Editing Strider (1989 arcade game) (section)

==Plot== <!-- Please note: This page is for the original arcade game Strider. The name Hiryu Lyons is not supported by Capcom.
Hiryu' and only Hiryu is the original character's code name while 'Strider' is used as a prefix to denote his affiliation within this group. -->
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In a dystopian future in the year 2048, a mysterious dictator known as the "Grandmaster" rules the world. [[Strider Hiryu|Hiryu]], the youngest ever Super A Ranked<ref name=TopLeftCorner>{{cite web |title=Strider |url=http://www.arcade-gear.com/Games/Strider_Hiryu/Strider_Hiryu_Art_0-2.jpg |access-date=February 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517164112/http://arcade-gear.com/Games/Strider_Hiryu/Strider_Hiryu_Art_0-2.jpg |archive-date=May 17, 2013 }}</ref> member of an organization of high-tech ninja agents known as the "Striders", is alone tasked with the Grandmaster's assassination. Hiryu begins his mission by infiltrating the Grandmaster's capital at the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]], a [[Federation]] referred to as Eastern European which became the Imperial Capital of the [[Russian Empire]] by the year 2048.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Strider Hiryû (Japanese). Instruction manual, Megadrive|publisher=Sega|date=September 1990|page=18}}</ref>