Both Joshua and Berlioz (his NEXT Supplice is the one in the intro), in many ways, foist upon us perspective with which to view the corruption and stagnation of society, nature and morality within the Armored Core 4 universe; how some fight for stock and those they fight with fight for their very livelihood, how greed has destroyed the status quo of the world and how this is reflected in the fate of the biosphere is rendered grim and more or less uninhabitable. This is exemplified in the sequel in which humanity can't even liveo n Earth's surface anymore and has to live in floating megacities called Cradles. White Glint's legacy lives on through a greater part of the sequel, and after a battle cripples the mech, it is unknown what happens to Anatolia's Raven. But we do know that Joshua is dead, Berlioz is dead, and the world is quite literally dead to satisfy the whims of those who are so far removed from the fate of the world atop their mountain of gold and silver that they no longer see anything to fight for that doesn't net monetary game; such is the state of the world, represented adequately by Joshua, Berlioz, and even the environment. Caught up in a maelstrom of moral ambiguity and environmental desolation, their struggle to stay true to themselves amidst the conflict spurred on by the wealthy, those disillusioned and bedded with money, reflects upon humanity, how we react to oppression of ourselves, of the environment, of what's right.
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