Armored Core

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==Summary==
Armored Core (アーマード・コア Āmādo Koa) is an mecha-action role-playing video game series developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games for PlayStation, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. Throughout the series, the games center on several silent protagonists who pilot large robotic combat units referred to as "Armored Cores". While there are multiple story continuities in the series, most follow the player as a mercenary (often known as a "Raven") who is contracted by various corporations. Ultimately, who they chose to follow and their actions influence the course of history forever.<tabber>
|-|Armored Core - Armored Core 2: Another Age=
Armored Core was the first game in the franchise and was released in Japan in July 1997, in North America in October 1997, and in Europe the following year. It has since seen numerous digital rereleases. The game takes place 50 years after the "Great Destruction", a cataclysmic event which killed most of the planet's population. The remaining humans fled underground, leading to corporations seizing control over the populous.
Armored Core received two expansion packs which were both released as individual titles. The prequel Armored Core: Project Phantasma released in December 1997. It follows the same Raven 2 years prior to the first game as they explore the Amber Complex and discover the secret Project Phantasma. Armored Core: Master of the Arena followed in February 1999. The game is a sequel to the first Armored Core and follows a new Raven as they seek to avenge their family in the Arena after their death during a battle.
Armored Core 2 was released in August 2000. It was the first Armored Core game released on the Playstation 2 and was an indirect sequel to Armored Core: Master of the Arena. 67 years after the events of Master of the Arena, various corporations have traveled to Mars in order to terraform the planet for their own gains. During this time, the government regains control of civilization, but is quickly subverted in a coupe by the mercenary Frighteners who the player plans to confront. The game would also receive an expansion title, released as Armored Core 2: Another Age in April 2001. The game takes place 5 years after Armored Core 2 after the government regains control of humanity as they try to relocate subterranean humans to the surface.
|-|Armored Core 3 - Armored Core: Last Raven=
Armored Core 3, released in April 2002, would be the first of many reboots for the franchise. Similar to the first timeline, Armored Core 3 follows humanity in underground cities called "Layered" after a worldwide catastrophe. Corporations are vying for Layered's limited resources, as well as an AI called "Controller". The game follows a new Raven as they uncover a conspiracy that threatens all of society. The game received an expansion title, Silent Line: Armored Core, which was released in January 2003. It takes place after Armored Core 3 and humanities liberation from Layered as they attempt to recolonize the surface, discovering an impassable region of the planet.
Armored Core: Nexus was released in March 2004. Unlike the previous title, Armored Core: Nexus was not an expansion but rather a standalone sequel. Taking place 5 years after the events of Silent Line. As tensions between old corporations continue to rise, the start enlisting Ravens again to subvert each other. Meanwhile, a new corporation known as "Navis" amerges with complete control over ancient technology. The game would receive two expansion titles. Armored Core: Nine Breaker was released in October 2004. Instead of a storyline, the game placed players in an arena with the corporations looking to train soldiers during a time of peace. Armored Core: Formula Front, released in December 2004, also saw a departure from regular gameplay conventions. It primarily follows an Architect taking part in "Formula Front", a competition where directly controlled and AI piloted ACs battle in the Arena.
Armored Core: Last Raven was the final game in this timeline and was released August 2005. It takes place after Navis's failed attempt to utilize their technology to dominate the world. After their collapse, many of the corporations join together in a group called "The Alliance". In response, a new Raven joins with other mercenaries in a group called "Vertex". Thus, they player is approached by both sides of the war, and they must decide who they will side with during the ensuing conflict.
|-|Armored Core 4 - Armored Core: Verdict Day=
Armored Core 4 was the first game in the third continuity of the series. It was released in December 2006, and takes place on Earth again after the collapse of society. As the population began to rise and violence broke out, many corporations joined forces to remove the central governments of the planet, installing themselves as the planets rulers. The game follows Fiona Jarnefeldt, the daughter of an esteemed professor from one of the last independent colonies as they try to earn money for their people as a LYNX, a next generation AC pilot. The game received one expansion title, Armored Core: For Answer, in March 2008. The game takes place 10 years after the seizing of the planet by the corporations. After severe pollution has left the planet in ruin, humanity fled to the sky in floating cities called "Cradles". Now, several corporations fight on the surface for the little resources that remain.
Armored Core V was an indirect sequel to Armored Core 4 and For Answer and was released in January 2012. The game takes place far into the future after Earth is left entirely contaminated. It follows a former police officer for the last remaining civilization known as "The City" after an uprising against the tyrannical "Father". They decide to leave their former life after aiding in the quelling of the former rebellion, choosing to join a resistance force in their effort to fire back. The game also received an expansion title, Armored Core: Verdict Day, in September 2013. 100 years after the events of Armored Core V, the pollution on the planet has begun to subside. This revealed several bastions of ancient technology known as "The Towers", leading to conflict between 3 main corporation in the Verdict War. There is also "The Foundation", a neutral group who eventually seizes control over the corporations by taking control of their stolen technology. The game follows a lone mercenary who is originally given tasks by the corporations, but who then goes to counter the Foundation after they takeover the corporations.
|-|Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon=
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is the most recent game in the franchise and the start of the 4th continuity. Released in August 2023, the game follows humanity after they have become an interstellar civilization. On the planet of Rubicon 3, scientists working for the "Rubicon Research Institute" discover an astounding powersource known as "Coral". Despite Coral's potential to aid humanity in advancing technology, it is deliberately destroyed by Professor Nagai in the "Fires of Ibis" which annihilates the surrounding star system. However, small pockets of Coral remain on the planet, leading to corporations traveling the planet to seize it for profit. Simultaneously, a group of rebels known as the "Rubicon Liberation Front" fight back against them, seeking freedom for the planet and its natives. The game follows "C4-621: Raven", a mercenary on the planet as they ultimately discover the true nature of Coral and a secret plot by the AI "All-Mind" to evolve humanity.
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==Calculations==
*AC Destroys an Oil Tank - 31.924 Tons of TNT, City Block Level
*Massive Freighter Destruction - 1.327 Kilotons, Small Town Level
*Ice Worm Destroys a Warship - 148.227 Kilotons, Large Town Level
*Ice Worm KE - 269.602 Kilotons, Large Town Level
*Xylem KE - 21.672 Gigatons, Island Level
==Supporters/Opponents/Neutral==
===Supporters===
*Chritin060
*Dalesean027
===Opponents===
===Neutral===
==Characters==
===Protagonist===
Protagonist	Protagonist	Protagonist	Protagonist	Protagonist
 	 	 	 	
C4-621 	 	 	 	
Raven 	 	 	 	
===Corporations===
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|-|Arquebus Corporation=
Vespers 	Vespers 	Vespers 	Vespers 	Vespers
 	 	 	 	
LOCKSMITH 	OPEN FAITH 	BARREN FLOWER 	STEEL HAZE 	
V.I Freud 	V.II Snail 	V.III O'Keeffe 	V.IV Rusty 	
 	 	 	 	
RECONFIG 	INFECTION 	GUIDANCE 	DUAL NATURE 	
V.V Hawkins	V.VI Maeterlinck	V.VII Swinburne	V.VIII Pater	
|-|Balam Industries=
Redguns 	Redguns 	Redguns 	Redguns 	Redguns
 	 	 	 	
LIGER TAIL 	DEEP DOWN	LI LONG 	CANNON HEAD	
G1 Michigan 	G2 Nile 	G3 Wu Huahai	G4 Volta 	
 	 	 	 	
HEAD BRINGER	HERMIT 	 	 	
G5 Iguazu 	G6 Red 	 	 	
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===Rubicon Liberation Front===
Rubicon Liberation Front	Rubicon Liberation Front	Rubicon Liberation Front	Rubicon Liberation Front	Rubicon Liberation Front
 	 	 	 	
ASTGHIK 	TSUBASA 	BURN PICKAXE 	CANDLE RING 	
Thumb Dolmayan 	Middle Flatwell 	Index Dunham 	Ring Freddie 	
 	 	 	 	
YUE YU 	EB-0309 	HA-T-102 	 	
Little Ziyi 	STRIDER 	JUGGERNAUT 	 	
===Planetary Closure Administration===
Planetary Closure Administration	Planetary Closure Administration	Planetary Closure Administration	Planetary Closure Administration	Planetary Closure Administration
 	 	 	 	
AAP07 	AAS02 	AAS03 	AA18 	
BALTEUS 	CATAPHRACT 	EKDROMOI EP 	LIGHT CAVALRY 	
 	 	 	 	
AA22 	AAP03 	AB08 	AH12 	
HEAVY CAVALRY 	ENFORCER 	NEPENTHES 	HC HELICOPTER 	
 	 	 	 	
AS07 	AM06 	 	 	
HEAVY WARSHIP 	WATCHER 	 	 	
===Dosers===
Dosers 	Dosers 	Dosers 	Dosers	Dosers
 	 	 	 	
MAD STOMP 	MILK TOOTH 	EC-0804 	 	
"Invincible" Rummy	"Honest" Brute	SMART CLEANER	 	
===Coral===
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|-|Rubicon Research Institute=
Autonomous C-Weapons	Autonomous C-Weapons	Autonomous C-Weapons	Autonomous C-Weapons	Autonomous C-Weapons
 	 	 	 	
IA-C01 	IB-01 	IA-02 	IA-05 	
EPHEMERA 	CEL 240 	ICE WORM 	WEEVIL 	
 	 	 	 	
IE-09 	IA-13 	IA-24 	 	
HELIANTHUS 	SEA SPIDER 	KITE 	 	
|-|C-Pulse Wave Mutations=
C-Pulse Wave Mutation	C-Pulse Wave Mutation	C-Pulse Wave Mutation	C-Pulse Wave Mutation	C-Pulse Wave Mutation
 	 	 	 	
ECHO 	 	 	 	
Ayre 	 	 	 	
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===Overseer===
Overseer 	Overseer 	Overseer 	Overseer	Overseer
 	 	 	 	
IB-C03 	FULL COURSE 	CIRCUS 	 	
Handler Walter	"Cinder" Carla	"Chatty" Stick	 	
===Mercenaries===
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|-|Branch= 
Branch 	Branch 	Branch 	Branch	Branch
 	 	 	 	
NIGHTFALL	ASTER CROWN	UMBER OX 	 	
Raven 	King 	Chartreuse	 	
|-|Independent Mercenaries= 
Independent Mercenaries	Independent Mercenaries	Independent Mercenaries	Independent Mercenaries	Independent Mercenaries
 	 	 	 	
DEADSLED 	SHINOBI 	BITTER PROMISE 	 	
Coldcall 	Rokumonsen 	Nosaac 	 	
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===ALLMIND===
ALLMIND 	ALLMIND 	ALLMIND 	ALLMIND	ALLMIND
 	 	 	 	
MIND ALPHA	TRANSCRIBER 	ENTANGLE	IA-27 	
ALLMIND 	Kate Markson	Sulla 	GHOST 	
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