 The players controls the members of Esk 's rebel force , who each have a distinct aircraft . The main character of the game is a sixteen @-@ year @-@ old pilot trainee named <unk> , from <unk> Village , while the second playable character is Payer , a female senior pilot of the same age . She volunteers to defend <unk> from enemy armies and meets <unk> , who becomes enlisted in the rebel force as an officer . The third playable character , <unk> , is a veteran piloting a flying gunboat . 
