The World of GENERATION XTH
Hinowa District, Tokyo
One of the districts in central Tokyo. With Hinowa Academy, a previous imperial palace, at its center, the district contains various pillars of the government including the National Diet and the Metropolitan Police Department. This metropolis simultaneously offers a gigantic business district and the largest pleasure district in Japan. It also contains Tokyo Mid-Hills, the newly erected town center, and Asobacho, considered to be the greatest electronics district in all of Asia, among others.
Hinowa Academy
A school founded with combined contributions from the Japanese government and the Mifune Foundation, an organization with great power in the corporate world. This academic center has been compared to Tokyo University and has a combined curriculum from elementary to university. The campus is set on the former imperial palace in Hinowa. It also offers education in the still-developing areas of XPD and police agent training.
Hazard Incidents
The general name for various paranormal phenomenon in the Hinowa district. Incidents considered Hazard incidents include: accidents and deaths with unexplainable reasons, murders and kidnappings without suspects, as well as spirit and ghost-related urban legends. The Hinowa populace have begun to show a desperate interest as of late in researching and solving these cases.
CPO / Contemporary Physics Organization
A special organization officially titled the Contemporary Physics Organization, specializing in researching a brand new field of physics. One of the objectives of this organization is to determine the cause of Hazard incidents. The autonomous organizations XPD and Special X Force belong to the CPO.
XPD
Special police created to oppose Hazard incidents in the Hinowa district. They outwardly appear to be an organization of the municipal police, but they are actually affiliated with the CPO, particularly trusted with supporting the Special X Force. Their prime functions are incident investigation and processing, plus patrolling of Abyss vicinities and emergency Malform interception.
Special X Force / XTH
Secret organization charged with directly investigating Hazard incidents within city Abysses and the destruction of Malforms. Typically made up of boys and girls still in their teens, they oppose malforms with a superhuman power known as Code Realize. The boys and girls are largely students at Hinowa Academy and continue their studies while keeping their identities as X Force members a secret. They are also known as the "Generation Xth", the heroes and player characters.
Malforms
General name for the monsters that attack people in relation to the Hazard incidents in Hinowa. The existence of Malforms is hidden from the public thanks to the post-incident processing by the XPD, but rumors are gradually leaking out. Malforms have various types including humanoid, animal, machine, and unimaginable beasts, including those that were malformed from humans. It is still unclear what they are, who made them, or where they come from. Also, malforms are special beings that are unable to be harmed by firearms and other ordinary weapons.
Abyss / Dungeons
Strange areas such as ruined tunnels, buildings, or abandoned areas that are affected by the phenomenon known as Abyssal. Normal physics do not apply here, so they are also specially called Abyss Space. These dungeons exist all over Hinowa, and most malforms wander within.
Code-Realize
A phenomenon where one draws out the superhuman powers from a historic hero's genome, called Blood Codes. A power only usable by the boys and girls of X Force, Code Realizing allows the user to freely use battle and magic techniques. Additionally, because the code realizer can "realize" (make physically appear) weapon data effective against malforms called Item Codes, it gives them impressive strength far exceeding anyone else to combat malforms. Blood Codes were developed after discovering genome information. It's not crucial to the plot, but the trek throughout development, the naming of the code, and the developers' thoughts are recorded within the game.
Esvice
A digital handheld device for Hinowa Academy students received upon acceptance, officially called a "school device". Students abbreviated it as "S-Vice" and it is now commonly called an "esvice". It has phone and internet functionality among others, making it just as useful as a PC. Additionally, X Force members' esvices have special programs that allow them to code realize, plus use item and spell codes as well as communicate with X Force while in abysses.