&quot;A World With No Boundaries&quot;

"A WORLD WITH NO BOUNDARIES"
- the Multi-National Liberation Group -

- the countries which AWWNB Members are from are clearly shown here -

QUOTE (Joshua Bristow "Wizard One")

We will carry out the new creation of destruction through the power of righteousness. Territories, peoples, authorities… all will be liberated. This is the new state, “A World With No Boundaries” will create. Neither nations nor nationalities have meaning. We will erase these unnecessary borders. The World With No Boundaries will pen a new story. The world will change.

Background:
This organization, known as “A World With No Boundaries”, was formed in the final days of the Belkan War. About mid-way through the conflict, military personnel from both the Allied Forces and the Belkan Federation began to tire of the continuing aggression. Eventually a Peace Accord was signed soon after the Principality of Belka had triggered the events of June 6th, 1995. Alongside these peace talks, individuals from the Belka, Osea, and Sapin had secretly decided to gather and speak of what their role should be in the post-Belkan War. It was decided that they had to act against the individuals in the vital governments in order to effectively stop the war, along with ridding the Earth of all national boundaries in order to stop war once and for all.

“A World with No Boundaries” is believed to be founded by Commander Anton "Dr." Kupchenko of the Belkan Air Force’s 18th Air Division, 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Gault". He was responsible for being the head director of "Project Pendragon", which produced most of Belka’s super weapons. Because of his position, he was most likely the informant which supplied the organization with the locations of the XB-0 Hresvelgr and the V2. Helping Kupchenko was an Osean Air Defense Force Captain, Joshua ”Lucan” Bristow, who had co-founded the organization. When the time came during the Battle of Waldriech, Bristow, along with his entire squadron disappeared during combat. The OADF 8th Air Division, 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, consisting of sixteen members in two separate flights, one named “Wizard”, led by Bristow himself, and “Sorcerer”, led by 1st Lieutenant Anthony ”Bedivere” Palmer. In addition to these ace pilots, many other squadrons joined AWWNB on their own accord.

AWWNB’s base of operations became the XB-0 Hresvelgr, the Belkan flying fortress. Despite the high costs to operate and maintain, it was a critical weapon in their arsenal. The Sapin Air Force's 9th Air & Land Division, 11th Tactical Fighter Squadron "Espada", was tasked with guarding the Hresvelgr.

The first step of “A World with No Boundaries” was to eliminate any imposing threats to their plans. Their first true operation was conducted on the day of the Belkan nuclear explosions. Galm Two, Larry “Solo-Wing Pixy” Foulke, had taken to the cause of “A World With No Boundaries" and attacked Galm One. He fled the combat area soon afterward and seemingly disappeared. Despite the nuclear explosions, AWWNB continued their operations. The Hresvelgr was launched in order to attack the advancing allied forces, before they could finish their final preparations to launch a worldwide offensive against their "natural" enemies. The Hresvelgr then attacked the city of Lumen, where Belka and the Allies had signed the Peace Accord to end the Belkan War. Also, on its way to North Belka, it attacked Valais Air Base.

The XB-0 was engaged by the 'new' Galm Team consisting of Cipher, who retained his position as Galm One, and PJ, formerly Crow Three. The Galm Team managed to dispatch Espada, the Hresvlgr's remaining aerial defense forces, and the Hresvelgr itself before any other damage could be dealt to the Allied Forces. "A World With No Boundaries" operations were hit hard, but they had already completed their initial preparations for their final plan and pressed on. Their plan was to use the Belkan Vengeance Weapon II (V2), a Multiple-Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) equipped with high-powered nuclear warheads. The Allied Forces rapidly discovered their plans and moved to stop them.

Their primary base of operations was Avalon Dam. Among the Allied Forces assigned to attack the base was the Galm Team. On the way to the dam the Allied Forces had to cross through The Round Table. Here, "A World with No Boundaries" had moved to engage and destroy the whole of the Allied attack force before they could reach Avalon. However, the forces sent to decimate the Galm Team were in turn annihilated by the pair as they pressed on to Avalon. When the Allied Forces had finally reached the heavily defended Avalon Dam, Galm Team spearheaded the attack at low level, through the "Valley of Kings". A large portion of the Allied fighters flew above the valley in range of the radar net in order to keep the defense system confused long enough for Galm to destroy their target: the V2. V2 was entering its final stages of launch preparation, housed deep within the dam. Galm One entered the dam multiple times, destroying each of the V2 control stations. A final sweep would result in the destruction of the V2 control system, and the war was thought to be officially over.

With the operation seeming to be over, the Galm Team begun returning to Valais AB. Galm was suddenly attacked by an Tactical Laser System fitted to the ADFX-02 Morgan, piloted by Solo Wing Pixy. PJ, was shot down and is believed to have been killed in action. An upgrade to an existing Belkan prototype aircraft, Pixy's fighter was operating as the secondary V2 launch controller, which meant that the launch could be stopped if the ADFX-02 was shot down. The ensuing dogfight was fought between Galm One and Pixy. After each fighter sustained much damage it was finally found out that the only way to destroy Pixy's Morgan fighter was to lock-on to the Morgan's front engine intakes. The final conflict resembled that of a medieval joust. Each fighter attacked one another head on multiple times. Cipher emerged as the victor; Pixy was shot down and the V2 was destroyed in its boost phase above Avalon Dam.

Following the destruction of the V2, AWWNB disappeared. Their stories did not end here, however.

After the Belkan War:
After the Belkan War many of the members of “A World With No Boundaries” had either been killed in action, were missing in action or had disappeared completely.

Anton "Dr." Kupchenko, thought to be the creator of “A World With No Boundaries” was killed in action during an engagement over B7R on December 31st, 1995. At his grave his Headstone reads: "The gate to the new world has been opened. My soul shall be the wind that enters the gate. When the sleeping king awakes, My body, too, shall surely rise." These final words act as an allusion to the V2 at Avalon Dam.

Espada Two, Marcela Vasquez had returned to her home country of Sapin. There she is a dancer, and continues to live her life in Gran Rugido. Though she still regrets losing her flight leader for personal reasons, she does not blame anyone.

For the most part, many members of the Sorcerer squadron disappeared, save for their flight leader, Anthony Palmer. He had became an Insurance Salesman in Oured, Osea, and continues to live his life there today, somehow avoiding a court-martial.

The Wizard Squadron, however, had a much larger plan in mind. The remaining six members had all gathered in Oured, Osea. The Osean Police Enforcement in the city had heard many reports or had sightings of these members, but they were never able to catch them. Also, seen in the city was Lorenz Riedl, Gault Seven, but it was not confirmed if he had anything to do with the Wizard’s upcoming ‘mission’. The Wizard had planned an assassination of the Osean President. Fortunately, before it could be put into play, Kevin Shore leaked information to Osean Police. When Osean Officials hears of this, a Special Forces Team was sent in to apprehend them. A firefight insued, and, in the end, two members, Ethan Button and Evan Carey were killed, and the other members of the terrorist organization were arrested. Bristow, found to be the leader of the group, was put into a maximum security prison, but doesn’t regret anything that he has done.

Egon Strauss, in that same year was found to be the leader of a group which had attacked the OWC Communication Company. Eight men had taken nine hostages and demanded the release of 135 Belkan Personnel. After a 35 Hour standoff he was shot and killed by an Osean Special Operations team, and the crisis was over.

In 2003 Gregory Brown was arrested in Apito International Airport under sufrito banditoion of passport violations. In 2005 Larry Foulke was found fighting in a small country during a border dispute on the Usean Continent. There he continues to fight, not for "A World With No Boundaries", but for his beliefs.

Unexpectedly, Lorenz Riedl was discovered alive in the Federal Republic of Estovakia. After the Belkan War he was one of the Belkan military members that had escaped to Estovakia after the Belkan War. He arrived there during the midst of the Estovakian Civil War and provided the Estovakian Eastern Faction with information which allowed them to build the P-1112 Aigaion and win the civil war. In 2016, during the Emmerian-Estovakian War, Riedl was shot down by Emmerian Forces over the Glavia Islands as he attempted to protect the Aigaion and the Estovakian Aerial Fleet. Wether or not he is alive is unknown.

Units Involved:
The following units are confirmed by Allied and Belkan sources to have existed and were known to be a part of "A World With No Boundaries" after the Belkan War. The following list is valid as of January 1st, 1996 in the Ace Combat World. Also, individual pilots defected to AWWNB, however, their names are unknown..

* Osean Air Defense Force, 8th Air Division, 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron "Wizard"
* Osean Air Defense Force, 8th Air Division, 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron "Sorcerer"
* Sapin Air Force, 9th Air and Land Air Division, 11th Tactical Fighter Squadron"Espada"
* Belkan Air Force, 18th Air Division, 5th Tactical Fighter Squadron[/b] "Gault"

AWWNB Aircraft:
* ADFX-02 Morgan
* B-2A Spirit
* F-14D Super Tomcat
* F-15S/MTD
* F-16C Fighting Falcon
* F-16XL
* F-35C
* F-22A Raptor
* J35J Draken
* Rafale M
* Su-32 Strike Flanker
* Su-37 Terminator
* Su-47 Berkut
* Typhoon
* X-29A
* XB-0 Hresvelgr
* YF-23A Black Widow II

Pilots Involved:
- All AWWNB Pilots are considered to be alive unless otherwise marked. The following list is valid as of January 1st, 1996, before the assassination attempt on the Osean President.

Belkan Pilots:
* Andreas Reiske "Eisvogel 1" - [KIA]
* Jeffrey Bogarde "Eisvogel 2" - [KIA]
* Ulrich Wagner "Vulkan"
* Paul Rummenigge "Bauer" - [KIA]
* Rainer Walter "Ritter"
* Lars Matthaus "Springer" - [KIA]
* Larry Foulke "Solo-Wing Pixy" - Galm 2*
* Anton "Dr." Kupchenko - Gault 1- [KIA]
* Franz Speidel - Gault 2 - [KIA]
* Griswold Veiser - Gault 3
* Andrew Barry - Gault 4
* Egon Strauss - Gault 5
* Bruno Watts - Gault 6 - [KIA]
* Lorenz Riedl - Gault 7 - KIA](?)

Osean Pilots:
* Joshua Bristow "Lucan" - Wizard 1
* Carlos Joaquin - Wizard 2 - [KIA]
* Lucio Morientes - Wizard 3
* Iosif Beletsky - Wizard 4
* Evan Carey - Wizard 5
* Ethan Button - Wizard 6
* Kevin Shore - Wizard 7
* Jay Porter - Wizard 8
* Anthony Palmer "Bedivere" - Sorcerer 1
* Darren Knowles - Sorcerer 2 - MIA
* Gregory Brown - Sorcerer 3
* Austin Winters - Sorcerer 4
* Mario Valdes - Sorcerer 5
* Stephen Edmunds - Sorcerer 6
* Charles Andrews - Sorcerer 7
* Todd Barry - Sorcerer 8
* Amy Pitt "Felsen"

Sapin Pilots:
* Alberto Lopez - Espada 1 - [KIA]
* Marcela Vasquez "Macarena" - Espada 2
* Fernando Perez - Gault 8 - [KIA]
* Ramos Gonzalez "Suerte 1" - [KIA]
* Ricardo Mejia "Suerte 2"

Ustian Pilots:
* Blair Winthrop "Turm"

Yuktobanian Pilots:
* Yuri Dashkov "Komyeta 1"
* Rusian Tolstoy "Komyeta 2"
* Viktor Medlev "Slon" - [KIA]
* Kira Alekhin "Pyosnka"
Yakov Saifullin "Kon" - [KIA]

Since then, there has been no information on any of the pilots.

SOURCES:
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War [Game Data]
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation [Game Data]
Official Ace Combat Zero Website
Namco CH Ace Combat Zero Website

ACCREDITATION:
*Original Article by Heartbreaker One*