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> ORIGIN UNKNOWN. MERCENARY. DO YOU REMEMBER THE CRADLE WAR?

The last official server for Armored Core V went dark on a Tuesday. There was no fanfare, no final countdown. One moment, the global cradles flickered on the territorial map; the next, they were grey, dead icons. For most, it was the end. The mercenary life, the faction wars, the brutal, grinding beauty of the ACs—all of it was consigned to a shallow grave in the server logs. Armored Core V -Jtag RGH-

It was a heavy reverse-joint, the kind favored by territorial defense players. Its paint was gone, rendering it a uniform, primer-grey specter. Its nameplate was corrupted: [NULL] - RANK:??? . > ORIGIN UNKNOWN

No weapons drawn. No movement.

He armed Epitaph's battle rifle.