Hello. This is WWII Enthusiast with Ace Combat Infinity: Zone of Endless.
Name should be enough explaining.
Apparently, Kacper Cohen is the head of Sons of Troia, and the new USEA Federation. So much for my story idea... not? It's a fanfic, so it doesn't affect this at all... okay maybe a little. I had made 'Single Line' as BOTH Bone Arrow and Ridgebacks, which is really just Ridgebacks, as they rarely broke their formation, and Ridgebacks as a mercenary force as well, rather than an actual squadron.
Thanks to those who reviewed, it does help me out.
All right enough, time to get started.
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Arrows Air Defense and Security
Bone Arrow Squadron
This will only be a short briefing. You'll be informed on the mission on route to North Africa. Short story... engage any enemies you come across.
AIRCRAFT SELECTION
1. RENTAL SET - T-50 PAK FA 'NO EMBLEM' - QAAM - 16
2. CUSTOM SET - F-22A Raptor 'REAPER' - XMAA - 40
AIRCRAFT SELECTED - 2
Zone of Endless
October 1, 2019
North Africa
Time: 0231 (Local)
Mission Clear Objective:
Stop enemy retreat
2nd Lieutenant Simon 'Reaper' Cohen
Bone Arrow Squadron
"All planes, we are beginning the briefing." Sky-Eye reported
In Flight Briefing
Enemy fighters are spotted heading towards North Africa, after failing the attack on Rammstein Airbase. The reasons for this is unknown. Nevertheless, unless these terrorists are dealt with, we will not end this crisis. So, your mission is to shot down any and all aircraft. We have reports of massive clouds in the area. Visibility will be poor, so watch your H.U.D.
Aircraft on Station:
Bone Arrow Squadron:
'Viper' - MiG-21bis
'Falco' - Su-35
'Bronco' - F-16F
'Reaper' - F-22A
'Camilla' - QFA-44
Ridgebacks Squadron (F-3):
'Slash'
'Edge'
'Fencer'
'Axeman'
Sky-Eye (E-767)
A/N: Pretend this is a cutscene
Bone Arrow - UNICS
"This is Viper, we are over mission area. No sign of enemy fighters yet."
"Yet it's pitch black. I can't see anything." I complained, "We sure picked a bad time to hunt."
Fencer responded, "No man. That's good for you. They won't be able to see the Reaper till it's too late, when you already slash them with your scythe."
"Good? I still have to find them."
"Edge to Reaper, what's your location?" The radio cracked.
"We're scanning the Egyptian airspace now. Above the Suez Canal." I answered
Ridgeback - UNF
"Roger, we're scanning the Mediterranean, just North of you. Call in if you need us."
Axeman then joked, "That won't happen Edge. Your man is like King Author."
"Don't say that. More like..."
Rena guessed, "A knight?"
"...uh..."
"Cut the chatter you guys." Slash commanded.
"Roger, sorry."
I continue to look through my canopy, at nothing but grey and black ahead... I look downward to see the Suez Canal, and the city around it.
Rena commented "You can see the stars... So... pretty."
I look at the sky... and see many consolations.
"I want to see the Southern Cross." Rena dreamed, "I heard that's how you got your call sign, Artyom."
"Yeah. I visited some relatives in the Southern Hemisphere, and they show me the Crux, the 'Southern Cross'. They told of the Falcon Squadron, a mercenary squadron that protects South America. A bird. I like birds, and planes. So when wanting a call sign, I picked Falco." Artyom explained
"But," I reasoned, "Why not 'Falcon'."
"It's the name of your F-16."
"Right." I agreed.
Rena "Camilla" Cohen
QFA-44 Nosferatu
Hey... is the OLDS really still active?
Yes. It's still active. I can confirm from the enemy transmissions. The Orbital Laser Defense System is still active.
But... I was controlling it...
It may be possible that after your fight with Simon, that the enemy seized control of the weapon itself, and it's emergency control complex.
Maybe... thank you...um...
Something wrong, Rena?
I should give you a name...
Is there a need? I'm a program. An A.I. I do not have the need to hold a name.
I should give you something I could call you by. I can't address a voice without a name...
Very well... You may choose what my name will be.
Let's see... hm... oh, I know... how about 'Nemo'?
'Nemo'... meaning 'no man' or 'no one'...
It fits you well. You are not an actual human.
Very well Rena. You can call me 'Nemo'...
MISSION START
BGM: Shall Defend - ACAH
"This is Viper, eh... I think I might retire after this."
"HUH!?" Everyone gasped
"You actually thought of retiring!?" My eyes widened.
"Yeah... I'm getting way too old for this."
"How old are you again?" Rena asked.
But Bronco just said, "Ah, you'll be back when you gamble all of your money away."
"Ah shut up." Viper responded.
Then, my radar lit up.
"This is Bone Arrow 4," I got on the radio, "I'm seeing a group of fighters on the radar. About 20 plus, all heading towards the direction of Madagascar."
"This is Sky-Eye, Bone Arrow, intercept that flight."
"Viper, roger. Let's move!" Viper activated afterburners, along with Sokov. I proceeded after them.
"Simon, I should tell you something..." Rena contacted me.
I responded, "Do you think that can wait? We're currently on a mission."
"No. It's important."
"Okay... what is it?"
"It's about that 'Project ZOE'. It's..."
"SIMON! RENA! WE NEED YOU HERE NOW!" Bronco yelled out.
"What happened?" I asked.
"There's a lot of them! FOXHOUNDS! FLANKERS! ALMOST EVERYTHING! GET HERE QUICK!"
"Damn! Sorry Rena, that will have to wait." I said as I activated my after burners.
"Right. We need to focus on what's happening now." She replied.
"This is Ridgeback 2, Reaper, Camilla... are you in trouble?" Edge contacted
"This is Camilla, we got this. We'll hold out here, just continue your search. There may be another flight."
"Roger."
We broke through some clouds... to see a massive dogfight. Transport Planes... And 20 planes... fighters... just beneath us...
I look at Rena's plane... and saw her ADMMM armed...
"Let's go!" Rena said with a somewhat enthusiastic voice.
I smiled, "Right!" I armed my missiles... and we dived...
I look up and see Rena firing her missiles... sending them off into the transports...
I look ahead and see a escort fighter right near it... cluelessly cruising in the sky. I fired my cannons... it's tracers flying, and hits the wing... it breaks off... and sends it towards the ground...
I pulled up, and continued my high speed attack... firing missiles, guns, zooming by the large crafts... in such a speed carried by the energy obtain from such a dive... I pulled on the stick, and that energy was mostly lost... sending me upward towards the stars... I pulled on the stick again, and cut the throttle... forcing me into a stall...
CAUTION!
STALLING! INCREASE POWER!
My nose dropped downward towards the ground... I slammed the throttle back to max. I pulled my plane to a 5 degree dive... and sending me back towards the group... Rena's plane... firing EML and ADMMMs taking down transport after transport... and doing it very close to the target itself... Viper, Falco, and Bronco, dogfighting in the air... and me... Reaper... striking like a bird...
"This is Sky-Eye. Bone Arrow Squadron is engaging an enemy transport flight. Ridgebacks, report status."
"This is Slash, we had no sighting of enemy forces at this time."
"Roger, you may support Bone Arrow Squadron."
"Roger that, Let's go save these pirates."
"Great," I complained, "Now they're coming to 'save us'."
I see a plane in flames past me. Then, up above, I see a Su-27 zoom past. I pulled on my stick, and placed my self behind him.
"It's the Grim Reaper! He's on my tail!" The enemy radio cried
I fired my cannons, and the bullets ripped through the plane... creating holes throughout the multimillion dollar craft. It ruptured into a flame...
"He got me! AHH...zzz..."
Then another enemy commented, "We got ourselves some odd looking planes. Must be loaded with customizations."
Another pilot then remarked, "I swear I seen that plane before...that Butterfly emblem..."
"That's Camilla! The backstabber! Go after the odd looking plane!"
"Odd!?" Rena gasped, "What..."
All of a sudden, 10 fighters converged on the QFA-44. I look to my right and see Rena evading missiles and bullets.
"Gah! I'm in trouble! Need help!"
"Damn! Guys! We need to help her!" I yelled out
"I got two on my tail! I can't shake them!" Viper called out.
Artyom also concurred, "I can't help you Simon! I got my own problem!"
"This is Bone 3, on my way! I see them... arming missiles!" Bronco responded
I got on his wing, and armed my XMAAs.
Rena suddenly shouted out, "My ECM is shot! Please... save me!"
My hands tighten around the sticks...
Come on... lock on...
Almost... there...
Clear tone!
"FOX 3!" I fired my missiles
Bronco concurred, "FIRE!"
About 8 missiles zoomed towards the enemy fighters, and all hit it's mark. Only two fighters still stand.
"What happened!?" They wondered, "It's the Reaper! After him!"
The two planes jinked hard. One went up, one went down.
Then warnings went off. One of them was behind us.
"Watch it Reaper!" Bronco warned.
I banked hard left and right, dodging bullets and missiles...
I centered my plane, and pulled a Kublit. I pulled my trigger of my guns... and fired while doing the maneuver...
As my flip finished, my guns start to hit the Flanker. The tail caught in flames and the wings filled with holes... the plane climbed up rapidly... then spiraled out of control towards the ground.
Then, a flanker zoomed past firing rounds... I pulled another Kublit and reposition my self behind it. I fired my guns, and armed my missiles. The flanker jinked hard upward like a Hammerhead...
I reset my G-Limiter and pulled a Cobra... and find my self face to face with the enemy plane. I fired my cannons, as the plane tried to complete the maneuver. But it spiraled out of control, and was caught ablaze. I pressed my fingers on the stick, and launch two more missiles at it. It struck the plane and it exploded.
"… Thank you…" Rena whispered.
I asked, "You okay?"
"Yeah. Can't use ECM anymore. My plane is damaged slightly. I can still fight."
"Good. Rena, about what you said…"
"Later, okay? I'll tell you when we're done."
"Roger."
Radar picked up 10 fighters remaining.
"This is Viper, All transports are shot down. Now we're picking off the stragglers."
Sky-Eye responded, "Roger that."
Slash then reported, "This is Slash, I heard you were in a little trouble, pirates. That's what happens when you don't care for your wingmen."
"Ah, we squad leaders are just there to give them a little shove when need be. How am I supposed to retire if I can't have these guys fend for themselves, huh?"
"You're not wrong. But your way off doing it is a little too frequent."
I head towards the final group of fighters. All Su-27s.
"They must really love Flankers." I thought
"Yeah." Edge agreed.
I fired my 4AAMs and missiles. Usually they miss, but that's just what I need. Fear. Fear makes mistakes, Fear marks death.
"It's the Reaper! It's all over!" An enemy pilot yelled out.
I flew towards a flanker and fired my guns. The plane tried to evade. It banked left, and banked right. But eventually, his right breaks off, overcome with stress. The plane spins into a dive, and spirals to its death. It was his fear, which marked his death.
"Does making someone rip his own wing off, count as a kill?" I asked on the radio.
Edge responded, "It you got a hit on him, yes."
"Okay, so I think I got a bullet in his fuselage. So I got a kill, right?"
"Yep."
"Nice. It's like in World War 2. You get one hit, and you're dead."
"That's only with a High Explosive round. And that your plane is fragile."
"Right, right."
"One target remaining." Sky-Eye reported
A flanker wandered aimlessly into view.
"The last one's mine!" Rena called out
"No it ain't! I still got money to make!" Viper denied
"Sorry pirates." Slash moved in for the kill
But Artyom blocked him off, "Not on my watch!"
This is getting silly… I armed my missiles to take it out, but it suddenly exploded.
"What the…" Was all I said
"Hands off… men."
"Oh, did we irritate you Kei? I thought you were all calm and business like." I teased
She sighed, "It's only because it's taking too long to take out a single plane."
"This is Sky-Eye, all targets are eliminated."
Cutscene: 40 miles south of the UNF forces
"Activate Z.O.E. Codenames: Airman, Airman First, Senior Airman, Lieutenant."
"Roger, activating"
Zone of Endless
Launch fighters:
F-4E
F-16
MiG-21bis
F-15C
"Set skill range to variable. Have the fighters engage and destroy the enemy."
"Yes sir."
Skill Range: Variable (Necessary to engage enemies without fail)
Mission Objective: Destroy all fighters
Mission Update
BGM: Zone of Endless - AC3DS
"This is Sky-Eye, we got 4 fighters approaching at high speed."
I look on my radar, to see the 4 hostiles, all different planes.
"Ridgeback and Bone Arrow flights, engage and destroy the hostile aircraft."
"Red bodies... That's just crazy..." Sokov commented
We all fired our missiles at them, but they suddenly engage maneuvers that are impossible.
"What the..."
"Chto za..."
"Nada..."
"What the hell's going on!?" Were all of us yelling out.
"Goodfellow, what's going on!?" He responded
I answered, "These guys are inhuman! It's like some kind of crazy superhuman pilots! ack...ack..." My throat began to ache, "Man... that yelling was screwing up my voice... Omega... I miss that voice..."
"Take them two on one!" Viper ordered, "Edge, Reaper, take on the Eagle!"
I see the F-15, and start to fight with it.
"Come on, let's see what you're made of." I taunted.
I fired my missiles, but the plane pulled a crazy kublit... like a super fast one!
Edge exclaimed, "He actually dodged that!?"
Edge began to fire as well, to no avail.
"He dodged it again! Who the hell's piloting that thing!?" I exclaimed in disbelief
" It's like Rena! But crazier!"
I remember...
"Rena! Can you somehow take down these planes?" I asked
She replied, "I could! But the G-Forces would limit my flying style for only 60 seconds!"
"These guys are going more than 60 seconds!" Bronco complained.
My plane starts to act sluggish from the excessive strain on the airframe.
All of a sudden, a radio transmission came out, "60 seconds till evaluation completion."
"This is Slash, the other enemy planes are destroyed."
"One target remaining." Sky-Eye reported
"Edge, you need assistance?"
"Negative." She declined, "Reaper and I got this."
"... If you say so."
I thought of two ways to do this.
One: Survive for 60 seconds.
Two: The bait and switch.
"Edge... I'll draw his fire."
"Reaper?"
"I'll come in front of him, and you take him out."
"Wait no! That's suicide!" Rena denied
"Trust me..." I said, and I flew off into the open...
I see the plane on the radar... turning towards me...
Come on... take the bait...
WARNING!
MISSILE ALERT!
I launched every single countermeasure, hoping it will divert the inbound missiles.
Some did, others didn't
A large explosion shook my plane...
WARNING!
DAMAGE CRITICAL!
The plane began to lose altitude... As the enemy plane past by...
I moved my hand over the flight stick, and fired my missiles...
TARGET HIT
DESTROYED BY RIDGEBACKS 2
"Bone Arrow 4! Respond!" Goodfellow tried to contact me
"This is Reaper, I'm hit... my plane is trashed..."
"Reaper..." I look to my right, and see Edge on my wing, "Sorry... I wasn't fast enough."
"It's okay..."
"Bail out, Simon."
"Right. Bone Arrow 4, bailing out." I moved my hands over the ejection handle, and pulled it.
The canopy bursted open, as I was launched above my plane, as it dived down to the ground...
Plane number 3... now gone.
Now what? I opened my chute, and looked around... I see the planes moving around the sky.
"This is Edge, we got a confirmed chute. Requesting SAR."
"This is Sky-Eye, roger. Lieutenant Bertz and his team are inbound."
Debriefing
According to Rena Cohen, Project Zone of Endless, was those red aircraft. They are entirely Artificial Intelligence, meaning they don't need to worry about fatigue. They are merely to gauge our skills to have the enemy pilots a chance to shot them down.
The Sons of Troia had now occupied various countries of the Southern Eurasian Area, now calling it the 'USEA Federation'. We lost all foothold on the area, and with no eyes out there. Simon's and Rena's father, Kacper Cohen, has agreed to aid us in the military experimental projects.
As for Viper, we decided to throw a retirement party for him, as he wanted to visit his ex-wife. We will discuss about the squadron later.
Bone Arrow 4 was shot down, resulting in his second plane destroyed, and his most expensive one yet. I wonder what plane he'll fly now? But, he's the best pilot out there.
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Goodfellow: Everyone here? A lot of you probably never met before, but just listen up for now. In preparation for the upcoming battles, the UNF requested that both Bone Arrow and Ridgeback joined as a regular force.
We'll be regrouped into Task Force 118 "Arrowblades", an independent force.
LAUNCHING PROGRAM
Task Force 118th "Arrowblades" Briefing
All squadrons will be disbanded and regrouped into the force.
Slash and Ridgebacks will also be joining us, as well as other squadrons from a multitude of countries.
We will still receive rewards for our battle performance.
The UNF is now launching "Operation Eternal Skies", a military campaign covering all defense lines in Eurasia. If you're new here, let me make one thing straight:
If you're the top earner, you'll get first priority over everyone else. You want money, you want fame... then you'll have to outdo our ace: Reaper
Simon 'Reaper' Cohen
Bone Arrow 1
Aircraft: F-15E "Reaper [Ribbon]"
Rammstein Air Base
I look at my new plane, a F-15E Strike Eagle. So, who will be my R.I.O.?
"HEY! WHO'S PLANE 016!?" The crew chief demanded to know... "THAT PLANE'S NOW BUSTED! BEYOND REPAIR!"
"Ah shut up! I'm now longer flying!" A female voice rang out. I know that voice. "Hey, Reaper."
I look at the voice, and saw her again.
" 'Lanner'..."
"Nice to see you again, partner!"
I remember her, short brown hair... brown eyes... and about the same height as Rena.
"Simon, who's she?" I saw Kei, Rena, Artyom, and Erich looking at us.
I dropped my head, before introducing, "This is 'Lanner'. She was my Radar Intercept "Officer"."
"Why the air quotes around 'Officer'?" Erich asked
"She's not an officer. Just an airman..."
"Hey! I'm now a Warrant Officer." Lanner corrected.
"Oh really? I'm been promoted to flight lead, and rank of Captain."
"That's because you get to fly." She pouted
"You could had done better!? You trashed the Tomcat! Which was mine!"
"Who cares? That old plane is now longer in use"
"Hey guys! Time for briefing!" Goodfellow announced
I was surprised, "Already?"
Because of the July 17th update, I decided to release this chapter first.
PvP, mission 6, and other planes had been released, and also a new co-op mission.
Mission 7 teaser
"You'll will meet in Area B7R in the Nevada Wastelands. The area's codenamed 'Round Table'."
"That's a hell of a crowd."
"I'm getting multiple strong heat sources"
"The Butterfly Master..."
"Ribbon?"
...
"Give them a warm welcome for me, okay?"
...
Ace Combat Infinity
"Isn't it a different pilot!?"
Task Force 118th
Bone Arrow:
1. Reaper/ Lanner - F-15E "Reaper [Ribbon]"
2. Falco - Su-35 "Southern Cross"
3. Bronco - F-16F
4. Camilla - QFA-44 "Butterfly"
Ridgebacks - F-3 Shinden II
1. Slash
2. Edge
3. Fencer
4. Axeman
Extremely sorry for the massive delays, due to writers block, and some other stuff going on in my time. I'm almost done with my other chapters for the rest of the stories, just another chapter only though...
Anyway, this is WWII Enthusiast, signing out... hopefully just for a short time.