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[{ background of the story }] Certifications

Pilots are rated by a series of qualifications called "Certifications", similar to a modern-day driver's license. These certifications apply in both civilian and military roles, qualifying a Pilot for a specific occupation such as salvage, deep-space search and rescue, shipping, loading, construction or agriculture. However, by far the most highly-sought certification is the Combat Certification, a widely published series of tests that grade a Pilot's abilities.

All Pilots, whether soldiers or civilians, must complete the Pilot Certification Training in order to operate a Titan and cannot establish a neural link unless they earn their certification or the Titan's emergency protocols engage should their respective Pilots die in combat and a replacement is required.

Pilot Certification Training varies between both use and faction, but ultimately fall under the same basic training guidelines. Potential combat Pilots must first complete the Combat Training before going on to Titan Training, all of which takes place in simulated conditions.

Combat Certification

The Combat Certification is the hardest Certification for Pilots to acquire, taking years of training in both the operation of Titans and refinement of the skills of shooting, parkour and combat. Training can be completed or refined in a Simulation Pod. One such training program, widely available for Pilots of the IMC, and illegally available on the Black Market for the Frontier Militia is the Hammond Industries Pilot Combat Certification Simulator. Another, home-grown simulator for the Militia is the Pilot's Gauntlet used by Captain Tai Lastimosa and other Militia Pilots, who compete for the fastest time in a virtual parkour course that exercises almost all major pilot skills. It is also possible to network sim-pods together for multi-Pilot training sessions, with arenas such as War Games and Glitch based off the aforementioned simulations.

At least one live-fire training ground exists for budding Pilots on the Frontier. Training Ground Whitehead on planet Gridiron has a failure rate of more than 98%. The IMC Dynamic Testing Facility also houses a number of testing facilities utilized by Pilots. In addition, the Coliseum, seemingly operated by Advocates, allows Pilots a chance to fight in an arena to earn money and prizes in the form of Advocate Gifts.

A requirement of the IMC's notorious Pilot Selection Course is for a candidate to use an R97-CN SMG to shoot a 10 cm grouping at 25m in fully automatic fire after a 20 km run

Pilots do not require augmentation as part of their job, with the majority simply being the most skilled and disciplined soldiers the factions of the Frontier have to offer - in other words, Pilots are not super soldiers, merely highly-trained and refined personnel with access to the best equipment their respective armies have to offer.[2] However, many Pilots will opt for artificial enhancements to improve their skillset. These can range from minute enhancements such as the "hearing aid" Aural Implant to the transhumanist Simulacrum and Spectre Camo, both of which completely replace the Pilot's organic body with a robotic one.

Militia Pilots rated for combat are generally given officer ranks - notably all Pilots of the Special Recon Squadron such as Captain Tai Lastimosa, Major Eli Anderson and Commander Sarah Briggs.[3] However, many other Pilots such as James MacAllan and Robert "Barker" Taube hold officer status as well.

Combat on Foot

employ a large array of equipment in combat, being able to choose their own weaponry and loadouts. Aside from standard primary weapons and sidearms for infantry combat, Pilots also employ specialised Anti-Titan Weaponry alongside their rifle and sidearm (Or, occasionally, in place of their sidearm). However, the most impressive array of tools at their disposal are their Tactical Abilities; special abilities designed to assist Pilot survivability. Grapple Hooks, Particle Shields, Cloak and the ability to phase out of this dimension entirely are but a small part of a Pilot's toolset.

Pilots rely heavily on advanced mobility to help navigate their way around the battlefield, utilising special Jump Kits to Wall-Run, Jump Kick, Slide and Double-Jump. The Jump Kit can also be used in conjunction with Ziplines (improvised or intended) to allow Pilots to accelerate to platforms and heights otherwise unreachable, and launch into the air at unprecedented speeds.

Other equipment only available to Pilots include the Smart Pistol MK5 and Smart Pistol MK6, as well as the Data Knife.

Pilot Classes

Several types of Pilot have been seen employed by the IMC and Militia, sporting different armor, equipment and helmets depending on role, gender and faction. It should be noted that while many Pilots sport standard gear that is mass-manufactured, most Pilots will undergo a "rite of passage" at some point in their service, in which they will construct or create personalized equipment. As such, many of the helmets sported by Pilots such as the Apex Predators or 6-4 are customized equipment and are not available for mass-manufacture.[4]

Rifleman - Generic pilots that specialize in the usage of Carbines, Assault Rifles, Battle Rifles and Light Machine Guns. Gates, Jack Cooper and Tai Lastimosa are all examples of Pilots sporting BRP gear. CQB - These Pilots typically sport lighter gear and, notably, open faces to allow them to blend with regular infantry. They typically operate CQB loadouts featuring Smart Pistols, Shotguns and SMGs. Assassin - Assassins are Pilots that utilize their prowess in parkour to reach high towers and ledges, for concealment. They are highly trained marksmen who use weapons like the Longbow-DMR Sniper and Kraber-AP Sniper. Heavy Pilots - Pilots operating heavy armor and equipment such as robotic arms, ghillie suits and the A-Wall or Cloak. Grapple - Pilots equipped with grappling hooks. Holo Pilot - Pilots sporting (what appear to be) EOD vests and Hologram technology. Spectre Camo - Certain Pilots choose to rid themselves of the human form entirely, preferring to become Spectres. These Pilots are rare, however, and seem to have been replaced by Simulacrum Pilots utilizing Phase Shift and a significantly more powerful version of Stim. Pulse Blade - Pilots equipped with the aforementioned Tactical Ability, likely with equipment designed to pick up the sonar pulses emitted by the Blade. Shinobi - Not much is known of these Pilots, except they tend to prefer using Alternator SMGs and Machetes.[5] In addition, Pilots Viper, Kane and Richter all utilize helmets exclusive to their loadouts that can not be equiped in multiplayer. Bear also wears a helmet not traditionally found on pilots, instead bearing a helmet of the IMC Marines fromTitanfall. The gear utilized by A-Wall (sans the helmet) also appears to be used by Shield Captain Grunts.

There are two types of pilot helmet for the Militia and IMC Male Rifleman as well as two types of IMC and Militia Female CQB model variants. The alternate Militia Male Rifleman helmet is shown below with a different style and on the IMC side the alternate helmet

In the distant future, humanity has discovered the means of faster-than-light travel and has proceeded to colonize deep space. The first waves of colonists colonized several star systems close to Sol, these colonies becoming known as the Core Systems. However, exploration did not stop there, and soon, a dense region of habitable world was discovered; ripe with resources and valuable trade routes, this new Frontier would soon become home to many generations of humanity. However, the arrival of the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation would tip the balance of power on the Frontier, leading to the formation of the Frontier Militia and the beginning of the Frontier War - the conflict in which the Titanfall series takes place

The Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, or IMC, is a massive megacorporation and the de facto government for humanity in the Core Systems. The IMC have numerous subsidiaries and stakes in almost any industry imaginable, and enforce law and order with their own Armed Services, including a vast Navy and Marine Corps. More recently, the IMC have become bogged down in the war against the Frontier Militia, having become cut off from their Core Systems reinforcements for half a decade

The Core Systems, also known as the Core, or the Core Worlds, is a region of interstellar space surrounding Earth ( including the Sol System, the base planet of Hammond Engineering is Earth ) where Humanity evolved. The region was colonized after the initial discovery of FTL travel, and rapidly became heavily urbanized and polluted.

The Core Systems are under control of the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation and its subsidiaries such as Hammond Robotics, who have funded and fought in a series of wars (Known as the Core Systems Conflicts) to establish control of the region. Veterans of these wars were the initial settlers of the Frontier

The Frontier Militia represents a territorial defense pact between the systems of the Frontier. They are a loosely governed mishmash of homesteaders, criminals, bandits, mercenaries, terrorists and pirates all rising up as 'citizen soldiers' when the need arises. Many homesteaders have taken on a "can't beat 'em, join 'em" attitude regarding working alongside different criminal groups. Naturally the people in this melting pot don't always see eye to eye on how to deal with the IMC's exploitation of the Frontier, but they are unified in fighting against it.

After the era of IMC-funded expeditions and colonization into space ended, public interest waned and IMC support for Frontier development went into decline. Soon afterwards, a number of major conflicts in the Core Systems became a top priority for the IMC, and the corporation effectively abandoned all investments in the Frontier.

For several generations, life on the Frontier continued undisturbed.

When the IMC returned to the Frontier, the colonists had flourished and had access to plentiful resources. Struggling to meet consumer demands in the Core Systems, the IMC declared their ownership of the resources in the Frontier and reestablished their political, economic, and military presence, citing their investments dating back to the colonization era. After years of failed diplomacy, the colonists banded together and formed the Frontier Militia to challenge the IMC and defend their ownership of the Frontier. Titan Wars

The Titan Wars were a series of conflicts, likely brought about as a result of Militia-IMC tensions in the decades since the return of IMC on the Frontier. The details of these wars are unknown, but the IMC's ruthless attitude towards treatment of Frontier citizens ultimately led to the mutiny of James MacAllan, aboard IMS Odyssey. The IMC likely won this war nonetheless, leading to their continued presence on the Frontier.

Frontier War

Full article: Frontier War

In the years following the Titan Wars, the IMC would crack down on Militia operations across the Frontier, ultimately culminating in a multi-month pursuit of the 1st Militia Fleet by Vice Admiral Marcus Graves. Low on fuel and supplies, the fleet would attempt to strike at Site M41 on the Planet Victor, before escaping into the unexplored Sector Bravo-217. Here, they would intercept SOS signals from Colony G21 on the planet Troy, sent by MacAllan in response to an IMC massacre of his people. The Militia would engage the IMC, successfully recruiting the former officer to their cause. Over the following month, the Militia would use MacAllan's tactical and strategic knowledge to knock out several IMC assets, eventually striking at Demeter. The battle would end in a Militia victory, cutting off IMC reinforcements from the Core Systems for many years to come. However, the victory would also result in the death of MacAllan.

The Remnant Fleet is the name given to the IMC fleet led by Vice Admiral Spyglass, and abandoned on the Frontier in the wake of the Battle of Demeter. With the refinery planet's destruction, the Remnant Fleet is completely cut off from their reinforcements and have seen mass defections of human personnel to the Militia cause. As a consequence, the Remnant Fleet is largely comprised of Spectres, Stalkers and Reapers. The Remnant Fleet has been involved in the continued fight against the Militia on the Frontier, and has been known to conduct raids for technology and resources on colonies regardless of affiliation; consequently, the Remnant Fleet is known to fight against other IMC factions alongside its more traditional enemies.

Archaeological Research Division

ARES logo Full article: ARES Division

The Archaeological Research Division (ARES Division) is the division of the IMC's Frontier forces led by General Marder and dedicated to the progress of the IMC - and humanity - as a whole. To this end, ARES Division is involved in the examination and restoration of alien structures such as the Fold Weapon. ARES Division currently employs many mercenaries alongside its own IMC troops, and has been involved in fighting against the Remnant Fleet.

Vinson Logo Vinson Dynamics

Full article: Vinson Dynamics

Vinson Dynamics is an arms manufacturer and subsidiary of the IMC, contracted for the creation of weapons, Titans and Simulacrums. Nevertheless, their mercenary contractors are known to conduct raids on the Remnant Fleet's databanks Predators

ApexPredators Logo Full article: Apex Predators

The Apex Predators are a mercenary company founded by South African mercenary Kuben Blisk, contracted to the highest bidder - usually the IMC. The Predators don't care who they fight for as long as they get paid.

Militia Faction Logo Frontier Militia

Full article: Frontier Militia

The Frontier Militia (Sometimes referred to as the Colonial Militia or The Militia) is a citizen militia operating on the Frontier, made up of disenfranchised farmers, homesteaders, mercenaries, pirates and terrorists. Together, this unruly band of freedom fighters uses guerilla warfare and raids to fight the numerically superior IMC, though their numbers have swelled in recent years thanks to their devastating attack on Demeter.

MCOR Logo Marauder Corps

Full article: Marauder Corps

The Marauder Corps (or M-COR) are a subset of the Freeport Brigade, and a key cell responsible for many Militia attacks on the IMC. They are led by Commander Sarah Briggs.

Angel City Elite

Angel City Elite Logo Full article: Angel City Elite

The Angel City Elite (Or ACES) are a Pilot company led by Robert "Barker" Taube, based out of Angel City.

6-4 Logo The 6-4

Full article: The 6-4

This group of freelance Pilots, led by Commander Gates, are mercenaries contracted by the Militia. Unlike their Apex Predator counterparts, the 6-4 claim to fight with honour, and will not necessarily take the highest-bidding contracts.

Advocate Logo The Advocates

Full article: Advocate

The Advocates are a person (or group of people) of unknown allegiance or identity, working to influence the progress of the war to currently unknown means.

The Syndicate

Full article: The Syndicate

The Syndicate are a mysterious organisation founded from its predecessor the Mercenary Syndicate sometime after 2708. They operate and manage the Apex Games and are also known to control a large portion of The Outlands, an untamed region of Frontier space. They are suspected to be a mostly criminal organisation, with bitter rivalries against other such groups constantly vying for control of The Outlands. Kuben Blisk is also believed to be a member of The Syndicate, supposedly even a founding member.

Titans

Titans are massive exoskeleton platforms, created for civilian and military roles. They are primarily manufactured by the IMC subsidiary Hammond Robotics. More recently, the Militia have created their own Titan model - the Vanguard-Class - which has in turn been reverse-engineered and upgraded by the IMC's Vinson Dynamics into the Monarch.

Timeline

Prehistory

TF Swampland Concept 3 Concept art for Titanfall map Swampland An unknown Alien civilisation rises on The Frontier, creating the Fold Weapon, the Ark and even technology allowing Time Travel and Phase Shifting. Several primitive civilisations also rise and fall, leaving behind stone structures and temples in swamps and lagoons.

The Rise of the IMC

Before the advent of the Jump Drive, human space exploration was largely limited to the immediate planets in the near-reach of Earth and the Solar System. In this time, Hammond Engineering, led by Doctor Hammond, rose on Earth. Over the next fifteen years, the company grew exponentially, cornering the market with its Titan designs, planetary survey technology and materials science. In this time, the Jump Drive would be invented and a wave of colonists sent to the immediate star systems surrounding Earth. However, habitable worlds are rare and this fledgling region would soon become known as the Core Systems.

Over the next century, Hammond Engineering would go through a number of mergers and re-brandings, remaking itself in the image of the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation. In this time, the IMC would become the dominant force in the Core Systems, fighting in a series of conflicts and an arms race against foe(s) unknown, due to their production of the first Spectre and their rapid expansion. The IMC would win these conflicts, ruling over the Core Systems with an iron fist.

Discovery of The Frontier

Carrier An IMC Carrier arrives on a new world. Full article: The Frontier

Deep space explorers have discovered a dense zone of habitable planets, and everyone is calling it a new Frontier... TITANFALL OPENING CINEMATIC

With the increasing availability of space exploration, a new region of densely-packed habitable planets was discovered; The Frontier. The initial settlement of the Frontier was driven by public interest and veterans of the Core Systems Conflicts being funded under the IMC Serviceman's Readjustment Act - aka the "G.I. Bill". The initial settlers were given money and funding to start colonies on these new worlds, though support was soon retracted as public interest in the novelties of the Frontier waned.

Nevertheless and against all expectations, colony life on the Frontier didn't just survive, but thrived. Frontier settlers created towns, villages, cities and outposts on hundreds of worlds. However, the peace wouldn't last and the IMC would eventually return. Citing their initial investment into the Frontier's settlement as reason enough to proclaim eminent domain, the IMC invaded and brought down martial law - or worse - for anyone who tried to resist. In this time, the IMC would set up installations such as Base Golden, Airbase Sierra, the Demeter refinery and Training Ground Whitehead.

The Titan Wars

Full article: Titan Wars

In response to the rise of the organisation calling itself the "Frontier Militia", the IMC would begin a brutal campaign of "peacekeeping"; led by Marcus Graves and his Executive Officer James MacAllan aboard the IMS Odyssey. The war would eventually end in a presumed IMC victory, though a mutiny would occur aboard Odyssey, leading to MacAllan being stranded on planet Troy and Graves as Commander in Chief, Frontier Command (CINCFRONT). In this time, Robert "Barker" Taube would serve at the Boneyard, and eventually dishonourably discharged for being a drunkard.

The Frontier War

Full article: Frontier War, Titanfall

FractureBattle The Fracture Operation, as portrayed in Titanfall In the fifteen years before the events of Titanfall, the IMC would largely be involved in counterinsurgency operations on the Frontier, hiring the Apex Predators led by mercenary Kuben Blisk. Eventually, the IMC would be forced into a final confrontation at the IMC refuelling port Demeter. The battle would end with the stranding of IMC forces - soon to be known as the Remnant Fleet - on the Frontier and the defection of officers - including the Vice Admiral himself - and infantry alike to the Militia cause.

Post-Demeter Conflicts

Previously on Titanfall Full articles: Expedition, Frontier's Edge, IMC Rising

Over the next five years, massive change would occur on the Frontier. As the two-year expected deadline for IMC reinforcements passed with no sign of relief in sight, the Remnant Fleet forces led by AI Spyglass would begin conducting numerous resource raids on Militia planets and allied planets alike. This would lead to a rupture in the IMC forces on the Frontier, with many units such as ARES Division beginning to fight against the AI.

Meanwhile, the Militia would begin targeting IMC robotics factories such as Zone 18 and the Hammond Robotics Corporate HQ, seeking to cut off the IMC's supply of Spectres they had become so reliant on in the wake of mass human losses. The Militia would also begin construction of their own Titans and warships, eventually coming to take back a quarter of the Frontier from the IMC.

Operation: Broadsword

Full articles: Operation: Broadsword, Battle of Typhon, Titanfall 2

Eventually, the Militia would begin Operation: Broadsword, a series of pushes in an attempt to further drive IMC forces back. In this time, they would survey and destroy a number of test sites for IMC superweapons, eventually being led to the (believed) lightly defended world of Typhon. Instead, the 9th Militia Fleet would be destroyed, and the total destruction of Militia HQ Harmony at the hands of General Marder and the Fold Weapon narrowly averted by Jack Cooper and BT-7274.

The End of the Frontier War and the Apex Games

Full article: Apex Legends

Within the next fifteen years after the Battle of Typhon, the Frontier War would come to an end; while the exact circumstances are unknown, the IMC was ultimately defeated, and both the IMC and Militia would depart from the war-ravaged Frontier and leave the region to govern itself. During the post-war cleanup and migrations, a fringe region of the Frontier known as the Outlands would see the rise of a popular competitive bloodsport known as the Apex Games. Founded by Kuben Blisk, the Apex Games would draw an eclectic cast of competitors and Legends from across the Frontier to compete for fame, money and glory (among their own reasons).

Timeframe

Although not confirmed, the timeframe of the rise of the IMC can be roughly estimated by one piece of Grunt dialogue estimating that Doctor Hammond, were he to still be alive, would be around 200 years old. Accepting Hammond as being between between 20 and 40 years old when starting Hammond Engineering, and at which point the Titan platform was in widespread use and descended from modern-day military exoskeleton projects, this likely places the origin of Hammond Engineering as taking place within the 21st century.

Furthermore, Dr. Hammond is known to have at least one son, who is mentioned to be alive and working on human augmentation projects alongside someone named "Mister Hammond" making a speech to IMC Pilots in the intro to "The Battle of Demeter".

Additional information in the Titanfall Companion also states that terraforming of a full planet can take, on average, 60–100 years - suggesting that humans have been exploring deep space for at least as long. An additional factor is the mention of veterans of IMC-backed military campaigns being some of the first Frontier settlers, who now put their skills to use against the IMC as a part of the Militia.

Given that the Titan Wars took place around 20 years ago, and that the IMC were operating on the Frontier at least 25 years ago at Base Golden, this places the IMC's return to the Frontier at least twenty-thirty years ago, but the initial settlement cannot be much before that due to the need for initial settlers to still be alive at the time that the series is set. Given the mention of "Several generations" of settlers on the Frontier and the assumption that several is used to mean more than two generations, this could place a reasonable settlement for the Frontier around sixty years ago. Given yet another assumption that medicinal technology in Titanfall can reasonably extend a person's lifespan for several decades, this could allow the initial settlers to still be active in teaching and leading soldiers in the Militia while their grandchildren or great-grandchildren are the primary fighting force today.

Another factor in estimating the timeframe of the Frontier's settlement is the mention that a planetary evacuation on the scale seen at Fracture has not been seen for over 50 years, and the signs of civilian life look relatively untouched by the time of the Fracture Operation. This could potentially add another few decades to the timeframe of the IMC's occupation of the Frontier - though the kind of evacuation mentioned could also include disasters occuring in the Core Systems.

Ultimately, this timeline places the initial settlement of the Frontier around sixty years before the events of Titanfall and Titanfall 2, the settlement of the Core Systems around another sixty before that and the initial founding of Hammond Engineering some time in this century. Or, to put it another way, an estimate for the setting of Titanfall could take place around the late 22nd or early 23rd centuries.

Cooperinfo Cooper's Heads-up-Display. Note the Birthdate mention. One last important detail is in the Deluxe Edition of Titanfall 2 and the mission BT-7274 - the dogtag/ HUD of rifleman Jack Cooper show his birthdate as the year XX87. Given this time frame and a reasonable assumption of Cooper's age being mid-twenties to mid-thirties at the time of Titanfall 2, this places the timeframe for Titanfall - notably the Battle of Demeter - as taking place around the 2210s.

With the timeframe from the start of Hammond Engineering to Titanfall being estimated at around 175 years, working back from the year 2200 leaves the start of Hammond Engineering and the invention of the Jump Drive as taking place within the next twenty years, and the events portrayed in Titanfall as taking place C. 2210.

As of Apex Legends release, the current year has been confirmed to be canonically 2735 ( seasons 1 to 8 belong to 2733 and seasons 9 to 14 belong to 2734), with the Frontier War ending in Titanfall in 2716. This was reinforced in the Apex Legends Season Four cinematic trailer, which reveals Marcos Andrade, the father of Loba, to have committed a high-profile theft in the year 2702. Considering Marcos was murdered when Loba was still a child, this all but confirms the current timeframe as the mid-28th Century. Revenant is also confirmed to be around 300 years old, with his human consciousness becoming digitised in the year 2420 and transferred into a Simulacrum chassis. Prior to its official joining of The Syndicate, Planet Salvo was said to have refused an offer of membership into the organisation in 2722. }]