Rain slicks the rusted iron girders of Tower City, where corporate greed blocks out the sky in a brutal standalone short story set in the Armored Core universe. High above smog-choked streets, mercenary pilots sell their lives to the highest bidder, clashing in devastating metal-on-metal skirmishes. Inside the cramped cockpit of a scrap-metal mech, a nameless pilot takes on a suicide mission that no sane operator would touch. The contract is simple: breach a heavily fortified sector and retrieve a classified data drive before rival syndicates level the entire block. But as enemy sensors lock onto his signature and the hum of plasma fire charges the air, a sudden betrayal cuts off his extraction. Trapped in a descending elevator shaft with ammunition running dangerously low, can one pilot secure survival against a city turned hostile?

Also known as: アーマード・コア タワーシティブレード.

mecha, sci-fi, action, drama, piloting, military, robots, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, mercenary