It has been ten years since the Joint Air Force went on the great counteroffensive mission "Operation Windstorm." (the war in the second work of the series "BLUE KNIGHTS" )
The strange quietness called "Phony War" came between the military company union MUCOC (MUltinational COmpanys Community) and IUTO (International Unification Treaty Organization).
Because MUCOC lost the Roysenstahl which was the most major company in the ground by attack of aeronautic mobile troops including the 99th tactical fighter wing "BLUE KNIGHTS" of the Joint Air Force, the ground power of MUCOC grew rapidly smaller, and these caused the sporadic battle.
IUTO didn't recover the military power from big damage at the beginning of war and a lot loss at the "Operation Windstorm".
So, it was difficult that IUTO would also continue the more mission, and these led definitive cease-fire agreement to conclude soon.
On one hand some of signatories to IUTO were worried about a great loss and suggested an appeasement against MUCOC; on the other hand, some power wanted to extend the military power under color of the settlement of this situation and the reinforcement of deterrent power by the force .
Time passed without getting together this measure.
But, it was clear that this quietness is temporary.
Astraltech which is the major orbital company union and a basic company of MUCOC that has a stronghold on orbit succeeded in affiliating the subcontract company of Roysenstahl by confusion of company's collapse.
It became in an impregnable position in MUCOC, and it purchased derelict resource minor planets LP-2(*1).
The function of the head office moved, and it was going forward with the retrieval of fortress facility.
And then, it assimilated talents and the development technology of mobile weapons of old Roysenstahl with all its force, and it had a great orbital fleet by applying this technology to space development field.
Now, "MUCOC War" took a new turn.
The driving earth troops take off from MUCOC fleet on the orbit.
Later, it was the beginning of war called "The Second MUCOC War".
But, the Joint Air Force was different from last war that suffered heavy damage by surprise attack.
They developed an effective intercept operation.
Though they didn't bring stopping the descent mission, they succeeded in minimum establishment of a bridgehead in the ground.
On the other hand, by a delay in development technology at the big mobile weapons and the space field, they was lacking in a decisive blow to the MUCOC orbital company troops.
Because the requisitioned facility of MUCOC Roysenstahl was almost destroyed when withdrawing, an analysis of this technology was very difficult.
Saphaial Aerospace which cooperated with IUTO side in these succeeded in analysis and diversion of this technology.
They went forward with this delivery to the Joint Air Force and the development of a new plane which had an space battle ability with "BETA", "GAMMA", and "EPSILON" series that was the conventional main power.
However, the operations of the "BLUE KNIGHTS" the elite forces who should have had priority in the deployment of these new aircraft?were tight, and everything possible was being done to maintain the front, so it happened that model-changeover drills for the pilots didn’t go as planned.
For that reason, pilots from units that were on break or being reshuffled were drafted from the whole army, and selection of troops for the establishment of a unit to become the new, main one moved forward by means of field training that included the model changeover and by VR simulation.
The name of the newly organized unit was the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron "BLUE SABERS".
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