THIEF! STOP HIM!

Intro Due to the radically skewed population and wealth distribution on Earth, Jack Cooper's family relocated to the Frontier in search of a better life when he was an infant. The rural Frontier community they inhabited was subjected to harassment and exploitation by IMC garrisons. An event known as the Dunnam Vale massacre,[2] a result of the IMC's continued disruption of people's livelihoods in his home system, inspired Cooper to volunteer as a Militia Rifleman to free the Frontier from the oppression of the IMC. One of his first assignments as a rifleman was during the battle of Fracture, where he suffered a head injury in the line of duty and had trouble remembering his involvement as a result. Battle of Typhon Tai Lastimosa, an SRS captain and Pilot in his own right, gave then-Rifleman Jack Cooper off-the-record Pilot training in virtual reality (VR) for an extended period of time before the game began. The first level of the game, The Pilot's Gauntlet, is one of these VR sessions. The training session is interrupted when the 9th Militia Fleet arrive at Typhon. Cooper and Lastimosa are deployed to the planet's surface. During the first battle on the planet, Cooper's battalion is ambushed and surrounded by Spectre units. Apex Predator Titans show up to finish off the grunts, but Cooper is protected by Lastimosa and BT-7274. Lastimosa is mortally wounded in the process. Cooper awakens to find Lastimosa barely alive. With his last breath, Lastimosa transfers control of BT to Cooper. After giving Lastimosa a proper burial, Jack takes Lastimosa's jump kit and helmet and meets BT-7274, who recognizes Cooper as his new Pilot. Jack retrieves batteries for BT, and the duo escapes into the wilderness in an attempt to locate Major Anderson to complete Lastimosa's mission. The two come across a water reclamation facility, where a battle is occurring between Militia and IMC forces. Cooper and BT fight through the facility and make their way to Kane, an Apex Predator responsibl