For the pilot of the first White Glint, see Joshua O'Brien.

Anatolia's Mercenary is the title given to the player character of Armored Core 4. Like previous Armored Core player characters, Anatolia's Mercenary does not speak and is never given a name. In Armored Core: For Answer, he reappears more than a decade after the events of the previous game and is referred to by his NEXT's name, White Glint.

He was originally a Raven who served in the National Dismantlement War. Following the war's conclusion and the advent of Pax Economica, he becomes the guardian Lynx of Anatolia and with the aid of Emil Gustav and Fiona Jarnefeldt, he performs missions from the corporations to support the colony. When the Lynx War breaks out, he becomes a force to be reckoned with; despite being a newcomer Lynx, he defeats numerous Originals and directly causes the downfall of corporations. For his actions, he is given the title of "Hero of the Lynx War." When the war ends, Fiona takes him and leaves Anatolia.

By the time of the Economic War, he pilots White Glint, a custom-made NEXT, and he serves as the only Lynx and the ace-in-the hole of Line Ark, a maritime city-state that opposes the League of Ruling Companies. Although he is only Rank 9 in Collared's Lynx roster, the corporations consider him too powerful for any single NEXT to take on, to the point that his presence is the only thing that prevents the League from outright annihilating Line Ark.

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Biography Edit

Pre-Lynx War Edit

The man who would come to be known as a hero of the Lynx War and "White Glint" was originally a Raven in the National Dismantlement War. After being rescued by Fiona Jarnefeldt, he took refuge in her colony, Anatolia, eventually calling it home. Four years after the war, Professor Jarnefeldt who single-handedly funded Anatolia died and many of Anatolia's key researches left for Aspina, leaving the colony in an economic crisis. In response, the new leader of the colony and a former aide to Fiona's father, Emill Gustav suggested that they have the Raven, who possessed the minimum AMS compatibility needed to be a Lynx, pilot the NEXT Emill owned for research purposes to act as a mercenary for the colony. Fiona, a talented NEXT engineer herself, opposed the idea due to the dangers of Kojima pollution as well as AMS' high mental load on pilots with low AMS aptitude like the Raven. Eventually, the Raven becomes a Lynx in the end so Fiona volunteers to be his Operator to help him even just a little. With support from Global Armaments (GA) gained from Emill's negotiations, the corporations agree to the idea as well. The man would be known henceforth as "Anatolia's Mercenary," the first ever independent Lynx.[3][4]

His first mission is to eliminate terrorist forces at Gryphon, The Independent City. His success in this job impresses the corporations, thus presenting a number of opportunities for Anatolia's new Lynx.[5]

A string of unimportant contracts taken at bargain prices convinces the corporations to rate him higher.They send him to White Africa, one of the most volatile regions in the world, to attack the Maghrib Liberation Front (MLF), the largest anti-establishment group there. First taking out their forces stationed at the Gelts'a Fortress he then eliminates their ballistic missile arsenal at the Eritrean Stronghold before finally ambushing and defeating Amazigh , one of their Irregular Lynx and their iconic hero, at the Former Peace City , effectively crippling them.In revenge, the MLF remnants launch a surprise attack on Anatolia, where the mercenary is forced to fight without Primal Armor for fear of rendering the colony inhospitable. Despite the setback, he successfully defeats the attackers.His final battle with the group is at the Nasser Oil Refinery , where he defeats surviving MLF Irregular Lynx Sus , putting an end to the MLF for good and firmly establishing Anatolia's reputation.

The man's actions would later trigger a war between the corporations. Having proven his worth to GA they tasked him with eliminating the personnel in one of their facilities, Hejde Arsenal, which not only belonged to the GA subsidiary GA Europe, but was also supported by fellow Pax corporation Akvavit.[12] This attack on the facility was used by Akvavit as an excuse to wage war on the GA Group. The ensuing conflict would make up what would later be known as the "Lynx War."

Lynx War Edit

Economic War Edit

More than a decade after the Lynx War, Anatolia's Mercenary is active during the Economic War , now siding with maritime city-state Line Ark as their greatest military asset and sole Lynx, with Fiona as his Operator once again. He uses the NEXT White Glint, a craft dedicated to the memory of his deceased friend Joshua O'Brien. Because his name is unknown to the Collared database, everyone refers to him by his NEXT's name.

White Glint's exploits have become legendary, with a representative of the League of Ruling Companies even noting him to be considerably more powerful than his rank suggests, to the point that they believe him to be too much for any single NEXT to handle alone. Rank 1 Lynx Otsdarva has become obsessed with defeating him, and holds him and Fiona responsible for Anatolia's destruction.[26] Serene Haze notes that White Glint's abilities are top class.[26][2]

After the creation of the Vanguard Overed Boost, White Glint is contracted to attack the Spirit of Motherwill with a VOB equipped in what a journalist suspects to be a test. White Glint uses the VOB to close in on Motherwill, attacking several MTs on the way then disengaging it once in proximity to the target. Upon landing on one of the AF's decks, he is immediately repelled by the numerous defenders, losing a left arm rifle in the process and getting a chunk of the NEXT's core blown apart while getting knocked into the sky. White Glint breaks his fall by bumping into a nearby helicopter then lands on the city below to escape.[27][28]

During the final stages of the Economic War, the League decides to finally rid themselves of the Hero of the Lynx War, knowing fully well that once he was dealt with, Line Ark would be unable to resist them any further. They send in their strongest military assets for the attack: Otsdarva and the pilot of the NEXT Strayed, an up-and-coming Lynx.[26] The battle takes place in Line Ark itself. When the two League NEXTs arrive, Fiona gives them the chance to withdraw, threatening to respond with deadly force should they refuse to leave. Otsdarva and Strayed continue with their mission and engage the White Glint, whom Ostadarva belittles. As the battle wages on, Fiona remarks that their foes are the same as she and the White Glint were during the Lynx War, pleading for the two enemy Lynx to question their own reasons for fighting. Eventually, White Glint is able to disable Stasis's boosters, thus causing Otsdarva to helplessly sink to the water, cursing his fate. White Glint turns to fight Strayed, who ultimately emerges victorious over the Hero of the Lynx War.[26] The battle takes place in Line Ark itself. When the two League NEXTs arrive, Fiona gives them the chance to withdraw, threatening to respond with deadly force should they refuse to leave. Otsdarva and Strayed continue with their mission and engage the White Glint, whom Ostadarva belittles. As the battle wages on, Fiona remarks that their foes are the same as she and the White Glint were during the Lynx War, pleading for the two enemy Lynx to question their own reasons for fighting. Eventually, White Glint is able to disable Stasis's boosters, thus causing Otsdarva to helplessly sink to the water, cursing his fate. White Glint turns to fight Strayed, who ultimately emerges victorious over the Hero of the Lynx War. During the final stages of the Economic War, the League decides to finally rid themselves of the Hero of the Lynx War, knowing fully well that once he was dealt with, Line Ark would be unable to resist them any further. They send in their strongest military assets for the attack: Otsdarva and CUBE, a Lynx with inhuman piloting skills. Line Ark learns of the League's plans, and, realizing the severity of their situation, they hire the pilot of the NEXT Strayed, an up-and-coming Lynx, to aid them in the upcoming fight.[2] The battle takes place in Line Ark itself. When the two League NEXTs arrive, Fiona thanks Strayed's pilot and Serene Haze for their help, and the battle commences. Otsdarva, CUBE, and White Glint ultimately fall in battle, leaving Strayed the only confirmed survivor. Fiona once again thanks Strayed for helping repel the League, but she notes that with the White Glint gone, it may be the end for Line Ark.[2] The battle takes place in Line Ark itself. When the two League NEXTs arrive, Fiona thanks Strayed's pilot and Serene Haze for their help, and the battle commences. Otsdarva, CUBE, and White Glint ultimately fall in battle, leaving Strayed the only confirmed survivor. Fiona once again thanks Strayed for helping repel the League, but she notes that with the White Glint gone, it may be the end for Line Ark.

Seeing MTs descending Motherwill to surround him and Motherwill itself aiming its cannons at him, White Glint activates his Assault Armor to quickly destroy the MTs then attacks the AF from below to avoid its main arsenal while engaging more MTs and Normals sent after him. In the end, neither Motherwill nor White Glint score a decisive blow but the latter withdraws due to ammunition issues. Though Motherwill is victorious, the battle reveals a glaring weakness in it — destroying the main cannons would likely cause catastrophic internal damage.

The loss of the White Glint is a heavy blow for Line Ark. Without their trump card and only NEXT, Line Ark's military power greatly diminishes, exactly as Fiona and the League had anticipated. By the time of the ORCA Brigade's uprising, the mercenary is in stable condition whereas Fiona is working to get him a new NEXT. The timing of ORCA's declaration of war has allowed Line Ark to continue operations now that the League is focused on the conflict with ORCA.[29]

NEXT White Glint Edit

During the Economic War, Anatolia's Mercenary pilots White Glint, a middleweight, all-white NEXT that bears the emblem and name of the deceased Joshua O'Brien's NEXT. This White Glint is aesthetically different from that of O'Brien's White Glint; it resembles Algebra's SOLUH NEXT frame, and its frame parts are custom-made by Line Ark. The NEXT also transforms for certain actions: during Over Boost, a myriad of boosters extend and open, and the head sinks into the torso; when activating its Assault Armor, the craft's frame expands and certain parts gain additional armor. The NEXT is designed by Abe Marsh, the designer of O'Brien's White Glint.

White Glint is armed with two BFF-manufactured rifles: the 051ANNR on the right hand, and the 063ANAR on the other. It is equipped with two SALINE05 spread missiles on its back. Because of the way the NEXT's shoulders were built, White Glint cannot be equipped with Shoulder Weapons. In some cases, it can also reactivate itself after being disabled once.[30]

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Gameplay Edit

Armored Core 4 Edit

Anatolia's Mercenary is the player character of Armored Core 4. Although the player is given a variety of standard NEXT schematics to choose from at the start of the game, Anatolia's Mercenary goes into battle using whatever NEXT the player has designed. Like every Armored Core game protagonist, Anatolia's Mercenary does not speak. The events which he experiences during the game will depend on whether the player has chosen to play either Normal Mode or Hard Mode.

Armored Core: For Answer Edit

Anatolia's Mercenary appears in Armored Core: For Answer as an NPC siding with Line Ark, and as the pilot of the NEXT White Glint. He is once again partnered with Fiona Jarnefeldt, and is considered by the League as Line Ark's only military threat. In the game, his name is listed as "UNKNOWN" in the Collared database, and as such, he is referred to as "White Glint" because of the NEXT he uses. Like in the previous game, Anatolia's Mercenary does not speak, so Fiona speaks on his behalf. Anatolia's Mercenary is encountered in the missions "Defeat White Glint" and "Defend Line Ark", both of which take place in Line Ark. He can also be fought in the Arena.

White Glint is featured in the game's intro movie which depicts his aforementioned battle with the Spirit of Motherwill. It begins as the NEXT is being prepared for sortie with a VOB and ends with White Glint preparing to activate Assault Armor as Motherwill aims its cannons at it.

If the player accepts the mission "Defeat White Glint", White Glint will appear as a hostile NPC and the target of the mission. The player is partnered with Otsdarva and sent to Line Ark to defeat White Glint in a two-on-one battle. Should the player inflict enough damage to White Glint, a scripted event will unfold, with White Glint disabling Otsdarva's Stasis by shooting its main thrusters and forcing the NEXT to sink into the water below, unable to produce enough thrust to escape. This will leave the player and White Glint to face off one-on-one. If the player chooses to commence the mission on Hard Mode, then White Glint will reactivate itself after the player has defeated it once, thus requiring the player to defeat White Glint twice in order to complete the mission. Defeating White Glint unlocks the NEXT's weapons for purchase at the store.

If the player chooses to play "Defend Line Ark", then White Glint will appear as a friendly NPC to assist the player in a fight against Otsdarva and CUBE. White Glint will be defeated in a scripted event, thus leaving the player to fight alone. Fiona will then apologize to the player for White Glint's defeat. Additionally, CUBE cannot be killed unless White Glint is defeated first. On Hard Mode, White Glint's AP will be lowered, making it more likely for him to be defeated early on. If the player completes the mission, then White Glint's parts will be unlocked for purchase at the store.

White Glint also appears in many of the game's promotional material. It is on the cover of the game's box art, and is featured in trailers that reuse footage from the game's intro movie. Early trailers also show in-game footage of White Glint alongside a differently colored Line Ark.

The English-language version of the game erroneously states that Anatolia's Mercenary is female in Collared's Order Match biography and in the game's official Ubisoft website, despite Armored Core 4 as well as Fiona in "Defend Line Ark" establishing him to be a male. Further adding to the confusion is that he never speaks in-game; Fiona speaks on his behalf, so Fiona is mistaken by players to be the pilot of White Glint.

Order Match profile Edit

A Lynx affiliated with the anti-League power Line Ark. Hers is an original craft by the master Architect Abu Marshe. Although still Rank 9, she is well known as a top class NEXT. She took down a nentire company solo during the Lynx War.[31]





Strategy Edit

The following information is "gray area" content, meaning that the information may not have been verified, and the format of the writing may not follow this wiki's quality standards. What is written below may even be speculation or mere opinions, or both. Read at your own risk. White Glint as an opponent in missions has unlimited energy, giving it permanent flight and infinite quick boost. As such, it will be continuously on the move, strafing and quick-boosting sideways in mid-air at mid- to long-ranges while shooting its high-powered, dual-wielded rifles and occasionally launching salvos of spread missiles, making it extremely difficult to hit. At close range, it can activate its Assault Armor, which can deal enormous amounts of damage, disable Primal Armor, and momentarily disable lock-on capabilities. Combined with its high Primal Armor rectification stats, White Glint can be one of the toughest, if not the hardest, enemy NEXTs in the game. The easiest way to take White Glint, and most other NEXTs, out without much difficulty is to make use of two Kojima Missile launchers. Their extremely high power, anti-PA capability, and high tracking ability can literally obliterate NEXTs in as few as three to six missiles, depending on the target's defensive capabilities. Lure White Glint out into the open waters and fire the Kojima missiles as soon as you can get a lock. Sometimes, the missiles' flight time may run out before they hit; nevertheless, White Glint will get hit more often than they do miss. With this loadout, it will not take too long before the cover NEXT of AC:FA sinks into the ocean. Watch out on Hard Mode however, it must defeated twice in the same battle as it will revive itself. There is a nice glitch in "Defeat White Glint" that causes White Glint to become stuck (Not as stand still stuck, but can't move a lot stuck). At the lowest part at the two towers on Line Ark its huge caps which makes good rooms that only has one way out. The glitch is to get White Glint to boost inside one of the caps, and stand in opening. Since White Glint doesn't boost towards you when Otsdarva is alive, he will constantly side boost all the time. You can also get Otsdarva and CUBE to do this on the counterpart mission "Defend Line Ark" but it is more difficult. It may be easier with CUBE since he is much more of a close range Fighter, just make sure that he is going for you instead of White Glint, or simply just wait for Otsdarva and White Glint to go down first, then use Assault armor to defeat CUBE.

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Armored Core 4 Edit

Default emblem Starter AC option from GA America: GAN01-SUNSHINE-L Starter AC option from Rosenthal: TYPE-HOGIRE Starter AC option from Rayleonard: 03-AALIYAH Starter AC option from BFF: 047AN Starter AC option from Leonemeccanica: Y01-TELLUS Starter AC option from Eqbal: SALAF

Armored Core: For Answer Edit

Order Match icon in the Collared rankings Order match profile Line Ark loading screen featuring White Glint Line Ark lore Starting position in "Defend Line Ark" CG render based on White Glint's appearance in the For Answer intro movie Promotional wallpaper Pre-release trailer screenshot

Others Edit

Box art for Kotobukiya 's 1/72 scale White Glint model kit Assembled model Box art for Kotobukiya's 1/72 White Glint Movie Color Ver. model kit with V.O.B. Box art for Kotobukiya's D-Style White Glint model kit Assembled model "W.Glint" from 3D Dot Game Heroes

Trivia Edit

"4 the Answer" is the character's leitmotif in Armored Core: For Answer . It is played in the game's intro movie and trailers, and in "Defeat White Glint".

. It is played in the game's intro movie and trailers, and in "Defeat White Glint". White Glint's parts are listed under Line Ark, making them the only AC parts in the Armored Core franchise to not have been manufactured by one of the corporations. White Glint's parts are also the most expensive, costing 700.000.

franchise to not have been manufactured by one of the corporations. White Glint's parts are also the most expensive, costing 700.000. White Glint is the only mecha in Armored Core: For Answer to be designed by Shoji Kawamori.

to be designed by Shoji Kawamori. The final boss of Armored Core: Verdict Day , J, uses the N-WGIX/v, a machine with NEXT technology and a heavy resemblance to White Glint, even having its own version of a Vanguard Overboost unit.

The final boss of , J, uses the N-WGIX/v, a machine with NEXT technology and a heavy resemblance to White Glint, even having its own version of a Vanguard Overboost unit. White Glint is one of the Armored Core machines to be made into a model kit by Kotobukiya. The NEXT has model kits based on both its Armored Core 4 design as piloted by Joshua O'Brien, as well as its Armored Core: For Answer version piloted by Anatolia's Mercenary.

machines to be made into a model kit by Kotobukiya. The NEXT has model kits based on both its design as piloted by Joshua O'Brien, as well as its version piloted by Anatolia's Mercenary. White Glint appears as a character in 3D Dot Game Heroes, an action-adventure video game developed by From Software in 2009. He is a playable character listed as "W.Glint" and is described as "a mysterious NEXT controlled by an unknown LYNX".

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