 "Burning Soldier" takes place in the year 2095, where an ancient alien race known as the Kaisertians arrived into the Solar System and began a war against mankind.The Kaisertians had previously colonized Earth tens of thousands of years before but the civilization they established there was destroyed long ago by a massive flood.The players assume the role of an Earth Defense Force fighter pilot taking control of the mecha-style Strike space fighter craft to repel the Kaisertian invasion.