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{{quote|'''Martian Officer''': Sir, the Arcturans have destroyed the remainder of the fleet. I've sent a [[Distress Call|distress signal]] to all ships across the galaxy, but, we're heading straight into their sun and our engines are about to explode!
'''Enforcer Drone''': {{smallcaps|I have not yet begun to fight.}}
'''Martian Officer''': Now would be a ''great'' time to start!
|''[[Spaced Invaders]]''}}
In any video game where the player's country/faction is involved in a conflict before the game starts, the game will begin with the enemy about to deliver a deathblow to the allies—they're about to kill off the last regiment, destroy the last base, or capture the last territory. Then the player will immediately take control and suddenly [[It's Up to You]] to fight Back from the Brink, completely reversing the course of the war up until that point.
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=== [[Simulation Game]] ===
* This trope is a staple in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series, present in almost every game.
** ''[[Ace Combat 04 Shattered Skies]]'', ''[[Ace Combat Zero]]'' and ''[[Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception]]'' start with the player defending the allies' last remaining airbase from enemy attack.
** During the opening cutscene, ''[[Ace Combat 5 The Unsung War]]'' kills off every pilot on the base except for the player, his squadron and their commander. To be fair, however, there's never really a Back From the Brink point within the game itself.
** Played with by ''[[Ace Combat 6 Fires of Liberation]]'', where the first mission is a surprise attack by the enemy which ends with allied forces being driven from the area and abandoning their capital to enemy occupation, so it's not until the ''second'' mission that you're defending your last remaining airbase from enemy attack. The title of the second mission is, in fact, "On the Brink".
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