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- The implied past of of Reaper Squad Leader/'J'. From his designation, theme, craft and various dialogue (some in supplementary sources), he seems to be directly cloned from Joshua O'Brien, a NEXT pilot from several thousand years before Verdict Day. Believed to have been created by the Foundation, he seems to have no idea who he is, and truly believes that the only reason he exists is to fight - to the point where he implies that he thinks he will cease to exist if he stops fighting. If you didn't hate The Foundation Man already, you do now.
- Throw in a healthy dose of Cybernetics Eat Your Soul and watching his entire team cut down around him over the course of the game, his line about "seeking a world of endless war and destruction" comes off less as a consequence of Blood Knight tendencies and more born of sheer despair. He comes off as a tragic deconstruction of the War Is Glorious feeling of earlier games in the series.
- The Wham Line that really seals the deal with J is this one:
J: "There is no place for me but the battlefield. To live as I please... and die a senseless death."- Actually, it's implied that J knows exactly who he is, because he piloted an AC awfully similar to White Glint, just Reaper Squad-ified. It's sad, knowing J knows he can never have his life back.
- Given what the corporations had done in Armored Core 4 and the sequel for Answer, its truly sad when one can look at what happened in Ending C as a mercy.
- Anatolia's Mercenary and Fiona Jarnefeldt. All they wanted is to settle down, but the corporations would never let them go....
