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nine-gear crow posted:Yes, Magic is the best AWACS, but let's save that for Ace Combat AH, shall we? let me know if this is an effective way of trolling you, crow.  (the unedited quote is the correct best AWACS answer, though)
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Verdafolio posted:For some reason, the Soviets really liked keg shapes for their general purpose bombs. The numbers after FAB is their weight in kilos. I don't know much about modern Soviet bombs, but I wouldn't be surprised if those were supposed to emulate/be anti-ricochet plates.
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Hey somebody remind me to not forget to update my OP at some point this week, before I forget to update my OP at some point this week. Missions 20 to 22: Fjord, Counterterrorism, ECM Part 07: A Raptor Fighting An Eagle Piloting A Blimp (wingman: Lunethex) Nothing like a weekend getaway to the beach, eh? We take a trip to Petrol Coast, which is surprisingly pollution-free, and spend a lazy afternoon looking at the driftwood and lighting fireworks in the evening. There was some guy further up the coastline yelling about sublimating consciousness into the Internet, so we just stay down on the south side of the beach. Religious fanatics; can't seem to get away from 'em. Apparently someone was causing trouble on our behalf with a local bully, though, so when we get back home he decides to pick a fight with us, at four o-clock, by the bike sheds, be there. There always seems to be another fight lately. To teach the guy a lesson, after we already taught him a lesson by beating him up, we set up a DDoS of all his favourite websites. Jerk.  First appearance of the 4053 Sphyrna in this version of the game, and the second appearance of 4054 Aurora. It's very clear how early in the development of Ace Combat we are when this is what counts as a boss battle. AC2 had ZOE planes and a very tender trench run to destroy a facility at the end, and the team are still dipping their toes into the realm of air battles that could not possibly happen with current technology. So for the time being we get a zeppelin with lots of guns and missiles. And we'll get it again and again before the game ends. More interesting is ECM, in which we make use of ECM. I don't have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the series, but I feel like this might be one of very few times this kind of gameplay twist is used. Ace Combat regularly puts the player in situations where they have to destroy enemy countermeasures to see targets on radar and lock on to them, and AC6 often gives the player support planes that offer countermeasures that basically act as a passive buff when you're in their radius, but as for a series of raids timed to jamming periods? Nothing is ringing an immediate bell. Most of the time missions of that nature are usually just a canyon run that fails the player for going above an altitude limit, rather than requiring the player to stay above the clouds to avoid detection until it's safe. Nevertheless, it's a cool idea, though it naturally results in no enemy planes for the player to fight unless they get caught, so the mission itself is relatively sparse.   This is Ouroboros? What a punk! Picking fights and chasing Megan Float like everybody else in town. And 'cause that stupid nerd Neumann went and flapped his mouth, now they're gonna keep harassing us in really meaningless ways. With everything else going on, another person causing trouble now sure does seem very pointless, but I guess that's life. frozentreasure fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Jan 4, 2017 |
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So I mentioned that there would be no Ace Combat update this weekend, and that is because (aside from coming down a case of shingles  ), I will be co-hosting several blocks of the Team Frog Nugget Pre-Halloween Extra Life 24 Hour Charity Stream! Join me and fellow Ace Combat co-commentators/co-LPers Faerie Fortune, ChaosArgate, poorlywrittennovel, FPzero, The stream begins at  12:00 PM EST (9:00 AM PST) on Saturday, October 29th, 2016 and will run through to 12:00 PM EST on Sunday, October 30th. You can check out the action on our Hitbox account, including donation information, donation incentives, raffle prizes, and much more.Last time around, we raised $950, and this time we're hoping to go for $1500. See you there!
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Oct 27, 2016 23:51
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This time, please try to not die after the stream wraps up, Crow.
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Oct 28, 2016 00:24
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nine-gear crow posted:(aside from coming down a case of shingles Please try not to catch H1N1 again on top of that, TIA. Also, I have some friends who'd probably be interested in that Dragon's Dogma segment, at least.
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Oh yeah, please don't try to die again. I'd very much like to guest comment on AC5.
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Oct 28, 2016 01:21
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Well, I just got a flu shot earlier this week, so hopefully that helps a bit. I've also go a vaccine against pneumonia. The shingles was also caught early enough that I got on a good medication for it that should hopefully clear it up fairly soon so right now it's just a "major annoyance" as opposed to "JESUSCRISTTHISFUCKINGHURTS " agony like it has the potential to be.
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nine-gear crow posted:Well, I just got a flu shot earlier this week, so hopefully that helps a bit. I've also go a vaccine against pneumonia. The shingles was also caught early enough that I got on a good medication for it that should hopefully clear it up fairly soon so right now it's just a "major annoyance" as opposed to "JESUSCRISTTHISFUCKINGHURTS How much of the money raised will go to buy you video games to play on your deathbed?
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Oct 28, 2016 06:39
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Also, don't die before you do some Ace Combat Infinity sorties. I've been beefing up my air force over the past few months and I would certainly like to tag along at least once in the big pink B-2 Idolmaster Bomber.
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Oct 28, 2016 21:07
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems that all AC6 DLC, as well as the game itself, is gone from the store.
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NobleSixFour posted:I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems that all AC6 DLC, as well as the game itself, is gone from the store. Shame. I know that a lot of 360 games are being quietly discontinued from Live support. So I guess that means that the multiplayer safari is out the window for 6. At least I got the majority of the non-Idolmaster plane skins... I think.
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Oct 29, 2016 20:09
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Also, the 24 Hour Extra Life Charity Stream is now live! My blocks aren't till later, but that's no reason to hold out. Tune in, watch some cool games, and donate money for charity!
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Oct 29, 2016 20:13
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Mission 12: Finale You heard correctly, ladies and gents. This here is the final update of this LP.  After the basically one-sided thrashing we've been dealing them all game long, it's time for General Resource to up the ante.  They've even gone so far as to invest in one of those newfangled "Boss" things. This could be dangerous.   Seeing as this is the final mission, we'd best bring our A-game. It's time to fight bombs with somewhat smaller bombs!  Let's ride.  To think this will be the last time we fly above the frozen tundra. Or really, any kind of terrain.   Naturally, for this final mission, we'll be facing more ground targets than ever before. And if we want an S-rank, we'll have to get them all.  I'm sure if they could have managed it, they'd have snuck in some tanks and boats as well, but instead, we'll have to contend with our old classic staple of anti-air missiles and planes.  Here's one of the nukes, just casually sitting outside of its secure bunker because...Actually, why are they out like this?  Well obviously, it's so we can shoot them, but I mean in terms of the game's internal logic. Also, while you would assume that the nukes would have some extra health, what with being the last objective of the game, they're actually just as weak as any other structure. Go figure.  In order to satisfy the secondary objective, the game will require you to go out of your way to deal with these outlying structures as well. It's fortunate for them that I enjoy blowing stuff up.  Second base and plenty of time left. I completed this level once by diving down and destroying all the buildings with my gatling gun. That's how much time they give you. Now where's that boss...  Oh, hello! The Boss is in a giant plane kitted out with cluster missiles and has a ridiculous amount of health. He'd be a serious threat indeed if it weren't for one problem:  His dogfighting AI is absolute garbage.  I really don't think that he's supposed to just turn around and run away, but that's what ends up happening basically 100% of the time.  In fact, the only way to get him to do anything is to get in front of him, at which point, he'll turn and try to avoid you.  This is an important tactic because of one thing I neglected to mention: the game puts boundaries on the mission area in order to prevent the player from flying out too far, and if you pass it, it's an instant failure.  Generally if you see this message, it's because The Boss passed over the boundary line, which is usually a sign that you failed your S-rank.  But in this case, I just barely managed to eke out a victory.  After that nail-biting battle, all that's left is cleanup.  Turns out that GR Ltd only had three nukes in its arsenal, all concentrated in one area. Poor tactical planning, all told. Now, back to base.  Well, there's still the terms of surrender, dissolution of the company, federal hearings for the board of directors, and thousands of disgruntled ex-employees with piloting skills they could sell to the highest bidder...  But sure, I guess effectively that's the end of the war. Now it's time for the end credit-  Or just a static screen. That's good too. Right.  So what is there to say about this game? It's really frustrating at first when you have nothing but the slow and terrible planes, then it gets super easy and dull once you don't. The music's forgettable, you can count the fun objectives on a single hand... In short, I can't really think of any reason to recommend this game. Thanks to Nine-Gear Crow for getting me back in the Let's Playing mood, but man, was this a stinker. I'm just glad that I played it so that nobody else has to. Please, nobody play this game. Ever. And with that, THE LP IS OVER! See you, kids.
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 Ace Combat: Advance, everybody! Fine work showing this one off Blast. Well done. That was really... a thing... I guess... Maybe...
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Oct 31, 2016 05:48
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Some stuff to chew on as we wait for Ace Combat 04 to resume. Here are two of the three blocks I hosted or was otherwise a part of during this weekend's 24hr Extra Life charity stream: Oxenfree Golf With Your Friends The Oxenfree block has some minor audio issues for the first couple of minutes, but that gets sorted out fairly quickly. The third game I hosted, Forza Horizon, will be up later after some minor editing work. Other blocks where I appear in, like Rocket League, Mario Kart, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5, will be up later either on the Team Frog Nugget YouTube page, or on Artix's YouTube page in the case of THPS5.
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Nov 2, 2016 10:35
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I honestly can't believe it took them until the 3rd Horizon game to just go ahead and make you the festival-runner from the beginning. Because, at least in the first two, you are pretty much literally God and no one seems to care.
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Nov 2, 2016 14:12
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https://zippy.gfycat.com/FearfulSoggyFox.webm got bored, made a thing. Crow, you can make a gfycat your desktop background, right? Really commit to being an ISAF pilot? Compression really does a number on it, though.
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Okay, so after talking with Crow a bit, I am proud to announce that me LPing Assault Horizon is officially going to be a thing. I have all the hardware, and most of it is set up, so I hope to start recording footage sometime within the next few days. I was thinking of doing the PC version, but if for whatever reason there was sufficient outcry I could supplement that with the 360 version. Additionally, I know that Crow et al did show off multiplayer and a tiny bit of coop at one point, but if there's interest in a more detailed look at it than that, I'd love to get some names of people who would be into providing the other warm bodies for that.
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NobleSixFour posted:I'd love to get some names of people who would be into providing the other warm bodies for that. Sure I'd be up for that. Haven't tried ACAH in co-op or MP myself so I'm curious to see how badly I'll perform. My steam name is the same as my SA username and I'm available on Discord as well should the need arise.
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NobleSixFour posted:Okay, so after talking with Crow a bit, I am proud to announce that me LPing Assault Horizon is officially going to be a thing. I have all the hardware, and most of it is set up, so I hope to start recording footage sometime within the next few days. I was thinking of doing the PC version, but if for whatever reason there was sufficient outcry I could supplement that with the 360 version. Additionally, I know that Crow et al did show off multiplayer and a tiny bit of coop at one point, but if there's interest in a more detailed look at it than that, I'd love to get some names of people who would be into providing the other warm bodies for that.
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Psion posted:https://zippy.gfycat.com/FearfulSoggyFox.webm Looks good man! NobleSixFour posted:Okay, so after talking with Crow a bit, I am proud to announce that me LPing Assault Horizon is officially going to be a thing. I have all the hardware, and most of it is set up, so I hope to start recording footage sometime within the next few days. I was thinking of doing the PC version, but if for whatever reason there was sufficient outcry I could supplement that with the 360 version. Additionally, I know that Crow et al did show off multiplayer and a tiny bit of coop at one point, but if there's interest in a more detailed look at it than that, I'd love to get some names of people who would be into providing the other warm bodies for that. I should also amend that to note that this will be happening in tandem with Ace Combat 5, which will be starting up early next year. Because AHL's plot is kind of a soft retread of 5's, and a fourth AC LP in this thread will kind of be belaboring the point a bit.
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NobleSixFour posted:Okay, so after talking with Crow a bit, I am proud to announce that me LPing Assault Horizon is officially going to be a thing. I have all the hardware, and most of it is set up, so I hope to start recording footage sometime within the next few days. I was thinking of doing the PC version, but if for whatever reason there was sufficient outcry I could supplement that with the 360 version. Additionally, I know that Crow et al did show off multiplayer and a tiny bit of coop at one point, but if there's interest in a more detailed look at it than that, I'd love to get some names of people who would be into providing the other warm bodies for that. Might as well sign up since I was dumb enough to buy AH even after hearing everyone talk about how bad it was. My Steam name's also the same as my username.
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I'll be down for Assault Horizon co-op and stuff on PC when we get to the next thread, too, currently using the same name over Steam as here.
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Nov 4, 2016 03:42
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What have I done? What have I done?! WHAT HAVE I loving DONE?!!!!
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Nov 4, 2016 09:21
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Glory. And Horror.
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If you aren't rocking an itasha in any game where it's possible, you're doing it provably wrong.
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Nov 4, 2016 15:18
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Crow whyyyyyyyyyy 
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Nov 4, 2016 15:45
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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Yeah, put me in the AH list. I think I have most stuff unlocked for PC, too, so I can be that showy rear end in a top hat in an ISAF F-22 or the sakura F-14. No anime girls, though, that's for crow. I uh, definitely didn't compile some giant unlock spreadsheet for people like myself who hate themselves, that's for sure  Psion fucked around with this message at 21:58 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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Nov 4, 2016 16:45
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That was the greatest thing I've ever seen/heard.
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Glad to see this many folks signing on! I'd also love to play some AH MP with y'all just in general, especially since no one else in the world seems to still be doing that.
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Escort Mission 11: Operation Noah’s Ark – March 14th, 2005 Overview: A pair of Air Ixiom 767-200s have defied the Erusean No Fly Zone order and have taken off from Farbanti carrying a group of important Erusean defectors and freed POWs: the engineers and scientists who helped create Stonehenge. Mobius 1 is scrambled on an emergency intercept mission to rendezvous with Air Ixiom flights 701 and 702 above Chopinburg and escort them out of Erusean airspace and into ISAF custody, and defend the airliners from an Erusean intercept flight scrambled to shoot them down. If the Stonehenge staff makes it out of Erusean territory, the intel they possess on the rail gun network’s inner workings could potentially turn the tide of the war for ISAF.  Guest Commentator: Today I am joined once again by Trizophenie, who very graciously provided the footage for the Assault Horizon Legacy half of the Ace Combat 2 LP. He is currently (very slowly) trying to finish the LP of the Wii version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for the Casual LP Thread.   NAGASE Real Name: Kei Nagase Callsign(s): Edge, Scarface 3 (formerly), IXIOM 701 Heavy Age: 27 Sex: Female Nationality: FCU (Far Eastern Usea) Signature Plane: 767-200 Voice Actor: Uncredited (possibly Jane Fox) Kei Nagase makes a surprise return cameo from Ace Combat 2 here in this mission of Ace Combat 04 as the first officer of Air Ixiom Flight 701. Originally, it was just speculated that this Nagase was the same Nagase from 2, but a line from her bio in Assault Horizon Legacy about her wanting to become a civilian airline pilot after the end of the Continental War basically confirms that this is the same Nagase as our wingman Edge from Ace Combat 2/Assault Horizon Legacy. After mustering out of the FCU Allied Forces after the end of the Usean Continental War of 1998, Flight Lieutenant Kei Nagase received an honorable discharge and commendation for her exemplary service to the FCU in a time of war. When the FCU Allied Forces were restructured into the Independent States Allied Forces, the former mercenary pilots wing, of which Nagase’s Scarface Tactical Fighter Squadron was all but the poster child of, was disbanded. The pilots who comprised its ranks were offered commissioned positions in the new ISAF air force, and while many took ISAF up on its offer, only one member of Scarface opted to stay on. Captain John Harvard, the former Scarface Two accepted a promotion to squadron leader and assumed command of the Stonehenge Guard Squadron (codenamed Shooting Star), stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, directly adjacent to the STN complex. When Stonehenge fell under Erusean control, the STN Guard detachment was overwhelmed by the FEAF’s deadly Yellow Squadron, and Harvard himself was shot down by Captain Dave Jordan aka Yellow 13. Though he survived his encounter with Jordan, Harvard is currently being held as an Erusean prisoner of war. The mysterious Scarface flight lead Pheonix retired from the air force following the FCU’s victory over the Rebels. It is speculated that he may have accepted a command position within ISAF following the war, though rumour also has it that he may well have retired to civilian life following the war. Accounts vary widely and are highly inaccurate due to his personnel file and service dossier being sealed by the FCU government due to his direct involvement with the illegal North Osea Gründer Industries-developed Zone of Endless AI fighter project, as well as the Gründer ADF-01 FALKEN next generation superfighter—the existence of which is still denied by the Osean government. As for Nagase herself, she returned to the civilian airline flight school she was forced to drop out of at the outbreak of the war and passed all her qualifications with top marks. With her exemplary skill and distinguished service record from the war, she was headhunted by multiple airline firms upon graduation, ultimately choosing the prestigious Air Ixiom International Airlines to begin her career as a civilian pilot. In the seven years since the Continental War, Captain Nagase has flow as both a pilot and co-pilot on hundreds of domestic and international flights for Air Ixiom. When the operation to smuggle the Stonehenge developers out of Erusea was formulated by the Erusean Fifth Column, Kei Nagase was at the top of the list for potential pilots with the skills needed to shepherd the engineers and their families to safety. On the morning of March 14th, 2005, Nagase and her captain aboard Flight 701 helped escort the Stonehenge personnel and families aboard the aircraft (including, as a matter of historical trivia, former Belkan Air Force pilot Dr. David “Ibis” Hartmann, who emigrated to Erusea following the end of the Belkan War and became one of the principle engineers behind Stonehenge) using a falsified flight manifest and travel itinerary forged by the Resistance and took off as usual from Farbanti International Airport bound (ostensibly) for San Profetta International Airport in San Salvacion. Flight 702, bound allegedly for Okchabursk, Yuktobania, followed shortly thereafter. However, Erusean Intelligence quickly discovered the Fifth Column ruse and scrambled to stop the takeoff. While Flight 702 was able to get away without issue, Nagase’s Flight 701 was strafed by both small arms and anti-air fire upon takeoff, resulting in moderate damage for the 767-200’s airframe and the incapacitation of 701’s pilot. Nagase was forced to take sole control over the damaged airliner and pilot it out of Erusean airspace. Captain Nagase was officially commended by ISAF command for her skill and composure during the airlift mission, as there were a remarkable few pilots—civilian or otherwise—who could have been able to bring Flight 701 home safely in its compromised condition (leaking fuel from a punctured fuel tank, its flight controls compromised by gunfire, its pilot in critical condition from a bullet wound, unable to climb above 6,000 ft due to bullet holes in the canopy preventing pressurization of the fuselage, all while being pursued by hostile interceptor fighters). The stories of Nagase’s heroism during both Usean conflicts ultimately inspired her younger cousin (who also shared a first name with her) to join the Osean Air Defense Force upon graduating high school.   AIR IXIOM The Usean-owned and operated Air Ixiom International Airlines (IXI) is one of the world’s premiere domestic and international airline operators, and part of an alliance of international air carriers that together service virtually every major hub city on the planet. Air Ixiom operates a vast fleet of Boeing 747, 767, and 777 civilian airliners, including the two 767-200s fated to become the renowned Flights 701 and 702. Following the outbreak of the Shattered Skies crisis, a No Fly Zone was enacted over the Erusean homeland, as well as all territory across Usea ceded to the Eruseans by the FCU and Independent States following ISAF’s withdrawal from the mainland. All international flights in and out of Erusea were cancelled, save from select nations that retained diplomatic relations with Erusea despite AN sanctions (Yuktobania, Verusa, East Clavis, Estovakia, Leasath, and Belka). Given the ongoing war on Usea and the threat of Stonehenge, the international community was strongly encouraged to boycott all travel to Usea in general, and Erusea in particular. During this time, Air Ixiom functionally split into two distinct carriers, an international carrier serving the rest of the world, and an Usean domestic airline under strict control of the Erusean military government, serving a severely curtailed number of destinations on Usea along flightpaths dictated by the Federal Erusean Air Force. Air Ixiom Airlines is one of several links between the Ace Combat and Ridge Racer franchises and strongly suggests that Ridge Racer is indeed set on Strangereal too. Air Ixiom iconography and aircraft appear in both R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 for the PlayStation 1, and Ridge Racer 5 for the PS2, in addition to ISAF and Erusean aircraft and logos.  Erusean RESISTANCE This mission basically implies but never outright confirms the existence of an Erusean fifth column organization operating within Erusean territory against the interests of the Erusean military government itself. The idea being that there had to have been some form of resistance infrastructure in place within Erusea itself to even set up, much less execute the Flight 701 and 702 operation. The term “fifth column” generally refers to a civilian, military, or paramilitary faction operating inside a nation or organization to destabilize it in favor of its opposition. The term was coined by Emilio Mola, a Nationalist General under Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War in 1936. He recounted to a journalist that as the four columns of his army marched on Madrid, a “fifth column” comprised of the common people would rise up and help them capture it from within. The term saw widespread use in Spain afterward, and came to international attention via Ernest Hemmingway, who wrote the play (and later book) The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories during the bombing of Madrid while serving as a war correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA) alongside Martha Gellhorn (who was writing for Collier's Weekly at the time). Since then, the term has been used to describe any general seditionist faction, largely unmoored from its original meaning or connotations. For example, The Atlantic columnist Andrew Sullivan once publically described those opposed to the 2003 Iraq War as fifth columnists. He later apologized for the use of the term. In popular culture, the organization known formally as the Fifth Column played a large role the various incarnations of the television franchise V. In the original 80s series, the term was broadly applied to specific members of the reptilian Visitors who worked against the occupying V forces, while their human allies were specifically referred to as the Resistance. On the 2009 reboot of V, the largely human resistance was branded a terrorist organization known as the Fifth Column by Visitor propaganda and the connection to the true meaning of the term “fifth column” was never touched upon at all, because V 2009 was spectacularly  stupid—and I say this as someone who watched every episode of it. THE CANADIAN CAPER This mission also contained a (heavily punched up) implied reference to another real life act of asymmetrical warfare broadly known as the “Canadian Caper.” Dramatized in the film Argo, by Ben Affleck, the Canadian Caper (also known as Operation Argo) was a joint covert operation conducted by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and the Canadian Government to rescue six United States Embassy workers from Tehran after they narrowly avoided becoming hostages during the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979–1981. The plan involved sneaking the six diplomats (who had been in hiding at the residence of the Canadian ambassador to Iran—Canada having maintained strained, but functional diplomatic relations with Iran during the crisis) out of the country on a civilian airliner by having them and a CIA extractor pose as a Canadian film crew who were allegedly location scouting in the Iranian desert for an upcoming Hollywood science fiction film called Argo. The plan worked flawlessly, and the six embassy workers escaped Iran aboard a Swissair flight on January 28th, 1980—a full year before the remaining hostages held at the US embassy were released by the Iranians following Ronald Reagan’s swearing in as President of the United States (a final gently caress you to Jimmy Carter by the Iranians).  NOAH’S ARK The codename for this mission also further confirms that both Christianity and Judaism exist in Strangereal. The mission takes its name from the eponymous vessel at the center of the tale of Noah’s Ark, from the Old Testament of The Bible. The story recounts how a man named Noah was chosen by God, for his and his family’s uncommon virtue, to build a massive ark meant to house his family and two of every animal on Earth, for God was to flood the world and exterminate the rest of humanity due to its untenable wickedness. Because OT God was a prick like that. In this instance, the mission is referencing the purpose of the Ark itself, which was to safely shepherd innocent life through the storm and the flood, which is basically what Flights 701 and 702 do—and, funnily enough, they do it two-by-two.  Aircraft featured in Mission 11: Operation Noah’s Ark  767-200 Manufacturer: Boeing Role: Widebody civilian and cargo jetliner Manufactured: 1981–“Late 80s” Status: In Service Primary Operators: Worldwide Quick Facts:
 
NOTE: This Ace also flies the recurrent white-blue-red colour scheme seen on Aces in other Ace Combat games like Zero (shown off by Aces no. 108 and 109, Lynx 1 and Lynx 2), by the elite late-game URF fighters in Ace Combat 2, and by Aces who will be appearing in both Ace Combats 5 and 6 in due time. Kadorhal posted:Ace Number Eleven is Neujmin. Named for Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin, born January 3rd, 1886. Russian astronomer credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, notably 951 Gaspra and 762 Pulcova, between 1913 and 1936. He also discovered or co-discovered some periodic comets, including 25D, 28P, and 42P, all named after him. A lunar crater and the asteroid 1129 Neijmina are both named after him as well. Died December 17, 1946, at 60 years old.   Tracks featured in Mission 10: DISC 1  Air Ixiom Flight 701 from afar: 
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Dang that was an unexpected YouTube alert just now Crow, guess you aren't sleeping either.
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LEGO Genetics posted:Dang that was an unexpected YouTube alert just now Crow, guess you aren't sleeping either. I'm always up late on weekends. Plus I ate up the majority of my evening getting the latest Killzone 3 update ready, and then having a fist fight with Premiere after it decided it didn't like the latest firmware update Nividia put out.
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I think this might have been brought up in previous threads or maybe not, but how many characters named "Kei Nagase" appear in the Ace Combat series? You got this one, her cousin, and probably two or three unrelated ones in AC3 and the dreaded non-canon Assault Horizon. I think she also has a few novels written from her point of view too. Is she a Time Lord? I think she's a Time Lord.
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Ace Number Eleven is Neujmin. Named for Grigory Nikolayevich Neujmin, born January 3rd, 1886. Russian astronomer credited with the discovery of 74 asteroids, notably 951 Gaspra and 762 Pulcova, between 1913 and 1936. He also discovered or co-discovered some periodic comets, including 25D, 28P, and 42P, all named after him. A lunar crater and the asteroid 1129 Neijmina are both named after him as well. Died December 17, 1946, at 60 years old. As Crow noted, his paint scheme is a recurring one in the series. It's based on that of one of the Gromov Flight Research Institute's Su-27s, which has nevertheless become primarily associated with the Super Flanker and Terminator in this series - I think the only Ace Combat to actually attach it to the Su-27 is Joint Assault, and even then that's probably more because they wouldn't have room for an AC6 paint scheme on the Su-37 otherwise. Kadorhal fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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Nov 6, 2016 21:23
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The music for this mission is one of my personal favorite tracks in the game. I love this song to bits, especially the crescendo. EDIT: You mention that the airlines cannot be shot down on lower difficulties. I remember it happening at least once, but it was many years ago. I also think if you run out of time without destroying all targets, you fail. Inglonias fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Nov 6, 2016 |
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This actually might be my favorite mission in the game, if only because it makes you feel like such a goddamn hero. It's you versus a dozen fighters completely alone, with 400 innocent lives directly on the line. I love all of the implied backstory: the diplomatic caper, the skirmish on the runway, and the flight attendants ordering passengers to close their windows so they don't panic when they see the carnage outside. Even the Erusians get some character here too, with that one pilot asking his squadron leader if the orders are actually correct, because there's no way we're actually supposed to shoot down a civilian airliner, right, sir? SkyEye is more of a bro than ever here, too. I've always liked the fact that he asks Nagase to raise altitude so I can do my job better.
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Nov 6, 2016 23:04
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Relatedly, one of the colors for the Flanker in the PSP titles is a copyright friendly approximation of the colors of the Russian Knights, the RuAF aerobatic team.
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