Mech Encyclopedia and Faction Affiliation

Most people mash start and pick a logo. The title screen is an intel dump — mech encyclopedia plus faction affiliation that shapes the whole war.

Encyclopedia entry: the damage-type line tells you whether to pack beam or physical before you accept the contract.

Hub: Phase I and VI.

Mech encyclopedia

Not lore fluff — stat and passive reference before you see units in combat.

Read order per entry:

1. Role — melee, aircraft, support.
2. Damage type — physical vs beam → coating counterplay.
3. Passives — hit-and-run, counter profiles — aircraft, Huntsman prep.
4. HP bulk — burst vs attrition.

Use reactively: before a mission, after a loss, before shop buys. Two minutes beats one reload.

Faction affiliation

You choose affiliation at menu level — commits you to a war side and ending pool.

Critical: within the same committee, 1st Fleet and 2nd Fleet count as separate factions. Same banner ≠ same route.

Before lock-in:

• Which ending set you want — all endings.
• Protagonist start date — different months on clock — hub Phase VI.
• Demo note: prologue demo is Lycurgus-only slice — full game adds Blazing Blossoms branch.

Encyclopedia tells you how units fight. Faction pick tells you which war you are manipulating. Neither replaces reading the mission list.