



He falls some distance into an underground. As Edge is hit, he falls from the top of the cliff where he had seen them take the girl that he had inadvertently discovered earlier. Edge, along with the rest of his companions, are shot. Craymen, the faction's leader, orders his troops to seize the girl. After helping to fend off an attack from one of the wild mutant creatures within the cave where the excavation is being made, Edge discovers what seems to be the fossil-like embodiment of a young woman buried in a wall.īefore he can react, the excavation site is suddenly attacked by a rebel faction of mutinous troops from the Empire. We find him at the beginning of the story on duty protecting an excavation site where Ancient artifacts are being recovered. The protagonist of the story and the character whom the player controls) is Edge, a young soldier employed by the Empire. The remnants of these technologies are used in the development of much of humanity's own machinery, weaponry and vehicles, such as the unusual floating ships which are a staple of the series.

Eventually, the Ancients and their works would gain a sort of 'godlike' respect, and a horrific regard, amongsome people as they passed into legend. The "Ancients" is the generic name given to the people that once controlled a world spanning, hyper-advanced civilization thousands of years before the start of the Panzer Dragoon series of games.Ī mysterious cataclysm, hinted at as a terrible war during the course of the series, would spell the downfall of this civilization and nearly destroy the world, leaving the survivors to eke out a bleak existence among the blasted remains in theensuing millennia. The largest of these factions is the Empire, built upon the buried technology of the Ancients. It takes place after Panzer Dragoon Zwei and the original Panzer Dragoon, but before Panzer Dragoon Orta.Īs with other Panzer Dragoon installments, the story takes place in an unspecified post-apocalyptic environment where hostile mutant creatures roam unprotected areas and disparate human factions compete for land and resources. Chronologically, Panzer Dragoon Saga's story is the third in sequence.
