns", sense of date is lost, culture is forgotten, all forms of money become discarded
EY 7 - Earth Year date system is established, Credits become the accepted form of currency (1 Cr. = 30ยข)
EY 33 - Mercenary group called "The Ravens" is established
EY 52 - AC parts company called Chrome rises to a corporation power, construction corporation named Murakumo begins to produce AC parts, high tensions between Chrome and Murakumo signal the start of the Corporation Wars that still go on
EY 88 - Humans return to the surface
EY 96 - Fall of Chrome, the Second Great Destruction is single-handedly thwarted by a single, unknown raven
EY 108 - Arena battling becomes an official sport
EY 129 - The first revolution, known as Project Phantasma is destroyed by a single raven
EY 131 - Fall of Murakumo
EY 134 - The second revolution, no true "revolutioners", instead a flaw in "auto-ACs", was ceased by a single Raven
EY 197 - Establishment of the Earth Government
EY 201 - Raven's Nest is outlawed
EY 284 - Mars Expeditions Begin
EY 291 - Terra-forming of Mars is completed, Mars is now open for immigrants
EY 299 - Zio Matrix Earth is formed
EY 300 - Emeraude is formed on Mars
EY 301 - Balena is formed on Mars
EY 302 - Zio Matrix Mars is formed, a branch of Zio Matrix Earth
EY 345 - Martian Revolution, Establishment of Klein's Fellowship, Decline in influence of the Earth Government, a revolution led by Klein, aimed at the destruction of Mars, it is single-handedly stopped by an unknown Raven, Phobos is destroyed, Klein's Fellowship is established, democracy reinvented
EY 347 - Chrome is reborn, renames itself Crest
EY 350 - Zio Matrix Earth renames itself Mirage to separate itself from Zio Matrix Mars
EY 354 - Myk Linear, main character of my fanfic is born
EY 361 - Kirasagi is formed on Earth
EY 381 - Myk runs away from home, starts as an MT
EY 385 - Myk becomes a Raven
EY 387 - Year which my fanfic begins, Martians attempt to overthrow the Earth Government and convert Earth into a democratic society
WARNING! This next part is going to be the FUTURE of this fanfic and may spoil some parts!
EY 388 - People of Layered emerge, Earth Government declares war on Mars, Layered declares war on Earth Government, Earth Government orders the re- establishment of Murakumo to mass-produce a special MT, Deimos is the second massive weapon, Martians attempt to use Deimos against Earth
Societies:
This section is so that you can learn what is going on in Myk's time period
Earth
Government: Earth Government
Type: Dictatorship, very little influence, Earth is now divided into city- states, as in the cities are their own little "countries"
People: Taller than Martians and Layered, "Earthlings" are light to medium skin color, since they have been exposed to actual sunlight for 300 years. They have a diverse range of hair and eye colors. They have average strength and below-average mechanical skills, since they don't have any real need to study them
Strength: Population. They have over twice as more humans than Layered and Mars combined. They also have advantage over the battlefield, since everyone is fighting over their land
Weakness: No organization. Earth government's influence over surface dwellers has decreased to being almost non-existent since the Martian revolution. People only fight to protect their own cities, hence the city- state form of society.
Main cities: Neo Isaac (One of the oldest cities), Neo Zion (Center for many corporations, therefore it is very dangerous), Skyline City (Largest and most technologically advanced city on Earth), Cliff Side (A unique city, it is in a big canyon and has an average-sized city at the top of the cliff, and massive tunnels in the wall of the cliff. Trains and monorails are main modes of transportation to go up, down, and across the cliff wall), Oceania (Underwater city specializing in research and massive weapons)
Mars
Government: Klein's Fellowship
Type: Democracy, it is hardly a fellowship, it was named that because originally the leaders were followers of Klein. Mars has made itself into one, big country
People: Very similar to humans, since they were separated only about 50 years ago. They are usually dark-haired and have a kind of light to medium reddish skin, though still very close to the resemblance of earthlings. They are slightly shorter, have slightly more strengh, and have a better understanding of mechanics than earthlings
Strengths: With technology developed by Zio Matrix Mars that they took from dissecting automated "aliens" called disorder units, they have above- average weaponry and technology
Weaknesses: It takes 6 months to reach earth to Mars. Supply lines are extremely slow
Main cities: Unknown
Layered
Government: Union
Type: Communist, ex-monarchy, The Controller, a giant computer, would govern the massive underground city of Layered, recently overthrown by a single Raven, it is now led by the Union
People: Smallest of the 3 kinds of humans, they average about 5' 10". They are pale in skin due to the lack of actual sunlight for about 400 years. They usually have blonde to brown hair. They have below-average strength, but have the best understanding of mechanics. People are taught mechanics primarily since mechanics practically make the whole city of Layered move.
Strengths: Defense, they don't have to leave the city of layered, and therefore could easily defend it
Weaknesses: Population is small compared to surface dwellers, so offensive forces are extremely small
Main cities: It's one big city! Layered is in layers, and most of these layers are much, much larger than the biggest surface cities
Note: When humans returned to the surface in EY 88, some humans stayed in the underground cities, and were forgotten for 300 years. Neither surface dwellers nor the people of Layered were aware the other existed.
Games:
This section is miscellaneous. If you want to see where the AC games take place in my story, here they are
Armored Core: EY 88 to EY 96
Project Phantasma: EY 129
Master of the Arena: EY 134
Armored Core 2: EY 345
Another Age: Anytime after EY 345, Another Age has no specific date, it is the life of a normal Raven on Mars after the Martian Revolution
Armored Core 3: EY 388 (My story starts just before AC3)