After you watched the anime Accel World, did you ever find yourself wishing you could BE A BURST LINKER?
Now your Sims can be Burst Linkers!
This was a tremendous project, requiring hours of research on the Accel World Wiki to complete. I didn't realize how many named Burst Linkers there were in the series until I started this project.
To keep it neat and tidy, Burst Linkers are categorized by their Legion. Each career path starts as the lowest ranking member of that Legion, and concludes with your Sim becoming Legion Master! Each career level is named after a particular Burst Linker, and has a description of that character in the Accel World series.
For small Legions, like Purple and Yellow (both of which only have 4 named Burst Linkers in the entire series), this means that the raise in pay between levels is astronomically unbelievable. The Red Legion, Prominence, has the most named members, and thus the longest career path (35 tiers!)
With a couple exceptions, the career paths start at $50 an hour, and Legion Masters earn $1500 by the end of the career.
The exceptions are this:
- For being the bad guys that everyone hates, Oscillatory Universe Legion Master only makes it to $1000 an hour.
- For being the good guys that everyone loves, Nega Nebulus Legion Master earns $1700 an hour.
Aurora Oval is a Legion also known as the Purple Legion. It is led by the Purple King, Purple Thorn. Their territory extends from Ginza to the bay coast. They are the most antagonistic legion to Nega Nebulus due to Black Lotus killing Red Rider, the love interest of their leader.
Auroral Oval is one of the smallest legions in the Accel World series, with only 4 named Legion members. In a very short career path (4 tiers) you will climb from the nearly unknown Mauve Wire, to Auroral Oval's Legion Master, Purple Thorn.
This was one of the main seven legions that were created after seven Brain Burst Linkers had reached level nine becoming a king and gained their own territories. Crypt Cosmic Circus control Taito, Arakawa, and Adachi, including Akihabara areas.
Crypt Cosmic Circus is the other small legion in the Accel World, that also has only 4 named Legion Members. In a very short career path (4 tiers) you will climb from the the nearly unknown Tangerine Ringer, to Auroral Oval's Legion Master, Yellow Radio.
Great Wall is the Green Legion of Accel World. It is led by the Green King, Green Grandé. They control the largest area among the other legions. Their territory extends from Shibuya to Ota.
The Green Legion, Great Wall, has 10 named Legion members, and thus 10 tiers in the career path. Start out as Jade Jailer, and rise through the ranks to become the Green King, Green Grande!
Leonids is a Legion also known as the Blue Legion. It is led by the Blue King, Blue Knight. They control the Shinjuku area and Bunkyo area. This Legion is known for their direct tactics and close quarter combat in battle.
The Blue Legion, Leonids, has 7 named Legion members in the series, which makes it a nice career path with good rewards. Start as Cerulean Runner, advancing through the ranks to eventually protect the Legion as Manganese Blade and Cobalt Blade, before finally becoming the Blue King, Blue Knight.
Nega Nebulus is the Black Legion, under the leadership of Black Lotus. The main goal of the Legion is to defeat the six other Kings and reach level 10 to meet the developer of Brain Burst. They are the main protagonists of the Accel World series.
For being the main protagonists in the series, this Legion has the highest pay ($1710 per hour) by the time you reach the end.
Play as all your favorite characters in the Black Legion, starting out as Mint Mitten (from Petit Paquet, who joined Nega Nebulus after the ISS Kits incident). Advance through the ranks to play as Cyan Pile, Lime Bell, and Silver Crow! Protect the Legion as Metatron, the only self-aware AI in the series to join a Legion. Finally, become Black Lotus herself, and protect Accel World as the Black King.
Oscillatory Universe is also known as the White Legion. It is led by the White King, White Cosmos. Their territory is located in the Minato area. The central base is located at Aeterna Girl's Academy. According to Rose Milady, the objective of the White Legion is to bring about an end and a beginning.
For being the main antagonists in the series, this Legion has the lowest pay ($1000 per hour) by the time you reach the end.
This career path has 9 tiers.
You can play as any of your favorite bad guys, like Shadow Cloaker, Glacier Behemoth, Ivory Tower, Platinum Cavalier, and finally White Cosmos.
Prominence, also known as the Red Legion, was a Legion founded by the first Red King, Red Rider, and formerly led by the second Red King, Scarlet Rain.
Prominence's territory extends to all Combat Areas in the Nerima prefecture, as well as the Northern Area in the Nakano prefecture.
The entire Legion was recently disbanded, with all active members being absorbed into the Black Legion, Nega Nebulus.
Although Prominence is the smallest regarding the number of members (according to the Wiki), this Legion has the most named members in the Accel World series, and as such, this career path has 35 tiers! That 33 tiers for each of the 11 triads, and 2 tiers for the Red Kings (Red Rider and Crimson Rain)
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE!!
There are only 7 Colored Legions in Accel World, but this doesn't contain all the named Burst Linkers in the series. Because of this, there are 8 career paths in this pack.
The Acceleration Research Society is also a career path!
The Acceleration Research Society is a mysterious organization led by the White King, White Cosmos. A few of its members use illegal Brain Implant Chips that allow them to appear in Brain Burst without having their names appear on the matching list. They are responsible for many of the Accelerated World's tragedies, such as:
- The death of Saffron Blossom
- The creation of the Armor of Catastrophe
- The engineering of Red Rider's assassination
- The Hermes Cord Race Incident
- The creation and spread of the ISS Kits
- The creation of the Armor of Catastrophe Mark II
- The trapping of the Kings (excluding Cosmos) in an Infinite Enemy-Kill under the Sun God Inti
- The release of the Apocalypse God Tezcatlipoca
Their goals and intentions are still largely shrouded in mystery.
The base of the Acceleration Research Society base is located in Minato Area III at the Eternal Girls Academy where six of the legion's prominent members — including Cosmos herself — attend school.
For being the other main antagonists in the series, the Acceleration Research Society also has the lowest pay ($1000 per hour) by the time you reach the end.