Story and Background
STORY
The long night that was like a nightmare
finally ended. But when the morning sun rose and illuminated the landscape, it
let all know that the nightmare was far from over. A mountain of rubble spread
out, covering those places where, only yesterday, people congregated together
and lovers talked of love and their future; now only the wailing of voices and
the weak, pathetic cries of babes ring out. Before long even those sounds were
dissolved under the light of the morning sun, leaving only silence.
How did it
come to this?
In a country town there lived two
brothers who ran a small factory. One day they received a request which
contained an irresistible appeal to them: to develop new weapons for the
Federation. That day they were lost in the innocent zeal of their own
engineering, competing to see who could design the machine with the most
horsepower or top speed. Even if their designs were to become weapons, they
never expected a day like that fateful day would come to pass. Thus with their
own hands did they deliver many weapons to the Federation, blithely unaware
that their creations would only be used to take life.
This was the
result of their naiveté.
What appears before them now is harsh
reality, the reality that they had tried to escape seeing. But they will turn
away no more. The weapons they created with their own two hands,
shall be laid to rest by those same hands. There is no honor or righteousness
in this; and yet, as their plane engine revs higher, they cannot resist their
own pulse from rising with it... Fine. Let it be. To
fulfill their duty, no great honor is required. All that’s left now is to wait
for the moment to strike. For all they’ve become. For all they yet could be...
SITUATION
The Wayne brothers were born in a country town located on
a peninsula lying at the southernmost tip of the Western continent. Influenced by
their Father, the brothers loved tinkering with machines from a young age. Upon
reaching maturity they took over the operations of a small auto factory their
Father left them, producing various automobiles and planes of their own
original designs. Unbeknownst to them, rumor of their prowess eventually
reached the Federation.
The Federation took the unusual step of issuing a
development contract for their novel ideas and audacious designs, and the
brothers were thus able to refine and increase their production speed with
their financial backing. Finding the brothers’ numerous creations perfectly
suited for their imperialistic ambitions, the Federation wasted no time in
putting their plans into action.
Realizing too late what they had done, the brothers
turned to 4 experimental fighter planes still under development. Hiding
themselves and working on the ships in secret, they resolved to stop the
Federation’s advance. However, the war had only just begun, and before long the
Federation’s assault reached the town where the brothers were hiding. And so it
was that the reality of war and their own naïveté were laid bare before their
eyes.
LOCATION
The story takes place several decades after
the industrial revolution, in the militaristic state called “The Federation”
and the surrounding area. The many factories have polluted the sea and sky, but
the majority of the Earth is still pristine, untouched nature.
Only 20 years
have passed since the adoption of the fossil-fuel driven internal combustion
engine, and the general state of technology is still low. However, thanks to the
combined forces of the Wayne brothers’ genius and the Federation’s financial
backing, military technology has advanced as a frightening pace.
ENEMY
The Federation is composed of 15 states and
covers roughly half of the continent. In the era before the Industrial
Revolution, there were many territorial conflicts, but approximately 20 years
ago the states were unified into one Federation, and since then there have been
no major wars (although smaller skirmishes have continued). However, now that
the balance of military power has been upset, the Federation, seeking dominion
over the entire continent, has issued a declaration of war. They hold an
overwhelming advantage over the foreign states.
Their center
of military operations has been fortified and transformed into an impenetrable
stronghold, and no one is permitted entry.
