Long Plot Introduction
The world has always been divided, but today, it stands more divided than ever. The Lunar Catastrophe of twenty years ago still constantly reminds the world of the vulnerability of humanity, after the loss of half of the world's population. In the summer of 1996, an explosion rocked the moon as four large meteorites fell to the earth, erasing portions of the Satean and Euran continents and obliterating most of the Shipan archipelago. However, this and the subsequent disasters were only the beginning of humanity's troubles, as a swarm of an alien race erupted from the ruins of the initial earthfall. No one knows whether the invaders were unable or unwilling to communicate with their new enemy as they advanced, eating any human and animal life they came across. Most small arms were unable to pierce the armor of the stampeding enemy as it quickly took over most of the continent of Eura, with the frontlines in Satea barely being held. The cannons of heavier armored vehicles such as tanks managed to take down the beasts, but they were often too slow to escape once the swarm inevitably reached their positions. Even combat aircraft found their match in the flying types of the aliens, which had mobility superior to any fighter that humanity deployed against them.
The first innovations to turn the tides after massive losses came from the Satean nations when the Principality of Remoni deployed the Kerangal Heavy Industries M-01, the first bipedal combat platform. Able to carry heavy weaponry such as cannons all while remaining fairly maneuverable and well-armored enough to take a few hits from the invaders and still be able to operate, its biggest customer outside of Remoni was the Satean Federation, which modified it to create the Combined Arms Unifier Mark I ", a machine based on the M-01, using less armor to give it more maneuverability and using the anti-gravity components from downed alien flying beasts to give the CAU Mk. I the ability to fly above the battlefield and effectively deal with any threat.
Unlike the M-01, the CAU Mk. I and its subsequent variations were never sold to other countries and the Satean Federation used this to singlehandedly fight off the invasion in Satea, Shipan and annex territories elsewhere, establishing itself as the world's main power. By the time the war had been reduced to Eura and part of Shipan, captured CAU's had served to create flying designs in Remoni and elsewhere, but it was too late to make a difference in the war that hadn't been made by the Federation.
Today, this war has become a frozen conflict in Eura and northern Shipan, with Satea and Remoni holding a joint front. However, tensions that have always been held between the countries and the peoples of the world have been lighting up. On the smallest continent, Austris, the western half has broken away from the Empire of Yuka and Wyd to form Democratic Yuka. What remains of the Shipan archipelago is divided between a Satean occupied part and Shipan's original government. Most of the states of Frusa are experiencing internal conflicts as the original peoples of the continent fight against what they see as colonialism by the countries which moved there following the fall of Eura.
However, the tension that could be the most important to the future of the world could be that between two former allies, the Principality of Remoni and the Federation of Satea, two countries officially fighting together in Eura against the extraterrestrial menace, but at each others' throats over the Federation's expansionism and border conflicts between the two nations.
The future is in the hands of the Faceless, young pilots of mecha and fighters from across the world, modified to be the most capable and obedient soldiers possible...
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Shorter Synopsis
Heavily inspired by the likes of Muv-Luv Alternative, Code Geass, Ace Combat, Aldnoah Zero and many others, Flight of the Faceless is a spiritual successor to a fighter jet RP on the old Roleplayer Guild, taking place in a fictional world with passing similarities to our own. Following an alien invasion in 1996 of seemingly mindless, man-eating beasts, the world is devastated and divided, but when the Satean Federation makes a critical innovation capable of turning around the conflict, it uses this to establish itself as the world's greatest power and works to take over the world. This innovation is the Combined Arms Unifier, a mech capable of operating in the air and on the ground, with extreme maneuverability allowing it to counter most of the alien forces. The Federation's new power and expansion creates tensions with the neighboring Principality of Remoni, formerly an ally of the Federation in the war against the extraterrestrials.
This prompts the creation of the Faceless by the Remonish conglomerate Kerangal a new type of soldier, using youths taken from around the world who are modified and trained to be the best pilots possible for the domestic versions of the CAU and jet fighters, still formidable opponents against other fighters and CAU's.
You are a Faceless, brought into a war that might not even be your own against your will, forced into loyalty and obedience towards the Principality of Remoni and her allies. How will you shape the future of this shattered world?
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