
Number of the Beast: Two examples in sidestories. Humongous Mecha/ A Mech by Any Other Name: Tactical Surface Fighters (TSFs) typically stand about three to four stories tall, and have a tactical role akin to attack helicopters on steroids: even though they can fly, they're treated mainly as close air support vehicles rather than high-flying aircraft, since their flight ceiling is relatively low even if Laser-class BETA aren't around. Hotter and Sexier: Strike Frontier, a gacha game, has (unvoiced) H-scenes for SR girls, including pre-existing characters such as Yui (in her adult and younger versions), Yuuhi, and various others. Eventually justified in Alternative when it is discovered that they're actually nonsentient deep-space mining drones created by an extraterrestrial civilization, and don't have the capability to recognize humans as living beings. Horde of Alien Locusts: The BETA, which mine any and all available resources wherever they go, including humans. Hero of Another Story: There's the occasional stories about the main casts of Alternative, The Euro Front, The Day After and Total Eclipse. What is more difficult than Hell Mode (which outright tells you that winning is impossible), you ask? Why, Real Mode, of course! And the second game's Real Mode is even harder than that of the first! Harder Than Hard: In the two turn-based strategy game spinoffs. Fun with Acronyms: "BETA", for " Beings of Extra terrestrial Origin Which Are Adversary to the Human Race". The US and Soviet Union still maintain fleets of strategic bombers, but they're virtually irreplaceable and only see action if there aren't any Laser-class around.
They're strictly line-of-sight weapons and are very vulnerable in close combat, but are so destructive they essentially ended the use of airpower by humanity: TSFs, which have a low flight ceiling, are the only aircraft commonly in use anymore. Anti-Air: Laser-class BETA essentially have the role of artillery pieces.Adjustable Censorship: The Steam releases of the trilogy censor the sexual content, but an optional "Director's Cut" DLC is available for purchase from Denpasoft.
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