Joy_Boy22
2115. For decades, the world has been divided into two blocs.
On one side stands the Eurasian Federation, born from the alliance between Russia, China, and continental Europe, which controls much of the Old World through centralized, militarized power. On the other, the United States of America-after the collapse of their hegemony, they have retreated into total isolation: their borders are dead lines patrolled by automata, and no one knows what happens within.
But silence does not mean peace.
Every twenty-second day of the month, the U.S. unleashes the Twenty-Twos: missile and automated strikes against a random city in the Federation. There are no declarations of war, no negotiations. Singapore, Seoul, Madrid, Berlin, Rome-no city is safe. The Federation responds with the Black Sun Rangers: 60 elite warriors enhanced by Orichalcum, a mysterious mineral that awakens five elemental powers: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, and Mind.
The Rangers are organized into zodiac teams-Sagitter, Scorpio, Virgo, Leo-each composed of five elements. Their mission is twofold: on one hand, to recover Orichalcum, the mysterious mineral that powers the elemental abilities of the RIGEL, the Federation's armors; on the other, to cross the sealed borders of the United States and uncover what lies beyond that silence. Because no one has ever returned to tell the tale.
And then there are the shadows within. The Liberation Front is not a foreign army, but rebel cells that reject the Russo-Asian imperialist hegemony. They strike where they can, when they can, exploiting the chaos of the Twenty-Twos to fuel their war. They are traitors, in the eyes of the Federation. They are heroes, to those who dream of a different world.
In this scenario of perpetual tension, hundreds of candidates are gathered every year at the Black Sun Academy, on the tropical island of Moorea, to face the Awakening and the Harvest.