>> Founding

• Legacy Air Arm Limited was founded in 1923 in Reading, UK, by aspiring aeronautical engineer █████ █████████. █████████'s goal was to provide the royal air force (and fleet air arm) with top-of-the-line aircraft following the first world war. After studying numerous aircraft, engines, and design configurations, he finally created what was considered a super-fighter for the time. The Regulus was born on march 12, 1935 and it immediately took the world by storm. its power plant was a custom-made Legacy Cyclone-500 v12 engine, capable of producing, as the name implied, 500 horsepower. To further aid the engine, █████████ added what was effectively a modified single-stage supercharger, allowing the boost level to vary automatically with altitude by ███████████████████████████ the ██████████████████ and ████████████████████████. During the second world war, improvements were made to the regulus, primarily in modernizing its armaments and improving its engine to the larger cyclone-1300.

>> postwar/korea

• After the second world war, and the success of the regulus, Legacy had grown vastly in size. its pioneering ingenuity and innovation were beginning to be recognized. in 1947, legacy released the Regulus II, and its navalized counterpart, the Polaris. Again, these employed groundbreaking technology for the time and served during the Korean War, proving an invaluable asset in the fight for aerial supremacy. However, this is where problems began to arise. the regulus II was incredibly sophisticated, but it was also incredibly expensive. Of the 120 regulus IIs produced, only 20 entered service in the USAF, and 5 in the RAF.

>> Cold War

• in 1950, Legacy had started up a secondary headquarters in St. Louis, MO and had grown substantially. During the second red scare, Legacy teamed up with the arms firm known as Torrent Kinetics to produce a heavy interceptor for securing US airspace. This interceptor, the Regulus III, was incredibly ahead of its time when it entered service in 1962. The type featured an internal weapons bay for housing GPAAIM-28 mid-range missiles, and used highly advanced Cyclone-6000 variable-cycle afterburning turbofans with thrust vectoring for added maneuverability, alongside one of the most powerful onboard radar systems ever developed at the time. But the issue of high production and operational costs reared its head again, forcing Legacy to cut production prematurely. Legacy did attempt to pitch the Polaris II as a competitor to the Douglas F4D Skyray for the title of naval interceptor, but the type never left the drawing-board.

>> 1970s--present

• In 1970, Legacy presented the Polaris III as a more cost-effective yet advanced naval fighter. Although most navies weren't interested, it did find some use as a technology testbed and as an area defense fighter for ██████. Finally, in 1971, Legacy came out with their latest aircraft, the Regulus IV. It featured supermanueverability, high acceleration, and most notably, the ability to enter orbit. Legacy envisioned this as a sort of orbital defense platform against potential soviet ICBMs. Although NORAD and the USAF initially showed interest, they eventually backed off due to, again, costs. As a result of the high prices, Legacy opted to slow down to avoid bankruptcy. Although the regulus IV initially failed, purchases are beginning to increase more and more as the technology becomes more available, driving costs down. Legacy has said it plans to increase output by 2030, and may even introduce newer aircraft to its impressive fleet.