Ordinal Scale

«**Ordinal Scale**» (オーディナル・スケール, *Ōdinaru Sukēru*?) is the **Augmented Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game** (ARMMORPG) developed for the Augma which in turn was developed by Tetsuhiro Shigemura.

## In-Game Lore

### Story

In the first half of the twenty-first century, the Earth began to be invaded by a parallel world named «Neutrosphere». «Neutrosphere» opened dimensional gates in various cities on Earth, starting in Japan,*[citation needed]* to send in unidentified entities given the name of «Biodimensional Objects» (BDA's) with the intention of launching a full-scale attack on the planet once enough of them were gathered. Fortunately, an organization known as «Numeral» had predicted the invasion and began quickly developing a dimensional tuning device, dubbed «R-Tuner», for the sole purpose of finding and destroying «Biodimensional Objects» through the use of specially created «R-Weapons». «Numeral» then began recruiting «Ascendants», the term given to people compatible with «R-Tuners», from the civilian masses for a national defense operation.*[citation needed]* Several years later, «Neutrosphere» began opening gates outside of Japan, forcing «Numeral» to globally expand their influence and increasing the number of people enlisted to assist in a now-global defense operation.*[citation needed]*

Alongside their duties of destroying «Biodimensional Objects», «Ascendants» were tasked with using their «R-Tuners» to find and collect energy crystals known as «Materials» that were byproducts of Neutrosphere's dimensional gates; these can then be converted into currency for the «Ascendant» or used for improvement of their «R-Tuners». Based upon their contributions, «Ascendants» are given a «Ranking Number» that determines the strength of their «R-Weapons». This «Ranking System» also allows «Ascendants» to steal «Materials» from other «Ascendants» which resulted in conflict within the «Numeral» organization itself, splitting it into three major factions; the main leadership of «Numeral» simply decided to keep a "hands-off" approach with the developing factions and refrains from interfering.*[citation needed]*

### Factions

#### Numeral

«**Numeral**» (数表示組織ヌメレル, *NumereruSūhyōji Soshiki*?) is the organization founded several years prior to the first invasions from the «Neutrosphere» for the sole purpose of defending Earth from invasions from the aforementioned dimension.*[citation needed]* They were originally an organization composed entirely of Japanese members but after the «Neutrosphere» began launching invasions outside of the country, the organization was forced to globalize.*[citation needed]* As the only organization capable of creating the «R-Tuners» (and by extension, the «R-Weapons» necessary to actually attack the invaders), even the strongest of federal governments need to carry themselves with the utmost vigilance around them as they can very easily stop supplying a country with the resources necessary for their defense. Information about the organization's higher-ups are strictly classified with only those in the «Rounds» knowing who they are.*[citation needed]* The «**Commander**» (司令塔, *Shireitō*?) is the supreme officer who leads a country's defense force (initially, it was only Japan but as the organization globalized, each country would have their own); rumor has it that the «Commander» is an «Artificial Intelligence» but the veracity of these rumors have yet to be substantiated,*[citation needed]* however, at least in the case of Japan's «Commander», it has been proven to be accurate.*[citation needed]*

Initially, the organization was one and united, however, over time, the interests of the «Ascendants» began slowly shifting, forming three distinct factions. Originally, the three factions were still connected via a relationship of mutual assistance via training newcomers and cooperating to defeat the «Biodimensional Objects», however, due to an increasingly large difference in principles, the organization fully split into three.*[citation needed]* The first of the factions is also the largest of the three factions, given the name of «**Guardians**» (守護者ガーディアン, *GādianShugosha*?)....

## Gameplay

### Weapon Enhancement System

*Main article: Overclocking*
Within «Ordinal Scale», the strength of the «R-Weapon» of an «Ascendant» is bilaterally determined using two systems. The first of them is the weapon's base stats calculated off of the «Ranking Number» of the «Ascendant» and the second is additional bonus stats granted via the weapon enhancement system of «Ordinal Scale», «Overclocking»....