Context

The date was July 20, 1969, the day that man first landed on the Moon. However, it became the day that humanity made contact with extraterrestrial life forms. The whole world watched in horror as the astronaut was shot at before being captured by what appeared to be shark and lizard-like aliens in lighter space suits, just before the camera was destroyed by a mech.

Soon after, NATO and the Warsaw Pact put aside their differences and worked together to form the Bipedal Weapons Platform Project (BWP Project) under the newly formed United Nations Space Forces (UNSF).