Ace Combat - Setting

Setting

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The Ace Combat series, with the exception of Ace Combat: Joint Assault and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, which take place in the real world, takes place in an alternate history version of Earth (dubbed Strangereal), with different geography and countries. Antarctica covers the planet's South Pole and an archipelago shaped like New Zealand is located at its peak. Along with the Democratic Federation of Wellow, shaped like Greenland, these are the only two landmasses in the game world which are identical to the real-life Earth. The Osean mainland is the central continent of the Ace Combat world and has seen many wars throughout its history. Ace Combat's "Earth" is apparently located in the same Solar system as the real one, with the same Sun, Moon, and apparently constellations. One particular constellation, Crux, plays a major role in the Ace Combat X plot.

The main continents of the Ace Combat setting are separated by several major oceans and large seas. The Ceres Ocean that separates Osea from Yuktobania is the smallest of all oceans. It is there that the majority of the Circum-Pacific War is fought in Ace Combat 5. The Pacific Ocean separates Osea from the southern Verusean continent. The Circum-Pacific War was named after it despite the fact that no battles were actually fought there. The Atlantic Ocean is the largest ocean, touching Osea, Usea, and Verusea. Ace Combat 2, Ace Combat 3, and Ace Combat 4 are all set in Usea. The Cascade Ocean is the second largest ocean, touching the continents of Osea, Anea, and Verusea. The Arctic Ocean covers the North Pole.

A main historic event that takes place in that world and is a main catalyst for the events of Ace Combat 4 and Ace Combat 6 was the fall of the "Ulysses" Asteroid which split into hundreds of fragments upon entry into atmosphere causing severe damage on several nations and claiming millions of lives. Some countries developed powerful superweapons to protect themselves against the Ulysses fragments, that were later used for warfare.