Universal Peace Enforcement Organization

UNIVERSAL PEACE ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION

General Information:

QUOTE (UPEO Statement)

"Escalating conflicts between nations; A growing Nuclear threat - those days have passed. However, nations are no longer able to deal with quarrels between the ultra-powerful multinational corporations, malicious terrorism and potential disasters. Which is why we at the UPEO, as the world's singular peace enforcement organization, have assembled the latest military hardware - sufficient to cope with and emergency- and established the vocal authority to hold a dialog, on a level playing field, with any organization. Come forth, young aspirants!"

2040. A time in which nations around the world were stricken with various social problems, terrorist attacks and the incoming effects of multinational organizations gaining power throughout the world. As the sole peace enforcement organization on the planet, the UPEO maintained peace under the direct control of the new international body, the New United Nations (NUN). As a division of the NUN, the UPEO, in theory, possessed military jurisdiction superseding all other authorities.

The Universal Peace Enforcement Organization was a power which could rival that of corporations such as General Resource LTD and Neucom Inc., partly due to the immense military prescience they could project into any area in which they were operating. Besides their regular forces, the UPEO maintained an elite military unit called the Special Armed Response Force (SARF) in order to quickly react to threats within various regions of a continent.

History:
The exact year the Universal Peace Enforcement Organization (UPEO) came into existence is unknown, though Gabriel W. Clarkson's promotion to UPEO Representative in 2037, suggests that the UPEO had been established years before their involvement in the 2040s. The NUN, realizing, that they could not enforce their rulings without a policing arm, supported the UPEO in their goal to limit the amount of chaos beginning to wreak havoc among the world's nations.

The UPEO was called into service by the New United Nations to monitor the situation between the two largest companies on the planet, Neucom Inc. and General Resource LTD. As each conglomerate grew, tensions had begun to rise between the two. The NUN tried to sanction the corporations and keep them from monopolizing the earth's resources, but each company did not fully abide by the set rules. The UPEO was put into action after the Phase Park Dispute in 2040, in which General Resource tried to gain economic dominance over Neucom, raising the level of tension between companies.

By that time, the UPEO had grown in manpower, technology and supplies, making them a powerful military force. The Gilbert Park, was once a major member of General Resource's Head Staff and was recommended by top General Resources officials to the Office of the UPEO. His experience in GR had made him very capable for the position of the UPEO's Supreme Commander. This then made the UPEO seem somewhat biased in favor of General Resources. A Usean Governmental Representative known as Gabriel W. Clarkson took the place as UPEO's official representative to the NUN and any other political organizations.

During this time, many extremely talented pilots from the Usean Continent and around the world had joined the ranks of UPEO. Erich Jaeger and Fiona Fitzgerald were two UPEO pilots which who graduated at the top of their classes, and Rena Hirose, who was an aviation prodigy at the age of nine, had joined the UPEO . All three of them were assigned to the UPEO’s new Special Armed Response Force (SARF), which would see much action over the next few years.

In the early 2040s, Neucom fully ignored all NUN Sanctions and vectored all it’s large air Transport Groups over many of the large cities in General Resource territory. Eventually, the General Resource Defense Force (GRDF) began to engage these Transport Groups and their escorts over heavily populated districts, endangering the civilians in the area. The UPEO was tasked with patrolling and enforcing the No-Fly Zones around major cities and assigned areas. In 2040, the SARF was scrambled to intercept one of the many Transport Groups which continued to ignore NUN orders. The SARF was then ordered to engage the Transport Group over Expo City, the largest city in General Resource territory. An uproar quickly followed this act. Neucom had proclaimed that the UPEO was a mere "hand puppet" for General Resource LTD and began to launch multiple attacks on General Resource facilities by using their Neucom Emergency Unit (NEU). The UPEO then moved to stop any and all advancements made by Neucom by using military force.

Neucom’s opening offensive on General Resources was the start of a war between the two Conglomerates. As the UPEO scrambled to stop their attacks, General Resources had began to work along side them. Neucom officials claimed that the UPEO were simply acting in the interest General Resource, being used by General Resources. The fact that UPEO’s Supreme Commander was once a key member of General Resources fueled the fire to the accusations.

The General Resource Defense Force began to give SARF Pilots training along side their own pilots and supplied the UPEO with General Resources manufactured aircraft. The initial UPEO Operations were focused on repelling the initial NEU attacks, intercepting NEU Transport Groups, and protecting General Resources' facilities. Neucom then began to attempt to gather their forces at Megafloat, but the UPEO’s SARF unit attacked their ships and military facilities there, stopping the operation.

General Resources, seeing that Neucom’s attacks were weakening, started attacking Neucom Inc.'s facilities. Being a neutral organization, the UPEO began to protect Neucom's Facilities against the GRDF’s attacks. However, they began exhausting their supplies and personnel as the war dragged on.

The UPEO could not prevent the loss of a major Neucom ammunitions plant an frontline airbase. General Resources also began to intercept Neucom's Ultra High Altitude Transport Group with their RF-12A2 Blackbird II units at White Valley Air Base. As the UPEO did it’s best to stop the General Resource attacks, they were forced to shoot down a R-505U Transport Plane carrying Gabriel W. Clarkson, the UPEO’s Representative, when he attempted to break away to Neucom Inc. They also intercepted a large Airship filled with chemical weaponry sent by an unknown terrorist group.

Neucom Inc. attempted to once again gather it’s forces at Megafloat to attempt a launch a large scale strike on General Resources, but the force was destroyed by GRDF Forces, who proceeded to attack Neucom’s Port Edwards Facilities. The UPEO scrambled it’s pilots to stop the large Air Battle which broke out over the city. The UPEO managed to end the battle, but the city was badly damaged.

At this point, the Ouroboros, a revolutionary/terrorist group, arose from the shadows and claimed responsibility for engineering the conflict between General Resource and Neucom Inc. It was also revealed that the UPEO's Supreme Commander, Gilbet Park, was a member of the Ouroboros and had used the UPEO’s SARF unit to attack false targets to continue the aggressions between Generals Resources and Neucom. The UPEO then turned to engage the Ouroboros. After multiple engagements over Port Edwards and Mega Float, the Ouroboros were cornered at Mega Float. During the final battle, Mega Float was destroyed by the Ouroboros, though their entire Air and Naval Fleets, along with their UI-4053 flying HQ. While two aircraft did escape, they were later destroyed, though one came at the expense of losing Geo Front. After this defeat, Ouroboros was destroyed. With the destruction of the Ouroboros, the war between Neucom and General Resources came to an end. The fate of the UPEO is unknown.

Aircraft List:
* EC-17U
* EF-2000E Typhoon II
* EK-17U
* F-16XFU GyrFalcon
* F/A-18U Hornet ADV
* MiG-33 Fulcrum SS
* R-101U Dephius 1
* R-201U Asteroza
* R-505U
* Su-37 Super Flanker
* Su-43 Berkut
* V-22B Osprey II

Vehicle List:
Tank

SOURCE:
Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere Mission and World View Book
Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere (JP)
Ace Combat 03: AppenDisk - X-49 Flight Video (UPEO Statement)

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