Sudentor

Sudentor
- Home of Grunder Industries -

Geography:
Sudentor (or Southern Gate) is a city located in South Belka at the southern foothills of the Waldriech Mountains. Located on the Schwester River, Sudentor is an industrial city, home to the South Belka Munitions Plant, later renamed North Osea Grunder Industries. Grunder maintains a large complex north of downtown Sudentor, just across the Schwester River.

An unclear aerial photo of city of Sudentor (OADF: 12/30/2010)

The Belkan War:
During the Belkan War, Sudentor was the site of one of the war's last battles. On June 6, 1995, the Allied Forces moved in on Sudentor, one of the few cities in South Belka that had not disarmed. The Belkan forces in Sudentor, although few in number, were well equipped. The seven nuclear explosions in the Waldreich that day seem to have had little effect on Sudentor, which was spared due to the mountains to the north. However, one of the nuclear craters is only a short distance west-northwest of the Grunder complex, and another crater is located to the north in the mountains.

The Unsung War:
At the end of the Circum-Pacific War, it was revealed that the president of Grunder Industries was working for the Grey Men; a group which pitted Osea and Yuktobania against each other. A giant tunnel had been built under the mountains between Sudentor and North Belka, allowing Belkan forces and technology to be brought into Osea without being spotted by the Osean Military.

The Razgriz Squadron and several squadrons of now-allied Osean and Yuktobanian fighters, along with Osean and Yuktobanian ground forces, launched an attack on Sudentor on the stormy night of December 30, 2010. They faced Belkan/Grunder forces and Osean/Yuktobanian forces working for the remaining warmongers, who were promised a remaining V1 tactical nuke.

Allied Osean ground forces managed to open up the tunnel under the Waldreich, and the Razgriz were tasked with flying into the tunnel through the southern end to destroy a control node for the SOLG, while Capt. Jack "Heartbreak One" Bartlett destroyed the control node on his end of the tunnel. Despite resistance from Belkan sympathizer Capt. Allen Hamilton and several Belkan fighters which flew into the tunnel, the Razgriz succeeded in destroying the SOLG control nodes, exiting the tunnel at its northern end, which led to the snow-covered, nuclear wasteland in North Belka.

Sources:
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
Official Ace Combat Zero Website
Namco CH Ace Combat Zero Website
Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War
Official Ace Combat 05 Website
Namco CH Ace Combat 05 Website

*Original Article by TwisterAce*