Part 2 of Recon.

Farewell Aigiaon. We'll miss you. Even though I never did MDP III. Now, it's facing Stonehenge. I hope we can have Aigiaon again. .

Of course, I had missed the special challenges for AC3DS/ Rot emblems/skins, and the iDOLMASTER emblems. Some I couldn't even do. I don't have a T-50, nor a Rafale M. That's a problem with this F2P concept. It never took the account of players joining late. "You snooze, you lose"... Well some of us don't have a PS3 (Including me).

The Su-33 -Pirates- Ridgebacks, and Strigon is what ticked me off. It's only 1-200th. Before it was 1-1000th in the CO-OP Tournaments. The TDM Tournament F-15C -Cipher-, I understand. I also understand the response to some of the "Boosting Lobbies", but the 1-200 will have an increased emphasis on spending money.

I don't understand the MVP Themes:

Wardog: Unsung Heroes (That's a good choice)
Galm: Zero (It's okay)
Ridgebacks: Blue Skies REMIX (Fine, but doesn't seem connected to the story)
Strigon: MALEBOLGE (It okay, but could use another Strigon theme, other than Liberation of Gracemeria, we all know that's for Garuda)
Galm (Head): Morgan (... What? It should have been for the actual plane instead... At least make a longer pause between the final chord strum.)

Limited Drops are okay: F-14A -Zipang-, ADFX-01 Morgan, Rafale M -Vent d'Ange-, F-15C -Pixy-. (I'm seeing a pattern, notably Pixy theme aircraft.) It's luck, which I think is fair. If you don't get it, it's bad luck.

The new picture is from the Ace Combat Infinity & Series Music Best soundtrack. It had been of course, edited with the site image manager and iPhoto. The soundtrack includes music from the Ace Combat series, and Infinity Remixes (such as Comona, Invincible Fleet, Stonehenge, and Blue Skies). It will be released for JPN users only on September 30, with a special rookie guitar emblem, which has yellow missile smoke.

I'm actually getting excited for the upcoming trailer at the Tokyo Game Show. I wonder what will be showcased? Maybe a continuation of the campaign, or upcoming content. We already know that Area 88 is going to be added. If you don't know, it's an manga/anime series.

I decided to put in a quote here from AC5. It kinda ties in to the whole player unfairness in the Ranking Tournaments, and to a story mode character.

"Many pilots have been hailed as aces; only a few have truly earned the title." - 1st Lieutenant Franklin Baelz, Unit B, Independent State Allied Forces

Anyway... moving on.

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QFA-44 "CAMILLA"
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F-3 -RIDGEBACKS- "EDGE/ FENCER"
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Allied UNF squadrons

Javelin: F/A-18F (From Charles du Gaulle)
SP WEAPON: 4AAM

Rapier: F/A-18F (From Charles du Gaulle)
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Saber: F-16C (Stationed off Rammstein Airbase)
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Recon

October 5, 2019

Somewhere Above South Africa

Time: 0830 (ZULU)

Mission Clear Objective:

Escort Observation Plane

Bone Arrow 2 "Falco"

"Bone Arrow 2, 4. Requesting escort to next target." Phantom requested

"This is Falco, roger. We'll escort you while you gain altitude."

"Copy... uh... hang on. Rena? Is that... a UNF logo on your plane?"

Rena responded, "Well... I... It's just... I'm now part of the UNF, so I have to use it."

"Right. And they have to put my Reaper emblem on this thing. And they even messed up on the signature."

"Signature?" Me and the other two females asked confused

He sighed, "You know the swiggles of black on the lower half of the emblem? That's my signature of the word 'Reaper'."

"...Oh..."

"Come on guys. Really?"

"Command, this is Bone Arrow 2, we are heading towards Phantom's final waypoint." I reported

"This is command, roger we're sending support units. Ridgeback, Rapier, Javelin and Saber squadrons will be there shortly to assist you."

"Copy that, make it quick. I'm seeing more bandits on radar."

"Roger that. They are taking off now. It'll be 15 minutes."

Lanner then spoke, "Rapier, Javelin, and Saber... Three different types of pilots."

That left me confused, "Huh? What do you mean."

"Goodfellow told us, 'There are three types of aces. Those who take out the high-value target, those who attack any thing in their path, and those who work together with their wingmen.' That will be Saber for high value, Rapier for path, and Javelin for cooperation."

Reaper also commented, "I wouldn't call them aces. They were shot down before... only the flight leads survived."

"Yeah..."

All of a sudden my radar warning went off for long range tracking. I switched to Rena, "Bone Arrow 4, prepare ECM. Stick with Phantom."

She complied, "Roger."

I moved my aircraft to the left, and prepared my HPAAs and missiles.

On my radar, I see a flight of F-15Cs.

"Hostile on our 12. All units, fire your 'lances'!" The radio cracked

Rena remarked, "It's that 'Sniper' squadron. They specialize in long range missiles."

I then launched full on afterburner, "Well, let's see if they're good in dogfights."

ракета! ракета!

Missiles...

I look and see missile trails. I merely dived downward, and they overshoot my craft.

"One more time! All units fire!"

More missiles inbound... and I dodge them easily.

"Damn... Well, looks like we got some left!"

I now have visual on them, 6 of them.

"Gotcha." I smirked

I see them in a formation, and armed my HPAAs.

"There's a hostile!" One of them alerted

Too late, and I fired my missiles.

4 missiles.

"Break!"

They tried to evade, but they're not fast enough. All 4 missiles struck my target.

2 of them are destroyed. 4 hostiles left.

"5 and 3 are down! Who is that!?"

"I see him... it's that damn Southern Cross emblem!"

"This is command, reinforcements will there in 5 minutes." The radio crackled

"This is Phantom, I'm at 50,000ft. We're clear from enemy action. Thanks for your support."

I responded, "Roger, that, first drinks are on you."

"Hah hah. We don't drink."

4 Eagles left.

"He's destroying us!" The enemy exclaimed

I rearm my HPAAs, and entered a dogfight with one of them.

"He's on me!"

I fired my cannons, and his wings are getting shredded.

"I'm on him!" His wingman responded

Внимание! Внимание! Внимание!

I pulled a Cobra, and found the two in front of me.

"Damn! How did he do that!?"

I fired my missiles, and both of them went down

"Gah! I've lost my controls!..zzz..."

Two left, and they are the leads.

"This is Sniper lead, engage the enemy Sea Flanker."

All of a sudden, Rena reported in, "Two enemies. On your tail."

I replied, "I see them, can you support?"

"Roger, I'll be there soon."

"This is command, reinforcements are here."

"Never mind Rena, I'll have your future sister in law to help me."

"H..Hey!" She said surprised, "Shut up..."

"Enemy reinforcements!" The radio crackled, "They're locked!... I'm hit! I can't bail out!...zzz..."

All of a sudden, planes zoomed over me.

"Look's like the calvary is here." I chuckled.

118th Arrowblades F-3 Shinden II "RIDGEBACKS"

UNF F/A-18F "JAVELIN" "RAPIER"

UNF F-16C "SABER"

"Fencer to Edge, Bone Arrow pretty much finished the mission." Ridgeback 3 reported, "Now it's just picking off any stragglers."

His flight lead responded, "Roger. All units, this is Ridgeback 2, call sign "Edge". I'll be the flight leader for this mission."

"This is Saber, roger that."

"Javelin, affirmative."

"Rapier, copy."

As soon as Rena joined up on me, the rest of the flight did.

"Ah, so here is the famous Single Line." I joked

"That also includes you, privateer." Edge reminded

"This is the UNF-affiliated AWACS Heavy Cloud. I'll be directing Combat OPs for all active aircraft." A new voice came in, "Patrol the area for any enemy aircraft."

"Ridgeback 2 here, WILCO." Edge responded.

"All, right. Rena, you're with me." I ordered

"Yes sir." She replied

Edge then talked to her wingman, "Fencer, stay with me. Everyone else, spread out. They could be hiding in the clouds."

"Fencer, roger."

The Navy Blue planes broke to the right, and the other squadrons broke off in different directions.

"Javelin lead to Javelin flight, fan out, 100 meter spread." The radio crackled, "Rapier, maintain course. Saber, divide and conquer."

I remained with Rena, and checked the radar.

"This is Phantom, we're passing over North Africa now, halfway to the mission point." Simon reported

"This is Heavy Cloud, roger. Transfer radio transmissions to Sky-Eye."

"This is Phantom, affirmative. Terminating radio contact."

I see no radar contact... yet.

"Rena, anything?" I asked.

"No... nothing." She said

"This is Bone Arrow 2, we're seeing no fighters on the radar."

The AWACS replied, "Affirmative, all squadrons, head back to the fleet... Huh? We're detecting a lone fighter in the area."

"I see it." I looked at the radar, to see an F-14...

"Activate Z.O.E. "Captain".

Zone of Endless

Activate:

F-14D

Mission Objective: Evaluate...adst32! $% Destroy all aircraft

Mission Update

BGM: Zone of Endless - AC3DS

I pulled an 180 to allow the plane to overshoot, and it did.

I quickly look up, and see the plane...

"Red... ZOE! Enemy Zone of Endless plane!"

Edge quickly ordered, "All units, break! Engage the aircraft!"

The plane suddenly pulled maneuvers.

"Damn! It's evading! Watch out for it's missiles!"

I followed it from a distance, and wait for a chance to strike. It pulled into a climb, and slowed down.

"Ogon' lisa dva! Fire fox two!"

I fired my missiles and one struck the engines.

"Hit!" I reported

"Stay focused!" Edge reminded

Rena then got close to it, and began an attack on it.

I gasped, "Рена, ты с ума сошел ?! Вы не справиться с ним!" (Rena, are you crazy?! You're no match to it!)

She just replied, "Watch me."

The ZOE banked left, and Rena followed it. She moved and fired missile after missile. It's as if the G-limiter on her plane is broken. She copied maneuver after maneuver, and then the ZOE was left with little speed in a climb. It tired to speed up and get away, but then... Rena's ADMMs fired. 12 micro missiles sent skyward towards the Super Tomcat, and all struck the plane. I can see the plane again, now with one wing, and starting to slow down, stalling.

But Rena wasn't done. She approached on full afterburner, and then... the ZOE plane exploded in midair. She fired her EML point blank...

"Rena..." was all Edge said...

"Это заставила меня страдать ..." (This is for making me suffer...)

The UNF pilots were stunned, "Camilla... that's the Butterfly... No wonder Reaper had a hard time fighting her..."

Crap... they think Rena is some kind of crazy, mad pilot... but she kinda was like that before...

"This is Heavy Cloud, all hostile craft shot down. Mission completed. Return to the fleet."

0953

Somewhere over the Atlantic

As we approached the UNF European Fleet, I checked my fuel state. 30%... Better land.

I contacted the Admiral Kuznetsov, "Костяная Стрела 2 адмиралу Кузнецову, запросить разрешение на посадку." (Bone Arrow 2 to Admiral Kuznetsov, request permission to land.)

The tower responded, "Костяная Стрела 2, вы ясно приземлиться." (Bone Arrow 2, you're clear to land.)

I then told Rena, "Bone Arrow 4, gear and hook down. Cleared to land."

We approached the fleet from the front. We would do a passing approach over the French carrier, and turn around to land on our carrier.

Then Rena informed, "I see fighters on the Charles de Gaulle. Preparing to launch."

I looked at the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle, an unique carrier. It had been modified to use catapults and carry larger aircraft.

Fencer then responded, "I'll contact them... Charles de Gaulle, il ya des avions à décoller. Qu'est-ce qui se passe? ... Tour, répondez s'il vous plaît..." (Charles de Gaulle, there are planes about to take off. What's going on?... Tower, please respond ...)

All of a sudden the planes launch... F-14s... heading straight at us!

"Merde!" (Damn!)

Edge quickly ordered, "EVADE! EVADE!"

We broke off in different directions, and try to evade the oncoming aircraft.

But some of us are unlucky...

"Oh...shit!...zzz..."

On the left, I can see two planes going down. A Javelin and a Saber... one of them is a dual-seater... they plummet to the ocean... and the wreckage was never seen again...

"No...no..." Rena gasped...

Edge tried to contact them, "Javelin 4...Saber 3... Please respond... no..."

The radio spoke again, "This is Titan flight. We were ordered to launch immediately. Sorry for the mix-up."

I was angry, "Was little more then a mix-up... suka..."

"Very sorry, sir. I apologize."

But Rena was furious... "Что, черт возьми!? Вы только что убил трех пилотов! Что ебать с тобой!?" (What the hell!? You just killed three pilots! What the %#$! is wrong with you!?)

I immediately scolded her, "Рена! Сдерживать себя!" (Rena! Restrain yourself!)

"But...but... three pilots died..." I never saw Rena like this since Iyuli. Her quiet and shy self... now melted away. I keep forgetting... she lost her childhood...

"This is Heavy Cloud, we sighted enemy strike aircraft heading in to the fleet. Protect them."

I responded, "This is Bone Arrow, roger."

"Ridgeback, roger." Edge responded, "Falco, fuel status."

"Enough for 5, maybe 10 minutes."

"Copy, land if you need to, we'll provide cover. If you go down, the sharks are gonna have a feast on you."

"Ha ha." I joked

"Bone Arrow 4 here... I have little fuel left."

"Bone Arrow 2 to tower." We have to speak English to allow others to know, "Bone Arrow 4 is requesting landing. She is very low on fuel."

"This is Kuznetsov, roger. Bone Arrow 4, you're clear to land."

I got on Rena's wing, and make sure she's good, "Gear's down. Hook is locked in placed."

"This is Fencer, you got fighters incoming! Looks like 29Ks!"

I look ahead, and see MiGs inbound. The carrier version.

"Bone Arrow 2, land immediately. I'll provide cover." I informed

But she argued, "I can fire my weapons."

"Negative, you need to focus on landing."

"Yes sir. Bone Arrow 4, cleared for landing. 3 miles."

I engaged full afterburner, and armed my missiles. I see one MiG, and he going straight at me.

Rookie mistake. I climbed higher, and fired my missiles. He has nowhere to go but up. And he took the bait flawlessly. He climbed into the path of the missiles, still trying to get a lock, and his reward was death.

"2 miles."

I leveled off, and see 2 more. I arm my HPAAs, and engaged them. One went up, and the other down. I went down, and fired my HPAA, and the orange missile struck the aircraft. It was going in a dive, and the missile made sure it kept it that way.

Внимание! Внимание!

I look behind, and see the MiG from above firing missiles. I pulled up, and found my self almost feet wet. 500 feet from the water. The missile alarm stopped. The missiles drowned in the water.

I passed by the carrier, and Rena, about to land.

"Half a mile."

I pulled up, and find the MiG almost within firing range, no!

"Enemy MiG..." Rena stated... "Nemo, fire missiles."

Nemo? Rena's AI?

All of a sudden, Rena's dual R-73s fire. The missiles struck the MiG and it fell to the sea just short of the carrier.

I was angry, but stunned, "Rena. I told you not to engage... Good job though..."

I can sense her smiling, "Спасибо" (Thank you)

I circled around the carrier, and see the QFA-44 landed on the deck safety. I made a promise to Simon to protect her today, and I'm man of my word.

"This is Bone Arrow 4, I've landed. Resupply will finished in 5 minutes."

"This is Ridgeback 3 to Bone Arrow 2, We'll cover you as you land."

I responded, "Roger."

I completed the circle, and lined up with the runway. As soon as I did so, I see radar contacts.

"Enemy sighted, Su-33s and MiG-29Ks inbound from the North." I reported

"This is Fencer, roger. We'll cover. Land immediately."

"Copy that."

But then, fighters rushed over me. Trying to fire missiles and bullets.

"Chert!"

"This is the Cassard class AA frigate Jean Bart. We have multiple aircraft coming in from all directions."

I see allied and enemy fighters fight all over the sea, and nearly avoid the ships. The ships tried to hit the enemy, but also miss the friendlies. I can see tracers going in all directions. In front, the deck. I braced myself, and the craft had a sudden jerk backward. I quickly gave a short burst of thrust to stop the plane from going backwards, and the plane stopped, and crew around me rushed to quickly serviced me.

"Arrowblades, this is Goodfellow. Report mission status."

"This is Edge, primary mission complete. Phantom is on course to the Arctic Circle. We are currently engaging enemy forces over the Atlantic Ocean."

"Roger, report back if any happens."

"Yes sir."

The plane was placed along side Rena's plane, on the deck, as we are the only planes on the deck right now.

"This is Kuznetsov tower to Bone Arrow, advise you keep the engines on. We are refueling and rearming your planes now."

"This is Bone Arrow 2, roger. Will keep engines on."

I checked the crew to see them equipping my plane with two P-270 Anti-ship missiles. Those things are above the weight limit! Let alone one is two-thirds!

"Tower, I'm being armed with two Moskits. What is going on?"

"We have reports of an enemy fleet inbound from the North. Your plane along with your former squadron has been equipped with the missile."

"Roger that." I replied.

"We're done. Bone Arrow 4, You're clear for takeoff."

"Roger that." Rena replied, "Bone Arrow 4, cleared for takeoff."

She took off and her engines pulled her towards the ramp, and the plane was sent into the air.

I took the position that she took, at the middle of the ship. The floor just in front of the wheels went up, making sure I can achieve maximum speed.

"Bone Arrow 2, clear for takeoff." The tower informed

I replied, "Roger, Bone Arrow 2, clear for takeoff."

I applied full afterburner, and the chocks were sent down. The plane was sent towards the ski ramp. The plane began to climb, and it cleared the carrier.

Speed is 150... all is good. I kept afterburner to be able to bear the extra weight.

"Bone Arrow is clear."

I see Rena ahead, and I formed on her, "Rena.. sorry about earlier."

But she just said, "It's fine. You know I'm dependent on Simon."

"Yeah. He's always tries to be the big brother, huh?"

She laughed, "Yeah."

"This is Heavy Cloud, enemy fleet has been spotted. Contains 3 AEGIS, 2 Battlecruisers, 10 Destroyers, 20 Frigates, 2 cruisers and one carrier"

"That's a large fleet." Fencer stated

"But... how did the aircraft get here? Where did it come from? The carrier can't hold all that aircraft... can it?" Rena questioned.

"I don't know." Edge replied, "But let's take it out."

BGM: Rendezvous (You know it... AC5)

"Bone Arrow to Verona. Do you read." I questioned.

"Roger Bone Arrow 2, good to be flying with you again, sir." Verona responded

"Large fleet ahead, prep Moskits for launch."

"Roger that. We'll need at least 120 km to launch."

"This is Javelin, roger. We'll assist you." The radio replied

Edge then informed, "This is Ridgeback, we'll maintain air superiority."

Let's do this.

The fleet is up ahead.

I ordered, "Keep Moskits for large targets."

Ahead, a frigate. I fired my missiles, and Rena did the same. The standards sped towards the frigate. It tried to fire it's small AA guns, but the rockets struck the target, and it began to sink.

"Confirm hit on frigate." Heavy Cloud reported

"Verona spread out. Ridgebacks, we'll need air cover. Verona. Bone Arrow will go for the sharks. You go after the whale."

"Verona copies." We see the flights disperse.

Rena stayed on my wing, "ECM is on."

I speed towards the AEGIS and fired my standards. Rena then fired a burst of ADMM at the escorts. All missiles struck their mark, but the AEGIS didn't sink.

I circled around and fired a burst of missiles. It struck again, and the ship exploded.

"Verona here, the whale is down. I repeat, we've sunk the carrier." Verona reported

"Good job, continue your attack." The AWACS ordered

The 2 battle cruisers are close together, so they maximize their AA power.

I fired a missile, and it detonated in mid-flight.

"Chert! CIWS. They can destroy our missiles."

"Bone Arrow 4 here... I have an idea. If we all attack at once, we can overwhelm the cruisers." Rena suggested

Edge then answered, "Roger. All units, we'll attack on Bone Arrow 4. Follow her in."

I formed on Rena's wing, "Where you learn that?"

She replied, "Simon. He had a friend in the USAF that engaged a hostile fleet in the same way."

"Woah..."

"Initiating attack!"

"Все подразделения, атака!" (All units, attack!)

We approached from different directions, and fired our missiles.

The tracers began to go insane.

"Stay on target!" the radio crackled, "This flak is heavy!"

"FIRE! FIRE FIRE!"

"Стреляй!" (Shoot!)

I fired my moskits, and my plane felt lighter...

A swarm of missiles surround the cruisers, and they all struck them. One of them snapped in half, and clearly sank. The other's bow snapped, from a magazine explosion, bring a wall of smoke and fire...

"Up! UP!" We didn't want a repeat of last time.

We barely missed each other, and both ships are sunk.

"This is Heavy Cloud. All hostile ships have been sunk. Mission completed. We have a flight of allies on radar. Appears to be Titan squadron."

Edge then radioed them, "Titan squadron, what's your situation... Titan respond..."

All of a sudden, missiles warning.

"Titan! State your intentions."

All of sudden a single missile struck a Super Hornet, and it exploded

"Javelin 3 down! BLUE ON BLUE! BLUE ON BLUE!"

Edge whispered, "He tricked us... All allied aircraft. Titan flight is hostile. I repeat, Titan is hostile. Engage!"

"Javelin, engage!"

"Saber, engage!"

"Rapier, engage!"

"Verona, engage!"

"Fencer, engaging!"

"Edge, engaging!"

"Bone Arrow, engaging!"

The radio crackled, "All units, move out! FIRE!"

I can see orange missiles on their plane. HPAAs.

Heavy Cloud informed, "They are equipped High-Caliber missiles! Watch out!"

"Keep moving! One hit's all it takes!"

I smirked, and got on the leader.

"What!?"

I fired my guns, and he jinked hard left. I followed and armed my missiles.

I taunted, "Right here. Come on."

My missiles fired, and they struck his fuselage. The plane broke apart and fell towards the sea.

"3 Planes left."

Rena then fired her ADMMs from a long range, and it heads straight towards occupied foes. They had little time to react, and it work well for us.

A further 2 planes were destroyed

"One plane left."

I see Edge engaged it on her own. And she took it down easily.

"All planes shot down. Great work! Mission complete."

BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP!

"Ballistic missile incoming!"

"Ballistic missile?! Where did that come from?!"

The missile exploded above the fleet. And UNF planes...

BGM Change: Ballistic Missile - AC5

"What's that?!" The radio cried

All of a sudden, the sky was engulfed in a small light, and then, it expanded

"AGH! I'M HIT! I'M OUT OF CONTROL!"

"HIT ON STARBOARD SIDE! WE'RE TAKING ON WATER! WE'RE LISTING!

"I'M FLYING ON THE GUY AT MY SIX!"

Fencer reported in awe... "Javelin 2! Saber 2 and 4! They been shot down! What's happening!?"

"The Zumalt's taken a direct hit! She's sinking!"

"Anzio's on fire!"

"ALL THE CASSARDS ARE HIT! THEY'RE SINKING!"

Heavy Cloud reported, "Anything at low altitude is a open target! Move above 5,000 Ft! All ships, evasive action!"

The radio took in and out more messages, "FLANK SPEED!"

"FULL POWER! EMERGENCY CLIMB!"

"I CAN'T REACH IT! I CAN'T GET ANYMORE FROM MY ENGINE!"

Damn...

"All units climb!"

I checked my altimeter... and it's at 6000 feet.

Rena's with me... along with Verona and Ridgeback

We overlook the fleet and planes trying to avoid another attack.

"SECOND MISSILE INCOMING!" Fencer reported

A big light formed

"GAH! NO!"

"RAPIER 2! HE'S HIT!"

"THE PRINCETON'S HIT! SHE'S SINKING!"

"WE LOST ALL FRIGATES! WE ONLY HAVE ONE STEALTH DESTROYER, 3 CRUISERS, AND THE CARRIERS!"

Damn it... Damn them all!

"No... no..." Rena was whimpering in shock

Heavy Cloud called in, "This is Heavy Cloud. All units, respond."

"This is Ridgeback, we're okay. Bone Arrow and Verona are also here."

"UNF Squadron leaders are fine as well. Our wingmen are all dead..."

"The carriers took light damage... only four other ships... Nine ships lost... and 6 planes... I can't believe it."

"This is Heavy Cloud, roger... All squadrons... return to Rammstein Air Base."

Debriefing: Silent - AC4

The recon mission was a success. However, our losses our greater. With the lost of most of our European Fleet, USEA now have an equal power in Naval fleets. The attack was from a large fleet of Scinfaxi and Hrimfaxi class submarine aircraft carriers.

Their cruise missiles devastate anything at low altitudes. Plus, it has a large array of AA weaponry and aircraft. Attacking it alone is suicide.

The recon mission was also bad... The major weapons to prevent the meteors, are now in the enemy hands, including Megalith and Chandelier. We're in tight spot...

The UNF will commence plans to take out the submarine fleet, but until then... We're staying away from the battle for a while.

After...

2053

Simon and Lanner walked from the hangers, to see their friends and family in the crew room: Sokov, Rena, Kei, and Erich.

Erich was comforting Rena, who was weeping...

Artyom and Kei were sitting at a table, looking glum...

Simon walked over to Rena, who looked up at him with tearful eyes, and cried into his shoulder.

Her cries were the only audible thing in the room...

Erich looked down as well. As if he felt like he couldn't do anything...

Lanner sat with the others, and she understand what happen just by looking at their expressions...

All... is unwell...

The flames of hatred scorch the skies... Igniting Gaia's funeral pyre. - Unknown