Lynx

A LYNX (or LINX in Armored Core 4) is a pilot of the new generation of Armored Cores, called NEXTs.

Overview

LYNX are AC pilots who have a degree of compatibility with the AMS (Allegorical Manipulation System) allowing them to operate Armored Core NEXTs.

The Aspina colony was noted for using test subjects to experiment with this new technology, producing LYNX such as Joshua O'Brian, CUBE, and Julius Emery.

Compatibility

Due to the unique design of the AMS interface, only pilots with a certain psychic trait can pilot a NEXT. Generally speaking, the higher the AMS compatibility, the higher the overall performance; this is true in the case of LYNX such as Joshua O'Brian, Otsdarva and Gerald Gendlin, whose high compatibility allowed them a greater degree of control over their machines. Conversely, those with low compatibility suffered from weaker control over their machines and larger amounts of psychic stress, such as in the case of Malzel (NEXT Opening) or Don Colonel (Don Colonel). Exceptions did exist, like low compatibility LYNX's such as Amazigh, who instead took lethal levels of psychic stress in return for greater control of his NEXT, and Hari, whose unique AMS compatibility allowed him to fight for only short periods of time.