Guardians of Freedom (Ace Combat RP, OOC OPEN, REBOOT)

[Monfrox]

Alright, so there's still ISAF holdings on the mainland? Do you have an idea where the frontline is as of right now?

I think this is a question to be answered by NB. I really don't have enough inside info to give you anything.

[Transnapastain]

Alright, so there's still ISAF holdings on the mainland? Do you have an idea where the frontline is as of right now?

I think this is a question to be answered by NB. I really don't have enough inside info to give you anything.

The OP litrally says

"Unprepared for war, Erusea and its neighbors fell quickly under the might of the combined Sapin and Belkan forces. Soon the Sapin-Belkan coalition had captured all independent states on the Usean continent."

Seems pretty clear cut. It literally says "they own all of Usea."

Now, if thats what was meant, well...thats debatable.

[Licana]

I'm just trying to find a good place to make Lancero Squadron's explosive entry into this RP.

[Monfrox]

I think this is a question to be answered by NB. I really don't have enough inside info to give you anything.

The OP litrally says

"Unprepared for war, Erusea and its neighbors fell quickly under the might of the combined Sapin and Belkan forces. Soon the Sapin-Belkan coalition had captured all independent states on the Usean continent."

Seems pretty clear cut. It literally says "they own all of Usea."

Now, if thats what was meant, well...thats debatable.

I also don't remember stuff too good.

This makes sense on why we're at North Point.

[Transnapastain]

The OP litrally says

"Unprepared for war, Erusea and its neighbors fell quickly under the might of the combined Sapin and Belkan forces. Soon the Sapin-Belkan coalition had captured all independent states on the Usean continent."

Seems pretty clear cut. It literally says "they own all of Usea."

Now, if thats what was meant, well...thats debatable.

I also don't remember stuff too good.

This makes sense on why we're at North Point.

Sorry, favorite scribbie, that wasn't meant as an attack on you and your post. I'm just positing out that people are giving multiple answers to a question answered by the OP. As I said, it may well be that's not what OP meant

and yes, I actually said that to Licana earlier, "thats why we're on North Point, I assume."

I'm just trying to find a good place to make Lancero Squadron's explosive entry into this RP.

Get in my gunsight, I'll help with the explosion

Unless other Barry wins the day

[Monfrox]

I also don't remember stuff too good.

This makes sense on why we're at North Point.

Sorry, favorite scribbie, that wasn't meant as an attack on you and your post. I'm just positing out that people are giving multiple answers to a question answered by the OP. As I said, it may well be that's not what OP meant

It's all good.

[Licana]

Get in my gunsight, I'll help with the explosion

Unless other Barry wins the day

Whatever you say, 'one who sleeps."

Just remember, Castor's royalty too, so try not to fall asleep in the cockpit. You might find those dreams to be anything but pleasant.

[Transnapastain]

Get in my gunsight, I'll help with the explosion

Unless other Barry wins the day

Whatever you say, 'one who sleeps."

Just remember, Castor's royalty too, so try not to fall asleep in the cockpit. You might find those dreams to be anything but pleasant.

If its anything like Barry's "dream" in his intro post...

[Licana]

It shall be an interesting moment indeed.

[Licana]

Short apps for Lanceros 2 and 3. Will probably do the rest of Lancero Squadron whenever I feel like it.

Character App: Lancero 2
Name: Lucia Alvarez
Age (16 at youngest): 30
Gender: Female
Rank: (Nothing higher than O-5) Teniente (O-2)
Nationality: Sapinese
Aircraft (From the list): Rafale M
Height (optional): 170 cm
Weight (optional): 68 kg
Likes (optional):
Dislikes (optional):
Biography:

Born 1993 to a common family that owned a semi-successful restaurant in Laurus. Laurus, located many miles away from the Belkan thrust into Sapin, avoided the destruction seen in towns like Aran and Lucia was afforded the ability to live a safe and comfortable childhood with both of her parents. At the age of 14, she would start work in her family's restaurant, and was well-liked by its patrons. The restaurant would remain active and stable enough to afford Lucia's family a comfortable life throughout her years.

In 2015, with the outbreak of the civil war, Olivares-loyal forces engaged in an early skirmish against Carrillo forces stationed near Laurus. Being isolated, unsure of the situation, and under a panicking commander, the Carrillo-loyal battalion made a fighting retreat through Laurus. During this skirmish, Lucia would take cover with a friend in her home. After the two hour long skirmish was over, she would return to find her family's restaurant destroyed by incendiary weapons dropped by Olivares aircraft, her mother as well as several patrons still inside. Two days later, her father would be found, having been shot dead in his car during one of the initial firefights. She would be wracked by grief for her loss and shame for not having been present to comfort her parents during their final moments.

Two months later, she would hitch-hike through the war-torn Sapinese countryland, seeing the devastation wrought by clashes between the two armies. Eventually, she would make it through the front lines via smuggler's boat to the Carrillo controlled San Fermin. There, she would enlist under the Air Force, hoping to become a pilot as a way to stop others from suffering a similar fate to her own. She would be promptly accepted and put through pilot's training. Pilot's training would prove difficult, with a steep learning curve and not enough time to devote to making sure new recruits would know what they were doing before being thrown into service. She would pass with mediocre, but acceptable, marks and join the 21st Fighter Squadron under the 3rd Air Division. Her first engagements would prove shaky, by her sixth sortie she had no kills to her credit, often times doing her best to simply survive each engagement.

Lucia's first kill would be on August 2015, during a minor aerial skirmish near Gran Rugido. Her squadron was running a routine combat air patrol when they were retasked to an intercept operation. Two flights of strike fighters with one flight running top cover was on their way to the small farming town of Ronda, which was being used as the temporary staging area of a Carrillo mechanized division. Seeing an opportunity to stop what had happened to her from repeating onto others, she relentless pursued the opposing strike fighters, downing two of them. The remainder of her squadron would destroy the rest before they could reach Ronda, ensuring the safety of both the town and the Carrillo division. However, this would come at the loss of five of their eight aircraft, including Lucia's element leader. After this engagement, Lucia would be promoted to rear element leader due to her experience. Though she was glad to have stopped the bombing of Ronda, she did not feel the pride she thought she would. Mostly, she felt the weight of the lives she took and the friends she lost.

She would be deployed to the Battle of Puerto Cielo on March 2016, her squadron running defense for the Carrillo fleet and marine forces. The 21st Fighter Squadron would do their best to hold back the enemy air forces, but were pushed back little by little. As her squadron mates fell off of her RADAR one-by-one, she continued to pursue and destroy incoming strike fighters, weaving through the enemy's fighter cover to the best of her abilities. During an engagement of four Mirage 2000Ds en-route to the fleet, she lost her wingman to the enemy's fighter cover. Her squadron leader would order her to form up on his wing. Feeling the dread of having to suffer through losing another lead, she nevertheless complied. During this role, she gain three confirmed kills against enemy fighters trying to engage the leader of the 21st, bringing her total kill count up to 8. However, as the 21st's losses mounted, Lucia and her flight lead soon found themselves alone. Though she fought with all of the ferocity she could muster, she could not handle the weight of the enemy's air force alone. At 22 minutes into the battle, she would be shot down, using her plane to shield her squadron lead from a missile. She would be picked up out of the sea by the second wave of marine forces entering the city. After the battle was over, she would be overjoyed to learn that her squadron leader survived, his damaged plane landing at an airport in a town to the north, though his injuries would stop him from flying again.

Her exploits during this operation would gain the attention of Castor Frontera, who first heard of her from reports from the marine forces referencing "the two guardian angels of Cielo." She would be accepted into Lancero Squadron as its 8th member, where she would remain for the rest of the civil war. During the rebuilding of the Sapinese Air Force, she would find a new passion in teaching the new recruits. She would become known for being fiercely protective of the ones that she personally taught. During mock dogfights, she almost never took the position of lead, always electing to be the wingman in any pair that was formed. During a mock engagement with Lancero 1 and 2, she would be noted for her tenacious defense of her wingman, Lancero 7, with Castor Frontera comparing her to Égida, a legendary unbreakable shield. He began referring to her by this nickname, and it would eventually be her unofficial callsign.

She would end up turning down an offer to move to element lead, due to the retiring of Lancero 7. When Lancero 2 was shot down and killed over Ustio, she would be moved up as his replacement as an acknowledgement of her skill and accomplishments.

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Character App: Lancero 3
Name: Alberto "Estoque" Mercado
Age (16 at youngest): 44
Gender: Male
Rank: (Nothing higher than O-5) Capitán (O-3)
Nationality: Sapinese
Aircraft (From the list): Rafale M
Height (optional): 175 cm
Weight (optional): 88 kg
Likes (optional):
Dislikes (optional):
Biography:

A fighter pilot from the age of 18, his accomplishments are numerous. His first engagement was near Belkan-Sapin border, during an emergency scramble to intercept the first wave of Belkan aircraft. He would fight the Belkans every step of the way along their advance through Sapin, racking up numerous kills and gaining a notoriety that could hold up to the likes of Espada and Abejorro Squadrons. He shared a friendly rivalry with Belkan Ace Orbert Jager, who had shot him down twice over the five times they met, and was saddened when he heard of his demise in late May. As The Belkan War progressed, he covered the Sapinese army on their counter-thrust into Belka, fighting alongside Ustio and Osean squadrons during the battles of Lumen, Sudentor, and several engagements over B7R. After the end of the war, his Squadron would be scrambled to intercept the elite Espada squadron, who were incommunicado and heading for the Ustian border, but would be unable to catch up to the aces before they crossed the border. This action would be deemed classified by the Sapinese government, with details of the operation being leaked after the 2017 battle of Gran Rugido.

During the civil war, his squadron would end up joining the Olivares forces. With the Abejorro Squadron also being loyal to the house of Olivares, Alberto would have no match in the skies during the early period of the civil war, allowing the Olivares Air Force to make significant headway towards gaining air superiority for their early military actions. Mercado in particular was feared by the veteran members of Carrillo Air Force, as he had a tendency to ignore the newer pilots in favour of targeting those would could provide him with a challenge. He was largely responsible for the decimation of the Carrillo's core group of experienced fighters, leading them to the desperate pilot training practices that were the hallmark of Carrillo forces during the war. However, he finally met his match in Carrillo ace Castor Frontera over the skies of Puerto Cielo. After engaging in a grueling dogfight with Castor and his wingman, he was shot down and captured by Carrillo forces. He would witness the surrender of the Olivares and the dismantling of the monarchy from cell in a local prison being used for POW holding.

He was released shortly after the civil war ended. To his surprise, he learned that he was selected to join Lancero Squadron by none other than Castor Frontera himself. Holding no ill feelings towards the young ace that bested him that fateful day, he eagerly accepted, and instantly became an element lead due to his vast experience in aerial combat. He is considered second only to Frontera in raw flying talent, and has been his second-in-command since he joined Lancero Squadron. He was an invaluable asset during the rebuilding of Sapin's Air Force, and later in combat against the veteran Ustio Air Force. Though his age is advanced for a pilot, he still flies as he did during is early days in the Belkan War, maintaining a sharp mind capable of setting up quick and decisive maneuvers in combat.

[New Babylonia]

Currently Liderc 3, should probably be Liderc 2.

God dammit. Why US, why can't your letter-number ranking system match with NATO ranking, especially when everyone else was posting their NATO grade.

EDIT: Isn't Jason a rookie?

The reason he has no bio is because all his life information was destroyed. He's an ex agent of Belka, however what little exists about him says he is Ustian.

Checking around, Rup. Think of this like writing your app to ISAF. If you put just that as a bio, they'd arrest you ass immediately. Jason gets away with it because he can prove his ex status as a very high tier agent of an unspecified government. And i'm the OP, so ja.

[Rupudska]

God dammit. Why US, why can't your letter-number ranking system match with NATO ranking, especially when everyone else was posting their NATO grade.

EDIT: Isn't Jason a rookie?

The reason he has no bio is because all his life information was destroyed. He's an ex agent of Belka, however what little exists about him says he is Ustian.

Checking around, Rup. Think of this like writing your app to ISAF. If you put just that as a bio, they'd arrest you ass immediately. Jason gets away with it because he can prove his ex status as a very high tier agent of an unspecified government. And i'm the OP, so ja.

So work on the non-blacked out part for now? Gotcha.

[New Babylonia]

OK lets put it to a vote. Who would rather I just scrap the list (save for members of the squad that are already in it) and then have you all pick numbers after the briefing. Of course NB would also have to agree to this since they are the OP.

I really dont think that the number someone is assigned is indicative of their ranks at all. They could be based on seniority, they can be randomly assigned, they could be based on when the pilots birthday is, for all ti really matters.

In the system I use for my nations Air Forces, 1, 5 and 9 are flight leads, and therefore more than likely superior in rank to the rest of the numbers. Obviously number sequence don't mean dick in Erusea, since Yellow 13 lead a squadron.....and his wing mate was Yellow 4.... and, Jean-Louis Flaubert was Yellow 21.

At the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who is superior to whom and, for serious, it rally doesn't matter who gets what number.

That's good for Erusea. This is ISAF. Where, from what i have been able to tell, number sequence means something. It also does in Osea, methinks, since in AC5, where Wardog Two (Nagase) was offered promotion first. She refused, and Blaze accepted.

So, Erusea is just one difference. Everyother Strangereal nation has otherwise shown that number sequence means something in their squadrons, and even if they didn't, this is ISAF, where we've seen that it matters to them. It does, infact, matter. Which is why right after briefing you'll all go through a mock dogfight exercise to test your reaction and abilities. You will then be assigned numbers based on skill first, rank second. Which means, for example. a First Lt could be Liderc 2.

EDIT: It feels so weird addressing a moderator as if i'm more than just a tiny peon to them. Like, really weird.

The OP litrally says

"Unprepared for war, Erusea and its neighbors fell quickly under the might of the combined Sapin and Belkan forces. Soon the Sapin-Belkan coalition had captured all independent states on the Usean continent."

Seems pretty clear cut. It literally says "they own all of Usea."

Now, if thats what was meant, well...thats debatable.

I also don't remember stuff too good.

This makes sense on why we're at North Point.

Yes, it's kinda like AC4 in that sense. You're on North point because what few pockets of ISAF resistance exist are cut off and being slaughtered.

[New Babylonia]

And short plot movement post because i'm in school.

[Rupudska]

Character App:
Name: Dorothea Blumenthal [actual: Agathe "Dust Eater" / "Spitting Cobra" Leimnitz]
Age (16 at youngest): 31
Callsign: Foehn [formerly: Skyfall]
Gender: Female
Rank: (Nothing higher than O-5) Captain
Appearance/Pic: linki
Nationality: Osean [Belkan]
Aircraft (From the list): Dassault Mirage 2000/5 (Surprised the 4000 variant is on the list and the 2000/5 isn't, as the 2000/5 actually went into production.)
Height (optional): 5'11"
Weight (optional): LOL
Likes (optional): Belka, Flying, sailing, fishing
Dislikes (optional): The Democratic Liberal Party, Sapin, Osea (to a degree), rookies.
Biography: I have to do this, right? Fine. [Grew up in the Tauberg region of Belka, in the shadow of Excalibur's wreckage, the daughter of members of the former Belkan Navy, and part of a long line of members of the Belkan military. Naturally, patriotism was in her blood, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was no military to serve in. Still, she had a love for the military, and despite her mild fear of heights, a love for aviation. Thus, her parents took her to an aviation school in southern Osea, where she learned how to fly in ultralights and Cessnas. This soon proved very useful, as she caught the attention of the Grey Men, who trained her in combat aviation, where she first adopted her now signature fighting style of flying extremely low to the ground, at high speed, and only rising up when absolutely necessary. She even managed to serve in the Circum-Pacific War's Belkan theater, though only in a small tactical fighter squadron that was shot down by Razgriz over Stier Castle. She takes pride in how long she managed to distract Razgriz 2, however. She wasn't happy about that, though she managed to escape arrest.]

[She drifted between jobs as a commercial pilot for the next several years, and was often praised for her skill in keeping the aircraft rock steady in turbulence, or avoiding aerial dangers. When Belka joined up with Sapin in the current war, she joined up, and thanks to her experience was placed in none other than Gault Squadron. Here is where she truly rose to prominence, gaining a reputation for being sweet and almost motherly with her allies, but completely ruthless towards her enemies, especially Oseans, whom she blamed (and still somewhat does blame) for Belka's defeat in the Belkan War. She honed her low-to-the-ground fighting style to an exact method, seeming to almost ride on the ground, instead of over it. However, flying so low to the ground grants one a vantage point normally enjoyed only by ground troops, one where the idea of nationalism seems to lose its ground among all the faces of the civilians caught in the crossfire, and the rather... unsavoury method of rule the Belkan war machine (and especially the Sapinian war machine) displayed. This continued to sour her opinion of the war, but she kept fighting on, rising all the way through the ranks of the squadron until finally, in mid-2022, she was at the top. Thus she earned her new nickname, the Spitting Cobra. Or still just the Dust Eater, depending on who you asked.]

[It didn't last long. They were moving deeper and deeper into ISAF-held territory, and the targets weren't so clearly military anymore. What finally made her desert was when her squadron was sent to escort a squadron of Sapinese bombers to attack an air base. Said air base turned out to be a very clearly civilian airport with just a few ISAF MiGs puttering about as defensive measures.]

[That did it. A few days later, in late 2022, she allowed herself to be shot down off the coast of Usea in a storm. She ejected, but no body was found and she was presumed dead when her bloodied clothes washed up nearby six days later. In reality, she had simply injured herself upon cutting free her parachute, taken off her flight suit, and swam ashore in the cover of night. From there she kept running towards ISAF territory, even as the front lines fell away from her. Along the way, she forged a fake identity, dyed her hair, and sign up as a mercenary under a false name. She purchased her current plane, an Osean Mirage 2000/5, through a family friend she had met by pure chance, who was sympathetic to her cause and had thus left Belka. She joined us with the ISAF the next day as a mercenary, purposely flying worse (and more like other pilots) than normal so as to hide her identity.]
Grew up in Apito. While a famous city, nothing of any real interest happened there for much of her childhood, though some guy from A World With No Boundaries was arrested when she was 11. Throughout much of her life, though, she had a love of planes. Her parents were open to this, and allowed her to train as a pilot, and eventually join the Osean Air Defense Force in 2010. She was just finishing her training in Heierlark when the Yuktobanian attacks in her hometown. She was too far away to do anything about it, and she isn't proud of that. She made up for it with her service in Yuktobania, where she served with some distinction as a skilled dogfighter and anti-shipping pilot, though nowhere near as good as Sand Island, of course. Like many, she was shocked when Sand Island Squadron was branded as a group of traitors. She couldn't believe it. She didn't believe it, and bet quite a sum of money that they weren't. She made a lot of money that December 30th.

After the war, she hung around the military for a few more years, then left to become a commercial pilot, which she did pretty well at. When war again broke out, this time with Sapin and Belka as the enemies, she joined up again, but was shot down by a particularly difficult squadron of Sapinese fighters late in the war on the Osean continent, due in large part to poor intel from her superiors. She furiously applied for a discharge, and got it. She used her money to purchase a Mirage 2000-5 and became a mercenary pilot, serving mostly on the Osean front as a solitary pilot-for-hire, but when ISAF started offering jobs to mercenaries, she applied.

RP Sample: I'm Old Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg!

Better, NB?

[New Babylonia]

Character App:
Name: Dorothea Blumenthal [actual: Agathe "Dust Eater" / "Spitting Cobra" Leimnitz]
Age (16 at youngest): 31
Callsign: Foehn [formerly: Skyfall]
Gender: Female
Rank: (Nothing higher than O-5) Captain
Appearance/Pic: linki
Nationality: Osean [Belkan]
Aircraft (From the list): Dassault Mirage 2000/5 (Surprised the 4000 variant is on the list and the 2000/5 isn't, as the 2000/5 actually went into production.)
Height (optional): 5'11"
Weight (optional): LOL
Likes (optional): Belka, Flying, sailing, fishing
Dislikes (optional): The Democratic Liberal Party, Sapin, Osea (to a degree), rookies.
Biography: I have to do this, right? Fine. [Grew up in the Tauberg region of Belka, in the shadow of Excalibur's wreckage, the daughter of members of the former Belkan Navy, and part of a long line of members of the Belkan military. Naturally, patriotism was in her blood, but in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was no military to serve in. Still, she had a love for the military, and despite her mild fear of heights, a love for aviation. Thus, her parents took her to an aviation school in southern Osea, where she learned how to fly in ultralights and Cessnas. This soon proved very useful, as she caught the attention of the Grey Men, who trained her in combat aviation, where she first adopted her now signature fighting style of flying extremely low to the ground, at high speed, and only rising up when absolutely necessary. She even managed to serve in the Circum-Pacific War's Belkan theater, though only in a small tactical fighter squadron that was shot down by Razgriz over Stier Castle. She takes pride in how long she managed to distract Razgriz 2, however. She wasn't happy about that, though she managed to escape arrest.]

[She drifted between jobs as a commercial pilot for the next several years, and was often praised for her skill in keeping the aircraft rock steady in turbulence, or avoiding aerial dangers. When Belka joined up with Sapin in the current war, she joined up, and thanks to her experience was placed in none other than Gault Squadron. Here is where she truly rose to prominence, gaining a reputation for being sweet and almost motherly with her allies, but completely ruthless towards her enemies, especially Oseans, whom she blamed (and still somewhat does blame) for Belka's defeat in the Belkan War. She honed her low-to-the-ground fighting style to an exact method, seeming to almost ride on the ground, instead of over it. However, flying so low to the ground grants one a vantage point normally enjoyed only by ground troops, one where the idea of nationalism seems to lose its ground among all the faces of the civilians caught in the crossfire, and the rather... unsavoury method of rule the Belkan war machine (and especially the Sapinian war machine) displayed. This continued to sour her opinion of the war, but she kept fighting on, rising all the way through the ranks of the squadron until finally, in mid-2022, she was at the top. Thus she earned her new nickname, the Spitting Cobra. Or still just the Dust Eater, depending on who you asked.]

[It didn't last long. They were moving deeper and deeper into ISAF-held territory, and the targets weren't so clearly military anymore. What finally made her desert was when her squadron was sent to escort a squadron of Sapinese bombers to attack an air base. Said air base turned out to be a very clearly civilian airport with just a few ISAF MiGs puttering about as defensive measures.]

[That did it. A few days later, in late 2022, she allowed herself to be shot down off the coast of Usea in a storm. She ejected, but no body was found and she was presumed dead when her bloodied clothes washed up nearby six days later. In reality, she had simply injured herself upon cutting free her parachute, taken off her flight suit, and swam ashore in the cover of night. From there she kept running towards ISAF territory, even as the front lines fell away from her. Along the way, she forged a fake identity, dyed her hair, and sign up as a mercenary under a false name. She purchased her current plane, an Osean Mirage 2000/5, through a family friend she had met by pure chance, who was sympathetic to her cause and had thus left Belka. She joined us with the ISAF the next day as a mercenary, purposely flying worse (and more like other pilots) than normal so as to hide her identity.]
Grew up in Apito. While a famous city, nothing of any real interest happened there for much of her childhood, though some guy from A World With No Boundaries was arrested when she was 11. Throughout much of her life, though, she had a love of planes. Her parents were open to this, and allowed her to train as a pilot, and eventually join the Osean Air Defense Force in 2010. She was just finishing her training in Heierlark when the Yuktobanian attacks in her hometown. She was too far away to do anything about it, and she isn't proud of that. She made up for it with her service in Yuktobania, where she served with some distinction as a skilled dogfighter and anti-shipping pilot, though nowhere near as good as Sand Island, of course. Like many, she was shocked when Sand Island Squadron was branded as a group of traitors. She couldn't believe it. She didn't believe it, and bet quite a sum of money that they weren't. She made a lot of money that December 30th.

After the war, she hung around the military for a few more years, then left to become a commercial pilot, which she did pretty well at. When war again broke out, this time with Sapin and Belka as the enemies, she joined up again, but was shot down by a particularly difficult squadron of Sapinese fighters late in the war on the Osean continent, due in large part to poor intel from her superiors. She furiously applied for a discharge, and got it. She used her money to purchase a Mirage 2000-5 and became a mercenary pilot, serving mostly on the Osean front as a solitary pilot-for-hire, but when ISAF started offering jobs to mercenaries, she applied.

RP Sample: I'm Old Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg! Greeeeeegg!

Better, NB?

Now that you could pass with. Report to briefing pilot.

[Finorskia]

I really dont think that the number someone is assigned is indicative of their ranks at all. They could be based on seniority, they can be randomly assigned, they could be based on when the pilots birthday is, for all ti really matters.

In the system I use for my nations Air Forces, 1, 5 and 9 are flight leads, and therefore more than likely superior in rank to the rest of the numbers. Obviously number sequence don't mean dick in Erusea, since Yellow 13 lead a squadron.....and his wing mate was Yellow 4.... and, Jean-Louis Flaubert was Yellow 21.

At the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who is superior to whom and, for serious, it rally doesn't matter who gets what number.

That's good for Erusea. This is ISAF. Where, from what i have been able to tell, number sequence means something. It also does in Osea, methinks, since in AC5, where Wardog Two (Nagase) was offered promotion first. She refused, and Blaze accepted.

So, Erusea is just one difference. Everyother Strangereal nation has otherwise shown that number sequence means something in their squadrons, and even if they didn't, this is ISAF, where we've seen that it matters to them. It does, infact, matter. Which is why right after briefing you'll all go through a mock dogfight exercise to test your reaction and abilities. You will then be assigned numbers based on skill first, rank second. Which means, for example. a First Lt could be Liderc 2.

EDIT: It feels so weird addressing a moderator as if i'm more than just a tiny peon to them. Like, really weird.

How do we wan't to go about doing that?

[Monfrox]

That's good for Erusea. This is ISAF. Where, from what i have been able to tell, number sequence means something. It also does in Osea, methinks, since in AC5, where Wardog Two (Nagase) was offered promotion first. She refused, and Blaze accepted.

So, Erusea is just one difference. Everyother Strangereal nation has otherwise shown that number sequence means something in their squadrons, and even if they didn't, this is ISAF, where we've seen that it matters to them. It does, infact, matter. Which is why right after briefing you'll all go through a mock dogfight exercise to test your reaction and abilities. You will then be assigned numbers based on skill first, rank second. Which means, for example. a First Lt could be Liderc 2.

EDIT: It feels so weird addressing a moderator as if i'm more than just a tiny peon to them. Like, really weird.

How do we wan't to go about doing that?

A giant furball. If you get locked on successfully, you're done.

[New Babylonia]

How do we wan't to go about doing that?

A giant furball. If you get locked on successfully, you're done.

No. I already know how. I forget the name of it, but similar technology to whats used in a very large multi-national mock air battle. Real military aircraft, real military personnel, fake weapons and a massive computer system that decides what hits and who dies, etc.

[San-Silvacian]

Not sure if it's the same for the air force, but for the army your leadv is 6 and your NCOIC is 7

[Monfrox]

Not sure if it's the same for the air force, but for the army your leadv is 6 and your NCOIC is 7

In the Air Force, your flight lead is 1 and your wingman is 2, the deputy is 3, and his wingman is 4. 4 is also "Tail end Charlie" who's responsible for rear guard.

[Finorskia]

Not sure if it's the same for the air force, but for the army your leadv is 6 and your NCOIC is 7

In the Air Force, your flight lead is 1 and your wingman is 2, the deputy is 3, and his wingman is 4. 4 is also "Tail end Charlie" who's responsible for rear guard.

I don't know if they still do it but during WWII the Finish had not flight lead. Well technically they did, but during sortie whoever spotted an enemy aircraft first became the flight lead for the duration of the engagement.

[Monfrox]

In the Air Force, your flight lead is 1 and your wingman is 2, the deputy is 3, and his wingman is 4. 4 is also "Tail end Charlie" who's responsible for rear guard.

I don't know if they still do it but during WWII the Finish had not flight lead. Well technically they did, but during sortie whoever spotted an enemy aircraft first became the flight lead for the duration of the engagement.

That seems kinda silly to be honest.

[Transnapastain]

I really dont think that the number someone is assigned is indicative of their ranks at all. They could be based on seniority, they can be randomly assigned, they could be based on when the pilots birthday is, for all ti really matters.

In the system I use for my nations Air Forces, 1, 5 and 9 are flight leads, and therefore more than likely superior in rank to the rest of the numbers. Obviously number sequence don't mean dick in Erusea, since Yellow 13 lead a squadron.....and his wing mate was Yellow 4.... and, Jean-Louis Flaubert was Yellow 21.

At the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who is superior to whom and, for serious, it rally doesn't matter who gets what number.

That's good for Erusea. This is ISAF. Where, from what i have been able to tell, number sequence means something. It also does in Osea, methinks, since in AC5, where Wardog Two (Nagase) was offered promotion first. She refused, and Blaze accepted.

So, Erusea is just one difference. Everyother Strangereal nation has otherwise shown that number sequence means something in their squadrons, and even if they didn't, this is ISAF, where we've seen that it matters to them. It does, infact, matter. Which is why right after briefing you'll all go through a mock dogfight exercise to test your reaction and abilities. You will then be assigned numbers based on skill first, rank second. Which means, for example. a First Lt could be Liderc 2.

You do whatever you want, you're the OP, I'm just along for the ride, but this seems pretty convoluted and useless to me. Your ISAF analogy kinda fails when you remember that he was always Mobius 1, even when he was a scribbie.

Course, there were no other Mobius planes until later, so maybe he just commanded himself?

[Monfrox]

That's good for Erusea. This is ISAF. Where, from what i have been able to tell, number sequence means something. It also does in Osea, methinks, since in AC5, where Wardog Two (Nagase) was offered promotion first. She refused, and Blaze accepted.

So, Erusea is just one difference. Everyother Strangereal nation has otherwise shown that number sequence means something in their squadrons, and even if they didn't, this is ISAF, where we've seen that it matters to them. It does, infact, matter. Which is why right after briefing you'll all go through a mock dogfight exercise to test your reaction and abilities. You will then be assigned numbers based on skill first, rank second. Which means, for example. a First Lt could be Liderc 2.

You do whatever you want, you're the OP, I'm just along for the ride, but this seems pretty convoluted and useless to me. Your ISAF analogy kinda fails when you remember that he was always Mobius 1, even when he was a scribble.

Course, there were no other Mobius planes until later, so maybe he just commanded himself?

Mobius 1 was the only pilot in the entire 118th Tactical Fighter Wing until the very end.