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From the game itself and the Script Books on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-upeo-script
https://archive.org/details/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-general-resource-script
https://archive.org/details/ace-combat-3-electrosphere-neucom-script

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USEA, 2030. At General Resource LTD., the world's largest
multinational corporation, neuroscientist Yoko is working
on her research project: the digitization of human beings, a 
process formally known as "Sublimation."

Simon, an award-winning computer engineer who works in the same
laboratory, has developed a crush on his co-worker stemming
from their rivalry. Jealous of Yoko's love for Dision, GR's ace
pilot and volunteer for her research project, he devises a plot
to get him out of the way.

Meanwhile, GR's conservative management has deemed Yoko's
research to be dangerous, and decide to bury her and her work.

On June 14th, 2030, at 0036 hours, GR commandos infiltrate
GR's Military Laboratory while Yoko and Dision are still
working on her project. Moments after successfully creating
a digital copy of Dision, also known as a "Dead-Copy," a bomb
goes off, destroying part of the building and killing both of
them in the process. Dision's Dead-Copy, however, survives on
the net, called the "Electrosphere." The incident is reported
as a terrorist attack.

Before being digitized, Dision was simply an adventurous guy,
but after Sublimation, his experiencing the fragility of the
human body and a strong sense of loneliness change his
personality completely.

He accesses the sum knowledge of all the databases on the net
and reaches a sort of religious or philosophical enlightenment.
To him, all human beings must merge in the virtual world and
become one singular entity, advanced and devoid of all human
characteristics.

However, Simon, now at Neucom Inc., GR's rival company, learns
that Dision's Dead-Copy still exists, and becomes obsessed with
eliminating him. To this end, he creates Project "Nemo," a
virtual recreation of USEA ten years into the future with a
corporate war as the backdrop, and Nemo itself (the player
character), a Programmed IntelliGence (PIG). Its mission: to
erase Dision's Dead-Copy from existence.

During the course of the simulation, Simon loses control of
Nemo due to the AI reaching self-awareness. Nemo does not know
that it is an AI at first, but once it realizes that it was
created by him, he shows glimpses of his overbearing attitude.

After successfully defeating Dision's Dead-Copy on every
possible route, Simon reveals the truth about the program to
Nemo. He then lets it out of the box as a reward. Simon's final
words to Nemo are: "Made-up stories are not real, you know.
Let's start the game...".

Nemo's memory data is wiped clean and the program rebooted. It
is then taken to the Mission Simulator, which shows all of its
previous missions on a list, readily accessible.
