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| "Lone Mercenary" | |
| General information | |
| Japanese name | "傭兵" ("Yōhei") |
| Classification | Human |
| Gender | Male[1] |
| Affiliation and military information | |
| Affiliation | Fatman Signs |
| Occupation | Mercenary AC pilot |
| Craft | Player choice |
| Real world information | |
| Appearances | Armored Core: Verdict Day Armored Core: Verdict Day Official Setting Documents Collection -the AFTER- |
| Voice actor | None |
The "Lone Mercenary"[2] is an AC pilot newly partnered with legendary Storker Fatman and operator Magnolia Curtis.
In the Japanese version, he is referred to only as "傭兵" ("Yōhei"), meaning "mercenary" in English.
Biography[]
He participates in the events leading up to the Verdict War where he is one of the many AC pilots targeted by the enigmatic Reaper Squad. The mercenary destroys numerous high ranking and legendary mercenaries as well as multiple large-scale weapons like the To-605 and Grey Lotus and overcomes unfavorable odds, such as consecutively fighting and defeating five Armored Cores in one encounter.[3] By the end, he annihilates the Reaper Squad and prevents The Foundation's attempt at overthrowing the Three Forces.[4][5]
AC C03 Malicious[]
While the player is able to customize the Lone Mercenary's AC based on their preference, his canon AC is a middleweight biped AC armed with a HEAT machine gun, a KE shield, and Sniper Cannon weapon arms. It is oriented towards KE defense and not much else, leaving it vulnerable to most other weapons, and its loadout is not very versatile. However, the sheer power of its Sniper Cannon is so great that it can ignore defenses and shields to do incredible damage, allowing it to be quite effective against most ACs, especially against less agile and mobile types, making them considerably easy pickings. This, however, comes at the cost of low ammo and high difficulty of use due to its need to be manually aimed.
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Gameplay[]
The Lone Mercenary is the main protagonist and player character of Armored Core: Verdict Day. Like previous Armored Core player characters, he does not speak and is neither named nor given a physical appearance; additionally, his acknowledged skill level in the story increases as the plot progresses like with his predecessors. His AC is featured in the cover art and promotional material for Armored Core: Verdict Day and on FromSoftware's Armored Core-related websites.
SIGNS UNAC S/04 is a recreation of his AC. It sports the Signs logo, the standard Signs UNAC color scheme, and is available for Story Mode and World Mode sorties.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Based on in-game dialogue and plot points, the Lone Mercenary canonically fought most of his battles alone. In-game, however, the player is allowed to bring UNACs and other players on sorties with them and choosing to do so does not impact the story or dialogue.