



The Lynx now work as mercenaries for an organization called Collared. Fearing the power and independence of these NEXTs, the League left them behind on the surface. As the war came to a close, giant humanoid weapons called Armored Core NEXTs enabled the League to firmly establish their rule of the planet. The planet's surface has become a battlefield, where armies fight to control the resource plants that feed the Cradles. Already, half of mankind lives in the skies. Only there, 7000 meters above the ground, is the air clean and safe. To escape the pollution that poisons the surface of the planet, they have built massive floating platforms called Cradles. A League of Corporations has taken control of the world. More than ten years have passed since the National Dismantlement War.
