What's left of the world's unified government miraculously marshals enough of its remaining resources to produce the RVR-01 "Gauntlet", a duplicate of the original Vasteel in every way.
An elite combat unit is formed to pilot the Gauntlet fighters and destroy Babel and Guardian before humanity disappears.
Unit code name: Thunder Force.
Thunder Force V: Perfect System is an action game, developed and published by TechnoSoft, released in Japan in 1998.