In 2040, an R-808 Phoca was launched during an attack on Neucom's space development facility in the Comona Islands to recon four suspicious General Resource LTD. (GR) Satellites. As the R-808 re-entered the Atmosphere a day later, a GR interceptor group was sent to shoot down the R-808, but failed and were destroyed. The Phoca had brought back evidence that the four GR satellites were not normal satellites but Orbital Satellite Lasers capable of firing at any target on the planet's surface. A day later, Neucom sent its prototype spacecraft, the R-352 Sepia, into space to destroy these satellites before they became operational.
Game Analysis
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
"A space shuttle used in the past that had been upgraded. Packed with Neucom's latest technology, it has high technical specifications."
Like many other Neucom R-Series aircraft, the name of this craft is a genus of animal; in this case, Phoca is a genus of the earless seals, consisting of two member species: the common seal and the spotted seal.