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Ace Combat: The Global War

Yay, Hoffnung! I really liked that mission, but it made me feel like a terrible person.

Ace Combat: The Global War

Yep. I'll have that up in the second post.

Silver, it's not a problem. I'm going to be pretty lenient about posting times so much as you at least do one per week.

Ace Combat: The Global War

IC is up! A bit short and lacking detail somewhat, but it's enough to start the action. Have at it!

Ace Combat: The Global War

Peace Games
Operation: Aggressor Defense
1300hrs. 14th February 2021
Forster Bay
Mock dogfight in classic fighters chosen by participants over Forster Bay. Two teams are randomly made; A and B. A-team arrives in the bay first and must defend against B who arrives ten minutes later. Team with the most "kills" gains their players medals based on personal score.

"...the opening ceremony was really cool too. The march of the countries, the speech by the president, all of it was amazing!"

"I swear... Wernher, would you shut up?! I can't even hear the sound of the plane's engines over your droning!"

"Silly, you're supposed to not hear much of the engines in the cockpit, that's the point. By the way, I have a name, Captain Kreulich."

The pilot of the F-4E Phantom II aircraft growled, inciting a chuckle from the WSO. "Who the hell thought it was a good idea to stick her in here with me..." he grumbled. After this, silence took its place, allowing the pilot some time to look at the passing scenery as they neared the rendezvous point. Blue waters waved calmly down below and the hilly coastline was a vibrant shade of green, despite the cold season. Alongside the Phantom flew a loose formation composed of a strange hodgepodge of other vintage fighters, such as two A-7E Corsair II's, one with ISAF markings and one with the familiar blue roundel of the Osean Maritime Defense Force, a pair of MiG-23's, both with Yuktobanian Air Force insignia, a single F-5E Tiger II decorated with the blue roundel of the REAF, a Jaguar in Osean Air Defense Force markings, and finally the joint Neucom Emergency Unit-General Resources Defense Force F-4E Phantom II, flying in the center of the seven plane formation.

None of the pilots spoke to each other for the moment, mostly due to the fact that a radio frequency hadn't yet been set up, but they had somehow managed to find a serviceable formation, not too tight, nor too distanced, but a bit jumbled, to be frank. For the moment, all they had to do was fly to the rendezvous point where they would meet their own AWACS who would be one of the referees for the match and also give tactical information to the team. Finally, after a good moment of waiting, the voice of the AWACS operator was heard by the pilots.

AWACS
<<Good afternoon, A-Team, AWACS Oracle here. As you've been briefed, I'll watch over you all during this match. B-Team is due to arrive in ten minutes, so get yourselves ready. As soon as I detect B-Team within a ten kilometer radius, we'll allow open communication between you all, but for the moment, feel free to ask me anything.>>

Nodding, Charles spoke in return. "Oracle, this is Anemi-One. Glad to have you." As he said this, he put on the oxygen mask and made a gesture to the planes next to his in the formation to break off and get into the defensive position they had decided upon earlier. The fighters all broke off and began to fly at a slower speed on a head-on to the position where the adversaries would normally be coming from and prepared the virtual missiles to be fired, a few tubes that had been placed on the hardpoints of the aircraft, along with real missiles of which the firing could only be enabled by the AWACS, meant to add realistic weight to the planes. Within moments, Team-A was ready to begin the match, and all they awaited was for Oracle to open communications.

"I wonder why they disabled communications?" His co-pilot spoke up as they waited. Charles thought over it for a moment before responding.

"Probably so we have to make all strategies in advance, or something. Gives it a special difficulty that makes it interesting for the audience. We are on TV after all."He gestured to the glint of a specially modified U-2 above the combat-zone.

"I see." The cockpit of the Phantom fell back into silence for a good moment before the young girl spoke again. "Say, I wonder where..."

AWACS
<< A-Team, I've got the adversaries on radar, bearing 160, flying fast. Opening communications... what?>>

The sudden pause of the operator worried Charles. "AWACS, what's wrong?" He asked as he turned the plane. Wait, turn the plane? Wasn't B-Team supposed to attack them from their current bearing of 300, not 160? The rest of the team turned as well to meet the adversaries. Suddenly, missile lock warnings began going off in almost perfect unison in the planes. Realizing the situation, Charles yelled over radio. "A-Team, everyone break, those aren't virtuals!" He pulled the plane up, just as a Sidewinder missile flew past, followed by a MiG-29, not one of the planes allowed in the mock dogfight.

AWACS
<< A-Team, that's not B-Team! Unlocking missiles, you have permission to engage the bogies!>>

"Affirmative, Oracle. You heard the man, let's do this!" Charles responded over radio as he began to chase one of the MiGs. "Border Boy engaging."

"Ribbon, engaging!" His co-pilot said shortly after him as she began to track the Fulcrum from the WSO seat.

Ace Combat: The Global War

I beat AC5 on Ace the other day. I'm very proud of the fact that I have no life.

Ace Combat: The Global War

The Call of Duty games are nothing compared to Joint Assault. NOTHING.
The music is great though;

Ace Combat: The Global War

Gramercy, Silver! I'll be sure to put that to good use. It'll be kept under the "Technical" section of the OP, so tell me when you have an update for it.

You were talking about the PSP AC's; keep in mind that they can't actually be played on the PS3, only on a PSP or a PS VITA. Also keep in mind that...

"Joint Assault's plot is so bad, the UN had to punish Japan for proliferation of WMD's.

...as said by someone on the Electrosphere...

Ace Combat: The Global War

Erika

Name: Erika Ansel
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Height: 1m63
Weight: 66 kg
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Blood Type: B- (genes are BB and --)
Date of Birth: November 16th, 2003
Nationality: Erusian
Affiliation: Neucom Emergency Unit
Assignment: Joint Air Unit "Anemi"
Allegiance: None, mercenary.
Rank: First Lieutenant
Call Sign: Anemi-Two
TAC Name: Ribbon
Starter Aircraft: F-4E Phantom II
While an outdated, un-aerodynamic design (it is affectionately called the flying brick by some), the Phantom has it redeeming features in its large and versatile payload, long range, good speed and reliability.
Weapons:
-20mm M61 Vulcan Cannon (internal) (700 rounds)
-30 missiles total
SP Weapons:
-x4 NPB (BLU-32)
-x8 UGB (Mk-82 500 lb.)
-x4 UGBM (Mk-83 1,000 lb.)
-x2 UGBL (Mk-84 2000 lb.)
-x2 SAAM (AIM-7F Sparrow)
-x2 QAAM (Vympel R-73/AA-11 Archer)
-x2 GPD (SUU-23/A 20mm cannon pod)
In Depth Physical Description: Somewhat short and of a light build. She usually wears her smooth mid length hair loosely, though sometimes wears it in a lopsided pony tail. For clothes, when not wearing her flight uniform, she prefers comfortable clothes over more fashionable ones, favoring sweatpants, hoodies, shorts and the like. Her face is of a thinner shape, though definitely not gaunt. Wears glasses due to her terrible eyesight, though she forces herself to use contacts when in flight.
Personality: Relaxed, laidback and with a good sense of humor, Alicia is well-liked among those she works with, save for a certain man who happens to be her co-pilot... Very easygoing. However, she is about as green as a football field, if you get the idea...
History: In 2003, the Federal Republic of Erusea invaded many of its neighbors, leaving many families without homes, as refugees or even prisoners to the Erusians. Erika's parents were the latter, she being born only a few days after her parents were brought into one of the internment camps built in the country, however, shortly after her birth her father was discovered to have a matching identity with an engineer of some reputation. The family was at first sent to the Stonehenge Cannons, where they stayed for two years before its destruction and their subsequent change of post to the Megalith facility. Erika was young at the time, only remembering what her parents tell her, and after the war, her parents managed to avoid persecution by ISAF by explaining the situation of them being forced to work for the Erusians.
Despite her parents disliking of the Erusians after the war, the family decided to stay in Farbanti for their daughter's sake, as she had become accustomed to living the life of an Erusian. Her father took up a job at the Erusea Aeronautics and Space Administration (which would later be bought by an up and coming company called Neucom in the mid-2010's) and her mother occupied herself with a part-time job at a local restaurant and Erika herself was sent to a school in the city. It was around this time that Erika was diagnosed with a genetic defect that resulted in a weaker immune system, causing her to be almost perpetually sick with varying degrees of illness. Most of them time, it was a simple cold, but the threat of coming down with a more serious disease always loomed overhead. Despite this, Erika always kept a cheery, optimistic outlook on things, to the joy of those around her who worried greatly for her.

Something, a memory dating from the otherwise blurry age during the Continental War of a dogfight above Stonehenge, caused her to take an interest when she was a teen in becoming a pilot, but despite excellent results in school, the FEAF rejected her due to her medical status and her eyesight, another one of her faults. Around this time, however, she was invited by her father, who now worked for Neucom, to be a test-pilot for the company's fighters, in particular the X-02 Wyvern, a powerful and highly advanced aircraft that never managed to go beyond the prototype stages. She took this opportunity with zeal and began training at the age of 16, mostly with simulators and experimental VR training programs. She aced the tests and virtual operations she was given, become a favorite among the researchers, scientists and troops of the newly formed Neucom Emergency Unit.

In 2021, she was chosen by Neucom to be one of the company's representatives in the International Peace Games, though under a certain condition...
Extra Information:
-She highly enjoys reading magazines and journals. She learned Belkan and Osean simply from reading literature and magazines in the two languages and using a dictionary to learn words she didn't know and she plans to learn Estovakian with the same method.
-Erika also enjoys cooking, being rather proficient at it.
-Video gaming is one of her favorite activities.
-She possesses a small collection of scale models, mostly models that she picked up from the various planes she has tested, though she owns a few others, in particular a 1/4 F-14 Tomcat that she keeps in her room in Erusea.

And there's my second character! IC should be up in an hour or two, depending on what I decide to put into it.

Ace Combat: The Global War

AC:JA (the second PSP one) is good fun, but keep in mind that the story is just atrocious. Zero is great, and AC3 is also really fun, but it was butchered compared to the Japanese release...

Ace Combat: The Global War

Oops, sorry, didn't see it was done. Yep, you're accepted.