BETA War World

Shirogane Takeru wakes up three years after the end of Unlimited to find himself back in his room. Although he first thinks that everything that had happened to him was a dream, he soon feels that something is wrong, and leaves the house to find that he has been sent back in time to the beginning of the events in Unlimited. Unwilling to accept something like Alternative V, he decides to help Professor Kouzuki to complete Alternative IV and save mankind.

History

The history of this world is different from the one we know; historical alterations that diverge events from our own over time, to the discovery of life on Mars. In a way no-one would ever have wanted. First detected on the Red Planet in 1958, the organisms that would become known as Beings of the Extra-Terrestrial origin which is Adversary of human race, or BETA, would then arrive on the Moon in 1967, met by a permanent human presence by way of a space program ahead of our own at the equivalent time. Upon the Moon, it would become apparent that these aliens were hostile, humanity’s forces being driven back and eventually abandoning the Moon entirely. The BETA made planetfall on Earth in 1973, in Kashgar. By 2001, the population of the human race is down to 1 billion individuals, 1/6 of what it was when the BETA arrived.
Dismissing it as a dream, he realizes he woke up a lot earlier than before and decides to surprise Sumika. He exits his home only to find out that the world around him is now in ruins. Finding a huge, completely destroyed mech lodged into the side of his house, he becomes happier than ever. Convincing himself that it's a dream, he decides to take advantage of the situation and explore the world. When he arrives to where his school should have been, he is apprehended by guards outside the gate, and is thrown into jail. He is freed by Kouzuki Yuuko, whom he recognizes as his teacher, but in reality is the vice-commander of the United Nations 11th Force's Yokohama Base. There, he finds out about the terrible truth of the state of the world: a race of aliens, the BETA, have invaded Earth and have been fighting against humanity for decades, destroying many nations in the process. Even though he is still skeptical and believes that it is all just a dream, he decides to join the military as a cadet with the help of Yuuko. Soon, he meets many more people that he knew, including alternate versions of all his friends, except for a single important person: his childhood friend, Kagami Sumika.
With time, he received military training and learned even more about this new world and the people of it, although he is troubled by the fact that he is dead weight compared to the rest of his team. During the Invasion of Niigata, while Yokohama Base was at DEFCON 2, the reality of the situation he was in finally started to sink in and Takeru experienced a panic attack and fainted. His Instructor deemed it a normal occurrence and attributed it to the fear and terror of the possibility of real combat. With some help, he manages to recover and gets back into the flow of things. Because of the war with the BETA, electronic games are virtually non-existant. As such, everyone spent all their childhood playing retro games such as bag-tossing, marbles, cat's craddle, kendama, shogi to the point where being an expert at such games was the norm.
After passing the Comprehensive Exam, his team is finally allowed to begin their Tactical Surface Fighter training. During their simulator training session, Takeru watches as each and everyone of his squad mates, who all were much more physically fit than him, get absolutely destroyed by the aptitude test. When it's finally his turn, he notices that all the shaking is hardly different from an amusement ride. He was so relaxed during the test that he almost fell asleep. Later however, he once again experiences a panic attack upon encountering a silhouette of a BETA and is unable to hear his Instructor's worried calls as his body enters fight or flight conditions and he starts screaming at the BETA, challenging it to kill him (in the manga Takeru faints).
In Alternative, Yuuko proposes the theory that the existence of Shirogane Takeru of the Extra timeline may have fused with a part of the existence of Shirogane Takeru of the Unlimited/Alternative timeline. This may have caused Extra Takeru to inherit the fear of being trapped and eaten by the BETA that Unlimited/Alternative Takeru developed during the time he was held captive. This is more likely to be the cause of why he experienced the panic attacks during his training rather than the fear of real combat: Extra Takeru, coming from a peaceful world where war is far removed from his daily life, does not fully understand the terrors of war, much less so the terrors of fighting against the BETA, even mocking Yuuko of the Unlimited timeline when she initially tells him that humanity was waging war against an alien species.
Upon completion of the tests, to everyone's surprise it is revealed that Takeru scored the highest initial score on the aptitude test in the history of Yokohoma base. He is far from happy however and is so upset that his Instructor later takes him aside to talk to him about his panic attacks. She speaks to him with a rare kindness and attempts to lift his spirits by telling him that the base only accepts the best of the best, and among all those people, he came out on top. Takeru then turns the tables and integrates his skills from Valgern-On into TSF piloting, confusing his Instructor and making his squad mates uncomfortable: the "dead weight" of the group had become "the best" at the one thing that mattered in the end.
It was thanks to Takeru's unconventional piloting and aptitude that Yuuko pulled some strings to bring the cadets' training TSFs faster, to further study the boy's skills. After the TSFs are delivered, the squad notices an extra unit, the Type-00 Takemikazuchi, brought in by Lt. Tsukuyomi Mana of the Royal Guard, for Meiya's personal use. Takeru is oblivious to its significance and his squad ignores his questions because they think he was making a terrible joke. Takeru is later confronted by Mana when he goes to have a closer look at the unit. She catches him off guard when she refers to him as "Shirogane Takeru", for that was the first time anyone in Unlimited recognized him. However, Mana interpreted his surprise as an admission of guilt, justifying and reinforcing her fear for Meiya's safety and she proceeded to interrogate him harshly. She surprised him even more when she asked him why a "dead man" was walking. This continued until Meiya intervened and sent them away. Thinking Takeru was feigning ignorance, Meiya reluctantly tells him that she's a "relative of the Emperor" but refuses to go into detail. Though Takeru was shocked at being told that he was supposed to be dead, he got over the surprise quickly and there was no further mention of it.
After he was imprisoned because of his actions during the civilian evacuation operation, he came back to a gloomy base. His squad was told to spend their time as they wish, much to his and his squad's surprise. Noticing that, besides them, everyone was in a rush to do something and Yuuko even pushed him away when he went to see her, he decided to throw a Christmas party to raise everyone's spirits. During the celebration, Marimo breaks down into tears for unknown reasons, making Takeru wonder out loud if she "got dumped again", to Marimo's anger. Takeru heads to Yuuko's office only to find her completely drunk, having consumed excessive amounts of high quality alcohol, and in a state previously inconceivable with her demeanor: bemoaning her fate and the fate of humanity, crying to Takeru about being unable to fit "15 billion semiconductors in the palm of a hand", screaming that she's a genius and everyone else is just stupid and even laughably ordering Takeru to tell her that she's a genius. Depending on certain factors (see Yuuko's page) Takeru will either stay or return to the party.
Everyone is recalled into the classroom by Marimo's voice over the intercom. There, Brigadier General Paul Radhabinod, the base CO, makes his first appearance. He tells the squad they were secretly part of a military experiment, Alternative IV, and that the plan had now officially progressed to its next phase, Alternative V. He thanks them for their efforts and tells them that their efforts weren't in vain before departing. Takeru impulsively stops the CO and asks him about Alternative, but the CO kindly tells him that he is nothing but a pawn, and if it weren't for Marimo's request he never would have told them any of this information.
The game then skips two years ahead in time, during which the details of Alternative V were revealed and the squad was promoted to 2nd Lt. with Takeru earning the position of a squad Leader. However, since some of his squad mates were still important political hostages (depending on which girl he courted), they were only piloting Type-77 Gekishin's instead of Type-94 Shiranui's and put on guard duties, far away from the front lines.
Before the last shuttle is launched, Takeru either convinces his pregnant girlfriend to leave Earth or loses heart and decides to stay with her and breaks his boarding pass. As they return to their squad, they find out Kasumi is missing. Takeru rushes to floor B20 and tries to persuade Kasumi to board the shuttle, but she evades him and then shocks him when she screams "You wouldn't understand Takeru-chan!". Takeru eventually persuades Kasumi to leave. He decides to fight for this new world, even giving his life if necessary. In a world that has lost hope, with humanity that has decided to leave Earth, he chooses to stay and fight to the bitter end.
If Takeru had convinced his girlfriend to leave, an after credits scene shows his girlfriend and his child staring at a star in the sky on a wide green field. The mother tells her daughter that the star in the sky is called Earth and she tells her about her father and how he is fighting for their sake. The little child, in her innocence, starts happily shouting "Good luck father!" multiple times, causing her mother to silently break down into tears.
The universe then diverges into an infinite amount of outcomes: two possible paths are shown in the Muv-Luv Alternative manga and Muv-Luv Unlimited The Day After. The one in the manga shows Takeru piloting a Type-77 Gekishin during a battle where his unit is overrun by the BETA. He is then overshadowed by a Fort-class and starts to fire his weapon, and continues firing even as his TSF is ripped apart by the BETA. It is implied he was killed after that exchange as he wakes up and enters into the eventual "Alternative" loop.

Time Loop

Once again Takeru wakes up in his room, this time believing that the events of Unlimited were just a dream. However, he quickly notices that something is wrong: he has been sent back in time to the beginning of the events of Unlimited. Instead of letting humanity abandon earth once more, he decides to do his utmost to prevent that outcome. The solution: helping to complete Alternative IV. He shares his knowledge of the events of the Unlimited timeline with the vice-commander of Yokohama Base, Professor Kouzuki Yuuko, and though initially met with suspicion, he convinces her to give him an opportunity to prove himself. He joins the military as a cadet once more; however, unlike last time, he is equipped with the knowledge and the physical fitness he gained during the years he spent in the Unlimited timeline. Excelling at everything, he rushes through training, pulling his comrades with him, always looking for a way to change the future positively.
Soon, the future does start changing, but not necessarily in the way he had hoped. After witnessing incredibly tragic events firsthand, he is diagnosed with PTSD and becomes depressed, to the point where he had almost given up hope. But after finally regaining confidence in both himself and his mission, he gets back on track with the help of Yuuko and his comrades. Learning many things about humans and how the world works in the way, maturing both as a person and as a soldier, Takeru gives everything to complete his objectives, losing many important things in the process, but also regaining others, always believing that the future he will obtain will be a precious one for Earth.
The fate of Shirogane Takeru of the Unlimited/Alternative timeline is revealed towards the end of the game. Both he and Sumika were captured by the BETA and held in a "concentration camp" somewhere in the Yokohoma Hive prior to the deployment of G-bombs. Part of a large group of humans, he struggled to keep his sanity as everyone around him was dragged away by the BETA for unknown reasons. Eventually, only he and Sumika remained. A soldier class BETA then attempted to drag Sumika away as well, but Unlimited/Alternative Takeru attempted to fight them off barehanded and was quickly ripped apart and eaten in front of his friend. Although he faced a pitiful death, his sacrifice caused a powerful shock to Unlimited/Alternative Sumika and was a major contributing factor in allowing the Shirogane Takeru of the Extra timeline to cross dimensions.
In Unlimited/Alternative, Extra Shirogane fuses with Unlimited/Alternative Shirogane to form a causality conductor. He is formed as a flawed combination of all past Shiroganes from the previous time loops, giving him experience and (flawed) knowledge of the future. The memory retention between loops isn't perfect, if Shirogane learned something critical on his second loop he will not remember it on his third or fourth loop, but he needs to experience the same event many, many times for him to remember it, Yuuko hints at this during her ending in Unlimited.
Interestingly, this effect carries on to his body as well, for Shirogane's accumulated muscle memory also carries on with into each loop, this is shown in Alternative where Shirogane is extremely fit for his age, and extremely experienced with a variety of weapons (especially TSFs). This means Shirogane also retains his sex skills during time loops, meaning that by the time of Alternative, Shirogane's skills during sex should be on the same level as his skills as a soldier given all the practice he's had with the court-able characters in Unlimited. Yuuko confirms this in her ending when she praises Shirogane's skills.
Logically, this process of accumulation of mass with each loop should have increased Shirogane's brain mass as well, leading to a very sharp increase in his intelligence, however, as Alternative shows, Shirogane remains nothing more than a slightly intelligent teenager. What this means is brain mass doesn't accumulate in the same way as muscle mass, Shirogane wasn't very bright to begin with or the author deliberately limited Shirogane's intelligence for plot advancement reasons.

Locations of Note

Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan.

The Empire of Japan is an island nation located on the eastern rim of the Pacific Ocean, and part of the Far East Defense Line situated in the Pacific region. A small country but technologically-advanced nation surrounded by water and close to highly volatile volcanic activity, these natural barriers, however, have not stopped the nation from coming under heavy BETA attack.
In 1867, the Shogunate family and anti-Shogun daimyo united for a common cause to overthrow the pro-western government, and established the restoration of imperial rule with a new Shogun and the 5 Regent Houses of Koubuin, Ikaruga, Saionji, Kujo, and Takatsukasa. When the Japanese surrendered in 1945 at the end of World War II, they were allowed to keep their imperial government intact, although their power over the nation was lessened, compared to the Japanese government that was created to run the nation with a democracy system. When the Cold War started shortly after the end of World War II, Japan was pulled in by the United States to act as their main Far East base, with the island nation undergoing controlled rearmament, supported by US funding, to keep the Soviets in check. However, the BETA invasion in 1973 threw a wrench into the plans of every nation, and even Japan, far removed from the center-point of the conflict at that time, felt the need to arm itself with anti-BETA tactics and weapon systems.
The nation remained relatively safe from the BETA from 1973 to 1998, largely because of the enormous distance between the BETA's landing at Kashgar and their subsequent battles with Chinese and Soviet forces. Nevertheless, Japan was often called upon to provide aid in the form of auxiliary forces and materials, and took on a larger role in the war when the nation successfully lobbied for the next Alternative plan to be hosted in their nation in 1994. When the USA completed their G-Bomb research and production, the Empire of Japan was one of the nations opposed to the new G-Bomb-centric strategy proposed by the USA; several measures taken by them to oppose the plan include providing technological aid to the European Union, in the form of 3rd generation TSF data.
Japan's first large-scale involvement in the war started in 1998 when the BETA completed their sweep of the Korean Peninsula and began moving for the Japanese islands. This would be the first of many battles in which the Japanese would be tested, both in combat capabilities and national abilities. Despite their zeal, the armed forces of the Empire of Japan were no match against the relentless BETA, and by 1998 half the country had fallen. As a result, the Imperial Army underwent a force restructure, becoming the combined Imperial Japanese Army/Mainland Defence Force, or IJA/MDF. In 1999, the establishment of the Yokohama Hive on the mainland prompted the Empire to plan a preemptive strike against the BETA to prevent the enemy from gaining a real and solid foothold in the Far East Defense Line. Operation Lucifer proved successful despite numerous setbacks, and the capture of an intact Hive allowed the Japanese to retain their position on the Far East Defense Line.
In light of the weakened Japanese military after Operation Lucifer, the government of Japan allowed United Nations forces to set up a base of operations in the former Yokohama Base, as well as for US forces to return to the nation as foreign garrisons. However, numerous IJA/MDF elements were dissatisfied with letting a second armed foreign entity in the form of the UN establish a base in Japan, and were not at all pleased to see the US Army return. Throughout the years up to 2001, the Empire continued to weather attacks from the Sadogashima Hive with varying degrees of success, while pressure from the international community to deliver on Alternative IV continued to mount. Despite the Empire of Japan's proximity to a BETA Hive, political strife and internal dissent remains rife within the nation.
Even as the BETA continued to mount attacks against the Imperial Japanese forces from the Sadogashima Hive, the nation was hit by a sudden insurgency in the form of the 12/5 Incident. While the IJA/MDF suffered casualties from the attack, they, and the Imperial Navy, managed to mount an all-out offensive alongside UN and US forces on the Sadogashima Hive on the 25th of December, 2001, in Operation 21st. Despite the victory gained at Sadogashima, the hard-fought battle had taken a toll on the Empire's armed forces, and recovery of their fighting strength was still incomplete when the BETA launched a counterattack on Yokohama Base. Initially focused on defending Kyoto from BETA stragglers, the IJA/MDF later responded to UN requests to provide reinforcements, and proceeded to launch an assault on the BETA rearguard retreating from Yokohama. The IJA/MDF continued to pursue fleeing stragglers to the west coast of Japan, where the Imperial Navy took over the chase. This final battle exhausted most of their combat strength for the time being.
Following the success of Operation Ouka, the United Nations realized the close-quarter capabilities and Hive infiltration potential of the Type-00 Takemikazuchi. Seeking a method to control the inevitable race for G-Elements, the UN requested for a squadron of Type-00s to be evaluated for export, so as to allow Hive recapture operations to be conducted under the auspices of the UN. The First Independent Northern Squadron was thus sent to Siberia in early 2002, making it the first time an Imperial Royal Guard unit had been seen in overseas operations. Following 2003, the Empire of Japan, together with UN, US, and other allied forces, launched Operation Sledgehammer on the Cheorwon Hive in Korea, and successfully took the Hive without use of strategic weapons.

Organization

The Empire of Japan Structure.

The current administration of Japan is more focused on an elected board of politicians known as the Imperial Diet, with governing power mostly residing with the Prime Minister of Japan, the third highest administrative authority in the nation. They are responsible for most of the administrative policies of the Empire, such as the decision to deploy troops overseas, the lowering of the draft age, and the relocation of refugees and resources following Operation Lucifer. The Imperial Diet suffered a major blow during the 12/5 Incident, where most of them were killed in the initial stages of the uprising by IJA/MDF Captain Sagiri Naoya and his forces. The Shogunate established a provisional government to restore order after the incident. A branch of the government, the Ministry of Defence oversees all projects to safeguard the Empire of Japan, including operations of the IJMDF. Under them are also various projects and plans to strengthen the fighting capabilities of the Empire of Japan as a whole; The Weapons Technology Development Authority, responsible for the development of the EML-99X and the XFJ Plan, is one such branch of the Ministry.
Due to their conditional surrender in WWII, the Empire of Japan was allowed to keep its imperial court intact. The Shogunate supports and places the Emperor of Japan as its highest authority, and has its own armed force, the Imperial Japanese Royal Guard, to ensure the security of the Shogunate and the Emperor. The current Shogunate draws its candidates for the position of Shogun from the Five Regent Houses of Koubuin (煌武院), Ikaruga (斑鳩), Saionji (斉御司), Kujou (九條), and Takatsukasa (崇宰), noble families who were descended from the ruling Shogun's clan prior to the 1900s. So far, two Shoguns have been known by name; Saionji Tsunemori (斉御司 経盛)[1] served during the 1998 BETA Invasion of Japan, while the most recent Shogun is Koubuin Yuuhi.
The Regent Houses are thus amongst the highest-ranking nobles of Imperial Japan, superseded only by the Emperor of Japan. Their rank color is blue, with the appointed Shogun donning purple. Each of the Regent Houses also have their own independent security units, which can usually be identified by the red garb they wear. Under the Regent Houses are the fudai, hereditary vassals with many generations of direct service to the Shogun, and by extension, the Regent Houses, under their name. Many of them serve in important positions; Takamura Masatada, for example, and the Takamura family in general, were prominent fudai responsible for several weapon development projects. The fudai wear yellow as their rank color. One rank under the fudai are the samurai families, who wear white as their rank color. Most serve under the fudai as their direct subordinates. The last rank of those serving in the Royal Guard and Shogunate are those not related to the samurai families, and thus do not have any actual status or nobility within the Shogunate. They wear grey as their rank color.

Imperial Japanese Figures

Shogun Yuuhi Koubuin	Minister Sakon Yoroi

Armed Forces of Japan

Imperial Japanese Military Defense Force.

The armed forces of the Empire of Japan are some of the more war-experienced militaries that have fought against the BETA. Since the 1990s, Japan's military forces have been involved in various operations both abroad and local; examples include Operation 6/9 and the evacuation of Gwanju for the former, and the 1998 Invasion of Japan, Operation Lucifer and the following recapture of Honshu, and the Invasion of Niigata for the latter. Because of their combat experience, the Empire of Japan's military is regarded as roughly equal to the Soviets' and the United Kingdom's. Currently, the armed forces are split into several distinct branches; the Imperial Japanese Army/Mainland Defence Force, the Imperial Japanese Aerospace Force, the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the Imperial Royal Guard. In particular, the Mainland Defence Force and Imperial Guard's roles in the defence of Japan have influenced the strategic goals of the nation as a whole. The Empire of Japan's role in the Far East Defence Line is similar to that of the United Kingdom's strategic location and purpose on the European front, and as such both nations maintain a close relationship in terms of military cooperation and tactics sharing. Up until 2001, the Empire had been building up their armed forces for an assault on the Sadogashima Hive.
Collectively representing all land-based combat forces of the Empire, the IJA/MDF's main mission is to safeguard the Empire of Japan against the BETA in all land-based operations.
The Imperial Army was the primary branch of the Empire's land forces, and the primary representative of Japan when it came to joint operations with the troops of other nations. At that time, the Army was split into the Mainland Force, for home defence, and the Continental Expeditionary Forces, which carried out overseas operations.[3] Examples include Operation 6/9, as well as thinning operations on the continent of Eurasia. Their force structure includes direct assault forces such as TSFs and battle tanks, combat support forces, and air support forces such as combat helicopters and transport aircraft.
Following the 1998 BETA Invasion of Japan, the Imperial Armed Forces began to move towards the Mainland Defence Force concept to deal with the restructuring of the Far East Defence Line. This new organization is closer to that of a combined task force, with forces drawn from all branches of the military to contribute to the defence of the nation. As such, it falls under the scope of responsibilities of the Imperial Armed Force's General Staff, with secondary joint command shared by each branch of the Imperial Japanese military. Unlike the old Army structure which split the force into the Mainland and Continental Expeditionary Forces, the IJ/MDF have their forces split into the North, North-East, East, Central, and West regions.
However, while the Imperial Army and the Mainland Defence Force exist side-by-side, they are not the same organization, or even under the same command; it would be better described as both organizations just happening to share the same type of units most of the time, as the MDF's purpose was to improve reaction times against a BETA assault from the Asian and Eurasian continents, by forming a force structure that could accommodate speedy integration of various units from all three branches of the Japanese military. Navy and Aerospace Force units are frequently directly incorporated into MDF command structure when required, as opposed to the separate branches of land, sea, and air as seen in the Imperial Armed Forces at large, prior to the formation of the MDF.
Following the introduction of the Laser- and Heavy Laser-class, the Imperial Air Force was merged with the Empire's space forces to form the Imperial Aerospace Force. The IAF possesses several HSSTs which were provided by the United States Space Corps, as well as most of the former Imperial Air Force's aerial assets. In addition, the IAF retains its own Orbital Diver force, and plays a larger support role by operating several sweeper and construction ships for clearing space debris, as well as the construction and maintenance of orbital station assets.
As its name suggests, the Imperial Navy has full command of the naval forces of the Empire, and given its size and assets, the organization is regarded as the third strongest navy in the world. They often work closely with the IJA/MDF to head off BETA assaults on the Japanese mainland, and possess the most firepower in the entire nation; their modernized battleships are regarded as the world's strongest ships of that class. Currently, the bulk of the fleet is concentrated in the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan, to defend Japan from incursions from the Chongqing Hive (H-16), Cheorwon Hive (H-20), and the Sadogashima Hive (H-21).[7] When not in combat operations, their primary role is maritime transport and logistics for TSFs and TSAs. Incorporated into the Navy are the Imperial Marines, who operate the TSAs and TSFs permanently attached to the naval fleets. They are often the first units to land in amphibious assault operations and have the crucial objective of establishing a beachhead and securing a landing area for the Imperial Army. Because of this very dangerous assignment, the Marines are often considered to be among the elite of eishi.
A military arm of the Empire staffed mostly by aristocrats and Japanese of royal lineage, the Royal Guards serve as the guards of the Shogunate. The smallest of all the military branches in the armed forces of Imperial Japan, the Royal Guard's main force are equivalent to two divisions of personnel, which are further split into four regiments's worth of people; three of the regiments are the 1st, 2nd, and the 24th Guard Regiments, with the various independent security units of the Regent Houses making up the numbers for the last regiment of personnel. Deployed equipment is all procured independent of the Empire of Japan's other armed forces, as according to the traditions of the Royal Guard;[8] in recent times, their equipment is also scaled according to the rank of its assigned user.
Answering directly to the ruling nobility rather than Ministry of Defence, they are a separate arm of the military dedicated to the security of the Shogun, the Regent Houses, and the legitimacy of the shogunate alongside the Japanese government. Despite their traditionalist tendencies, the Royal Guard does promote inter-branch cooperation within the military, and frequently engages in personnel exchanges with the Imperial Army/Mainland Defence Force if the need arises. As the primary security of the Shogunate, any threat to them, their seat of power in Kyoto or the assets they have around Japan will result in the mobilization of the Royal Guards against said threats, whether they are BETA or human. While the Royal Guards do not organize and carry out assaults against the BETA on the scale of the IJA/MDF, they will participate in such battles if they feel the need to or are requested to.

Imperial Japanese Defense Army

Captain Naoya Sagiri	First Lieutenant Mana Tsukuyomi	Second Lieutenant Yukino Tomoe	Second Lieutenant Minagi Ebisu	Second Lieutenant Tatsumi Kamiyo

Yokohama Base

Yokohama Base & Hive.

Yokohama Base was the location for two different military bases staffed by two different armies. Prior to the BETA Invasion of Japan, Yokohama Base was a military complex staffed by the Imperial Army, and was also the home base for Unit 90, an anti-BETA bioweapons research group. The base was lost to the BETA after the invasion, and became the site of Objective 22, the Yokohama Hive. In 1999, Objective 22 was captured by allied forces in Operation Lucifer, along with its Hive Reactor intact. After its reconstruction, Yokohama became the main base of the UN 11th Force, and the headquarters of Alternative IV, where its chief researcher, Professor Kouzuki Yuuko, is stationed at. There are many reasons why the base was built on top of the Yokohama Hive; it was to serve as both a research facility and a means of safekeeping the newly-captured Hive Reactor,[1] and the site was also ground zero for the first two G-Bombs to be used in human history; the base itself served as a sort of experiment to see what were the long-term effects on humans living on a G-Bomb site.
The base is well-equipped, with shuttle launch sites, two large-scale runways, two mass drivers, vast training grounds, and is of close proximity to Tokyo Bay; static defensive emplacements are located around the facilities, and the base's various large access gates can be sealed to prevent entry by enemies, although unsealing them again would take at least half a year. Underground facilities are vast, owing to the fact that the interior of the base was derived from the original interior construction of the Yokohama Hive.[1] A main shaft connects the lowest levels to the topmost floor, and is protected by five barrier gates. The base's main area is the central gathering area, a wide open space in the interior of the base that is located one level below the base's surface; specifically, where the training field is. it is from this level that access to the other underground facilities of the base is allowed. The Yokohama Base's underground hangars are large enough to allow storage of several XG-70 units. Located at the deepest level is the Yokohama Hive Reactor, accessible either by the access hatch at the bottom of the main shaft, or the control and monitoring room at Level B33, which will give one a clear view of the Reactor. The Reactor not only serves as the base's primary object of research, but also as an energy source for the base.

Timeline

• ~1999: Plans for the (re)construction of Yokohama Base are first laid down.
• ~2001: Yokohama Base reaches 70% operational capacity.
• October 22nd, 2001: Shirogane Takeru arrives at Yokohama Base.
• November 29th, 2001: The TSF_Components#XM3 TSF operating system, making use of new operating concepts, developed by Kouzuki Yuuko with the aid of Takeru, begins demonstration tests at Yokohama Base in absolute secrecy.
• December 5th to 6th: Yokohama Base deploys the 207th Tactical Armored Platoon during the 12/5 Incident.
• December 10th: The XM3 Trials begin to test the XM3 OS for mass-production, and is followed by the Yokohama Base Incident.
• December 10th to 17th, 2001: The 00 Unit is completed.
• December 29th to 30th, 2001: The Defence of Yokohama Base; surviving BETA forces from Operation 21st attack the base. The results of this almost causes the destruction of Yokohama base along with the 00 Unit and incomplete XG-70b and XG-70d. This is narrowly averted at the cost of over 10,000 killed, wounded, or MIA personnel and the effective annihilation of all military forces stationed there.

Yokoyama Base Personnel

Commander Paul Radhabinod	Vice-Commander Yuuko Kouzuki	Instructor Marimo Jinguuji	Communications Irina Pyatkh	Cook Shizue Kyouzuka

00 Unit	Kasumi Yashiro

Unit 207

Squad Leader Chizuru Sakaki	Pilot Meiya Mitsurugi	Pilot Kei Ayamine	Pilot Miki Tamase	Pilot Mikoto Yoroi

Pilot Takeru Shirogane

Squad A-01

Squad Leader Michiru Isumi	Pilot Mitsuki Hayase	Pilot Akane Suzumiya	Pilot Haruka Suzumiya	Pilot Haruko Kashiwagi

Pilot Touko Kazama	Pilot Misae Munakata

European Union

European Union.

The European Union is a supranational union of various European states. As a unifying force on the European continent, the European Union, called in short the EU. The origins of the EU first started off as the European Community, at that time a loose alliance of West European nations. When the BETA were discovered, and the threat they posed revealed by the speed of their advance, the European Community was expanded into the European Union, a decision made on the assumption that a unified front would allow them to better resist the impending invasion.
Initially a military alliance, the EU's system was modified to become a quasi-federal system when the devastation caused by the BETA War continued to increase.[1] The solidification of the European Union into a political entity of its own right allowed the continental evacuation and refugee movement of Europe in the '80s to proceed smoothly, compared to that of Asia's,[1] and also made it easier to direct forces in the defence of the European continent. After the retreat of the Soviets resulted in the loss of their influence on the Eastern European countries that were part of the Warsaw Pact, the remaining nations formed the Eastern European Socialist Alliance. With their fall after the BETA overran large portions of Eastern Europe, the EU also took them in and integrated them into their forces.[2] This action was extended to other non-EU member nations as well, such as Switzerland.
Despite their efforts, and the extensive use of river areas as defence lines, the nations of the EU were unable to stem the tide;[4] following the fall of the Oder-Neisse Defense Line, and subsequently Berlin, in 1983, the BETA continued their push towards the western shores of Europe, expanding northwards via the Alps, through Belgium, towards the English Channel and the United Kingdom, as well as southwards, into the Iberian Peninsula, where Spain and Portugal were located at. The EU faced its largest threat in 1985 with a series of major events, including the Defence of Paris, the Retreat from Dunkirk, culminating in the Defence of Britain, when the BETA attempted large-scale invasion of the England landmass, destroying much of England's southern coasts. Moving all the way inland into southern London, it took six months of fierce fighting to finally dislodge the BETA from their foothold on the English Channel.
The attack was repelled by all nations of the EU and the US military, but the loss in manpower and equipment was almost too crippling to bear for the European nations; were the BETA to follow through with a second strike of that magnitude again, the European Union Force would be unable to stop them. In order to begin a long-term plan to rebuilt their military forces, the EU nations adopted the strategy of "culling operations", making incursions into BETA-held territory to reduce their numbers, in the hopes of delaying an assault or softening an incoming incursion so as to deal with it more easily, and allow the EU to regain its fighting strength.
In addition, a strategic withdrawal of the EU's fighting strength from the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Italian Peninsula to the Mediterranean Sea and the United Kingdom was carried out in 1994, and their forces were massed at coastal areas; both to prevent a transoceanic BETA invasion of their bases around the European continent, and to prepare for the joint recapture of the European mainland in the near future. Unlike the USA, the European Union supports the continued development of TSFs, and takes a clear anti-usage stance on non-conventional technology; examples include the espers of Alternative III, and the usage of certain types of G-Element-derived weaponry against the BETA. The European Union Force is heavily involved on the Western Defence Line, and frequently carries out culling operations near the English Channel, and around Sicily and the Straits of Gibraltar to prevent the BETA from invading Africa.
Currently engaged in a long-term siege with BETA forces on mainland Italy, the Italian armed forces defend the last bastion of their nation, Sicily, from Messina Base. A member nation of the European Union, Spain operates the EF-2000, with the Spike Shield being one of their domestic weapons designs. Like West Germany and France, the Spaniards have lost their entire country to the BETA invasion. A union of three European nations; Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, the organization also combines the military forces of all three nations, although it is not clear to what extent it does so.
The Netherlands, in particular, was involved in a major holding operation in the Zuiderzee, a shallow bay of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands. The area was later manually flooded to block off the BETA, turning it into a saltwater region; as of 1995, the entire region was in the process of becoming a gigantic salt plain due to geographical changes caused by the BETA, as well as the cessation of fresh river water flowing into the Zuiderzee from the regions within Europe.

Organization

Following the loss of European landmass to the BETA, most of the governments and social services of the European nations have been relocated to other locations around the world. The Federal Republic of Germany and Democratic German Republic have their governments housed in Central America, South America, and South Africa;[6] other nations of the European Union have stationed most of their key facilities in Greenland. While each nation of the EU retains its own military force, anti-BETA operations often involve armies from different countries, necessitating a unified command. Although ostensibly part of the United Nations, soldiers under the command of the European Union wear the badge of the European Union Force.
Dominated by the British, West German, and French armies, as of the year 2000 it is primarily based in Great Britain due to the loss of the European mainland to the BETA, with its headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and apart from their normal operations, are also involved with refugee support activities with the UN and USA.[1] The EU Force also works closely with non-member nations, such as the military forces of Switzerland and Turkey, and with the Scandinavian nations' efforts in TSF development, in their efforts to keep the BETA contained, and to one day reclaim the European continent. The current emblem, introduced in 1980, has 12 stars not to symbolize signatory countries, but rather the "perfection and completeness" of the European region.

European Union Armed Forces

European Union Force.

The European Union's armed forces consist of the militaries of each nation in the Union. Inter-nation joint operations are given great emphasis, and deployment rates are high due to regular BETA-culling operations as part of the the European Union's long-term plan to retake the continent. Forward bases have also been constructed on the various islands in the Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea, to help enforce the continental blockade against the BETA. The European Union Force also operates alongside the Second Marine Expeditionary Force of the US Navy/US Marine Corps in combat operations, and the personnel of both forces have built up a great degree of respect for each other throughout the years.
The Deutsch-Französische Brigade is one such example of the joint-operation nature of the European Union, and uses troops from both Germany and France in strike operations against the BETA.[7] Formed in 1992 as a joint-force effort to avoid the politics present during Operation Palaiologos, the current Deutsch-Französische Brigade is staffed by the permanent presence of a Lorraine Regiment, representing Germany, and an Alsace Regiment, representing French. The entire unit is under the command of the EU, and answers only to the European Union Force. While the numbers and force organization in the Brigade may fluctuate and change, it retains its designation of Brigade out of respect for its founder. The names of the permanent regiments under its command take from the territory of Alsace-Lorraine.<br. Also known as West Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany is a democratic nation, in contrast to their communist counterpart, East Germany. After the fall of Berlin in 1983, their armed forces, the Bundeswehr, were integrated into the European Union, and the United Nations Force European Region Army command as the West German 1st Tactical Armoured Force. In recent times, both East and West Germany are in an alliance similar to that of the Unified Front of China.
The Federal Republic of Germany's situation applies to the French as well, although their integration into UN command is not as extensive. Having lost their nation, French armed forces commonly operate in the West Europe region and at the Suez Canal helping to hold the African Defence Line. But it is possible that this country will survive independently and keep its great power status thanks to its different overseas regions and departments such as French Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion and New Caledonia, Polynesia Mayotte which allows it to move most of its population and its strategic industries.
The French have a troubled history with the rest of Europe due to differing strategic views. They were opposed to the massive counteroffensive of Operation Palaiologos, believing that force preservation took precedence over an offensive push that put the entire European continent at stake,[7] and pulled out of the ECTSF program due to disagreements concerning the usage of French-production engines in the EF-2000's Jump Units. Currently, both the French and West German armies also provide troops for the Deutsch-Franzosische Brigade, a joint-operation force organized by both countries.
As the last remaining intact nation of the European Union, the UK serves as the headquarters of the armed forces of the EU, UN, and US troops stationed on the Euro Front. Having bore the brunt of the fighting in the 1985 Defence of Britain, the UK has realized both the importance of a unified front, as well as proper modern weapons and tactics.[10] To date, the UK is one of the more well-equipped forces of the EU, with a matching navy force that's touted as second only to the US Navy. The UK currently operates both the EF-2000 Typhoon and F-5E Tornado ADV in frontline combat, and the older F-4 Phantom, bought from the USA as surplus units, for training and defensive troops.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, СССР), known in short as the Soviet Union. Is a socialist state formed by various smaller nations in central and eastern Europe. The largest known communist supernation by far in the world of Muv-Luv Unlimited/Alternative, the Soviets are generally regarded as second in position only to the United States of America. Much of the Soviets' history remains the same until the end days of World War II, where the Soviets and the United States entered the Cold War almost immediately after the Axis Powers surrendered. Nearly two decades of neck-to-neck competition with the USA and its European Union allies soon followed, but eventually the Soviets lost the race as the most technologically-advanced nation on Earth, although they were not far behind by any means. Eventually, Soviet space technology focused on the development of unmanned probes and low-orbit deployment technologies.
While the Soviets were not directly involved in the Lunar War against the BETA, they submitted a proposal that suggested using espers to tap directly into the minds of the BETA. With the lack of results from Alternative I and II, approval was given by the United Nations, and in 1968 the Soviet Academy of Sciences, sponsored by the UN, began their research. When the BETA first arrived on Earth in 1973, the Soviets were the second to encounter the BETA in a full-blown land war at Kashgar after the then-communist Chinese military requested their aid in containing the rapidly-spreading threat; the sudden appearance of Laser-class specimens in an anti-air role had caught the human attackers completely off-guard. Despite the combined might of two of the largest nations on Earth, the loss of air power sealed the fates of the Soviet and Chinese armies. What followed after was a rapid campaign of area denial as the Soviets and Chinese withdrew their forces back to their respective nations, using nuclear weapons on the land in the hopes that the destruction of resources would force the BETA to slow down, and the Soviets' previous plan of utilizing espers is put into motion as the next Alternative Plan, Alternative III.
The BETA advance soon brought it to the doorstep of the Soviet Union, and in 1975 the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was invaded, and the Ural Hive (Objective 3) was established. Faced with an enemy that the frontline troops could not stop, the Soviet Union capital was relocated to Khabarovsk, and the evacuation of major domestic and defence industries away from the front was put into motion. The situation continued to worsen with the fall of Moscow and the construction of the Minsk Hive (Objective 5), in the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1976. The establishment of the Minsk Hive meant that the Soviets were cut off from the eastern European nations that were part of the Soviet Union as well, essentially isolating the main Soviet Union and dividing the war into two fronts. Despite their massive commitment to Operation Palaiologos, the Soviets' failure to secure the Minsk Hive and the subsequent BETA counterattack secured their defeat on the Eurasian front, and in the following years the Soviets were more concerned about their own territory eastbound than their allies in the west, who were facing equally bleak situations if not worse.
Their forced retreat throughout the years eventually ended at their current location, the Kamchatka Peninsula. While still committed to holding the front, the Soviets had lost too much territory to be able to effectively sustain both their defences and their industries; troops were being relocated as far out as the Wrangel Islands due to a lack of holding space, and that exacerbated the difficulty of maintaining a defence line. To solve their space issues, the Soviets proposed a purchase of Alaska from the United States. The United States refused an outright sale, but eventually agreed to a leasing of a portion of Alaska to their control by the USA, and the two former rival nations now share an uneasy truce on the same continent, with Soviet troops holding the defence line on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Throughout the war against the BETA, the Soviet government had been faced with the increasing problem of mutiny concerning non-Russian Soviets displaced from their nations and drafted into the Soviet forces; such was the fear of the BETA that it surpassed the draconian grasp of the Soviet government.[1] In response, the Soviet military approached the issue with the goal of suppressing all divides formed by national borders and racial groups, separating children from their parents at a young age and training them in military institutes to place their sense of belonging in the unit they were operating with, rather than the origins of their people.
The tactic was only moderately successful, however; the next generation of soldiers were willing to die for their comrades, who were often of the same ethnicity as them; without a family to nurture them, they had turned towards people of the same race as them as a natural response. However, they still held no loyalty to the Soviet government;[1] as well, with regards to ethnic Russians, Soviets of other nationalities still resent them for the biased treatment non-Russian Soviets had received compared to ethnic Russians. With most Russian Soviets are stationed in the rear lines or in Alaska, the majority of frontline troops are Soviets of non-Russian lineage; this has strained the social relationships between the Russians and Soviets of other nationalities, as apart from having to deal with the loss of their countries, the other races feel that they are being used as cannon fodder. An example would be in 2001, when Soviet leaders ordered the destruction of the 211 Batal'on Zhar (a unit almost entirely comprised of non-Russians) to cover up their attempt to steal the EML-99X Electromagnetic Induction Launcher.
As of 2001, the Soviet Union consists of their area in Alaska, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Chukchi Peninsula, and the various small islands offshore mainland Russia, the Wrangel Islands being one of their more fortified locations.

Organization

The Soviet Union uses a socialist party system, run by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The organization is Russian in origin, uniting the governments of the various smaller states that form the Soviet Union alongside Russia. In order to solidify their hold, the Communist Party has made it so that it is the only legal political entity recognized by the laws of the Soviet Union. The system practices a greater control of information and enforcement of national policies than nations of the European Union and the United States, with great emphasis placed on the greater good of the nation as a whole at the expense of individuals. Political maneuvering is rife within the more ambitious members of both the military and the government.
The leader of the party, the Executive Chairman, also has authority as the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Armed Forces. As such, the Communist Party has a substantial amount of influence in the Soviet Armed Forces as opposed to the relatively distinct relationships shared by the governments and military forces of democratic nations, and has even established political departments in the various branches of the armed forces to monitor them. Military issues are dealt with by a committee chaired by the Defence Minister, with its attendants being the Chief of Staff of the military and the various generals of the armed forces.
The Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (known in Russian as the Министерство внутренних дел, or МВД) is the Soviet interior ministry, and are responsible for the enforcing domestic security and other internal matters of the Soviet Union with their own internal security forces. Most of their attention is thus focused on the Kamchatka Peninsula, where most of the non-Russian Soviets are stationed. Commonly referred to as the KGB (shorthand for Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti), the Committee for State Security is responsible for internal state security, and operates primarily in Alaska to safeguard the country and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. They are closely tied with the MVD, complete with their own national military force, and the two organizations together are said to be equal to the Soviet Armed Forces.

Armed Forces

Soviet Armed Forces.

As of 2001, most of the assets of the Soviet Armed Forces are concentrated on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Chukchi Peninsula, and the Wrangel Islands. The means by which the Soviet leadership suppressed the problem of dissent from non-Russians has resulted in many modern-day military units being largely comprised of personnel from a single ethnicity. As with many other frontline nations, the Soviet Air Force has been disbanded and elements incorporated into other branches. Extreme high-altitude aircraft without ground-attack capabilities have been assigned into the Soviet Space Force, while medium to low-height aircraft, especially those with ground attack capabilities and transports, have been incorporated into the Soviet Army.
The Soviet Army is the only military force in the world that holds the title of having the most experience in anti-BETA warfare, and is also the largest military force amongst the frontline nations. The Soviet Army can be split into two major armies; the Alaska Military District, operating in Alaska, and the Soviet Far East Military District, which operates on the Far East Defence Line. Because of the Soviet Army's strategic views on anti-BETA and Hive infiltration warfare, a majority of the TSFs operated by the Army emphasize on close-contact warfare capabilities.[2] The Soviet Army, which possesses its own research and development capabilities, promotes competition and development between its two main TSF suppliers, Sufoni and Mikoyam-Gulvich, in order to field the best TSF design available throughout the years; the rate of improvements in which Soviet TSF development has experienced is such that even designs that are not adopted into the armed forces often find second life as export products, earning the Soviet Union the reputation of the second-largest TSF exporter in the world. The Soviet Army has also developed its land forces significantly, with advanced battle tanks like the T-80 and the upgraded T-80UM-1 appearing on battlefields both local and overseas.
Split mainly into the Northern Fleet and the Pacific Fleet, the Soviet Navy's forces are relatively small compared to the United States Navy's, with an emphasis on battleships rather than TSF carriers.[4] More important to the war effort are the Navy's Akula-class nuclear submarines, which serve as vital supply transports to the European and Mediterranean defence lines; the Soviets have kept a tight lip on the exact number of Akula-class they have in their forces. The Soviet Navy occasionally cooperates with the Imperial Navy of the Empire of Japan during sea-to-shore culling operations at the Evensk, Cheorwon, and Sadogashima.
Soviet space technology improved by leaps and bounds during the brief but hotly-contested space race in-between them, and the United States and her European allies. The Soviet Aerospace Force has its own command structure and personnel, and fields a fleet of spaceships second only to the US Space Force's, complete with their own force of Orbital Divers; included in the roster of the Space Forces are the remainder of the Soviet Air Force's high-altitude, non-ground attack-capable aircraft. Unlike the all-ranging operations of the US Orbital Divers, the Soviet Orbital Divers are mostly focused on the Far East Defence Line; however, their budget, resources, maintenance, and equipment, are in danger of being neglected, as the Soviet Armed Forces shift their attention and resources to maintaining the Soviet Army.
The Spetsnaz was created sometime after World War II, but the founder of the Spetsnaz was Viktor Leonov who was a naval commando during the war. However, it is unknown how the Spetsnaz was created in Muv-Luv. A unit of the Spetsnaz was seen during the Yukon Base Incident and were fighting alongside their opposites the United States Army Delta Force against the RLF.

United States of America

The United States of America.

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic located in central North America. Currently the most powerful nation in the world, the USA is one of a handful of nations that remain out of immediate threat from the BETA advance. Nevertheless, their technology remains one of the most advanced, and their military is reputed to be one of the, if not the strongest fighting force in the world, with their resources and fighting personnel spread out across several battlefronts around the world.
With the end of World War II, attention in the USA quickly shifted from the Axis Powers to a new threat; their former ally, Soviet Russia. With the Cold War quickly escalating, the USA quickly gathered other nations as allies, and within short order jointly spearheaded a space race with the European nations. Aiming to become the most technologically advanced nation on the planet, the USA pioneered many technologies in this time that would later become standard on both the battlefield and in logistic purposes, and the first unmanned spaceflight to Mars in 1958 was done by a US spacecraft, the Viking I. Throughout the years, they would also be involved in local conflicts in Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Following the initial excitement and the horror that soon followed when the unknown organisms found by the Viking I turned out to be the BETA, the USA quickly focused their research on developing weapons and systems that would even the playing ground for United Nations troops stationed in space. The Feedback Protector, NCAF, and other space-use military weapons were all developed by the USA. Despite the quick response, the lunar forces were unable to prevent the BETA from overrunning most of their facilities. With the threat of the BETA landing on Earth becoming a possible reality, the USA re-purposed their research in the NCAF into developing an Earthbound variant, the NCSF. This marked an important milestone, with the NCSF eventually becoming the F-4 Phantom, and the base from which subsequent TSF development began.
While the USA remained on the cutting-edge of TSF development and created many of the weapon systems that would later become standard on all TSFs, the nation as a whole had been spared the crippling attrition warfare that other nations had to face against the BETA. US command decision to bombard the second BETA Hive landing at Athabasca, Canada, spared the North American continent from suffering the same fate as Europe and Asia, allowing them to retain a strong industrial and technological base from which to strengthen their forces. Despite the USA's massive contributions to the war, the policies set by the government are sometimes reluctantly accepted by other nations, especially those on the frontlines. Political maneuvering and prioritizing of self-interest at the cost of others have earned the USA no small amount of ire from other nations, and the US Armed Forces are sometimes liable to use force as a deal-breaker when they require things to go their way, further souring relationships with other nations.
Preparations were also made in the event of the BETA landing on US soil. Should more than a predetermined amount of BETA manage to get through Alaska's defense line via crossing the Bering Sea in the event of the Soviets' defeat on the Eurasian front, a series of hydrogen bombs would be set off to separate most of Alaska from mainland America, allowing US forces to regroup around this new defense line. The status of this plan after the US leased half of Alaska to the Soviets remains unknown, due to the Soviet presence essentially acting as a shield against the BETA.
With the development of the G-Bomb, part of the US government decided against cooperating with the Alternative Plans of the United Nations, and in 1998 started to push for Hive capture operations centering around G-Bomb usage. Skeptics of the plan remained strong until G-Bomb deployment in Operation Lucifer, where the power of two such weapons allowed friendly forces to take the Yokohama Hive with relative ease. As of 2001, the USA remains the strongest force on the planet, spearheading the development of stronger weapons, vehicles, and TSFs; some have called the United States the "Armory of the World".[1] US troops stationed on the frontlines continue to fight alongside local forces even as the US military leadership explores radical strategies aimed at bringing the BETA threat to heel, and at the same time leaving them a world situation with the US at the top.
n Alternative, factions in the US supporting Alternative V began to push for the acceptance of their plan, even as Alternative IV was still in progress (though the existence of factions which supported Alternative IV were confirmed as well). CIA elements were known to have a hand in events like the 12/5 Incident, and the pro-Alternative V faction gained a significant amount of political clout before the success of Alternative IV, during Operation 21st, severely undermined their efforts. During Operation Cherry Blossom, US Space Command contributed a significant number of forces to the raid on the Kashgar Hive, taking heavy losses in the attempt. Elements of the Unites States Armed forces later took part in Operation Sledgehammer, providing most of the forces in the operation and artillery cover for all forces present.

Organization

The civilian government of the United States is a constitutional republic and a representative democracy, formed out of a federation of fifty states. The President of the United States is the highest civilian position in the country; in times of war he is advised by the Joint Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces, who is usually the most senior military personnel appointed to that position. Policies towards foreigners and refugees remain controversial. Despite providing substantial aid to foreign refugees from Europe and elsewhere, uncontrollable events such as corruption in the nations hosting said refugee camps and the US' pragmatic view of post-BETA national policies paint a less-than-friendly light over the United States. While the US Armed Forces does accept foreign troops in the armed forces, they are usually drawn from the refugee camps with promises of citizenship.
The civilian government of the United States is a constitutional republic and a representative democracy, formed out of a federation of fifty states. The President of the United States is the highest civilian position in the country; in times of war he is advised by the Joint Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces, who is usually the most senior military personnel appointed to that position. Policies towards foreigners and refugees remain controversial. Despite providing substantial aid to foreign refugees from Europe and elsewhere, uncontrollable events such as corruption in the nations hosting said refugee camps and the US' pragmatic view of post-BETA national policies paint a less-than-friendly light over the United States. While the US Armed Forces does accept foreign troops in the armed forces, they are usually drawn from the refugee camps with promises of citizenship.
The Central Intelligence Agency, also known as the CIA, it is a civilian-based independent executive intelligence agency within the US Federal government. Their involvement in the war against the BETA, especially the Alternative Plans, is suspected to be near-total, and their influence is far-reaching enough to affect even military units in the US Armed Forces. The jurisdiction of the US Armed Forces falls under the Department of Defense, and are further split into the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force. In addition, there is a Unified Combat Command, a department whereby troops of different branches fight together for the purpose of combined arms operations, under a single commanding body. Unlike the conventional Army/Navy/Air Force/Space Force, the UCC is split according to their region(s) of operation and purpose.

Armed Forces

The US Armed Forces can be split into six main branches: the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and the Space Corps, which was formed in 1946, shortly after the end of World War II. The Coast Guard was initially under the Department of Transportation, but following the war against the BETA, has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy. This placing, as of 2001, is still in effect. Actual overall command of the US Armed Forces' various units operating around the world are placed under the Unified Combatant Command, which is further broken up into various commands, each in charge of a specific region of the world. As befitting their multi-branch nature with regards to their force organization, the UCC answers to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, comprised of the Military Service Chiefs of each US Armed Forces branch, and a leading body of personnel, who in turn answer to the Department of Defense.
The primary military branch of the United States Armed Forces, the US Army, with a TSF count amounting to 70% of all units in the US Armed Forces,[4] is a top-of-the-line military force with well-trained soldiers, equipped with the latest the nation has to offer, and the largest of all the military branches in the US, and in the world. US Army units are static, and are often garrisoned in frontline bases to not only provide backup for local forces, but also to keep an eye out for foreign dissidents that are threatening to sabotage US interests.
While many nations have given up or absorbed their air forces into other branches of the military, the US retains an air force out of a need for a centralized control structure for their various air transport groups and bomber squadrons. With over 200 strategic bomber craft under its command, the USAF wields considerable power, and it helps that the USA is far removed from the main battlefield half a planet away, making the threat from Laser-class BETA much less prominent. Currently, a significant number of their bomber aircraft are focused on monitoring the political instability present in South America with strategic patrol flights.
As the naval branch of the US Armed Forces, the Navy is the military branch with the largest coverage around the globe, using their wide range to encompass the entirety of the European and Asian continents. Despite a smaller budget, the USN has managed to maintain state-of-the-art warships and systems. The US Navy has the capability to support ground troops for as long as is required of them during an operation, with their firepower and TSF squadrons keeping up a constant barrage of support fire and precision strikes for allies fighting at the front. The Navy shares a close relationship with the US Coast Guard, which is in charge of local naval defense around the US, and the US Marine Corps, the Navy's definitive partner in sea-to-land combat operations.
A military branch under the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps are the United States' main overseas expeditionary military branch, and are well-noted for their tenacity and first-strike capabilities in combat. To that end, they work closely with the US Navy in nearly all operations. The USMC also continues to field elements of Marine Force Recon as originally intended, albeit deploying in TSFs, to survey the battlespace before larger combat units arrive. The Marine Corps' role of being the vanguard in sea-to-land assaults has remained unchanged since their formation, and in the war against the BETA where failure means death, their willingness to repeatedly step onto the frontlines alongside foreign forces have earned them the respect of many.
Formed in 1946 after the end of World War II, the United States Space Corps's sole purpose is to represent US power in the endless frontier of space. Working closely with the UN Aerospace Force, its primary goals in modern times are orbital reconnaissance, bombardment, and the insertion and support of Orbital Divers. With intercontinental ballistic launch capabilities, a fleet of 160 spacecraft, and four divisions of TSFs from the US Army permanently assigned as Orbital Divers, the USSC is second only to the US Army in terms of budget and manpower.

United States People Of Note

US Army Major Alfred Walken

United Nations

The United Nations.

The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization comprised of almost every nation that currently exists on Earth, and serves as a means of facilitating international cooperation between countries in almost all subjects and concerns. Their primary role is to serve as a common front where troops from various nations can cooperate on the battlefield, and to lead international efforts in the war against the BETA. The UN also coordinates humanitarian efforts for people displaced by the BETA threat, and has even spearheaded several military projects to improve the fighting strength of the world's militaries.
The United Nations was first formed following the end of World War II in Allied victory to allow various nations to work towards international cooperation. The UN's first major involvement in world events was when it formed the special duty research organization "Dignified 12" to facilitate cross-species communication efforts after the Viking I spacecraft landed at Mars and discovered extraterrestrial life. In 1966, the Dignified 12 were re-organized into the Alternative Plan (presumably what was to become Alternative I) to begin studying and understand the extraterrestrial life discovered by Viking I. At this time, the UN did not possess any military power of its own.
The earliest existence of a United Nations Armed Forces was during the 1967 BETA Invasion of Luna, when such a force was organized in order to face the BETA threat on the Moon, based on Article 43 of the United Nations Charter. When the BETA threat reached Earth in 1973, the UN Forces shifted their attention to creating a united front where humanity could strike back against the BETA. Following China and the Soviet Union's refusal for UN assistance, and the subsequent defeats suffered by mankind's forces against the BETA in Central Asia, the United Nations Joint Chiefs of Staff held a conference in 1979 in Vancouver to re-organize the UN Forces for greater strategic effectiveness. At that time, the only military power the United Nations had were in the form of borrowed troops from other nations; the UN could only direct overall mission command during a UN operation, and had no say over the finer details of managing a standing armed force. The 1979 UN Chief of Staff Conference's purpose, which eventually resulted in the Vancover Agreement, was to create a more cohesive armed effort to defeat the BETA.
Despite the Vancouver Agreement, the UN could still only borrow troops from other nations, which proved to be a time-consuming process when entire nations began to fall to the BETA. With the remnants of their governments and armed forces forced into exile, these homeless troops were quickly integrated into the small but growing United Nations Force as drafted by the UNCSC. It was hoped that the uniting of several military forces under a combined banner would help in preventing the BETA from advancing further than they already had, and prevent international politics from impeding the combined defensive effort.
Initially, permanent members of the UN Security Council included the United States, United Kingdom, France, the Soviet Union, and China. In 1987, Australia and the Empire of Japan joined as permanent members of the UN Security Council, but with their right of veto frozen for the next 20 years, thus bringing the total up to seven. Over the years, the UN has led many operations against the BETA with varying degrees of success. Two of their more prominent multinational efforts include the Alternative Plans and Project PROMINENCE. However, despite the consolidation of numerous national militaries into a single entity, the UN Armed Force are far from infallible. The logistics and organizational problems that come with running a large entity are accentuated many times when it comes to planning for a large operation, and like most armies, not all personnel in the UN are competent in what they are assigned to do.

Organization

UN Armed Forces Logo.

The United Nations is an international organization as opposed to a national entity. As such, the UN's decisions are decided by a council comprised of representatives from the nations that make up the entirety of the UN. While the United Nations does not posses its own armed forces, troops from other nations can be placed under its command. Depending on their mission, such a deployment can either last from days to decades on end. Under Chapter 7, Section 43 of the Charter of the United Nations, all member nations are obligated to provide troops to the United Nations in the war effort. Command of such assets are under the scope of the UN Security Council, which are advised by a Military Staff Committee comprised of the member states of the Council. Like any conventional armed forces, the UN arranges its military assets into air, sea, land, and (whenever possible) space forces.
The United Nations possess its own logistic branch, as well as research and development facilities; the various BETA research facilities underneath Yukon Base and Yokohama Base are examples, as are the Alternative Plans. Apart from frontline duty, UN troops are also deployed as peacekeepers in refugee zones, and the status of the world's refugees also falls under the UN's responsibilities. However, such security troops can only be deployed if the nation hosting the refugees so allows. The United States, United Kingdom and Taiwan do not allow the UN to deploy security troops in their nations, instead using their own military forces to enforce order.
The United Nations Armed Force has varying degrees of control over the personnel under them. The first is the deployment of at least an operational unit from a host nation's armed forces under the banner of the UN, following the historical methods of the UN "borrowing" troops from other nations to fulfill its objectives; because of these units also legally belong to their host country and can be called upon as such anytime, they often take the form of naval fleets for various logistics reasons.
Under such a command, the UN has overall control over these troops and can move them as required in combat operations, but otherwise has little say in the long-term prospects of said unit(s). Such units can be either on long-term loan (JA44 Zerberus Bataillon and the UN Pacific Fleet), or for the duration of just one operation (the Imperial Navy's 17th Tactical Armored Unit in Operation Sledgehammer). By 2001, virtually every nation has at one point or another loaned a unit to the UN.
Another command type the UN practices is a quasi-permanent authority. Personnel included under this plan, from soldiers to civilian attaches, still retain their nationality, but will only take orders from the United Nations and no other source. While equipment is provided by the providing/host country, they are given UN markings, UN identification codes and colors, and represent the UN when on the field. Included in this is the UN Aerospace Force, which has personnel on long-term standby that are replaced through duty rotation or reinforcements. Troops stationed on the defense lines under the UN, as well as those of the Alternative Plans, are also under this category.
The last type of command the UN has over its forces is a permanent command. Forces under this authority are bound to the UN and its rules of operation for as long as the UN requires, and can be deployed in any situation as the UN sees fit to do so, essentially acting as an independent force. Units under this command type are usually from small nations driven out of their homelands by the BETA; being the UN's sole independent assets, pilots of such units often find themselves deployed in more dangerous situations than their counterparts in other militaries due to UN decision to send them on more decisive missions. As a result, these nations feel that they are being made use of, and several have formed their own organization to counter this effect.

Armed Forces

UN Armed Forces Patches.

UN troops, regardless of their type of command under the UN, can be seen stationed on almost every front of the world where they often take part in combat operations alongside their host country. If the UF Forces were an actual standing military, their equipment would be the most varied on Earth, encompassing at least a generation of Soviet, United States, Japanese, and European equipment. The UN Force is a self-sufficient military, from logistics, supply transport via naval/aerial means, research and training to force allocation and other tertiary needs. For a comprehensive list of UN Force units hosted at various bases, refer to the United Nations Force Bases list.
The UN Aerospace Force is in charge of all UN space-based assets, the most well-known being the Orbital Divers, TSF pilots assigned to the dangerous task of assaulting a Hive by dropping through the atmosphere to reach ground zero. Also included in the Aerospace Force are the UN Orbital Fleet and Orbital Defence Fleet, the latter of which are in charge of operating both the nuclear-armed SHADOW satellite network and various reconnaissance satellites.

United Nations People of Note

Under Secretary Gen. Genjousai Tamase

BETA War World Technology

• Tactical Surface Fighters And BETA Models

Trivia

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• In Muv-Luv Alternative Integral Works, regular Japanese forces units are designated with abbreviations beginning with JI (ie. JIMDF) rather than the IJ later seen in official works.
• While Royal Guard units are designated JEG in Muv-Luv Alternative and Muv-Luv Alternative Integral Works, they are seen as JIRG (as well as BTL rather than bat for Battalion) in the Muv-Luv Alternative Total Eclipse anime. It is yet unknown if this is a similar official update or an on screen display inconsistency.
• The rank-based colors of the Royal Guard's Type-82 and Type-00 TSFs are based upon the Twelve Level Cap and Rank System used during the Asuka period of ancient Japan. Any similarities between the two are entirely superficial, however, and the Muv-Luv version seems to use the colors more as an indicator of an individual's heredity status than any actual rank system.
• AMERICA - memetic fan reaction to the USA's actions.
• The real-world Coast Guard remained under the Department of Transportation formed in 1967, until the September 11 attacks, when they were shifted to the Department of Homeland Security.
• The real-world United States Space Force, its real life equivalent to the Space Corps, was founded in 2019.
• The real-world Joint Force Command was disestablished on 31 August 2011.
• The U.S Army Coat of Arms is an entirely fictional variant that uses the original Motto of the United States of America E pluribus unum (Out of many, one), changed in 1956 to "In God We Trust". It does, however, take many of its visual motifs from the Great Seal of the United States , which still shares the same latin phrase.
• The named HSSTs of the UN Aerospace Force's 3rd HSST Fleet are named after actual historical warships. Neustrashimyy (Russian: Неустрашимый, mean "Fearless" ) can refer to either a cancelled 1950s Soviet prototype or the modern frigate class of the same name, Sawarabi was named after one of the Japanese Empire's Wakatake-class destroyers, and Yunagi was the ninth Kamikaze-class destroyer built.
• Eilat was a name used for several Israel warships, Shiloh was a name used for two different types of warships and the La Fayette can either refer to the the well-known French stealth frigate type or other vessels of the same name.
• In the Total Eclipse anime adaptation's translations, the term "Ensign" was inaccurately used to describe the rank of many of the UN test pilots in the series, regardless of nationality or affiliation. Traditionally, Ensign is used to describe a junior officer in some Western navies, and is only ever associated with naval aviators.
  • The more accurate term used by most militaries in the Muv-Luv universe, including the UN, is the 2nd Lieutenant: an equivalent junior officer rank that is used in most real-life armies. The superior rank is often abbreviated to simply Lieutenant, although it can also be described as 1st Lieutenant.
    • The Imperial Japanese Navy actually uses the Ensign rank, and it is equal in rank to a 2nd Lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Army. They even share the same term, Shōi (少尉), with the only differentiation being in the preceding term Rikugun (Army) and Kaigun (Navy).