ACE COMBAT

4

RETURN OF
THE
YELLOW
SQUADRON

SAVAGE63125

I do not own Ace Combat 4 or anything associated with it. The only things I own are the names of the boy and the barkeeps daughter, which I had to make up.

Text Key:

Thought

Radio

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Prologue

MOBIUS 1 POV

Megalith, a rocket launcher facility built to shoot down asteroids in orbit. Yet, upon discovery of its antiaircraft capabilities, it became a catalyst to war. In the end, Megalith suffered the same fate as Stonehenge. Stonehenge, Megalith's predecessor, was a huge battery of rail guns, also designed to shoot down asteroids. The shock waves that were given off as the shell flew through the air were found to be very effective against aircraft. With those findings a Erusian military force started a war, intent on taking over all of Eurasia.

Strangely enough, both super weapons were destroyed by the same I.S.A.F. (Independent States Allied Forces) squadron. The squadron I lead. At the beginning of the war the Mobius Squadron had eight members, myself included…there are only four of us left. Four brave souls vanished into the skies. I can't begin to think how many were lost by the Omega, Halo, or Rapier squadrons. ' Its strange,' I thought, 'that so many had to die to stop a weapon that we'd built to protect ourselves.' These thoughts laid heavily on my mind as I guided what remained of my battered squadron back to San Salvacion, a city that we'd liberated in the late stages of the war. I planned to take my men to small bar/pub I'd noticed during the air raid. So with out further thought I'd guided my squadron, two F-18's and one F-22, into land at the cleaned up runways of San Profetta airport.

(Author's Note: I didn't include Mobius 1's plane in this because everyone who played the game possibly beat it with a different plane. So basically, free pick.)

As the staff guided our planes into the remaining hangers I brought up my radio and contacted what remained of my squadron.

" I know we've all had a hard and trying day, but would you men care for a drink? I saw a small bar during the air raid here, C'mon I'm buying."

" This is Mobius 4, did I hear right? Did Mobius 1 say he was buying? I'm there."

" Mobius 8 here, I'm in." I smirked, ' Mobius 8 never really did talk much.'

" Mobius 5 here, Mobius 1 you'd better be ready to lose this time."

Once again I smirked, the last time I'd taken the squadron to a bar Mobius 5 had challenged me to a drink off. Basically, we ordered a round of the strongest whiskey the bar had. First one to pass out loses. Twenty-one shots later I'm in the hospital with alcohol poisoning and Mobius 5 is passed out in the next room.

" Rodger that Mobius 5." I replied.

" Hey Skyeye here, where's my drink? C'mon I know your not going to leave me out of a drink."

"Mobius 4 to Skyeye, what are you an alcoholic or something?"

Skyeye: "No, I just enjoy getting wasted once in a while."

Mobius 4: "Oh…"

"All right Skyeye we'll get you some drinks, but not that many." I said.

Skyeye: "Why's that?"

I replied with a chuckle, "Because when you start drinking you have a habit of getting really chatty. You'll talk about anything and everything for hours on end."

(Authors Note: The reason for this comment is obvious to those that have played the game, but for those that haven't I'll explain. During the course of Ace Combat 4 Shattered Skies, Skyeye never shuts up.)

This got a laugh out of everyone, except Mobius 8 who remained silent as always.

Once the planes had been stowed in the few remaining hangers of San Profetta airport, we rented a car and headed for the pub.