Taking place during the 21st and 22nd centuries, the world revolves around military conflicts and political tension between powerful supranational unions and their member states. Although the events are self-contained, standalone situations, these tie into a greater overarching storyline that encompasses the entire franchise, giving the series a level of storytelling depth and continuity comparable to a serial drama. Another major technology in this world is its use of giant mecha called "wanzers" (from the German word wanderpanzer) in battle that can be customized by the users in a variety of ways.
The European Community (EC) is a supernation that was formed after the European Union unified all of Europe, with more centralized control. While member-states still maintain their own military forces, foreign policy is set by the EC Assembly in Paris, France, which is also the supernation's headquarters. The EC also funds several research groups for various technologies such as Wanzer warfare.
The Durandal
Durandal's Emblem.
The Durandal are a semi-military research organization founded in 2096 for the sole purpose of developing and assessing wanzer tactics for the EC armies. They are based out of EC Britain.
Zead Elger
Hermes Sturges
Elsa Eliane
Latona Vasilev
Dieter Bosch
Beck Canova
Blauer Nebel
The Blauer Nebel were a German special forces unit that operated under the control of General Niklas Glaeser. They were based out of an old castle located deep within German territory.
Rolf Wagner
Blauer Nebel Pilot
Oceania Cooperative Union
Oceania Cooperative Union's Flag.
The Oceania Cooperative Union, often shortened to OCU, is a supernation that consists of Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, a number of countries in Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands. The headquarters of the supernation is in OCU Australia. The bloc, which was created in 2019 out of another ASEAN-type organization called the Bangkok Economic Alliance, also has partial control of Huffman Island, which it shares with the USN. This island in the Pacific Ocean holds much significance in terms of natural resources, which has led to two major wars with the USN.
Although regarded as an equal to the USN in many aspects, the OCU suffers from civil strife. Cambodia and Laos were the first to rebel with the creation of an independence alliance as depicted in Front Mission 5. The People's Republic of Alordesh (formerly known as Bangladesh) was the next member to revolt, which is expanded upon in Front Mission 2. The OCU has been struggling to maintain unity since the events of the coup in Alordesh, the rebellions in Cambodia, and numerous civil disputes in other member-nations such as OCU Philippines. The OCU nearly broke up during an attempted coup in Japan, but this was stopped when news broke that the Okinawa Ocean City was invaded by the DHZ military.
O.C.U. Forces
Masao Sasaki
Isao Takemura
Yuji Kuroi
Jose Astrada
Mayer Edward
Glen Duval
Kazuki Takemura
Ryogo Kusama
Yun La Fai
Miho Shinjo
Linny Barilar
Pham Luis
Alisa Takemura
Muddy Otters
Ash Faruk
Amia McCallum
Joyce S. Whitfield
Griff Burnam
Dull Stags
Thomas Norland
Roswell Tarana
Rocky Armitage
The Black Geese
Domingo Kyatt
Pan Chang-Jian
Central Intelligence Unit
Lisa Stanley
Sayuri Mitsuzuka
Organization of African Consolidation
In the early 21st century, racial divides and disputes between nations devolved into full-on civil wars across the African continent. In the aftermath of these conflicts, the EC, OCU and Republic of Zaftra dispatched troops to assist with peace mediation and reconstruction. During the reconstruction, the UNAS, with the backing of the EC, founded the "Organization of African Consolidation" with the goal of unifying Africa. Although the OAC did much to help rebuild the shattered continent, its progress stagnated when the political situation between the African supra-nations began deteriorating once again. In 2030, the OCU announced it would be joining the OAC and the "Africa Continental Cooperative National Plan" was enacted to make the idea of a unified Africa a reality this was challenged by significant degrees of civil unrest throughout the continent.
People's Republic of Da Han Zhong
In 2112, following Chairman Bai's death, Vice-Chairman Ming Huang Jiu was to be sworn in as the new leader, but his assistant, Jie Bo Lao, secretly ordered the Rapid Reaction Force to shoot down his plane during a routine flight; his only son, Kwang Ming, was the sole survivor of the assassination attempt. As soon as he became Chairman, Jie Bo Lao promoted the country's policies and changed its name as well. In a change from free market policies, all industries were nationalized to create a "National Corporation".
Chairman Jie would silence anyone that stood in his way. Thus the people suffered greatly under the brutal oppression of his government. This led to the rise of an internal resistance faction called the Hua Lian Rebels, which is armed and financed by the USN. Although under-equipped and outnumbered by the Changli Army, the Hua Lian Rebels seek to put an end to Jie Bo Lao's dictatorship at any cost.
However, the government still reigns supreme after the destruction of the Hua Lian and defeat of its renegade Lost Number forces.
People's Republic of Da Han Zhong Forces
Liu Hei Fong
Xiao Han Lua
Rudolf Kaiser
Hatari Khartoum
Rebecca Sydney
Emilio Gusly
Rosavia Gray
Republic of Zaftra
Republic of Zaftra's Flag.
The Republic of Zaftra (Zaftra is a distorted version of the word "Завтра" - "Tomorrow" in Russian) is a supranational union consisting of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Zaftran capital, where the Zaftra Central Administration operates, is Moscow, Russia. The union's roots date back to the end of the USSR in 1991. The former Soviet republics struggled to survive on their own after it collapsed, facing economic hardships and civil conflicts. In an attempt to remedy their issues and make capitalism work, the splinter states reformed as the Republic of Zaftra in 2015.
The Republic of Zaftra used the Peace Mediation Organization (PMO) as a front to establish and maintain control over Huffman Island with the intent of exploiting its people and resources. The country would also come to public notice again, where the Zaftran government attempted to orchestrate a war between the EC and the USN by attacking German military bases and the EC Resource Base in Poland.
Zaftran Army
Mikhail Ilyich Rezanov Driscoll
Anizka Ivanova Aleksandrov
United States of the New Continent
United States of the New Continent's Flag.
The United States of the New Continent, often shortened to USN (known as the Unified Continental States or UCS in some English versions), is a supernation formed in 2020 in response to the formation of the Oceania Cooperative Union. The headquarters of the supernation is in USN North America. The USN is often at an uneasy standstill against the OCU with regards to the Pacific region and particularly on Huffman Island. There is a large disparity in quality of life throughout the USN, which has led to disaffection and open rebellion in several member-states. Most of the rebellions occur in South America, such as in USN Venezuela.
U.S.N.C. Troops
Dennis Vicarth
Marcus Armstrong
Joe Parker
Cindy Peasant
Gastor Marza
Walter Feng
Randy O'Neill
Lynn Wenright
Hector Reynolds
Edward Collins
Godwin Mosley
Dylan Ramsey
Adela Seawell
Jed Gordon
Yun Tae Hwan
Russel Hamilton
Lukav Minaev
Emir Klamski
Black Hounds
Maria Paredes
Kevin Greenfield
U.C.S. Army 332nd Mobile Squadron
Darril Traubel
Ines Torres
Phillip Chaeffer
Billy Renges
Central Intelligence Service of the Union
Pike A. Reischhauer
People of Importance
Following are people who have had an impact, or still do, on this world. Not necessarily in order.
Reiji Sakata
Karen Meure
Willias E. Blakewood
Franz Herschel
Zias Chalmagima
Aisha
Imaginary Numbers
Along with the Real Numbers, the Imaginary Numbers are the result of a research project initiated by the Ravnui National Laboratory under the oversight of Bal Gorbovsky, with the primary motive is to create a perfect human being in every aspect including both physical and mental conditions, and become a great leader in the world.
The Imaginary Numbers are created by inserting artificial DNA into human cells, which is then gestated in a surrogate mother. The Imaginary Number subjects are then raised by their surrogate mother for 10 years after they were born, and educated in the lab after 3 years of age to take full advantage of their abilities. After the subject fully developed their abilities, they are moved to the lab so their ability will not be deteriorated. Upon reaching maturity, the subject are moved to learn their field of expertise in specialized institutions, after which they are assigned to the government positions based on their skill.
Lukav Minaev
Jared Bogdanov
Rosavia Gray
Emir Klamsky
Alisa Takemura
Mercenary & Special Forces Groups
Canyon Crows
Canyon Crows' Emblem.
The Canyon Crows were founded during the Second Huffman Conflict and were employed by the OCU to aid the war effort against the USN. Colonel Guri B. Olson was the units founder and dispatch commander. The group is composed of a mix of highly skilled individuals with some having a military background, some of them being military volunteers, and others who are actually civilians who are familiar in piloting wanzers. They participated in different skirmishes and missions against the USN forces that turned the tide of the war with the OCU winning with the invading forces being pushed back. They were famous in defeating the USN's 64th, "Hell's Wall", which resulted in the operation of liberating Freedom City a success and the destruction of Fort Monus' Morgan Fortress that led to loss of the USN HQ's main defense against the attacking OCU troops. After the end of the Second Huffman conflict the group went up against the terrorist group known as the Spirit of Huffman, later after a series of events they learn of the truth and they decide to defect against the PMO to trace the real culprit behind the war.
Royd Clive
Ryuji Sakata
Natalie F. Blakewood
Frederick Lancaster
Meihua Yang
Hans Goldwin
Pee-Wee Richburg
Paul C. Grieber
Gregorio Maias
Yeehin Yang
Bobby Hopkins
Porunga
Molly O'Donnell
Ralph Dias
Alder Weiss
Gentz Weiser
Kernelight Association
A Mercenary Guild.
Clark Wilson
Albert Grabner
Brenda Lockhart
Luven Al-Habi
Akihito Sakata
Emil Snyzski
Axel Bongo
Anita Diamonte
Rook
La Alianza De Libertad Venezolana
La Alianza de Libertad Venezolana (The Venezuelan Freedom Alliance) is an organization featured in U.S.N. Venezuela. They were a resistance group dedicated to removing Bruno Diaz from power.
Luis Perez
Ines Torres
Maria Paredes
Storm Unit
International Mercenary Unit.
Ernest J. Sallinger Storm
Kate S. Houjou Oddeye
Albert Masel Tornado
Stan Williams Champ
Serena Sana
Lycov
International Mobile Assault Company - I.M.A.C.
I.M.A.C.'s Emblem.
The International Mobile Assault Company (IMAC) is a Joint Operation Task-force comprised of specially handpicked members from the OCU Ground Defense Force and SAUS Army regulars given the cutting edge Wanderwagen and Mobile Weapon platform with one objective: defeat the Zaius Independent Government (ZAINGO) bent on destroying the Central African Union States(CA). This objective expands as the situation worsens to liberating the West African Community States(WA) alongside the West African Liberation Front (WALF) from the Union of North African States (UNAS) and discovering the true culprit behind the war.
Ide Sangohr
Norman Lights
Earl McCoy
Furphy Dal
Chamili Philiita
Bruce Blakewood
Terrorist Factions
Revolutionary Army
Ven Mackarge
Maylan Malda
Saribash Labra
Cordy Hoffa
The Society
Ark Hellbrand
Genoce Felder
Bishop
The Vampires
As a part of what is essentially a black-ops unit, the Vampires' Wanzers are set to self-destruct upon defeat, destroying any evidence of their existence. Many of their members are given code names after supernatural creatures. The Vampires are an elite mercenary unit that fights against both the O.C.U. and the U.S.N., they utilize Bioneural Devices to pilot their Wanzers.
After the disturbances in Huffman and the EC, the Grimnir continued to attack the OCU by supplying arms for Ven Mackarge's Revolutionary Army during the Alordesh Coup D'etat. Glen Duval was deployed to Alordesh alongside a disturbed Royd Clive, Ryuji Sakata, and Domingo Kyatt with the purpose of supporting Franz Herschel's use of the FENRIR project; a satellite controlling multiple AI wanzers and nuclear weapons. Ash Faruk and his party made their way to an Abandoned Factory and FENRIR control room, while Walter Feng and the Strike Wyvern's made their assault on Glenn and Grimnir base. Herschel, Royd, Ryuji, and Domingo all died in the conflict, while Glen escaped to OCU Cambodia, before leading the final charge on Alaska in an effort to destabilize the USN with MIDAS.
Morgan Bernard
Franz Herschel
Ven Mackarge
Rolf Wagner
Mizette Brown
Glen Duval
Domingo Kyatt
Royd Clive
Ryuji Sakata
Driscoll
Sword of Damocles
Cornelius Werner was born in the USN and became quickly known as an infamous Wanzer pilot. There he met Adela who was testing out the EDGE System. Two years prior to the events, Adela, at the goading of Cornelius, was told to activate the system against an enemy force but the result was horrific as almost everyone save him and Adela perished in the devastating attack. Knowing the system fully works, he intended to do what Mosley had wanted but backed out of due to ethical reasons; eradicate all forms of warfare and the concept of nations with one single dominant AI lording over humanity and becoming the figurehead of the people.
To ensure the plan comes into fruition, he disappeared after the Phantom Incident and joins forces with Apollo's Chariot and formed the Sword of Damocles terrorist organization. Apollo's Chariot is the name given to one of the world's most dangerous mercenary groups led by Marcus Seligman and the main battle force for the Sword of Damocles.
Apollo's Chariot's wanzers are custom-made. Their manufacturer is unknown, but it's assumed that each part of the model is made by a different manufacturer because of its strange appearance. Each pilot most likely has their own models customized to their specifications.
