"It'll be thirty years to the day soon. The day the sky was ripped apart and countless bolts of light rained down upon us. I think this calls for a little history lesson. In 1994, a group of asteroids was discovered taking a long, elliptical orbit around the sun. They were created when an unknown asteroid collided with the 1987 VG1 Ulysses, an asteroid in orbit around Jupiter. The orbit of these Ulysses asteroids was on a collision course with Earth, with an estimated 10,000 meteors set to strike the surface. Since there was no way to divert the orbit of each asteroid, Construction on a vast anti-air railgun network, a last ditch effort to intercept and destroy the meteors.They built six facilities, the test unit Type 0 was built in China, Type 1 was built in America, and then four Type 5 units were built in Australia, Turkey, Namibia, and Argentina."
The scene cuts to a recorded news video of an asteroid crashing into the city of Tokyo, followed by several more, similarly sized asteroids. "In 1999, the asteroids began to strike. Thanks to the railgun network, damage was kept to a bare minimum: only about enough to destroy the entire world order. Never in it's existence has mankind experienced such a catastrophe. It came to be called the 'Ulysses Disaster.' The near-total loss of infrastructure led to economic chaos, particularly in the hard hit Eurasian continent. To avoid total breakdown, the nations of Asia and Southern Europe rearranged themselves into regional federations. Military budgets were slashed, and the federations poured most of their money into rebuilding. The depletion of energy resources brought on by the loss of territory soon proved to be a major problem, one that quickly led to an escalation in disputes over natural resources."
The scene switches back to the globe. "So tensions were escalating worldwide. The wars that resulted led to an increasing number of refugees. To handle these refugees, special semi-autonomous zones were established in the EU, the Asian nations, and part of Russia. Iyuli, the zone founded in southern Russia, was the largest of them land wise, which allowed them to take in vast numbers of migrants. But these refugees were treated like cheap labor. Living conditions grew worse, and the region was soon home to gigantic slum areas. Anti-foreign worker demonstrations were rife across the entire zone, threatening peace and welfare in the surrounding regions. As a result, a certain company stepped in to support the job market in the refugee zones. That company was Wernher and Noah Enterprises, the defense contractor giant. Once nations had to slash their military budgets after the Ulysses disaster, the private military service industry, with its mercenary forces, experienced a major boom. Also, thanks to the Advanced Automated Aviation Plant introducing enhanced computer numerical control to aircraft manufacture, it became a simple matter to rebuild previously-existing aircraft designs. The resulting glut in available aircraft led to a new issue: A lack of pilots to control them. Hence why you now see mercenary groups cobbled together from drop-out pilots."
"...Ahem. But I digress. The nations and federations overseeing the special zones welcomed Wernher's support. In turn, Wernher received huge parcels of land and a massive workforce to do its bidding. Soon, the company expanded from its core military business into energy and space development. Their business had an enormous impact on recovery efforts around the world, and the localized conflicts began to simmer down.
Twenty years later, the special zones have shown major economic growth under Wernher's wing, but the huge weapon stockpiles stored in these special zones have made them a breeding ground for armed extremist groups. These groups have formed a multi-national network spread across the special zones, and more and more, we're seeing them carrying out 'anti-imperialist' attacks in the nations surrounding Iyuli. This has led the UN and the world's superpowers to label them terrorists."
The scene goes black, then fades into blue, showing blueprints of an armed spacecraft. "Wernher Noah began work on a new orbital weapons spacecraft with several other nations. Being called a violation of space treaties and a new threat to replace Nuclear Proliferation, the UN demanded that the project be shutdown immediately. As a result, Wernher's chief military official, Kacper Cohen, was fired from their ranks. Kacper, being the leader of armed terrorists, began establishing an independent "Federation of USEA," proclaiming that it was time to "Create a new world order to replace the UN." It was all propaganda no doubt, and the UN began simultaneous operations to suppress the Usean army's invasion."
-SORTIE ORDER-
"We'll continue this later."
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Information regarding RP (OOC thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=302991)
You are a mercenary pilot under the banner of the UN, and have been transferred to the "Arrowblades" squadron, led by renown ace pilot "Reaper." Your life will not be as simple as you once thought it would be when you joined up with the squadron: Armed terrorists, formed by remnants of the USEAN federation, as well as several smaller nations, have cobbled together to form the "Erusian Federation", and began striking key UN military points across the globe. Your squadron has been tasked with defending the UN in times of darkness since the Ulysses Disaster. Each pilot will start off with a "Tech 1" aircraft, and work their way up the ranks, using money earned in missions to purchase new aircraft as you progress.
KEY AI (cannot die unless I allow so)
Goodfellow (your commander - will brief you on your mission prior to launch)
Sky Eye (your AWACS)
Reaper (your lead) - flies F-22A Raptor generation 5 stealth air supremacy fighter
Edge (Formerly Ridgeback 2) - flies F-3 Shinden II Tactical Fighter
Antares - flies Su-35 Super Flanker
AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE TO YOU (Information and image provided by external link to the proper page on the Ace Combat Wiki)
Tech 1 (Starter)-
F-4E Phantom II
MiG-21bis Fishbed
F-5E Tiger II
Tech 2 (costs 10000 credits each)-
F-16C Fighting Falcon
F-14A Tomcat
Mirrage 2000-5
Su-24MP Fencer
F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel
Tech 3 (costs 23000 credits each)-
MiG-31 Foxhound
AV-8B Harrier II
Su-25TM Frogfoot
MiG-29A Fulcrum
Su-27 Flanker
F-15C Eagle
F-16F Fighting Falcon
Tech 4 (costs 45000 credits each)-
F-15E Strike Eagle
F/A-18F Super Hornet
EA-18G Growler
F-15S/MTD
F-2A Viper Zero
A-10A Thunderbolt II
JAS-39C Grippen NG
Tech 5 (costs 62000 credits each)-
Su-35 Super Flanker
F-14D Super Tomcat
Rafale M
Eurofighter Typhoon
F-117A Nighthawk
Su-34 Fullback
Tech 6 (costs 95000 credits each)-
F-35C Lightning II
Su-47 Berkut
X-02A Wyvrn
F-22A Raptor
XFA-27A Phoenix
FB-22A Strike Raptor
YF-23 Black Widow II
Tech 7 (costs 108000 credits each)
ADFX-01 Morgan
F-3 Shinden II
CFA-44 Nosferatu
Su T-50 PAK FA
Tech 8 (costs 145000 credits each0
Fenrir
ADF-01 Falken
XR-45 Cariburn
YR-99 Forneus
ADA-01 Adler
YR-302 Fregata
SIGNUP INFORMATION (to be done in OOC)
Name:
Gender (male/female):
Age (must be between 19 and 56):
TAC Name (your character's nickname in combat):
Starting Aircraft (any Tech 1 aircraft is fine):
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1: Do NOT Godmod
2: Do NOT Disobey Direct Orders
3: Do NOT Flame
4: All NationStates Rules apply
6: No Spamming
7: All Posts MUST Be AT LEAST one paragraph long
8: No Friendly Fire
9: Follow ALL Geneva Conventions rules of conduct
10: Do not exaggerate your kill count after a mission. Be honest when reporting your kills. (Don't say that enemy reinforcements magically appear either. Only I or Euro Asia have authority to change mission parameters.)
11: Try to stay as active in the roleplay as you can
Failure to follow these rules will result in your ejection from the roleplay.
MISSION PERFORMANCE
Based on your performance on the battlefield, you will earn differing amounts of money to spend on new aircraft. The one with the most kills in battle earns the most money, and vice versa.
PURCHASING AN AIRCRAFT
All aircraft purchases are to be posted (in OOC thread) in this format:CHARACTER NAME:
CURRENT AIRCRAFT:
AIRCRAFT YOU ARE PURCHASING:
CURRENT BALANCE:
Make sure the aircraft is either of the same tech level (tech level 2 -> tech level 2) or one tech level higher than the aircraft you were using prior to purchase (tech level 2 -> tech level 3.) This is to ensure the roleplay remains balanced.
OTHER KEY INFORMATION
You can review your profile on the front page, including Aircraft History, Current Aircraft, and Credit Balance.
If you are shot down in combat, you will be out for the rest of the ongoing battle. don't worry, you can appear next battle)
Your commander and AWACS will provide key information to the battle. Pay attention to their instructions at all times.
Prior to a mission, you will have the opportunity to choose your plane's SP Weapon. Be fluent with your weapons depending on the situation
Make sure to listen to the music (provided in quotes on major posts) for the full experience.
