The Smoke War

The Smoke War as pictured in Gregor's Memories.

The Smoke War (연기 전쟁, Yeongi jeonjaeng) was a great Wing War that took place over 10 years before the events Limbus Company.

Overview

The Smoke War was one of few Wing Wars — catastrophic conflicts between two or more of the City's Wings known to result in mass destruction and bloodshed. Due to the power and influence of the Wings, wars between them are not started nor ended lightly. In particular, the Smoke War was known for the use of deadly chemical and biological weapons, and the fall of both the Old L Corp. and G Corp.

The seeds of the war began at an Outskirts Laboratory when its head researcher Carmen attempted suicide, leaving Ayin to take her place. The laboratory's experiments were then reported to The Head, causing it to suffer a devastating attack. As the sole survivors, Ayin and Benjamin were forced to find a way to safely continue their research, choosing to take down and replace a Wing. The previous L Corp. was an easy candidate for this as many other Wings were already against them due to their high energy prices and the constant smoke created by their Singularity.

To set the war in motion, Benjamin contacted The Udjat’s leader, Dias, who then recruited R Corp.’s Fourth Pack. During the war itself, some Wings, such as K Corp. and I Corp., participated by hiring Fixers, while R Corp. and the Old G Corp. both provided their own soldiers. There are still some parties whose involvement is unknown.

The end of the Smoke War resulted in the loss of Old L Corp., allowing Lobotomy Corporation to take its place as an energy producing Wing. Despite the war’s impact on the City, little about the event is known concretely as most citizens have forgotten it as time passed.

Supporters of Old L Corp.

Wings

Old L Corp.

Not to be confused with Lobotomy Corporation, which overthrew them. The fallen Wing was also an energy supplier, but was widely unpopular amongst cityfolk and the other Wings for charging high prices and causing pollution in the form of smoke produced by an unseen source. Through a series of manipulations, three individuals caused the Smoke War, which led to this Wing's collapse and allowed the new L Corp. to take its place.

E Corp.

Known to have participated in the Smoke War in the Mirror World of Old G Corp. Their involvement in the main world is unknown.

F Corp.

Known to have participated in the Smoke War in the Mirror World of Old G Corp. Their involvement in the main world is unknown.

Old G Corp.

Not to be confused with the current G Corp., the former G Corp. was involved in the Smoke War, specializing in genetic augmentation. This was implemented in their soldiers, often in the form of insect genetics. They collapsed after the war under unspecified conditions and were eventually replaced with a new G Corp.

Opponents of Old L Corp.

Wings

K Corp.

Participated in the Smoke War as a major party. Promised Smoke War veterans that they would be allowed first priority when moving into their nest, but went back on this policy, ultimately not allowing any veterans whatsoever.

I Corp.

Participated in the Smoke War as a major party. Promised Smoke War veterans that they would be allowed first priority when moving into their nest, but went back on this policy, ultimately not allowing any veterans whatsoever.

R Corp.

Participated in the Smoke War.

Known Smoke War Veterans

• Roland (Fixer presumably hired by K Corp.)
• Walter
• Moses
• Ezra
• Salvador (Fixer presumably hired by I Corp.)
• Oscar
• Han Hee-jun
• Gregor
• Tomah
• Hermann
• Old G Corp. Head Manager
• Outis
• R Corp. Fourth Pack:
  • Nikolai - Commander of the 4th Pack
  • Myo - Captain of the Rabbit Team
  • Rudolph - Captain of the Reindeer Team
  • Maxim - Captain of the Rhino Team

Aftereffects of the War

Most notably, the Smoke War led to both the downfall of the Old G Corp. and Old L Corp. This made way for the new L Corp, Lobotomy Corporation, which was the cause of the White Nights and Dark Days. This led to the manifestation of Distortions and E.G.O within the City's residents.

However, countless unnamed lives were lost in the war and many individual lives were adversely affected. In particular, the Old G Corp. permanently altered many of its soldiers with bug augmentations, who would go on to be horribly ostracized as a result of their appearance and stigma that comes with being from a fallen Wing. Gregor himself would be forced to live with trauma from the war and a verminous arm which would sometimes act against his will, affecting his daily life. In Gregor's memories, Tomah also mentions a bomb which rapidly ages those exposed to it and even converted one outpost into a "nursing home".

External Links

Project Moon Universe

• Smoke War - Library of Ruina wiki

Foreign language wikis

• Smoke War (연기 전쟁) - Korean page (Namuwiki)
• Smoke War (Туманная Война) - Russian page (Project Moon wiki)