It was once said that the sky could not fall.
Then it did, and it was said that the sky could...
Then it did, and it was said that the sky could...
Ace Combat XCOM: Enemy Skies
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Introduction
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
It was once said that the sky could not fall.
Then it did, and it was said that the sky could not fall twice.
The heavens opened just a crack the first time.
"Now, we delegates of the International United Nations hereby resolve to ensure that the infinite heavens shall, now and forever, be the new horizon for our people!"
A single craft. It matched no known radar signature, manuevering with impossible agility. Its sleek, rounded form struck in the middle of the night, screaming across the borders of seventeen countries without even blinking.
Just as suddenly, it halted in air, vibrating as an ominous green glow gathered in the front of the craft.
A light flashed out.
"Sky Keeper respond! Sky Keeper!"
The green light impacts a plane. The pilot does not have time to scream before she is turned to so much ash.
The Flanker debris tumbles and disintegrates in a fiery ruin.
"Ascalon Squadron, cover the retreat!"
A green bolt lances out. The shot rockets past the flat underside of an F-22. As the bolt passes, the weapon bays open, launching two missiles in retort.
A blue light gathers at the tip of an obelisk. An alien transport ship has landed, unscathed, next to it. Alien fighters are parked around it. The command center has an officer order a notice, as aliens watch on.
"Unidentified aircraft, you are in violation of our airspace. Turn around or we will shoot you down."
"Why are they shooting at us?! Can't they see we're on their side?!"
"All units, retreat from hostile airspace!"
"My missile alert hasn't gone off at all, but my heart still feels like it'll explode any second!"
A sleek gunmetal gray F-22 rolls of the four man wing, each plane bearing a different paint scheme. Both tailfins on the lead plane prominently feature a claw making Three Strikes.
The other F-22 in formation bears a single line down one wing.
The F-14 is painted pitch-black.
The final F-15 is painted with a white body and blue wingtips.
"Phoenix Squadron, engage!"
"An interesting change of pace. Show me what you got, Squadron Leader!"
"These bastards have a weak point, I just know they do!"
"All planes, prepare for Stonehenge impact!"
Eight massive guns point upwards. Their bullets leave behind flashes of light and concentric rings. The eight impacts upon an airborne battleship flash a brilliant emerald over the desert fields of San Salvacion. The trails of missiles and green plasma fill the air.
"Now we're even. Scratch that. We're ahead now."
"D'you think those aliens give a damn about the borders from up here?"
In high altitude above earth, an asteroid splits and shatters, a thousand comets and meteorites sloughing off. Inside, the supermassive ship comes into focus, shivering in anticipation.
Four painted craft fly straight up. Their rounded profile and hint of a forward sweep slice through the air, as the glittering sea-green particles trail behind them. A blue light runs down the starfighters' shivering spines, as if waiting for a signal. The lights point towards the sea of stars high above.
"Unity Squadron, engage!"
Then it did, and it was said that the sky could not fall twice.
The heavens opened just a crack the first time.
"Now, we delegates of the International United Nations hereby resolve to ensure that the infinite heavens shall, now and forever, be the new horizon for our people!"
A single craft. It matched no known radar signature, manuevering with impossible agility. Its sleek, rounded form struck in the middle of the night, screaming across the borders of seventeen countries without even blinking.
Just as suddenly, it halted in air, vibrating as an ominous green glow gathered in the front of the craft.
A light flashed out.
"Sky Keeper respond! Sky Keeper!"
The green light impacts a plane. The pilot does not have time to scream before she is turned to so much ash.
The Flanker debris tumbles and disintegrates in a fiery ruin.
"Ascalon Squadron, cover the retreat!"
A green bolt lances out. The shot rockets past the flat underside of an F-22. As the bolt passes, the weapon bays open, launching two missiles in retort.
A blue light gathers at the tip of an obelisk. An alien transport ship has landed, unscathed, next to it. Alien fighters are parked around it. The command center has an officer order a notice, as aliens watch on.
"Unidentified aircraft, you are in violation of our airspace. Turn around or we will shoot you down."
"Why are they shooting at us?! Can't they see we're on their side?!"
"All units, retreat from hostile airspace!"
"My missile alert hasn't gone off at all, but my heart still feels like it'll explode any second!"
EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS
A sleek gunmetal gray F-22 rolls of the four man wing, each plane bearing a different paint scheme. Both tailfins on the lead plane prominently feature a claw making Three Strikes.
The other F-22 in formation bears a single line down one wing.
The F-14 is painted pitch-black.
The final F-15 is painted with a white body and blue wingtips.
"Phoenix Squadron, engage!"
"An interesting change of pace. Show me what you got, Squadron Leader!"
"These bastards have a weak point, I just know they do!"
STAND UP
"All planes, prepare for Stonehenge impact!"
Eight massive guns point upwards. Their bullets leave behind flashes of light and concentric rings. The eight impacts upon an airborne battleship flash a brilliant emerald over the desert fields of San Salvacion. The trails of missiles and green plasma fill the air.
LIFT YOUR EYES
"Now we're even. Scratch that. We're ahead now."
"D'you think those aliens give a damn about the borders from up here?"
In high altitude above earth, an asteroid splits and shatters, a thousand comets and meteorites sloughing off. Inside, the supermassive ship comes into focus, shivering in anticipation.
STRETCH YOUR HANDS
Four painted craft fly straight up. Their rounded profile and hint of a forward sweep slice through the air, as the glittering sea-green particles trail behind them. A blue light runs down the starfighters' shivering spines, as if waiting for a signal. The lights point towards the sea of stars high above.
"Unity Squadron, engage!"
GRASP YOUR HEAVEN
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IUN-PKF-XCOM Resources
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
IUN-PKF-XCOM Resources
Critical Statistics:
Total Industrial Capacity: 221,725 IC
Personnel: 1800
Base Locations: XCOM USEA, XCOM OSEA, XCOM ANEA, XCOM VERUSA
Overall Commander: Stephen Pulford
XCOM USEA:
Available Industrial Capacity: 106600 IC
Local Industrial Capacity: 9600 [Planes] IC
Personnel: 400
Airbases:
Selatapura Air Command (shared with Selatapura International Airport)
Fort Grays Island Base
Commander: Long Caster
Allied Units: Gunther Bay Emergency Home Defense
Artificial Wonder: International Space Elevator "Lighthouse".
Alien Assets:
0 Alien Fighters.
4x Alien Gunships.
3x Alien Bulb Ships.
5015x Alien Alloys.
Spare Aircraft:
4x Su-33 Flanker
1x Su-37 Terminator
1x F-15 Eagle
6x F-35 Lightning II
7x F-16 Fighting Falcon
5x F-18E/F Super Hornet
3x F-14X XCOM Hellcat II
3x Special Weapons: EMLs.
Selatapura Air Command Base:
Slots: 34/72
Defensibility: B
Airfield (3 Slots)
Barracks (6 Slots)
Hangars (4 Slots) [16/16 Aircraft] {HARDENED}
Storage (8 Slots) [48/48 Aircraft]
Research Labs (1 Slots) {HARDENED}
Engineering Bays (1 Slots) {HARDENED}
Command Center (2 Slots) {HARDENED}
Aerospace Factories (4 Slots)
Defenses: (5 Slots)
Fort Grays Airbase:
Slots: 15/18
Defensibility: C
Command Center (1 Slot)
Airfield (3 Slots)
Barracks (1 Slot)
Hangars (4 Slots) [14/16 Aircraft]
Storage (2 Slots) [11/12 Aircraft]
Docks (2 Slots) [Heavily Damaged]
Defenses: [2 Slots] [Heavily Damaged]
XCOM ANEA:
Available Industrial Capacity: 21,525 IC
Personnel: 250
Airbases:
Gracemeria Air Force Base
Bartolemeo Fortress
Squadrons:
Garuda Squadron
Salamander Squadron
Windhover Squadron
Commander: Raynard Ball
Allied Units: Republic of Emmeria's Armed Forces, Kingdom of Nordennavic's Armed Forces.
XCOM OSEA:
Available Industrial Capacity: 6500 IC
Personnel: ???
Airbases:
Oured Air Command??
Squadron:
Cyclops Squadron
Falco Squadron
Gryphus Squadron
Paladin Squadron
Commander: Kiara Crespo
Allied Units: Osean Self Defense Forces
XCOM VERUSA:
Available Industrial Capacity: 74500 IC
Personnel: 600
Airbases:
The Red Corridor
Squadron:
Albatross Squadron
Shabhaz Squadron
Razgriz Squadron
Commander: Anton Smolaresk
Allied Units: Yuktobanian Army, Verusa's Federal Armed Forces
XCOM USEA RESEARCH:
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Under this heading are the technologies developed by XCOM's Research and Development divisions, as well as potential projects for later adaptation.
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Under this subheading is the collection of all research related to aliens - alien biology, alien technology, and anything else.
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This section covers the basic research into aliens.
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Our foundational understanding of aliens contains far more questions that it does answers; nevertheless, as scientists, we must seek to answer these questions. What we do know is this: these aliens do not share a genetic history with us, they use materials technology beyond our ken, they have exhibited hostile tendencies, along with some degree of control, and that is all we know.
Unlocks: Alien Alloy Research, Fighter Analysis. -
Our first autopsy of an alien that we have confirmed to have killed has resulted in some disturbing conclusions. The first is the functional existence of some degree of telepathy both among aliens and among our personnel on base. The second was that these aliens exhibited far too little genetic variation to be natural; we found less expected variation than between close relatives in between species, let alone drawing from a population. The third was that these aliens were genetically distinct from the material found in alien fighters, indicating multiple species brought to war against us. As part of that, we suspect the machinery we found the aliens in to have some sort of effect, and that a combination of radio waves and magnetic fields have caused distress in some aliens.
Unlocks: Psi-Jamming Pod
Research Unlocks: Sectoid Framework, ???
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Our foundational understanding of aliens contains far more questions that it does answers; nevertheless, as scientists, we must seek to answer these questions. What we do know is this: these aliens do not share a genetic history with us, they use materials technology beyond our ken, they have exhibited hostile tendencies, along with some degree of control, and that is all we know.
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This section contains our research specifically into alien technologies.
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Alien Alloys are one of the aliens' most foundational materials, and for good reason; it is a stable metallic hydrogen alloy that is superconductive from subzero to thousand degree temperatures, it has a melting point likely in the thousands of degrees, an incredible propensity to vibrate, and an ultra-high impact strength. Unfortunately, these properties come with a corresponding weight, and a our efforts to determine tensile strength has found that it does not possess the same sort of ludicrous strength found elsewhere. Use on aircraft should be sparing, due to its strength-to-weight ratio being comparable to steel.
Unlocks Alien Alloy Utilization (Crude).
Unlocks Alien Alloy Fabrication. -
One of the greatest obstacles to our ability to utilize Alien Alloys is the crudeness of our shaping techniques; our only method to shape Alien Alloys at the moment is the bastard child of an induction furnace and an MRI, and as a result we are sharply limited in our ability to utilize this substance.
Unlocks: Alien Alloy Utilization (Industrial). -
Our analysis of the alien bulb ships reveals a set of strange machinery that managed to mostly survive what looks like an alien power source explosion; our results of running a current through the strange machinery has resulted in lifting far more mass than the current strength should be able to lift.
Unlocks: ??? -
Research into the Sectoid Framework in the alien "bulb ships" has revealed that this machinery has the potential to vastly enhance psionic abilities - and has led to some frankly phenomenal findings. It is...astounding. For all that humanity has invested its efforts in searching outside, we have discovered an inner strength that few of us had fathomed possible.
Unlocks: Psi-Lab (Building)
Unlocks: Alien Control System Insight
Unlocks: ???
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Alien Alloys are one of the aliens' most foundational materials, and for good reason; it is a stable metallic hydrogen alloy that is superconductive from subzero to thousand degree temperatures, it has a melting point likely in the thousands of degrees, an incredible propensity to vibrate, and an ultra-high impact strength. Unfortunately, these properties come with a corresponding weight, and a our efforts to determine tensile strength has found that it does not possess the same sort of ludicrous strength found elsewhere. Use on aircraft should be sparing, due to its strength-to-weight ratio being comparable to steel.
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This section contains our analyses of alien craft.
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With our initial disassembly of the alien fighter craft, we've been able to discover how to properly strip these alien fighters for alloy. We've also found out that while our munitions were likely failing to penetrate the alien craft, all of the ships exhibited serious internal damage. Currently, we don't understand the principles behind many of the alien craft's internal machinery; however, the alien plasma cannon is likely the closest to discovery.
Unlocks: Fighter Salvage (Alloy)
Unlocks: ??? -
Comprehensive study of the alien bulb ships has revealed that the bulb ships are C&C vehicles without an obvious transmission vector; our current theories involve the Sectoids we found inside the Bulb Ships.
Unlocks: Strange Machinery -
Our study of the gunships, by contrast, have given us some real insight into how the alien plasma cannons function, especially since we now see some larger scale examples of their functionality. Some of the cannons are even functional enough for our own use; however, due to their extreme weight and power requirements, we can only use those for ground-based installations. However, we are still missing pieces in our understanding of how these plasma cannons function; our best guess is that we need more high-energy research.
Unlocks: Gun Ship Salvage (Cannon)
Unlocks: ???
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With our initial disassembly of the alien fighter craft, we've been able to discover how to properly strip these alien fighters for alloy. We've also found out that while our munitions were likely failing to penetrate the alien craft, all of the ships exhibited serious internal damage. Currently, we don't understand the principles behind many of the alien craft's internal machinery; however, the alien plasma cannon is likely the closest to discovery.
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This section covers the basic research into aliens.
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Under this subheading contains our research on aircraft designs.
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The F-14X, Charlie Burn's pride and glory. A modification of the F-14 that brings it into the supermaneuverable era, this plane boasts extremely strong capabilities across the board.
Unlocks F-14X XCOM HELLCAT II. -
The F-35 Lightning II series aircraft was designed for the modern battlefield, giving advanced stealth, avionics, and supermanueverability at a more affordable price point than the F-22, even with slightly lower theoretical dogfight performance. The F-35D Lightning III intends to adopt the lessons of the hypermanueverable aircraft XCOM has lying around to make the F-35 fully superior the F-22.
Unlocks F-35D Lightning III -
One thing that has hampered many of the 5th generation designs is a generally limited production run; there hasn't been the truly awe-inspiring production runs that models like the Mig-21 and F-4s enjoyed, resulting in less production opportunities. Maybe this represents an opportunity to optimize those production lines.
Unlocks: 5th Generation Aircraft cost reduction.
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The F-14X, Charlie Burn's pride and glory. A modification of the F-14 that brings it into the supermaneuverable era, this plane boasts extremely strong capabilities across the board.
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This subheading contains our research into high-energy particle research.
MAGNETIC ACCELERATORS {COMPLETE} CYCLONIC ACCELERATORS {COMPLETE} TOROIDAL ENERGY STORAGE CYCLONIC SHIELDING-
One of our foundational pieces to understand on an institutional level how to utilize magnetic fields to accelerate particles in a line within current technology - as well as how to partially utilize alien alloys.
Unlocks: Alien Alloy Utilization (Linear Accelerators)
Unlocks: Cyclonic Accelerators
Unlocks: Toroidal Energy Storage -
The study of Cyclonic Accelerators has enhanced our own engineering expertise to possess the theoretical framework for manipulating streams of nanoscale particles in orbits hundreds of meters across. Further refinement of this technology will lead to humanity's currently strongest defensive technology: the Active Protection System.
Unlocks: Cyclonic Shielding (Large)
Unlocks: Superconductive Accelerators -
Toroidal energy storage was an idea kicked around when the Alien Alloy's properties were fully considered, allowing for vastly higher amounts of electricity to be stored in smaller installations.
Unlocks: Distributed Electrical Network (Ultracapacitators)
Unlocks: ??? - Cyclonic Shielding is an application of Cyclonic Accelerators made most famous by the Arsenal Bird's APS systems; by forcibly orbiting fundamental particles almost a kilometer away from the point of origin in rapid orbits, hostile matter is destroyed and weaponized light is diffracted into harmless mist, while friendly power and missiles can exploit instantaneous gaps in coverage to leave the bubble.
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One of our foundational pieces to understand on an institutional level how to utilize magnetic fields to accelerate particles in a line within current technology - as well as how to partially utilize alien alloys.
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Utilizing magnetic accelerators to accelerate highly radioactive particles into each other, an exceptionally powerful explosion is created. With only an understanding of magnetic accelerators the resulting warhead is too big to be mounted on typical airborne missiles - however, with advances in particle and accelerator technology it may be possible to shrink the warhead.
NOTE: This technology has international regulations placed on its research, but thanks to a couple of grandfather clauses its usage is not restricted. Proceed with whatever measures you see fit.
Unlocks: Burst Cruise Missile! -
Our research into the alien weaponry has given us insights into how we can replicate the technology for our own use. While we still do not fully understand the basic principles behind the cannon's functionality, we believe that with some further research into high-energy physics we may be able to use and produce our own.
Unlocks: Plasma Cannon! -
While current testing indicates that our lasers do not appear to deal significant damage to the alien craft, we feel as though there may be some potential along the lines of using lasers to conduct an electrical discharge onto the alien fighters.
Unlocks: Electrolasers!
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Utilizing magnetic accelerators to accelerate highly radioactive particles into each other, an exceptionally powerful explosion is created. With only an understanding of magnetic accelerators the resulting warhead is too big to be mounted on typical airborne missiles - however, with advances in particle and accelerator technology it may be possible to shrink the warhead.
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Under this subheading is the collection of all research related to aliens - alien biology, alien technology, and anything else.
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Under this section is XCOM's Engineering Department, where the engineers bring the full potential of XCOM's Research to life, as well as building capability for XCOM as a whole.
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The field of manufacturing is a direct line of research for creating what XCOM research can dream up. Improvements to manufacturing carry manifest consequences both for XCOM and for the world as a whole.
BASIC INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT {COMPLETE} AEROSPACE FACTORY CONSTRUCTION {COMPLETE} AIRCRAFT SKUNKWORKS {COMPLETE} HARDENED STRUCTURES {COMPLETE} RESISTANT STRUCTURES MANUFACTURING OPTIMIZATION STREAMLINED CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES-
The fundamental group of engineering talents, this is the process to construct a pipeline for industrial capacity.
Unlocks: Build Industrial Capacity!
Unlocks: Aerospace Factory Construction
Unlocks: Hardened Structures.
Unlocks: ??? -
A branch of basic industrial development, in exchange for the versatility of the basic factory, the Aerospace Factory greatly increases speed of production of aircraft that XCOM possesses the blueprints for, as well as boosting Aircraft related Research purposes. Each additional 2000IC in Aerospace Factories qualifies as half a Research Lab for Aircraft-related research.
Unlocks: Build Industrial Capacity [Planes]!
Unlocks: Aircraft Skunkworks -
Aircraft Skunkworks are the next natural step in aerospace research; by giving scientists a dedicated space and area to specifically focus on aircraft research, aircraft research can be greatly boosted. It's a combination of placing manufacturing bays right next to the testing range, right next to top-of-the-line computing hardware. Research that would've taken ten weeks to crosscheck between labs scattered across continents can be completed in a ten-hour rapid iteration.
Unlocks: Build Aircraft Skunkworks.
Unlocks: ??? -
As part of XCOM VERUSA's gift to you that you somewhat embarassingly never quite managed to fully implement, your structures can be retrofitted for increased resistance to damage - future buildings will implement this automatically at no extra cost.
All new buildings automatically start with Light Damage Resistance.
Unlocks: Bunkers [1000 IC, 1 Slot, 1.5 Defenses, and Medium Damage Resistance]
Unlocks: Structural Hardening [200 IC per Slot, confers Light Damage Resistance]
Unlocks: Resistant Structures - While it would be simple to continue stacking defenses on the outside of buildings, this rapidly runs into difficulties with diminishing returns for increasing cost. Naturally, the next place to turn to is the internals of a building, which can be restructured for improved damage resistance.
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Normally, it would be the work of the world's best engineers backed by a team of hundreds to even try and optimize a production process, let alone many of them. A group of qualities which you just so happen to now possess.
Will boost IC production! -
One of the critical issues facing you is how to rapidly construct or refurbish buildings; as is, there are many delays in the commonly accepted construction methods, methods which your engineers think they can streamline.
Will reduce build times!
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The fundamental group of engineering talents, this is the process to construct a pipeline for industrial capacity.
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There exists a category of project so immense that construction is like nothing else in the world; those are called Megaprojects, and they frequently have rewards to match.
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The Lighthouse is one of the world's greatest landmarks; a bona-fide space elevator, with power generation capabilities way beyond geostationary orbit providing effectively unlimited power to the entire continent of Usea and beyond. It was damaged in the Lighthouse War, but you have helped to restore the Lighthouse to its former glory.
Electrical power restored for the Usean continent!
One-way signals established for the Usean continent!
Space travel reenabled as an option!
Unlocks: Usean Lighthouse Network - The existence of the Lighthouse as the largest radio tower in the world presents an easy way to beam communications to everyone all over Usea, and possibly the hemisphere. However, it is also so big that it is conceivable that everyone could also beam communications at the Lighthouse without being confused; with some reinforcement and additional hardware, this could prove to be the backbone of an information network that does not rely on satellites.
- Stonehenge is the quintessential superweapon. Everybody knows about it to some extent - it was one of the greatest anti-Ulysses weapons, repurposed by Erusea to take over the continent before being taken out of commission by Mobius One. You led an effort to protect the Osean army as it reused the last cannon for a shot at destroying one of the Arsenal Birds through its shield; to do the same thing to the aliens, you are planning to repair it and turn its guns to the heavens.
- The Dashau Resurgence Plan was a plan borne of desperation on multiple fronts; incoming waves of millions of refugees were an imminent crisis, and Selatapura was refusing to host them. Luckily for you, Dashau was a nearby city whose ports mostly dried up in favor of better ports, and as a result there lies much abandoned space in the city that you can repurpose to refurbish into temporary housing for the refugees.
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The Lighthouse is one of the world's greatest landmarks; a bona-fide space elevator, with power generation capabilities way beyond geostationary orbit providing effectively unlimited power to the entire continent of Usea and beyond. It was damaged in the Lighthouse War, but you have helped to restore the Lighthouse to its former glory.
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Under this heading goes all the projects that don't quite have a place to belong under the other schema; nevertheless, these are all projects that fall within Engineering's remit.
PROJECT NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH {COMPLETE} {REPEATABLE} PROJECT DOVE IMPROVED TRAINING SIMS IMPROVED FIGHTER AUTOCANNONS ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL FIRING-
Project Neighborhood Watch is a short project that is meant to keep track of hostile capabilities from space without spending an excessive amount or reweaponizing space. In its maiden voyage, it overflew Belka multiple times before being completely totaled by the debris in low earth orbit; repeated visits may not achieve quite the same degree of success.
Unlocks: Neighborhood Watch Satellite [10 Engineer-Weeks to complete] - Project Dove is a project to deal with the satellite debris clogging up low earth orbit by reusing the Pilgrim One and a spare TLS lying around base after the TLS failed to deliver promising results; as a result, the Engineering teams have drafted a plan to slap the TLS onto the Pilgrim One and use it like the Arkbird cleaned up the Ulysses debris.
- Through some discussion with fighter pilots about the lacking qualities of the current training regimens, your engineers have a proposal on how they might be able to improve the training sims to be more useful for your pilots; however, that remains entirely theoretical as of this moment.
- One of the possible projects for your engineers to tackle was the question of how to improve fighter autocannons. While many fighter autocannons are naively "optimized" to a large degree, they are optimized for different threats than the alien fighters; therefore, it seems like it may be possible to build fighter autocannon that is optimized for anti-alien work.
- One idea that your engineers have hit upon, both from the new engineers and the inevitable conclusion upon examining the Stonehenge blueprints, is the idea of using electrothermal chemical firing instead of the traditional gunpowder charge for your large guns and EMLs. The advantage of this system is the potential for higher exit velocities and more consistent output; the downside is that it's cutting-edge status means that there are few suppliers of these type of rounds in the world, if you're not willing to build your own.
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Project Neighborhood Watch is a short project that is meant to keep track of hostile capabilities from space without spending an excessive amount or reweaponizing space. In its maiden voyage, it overflew Belka multiple times before being completely totaled by the debris in low earth orbit; repeated visits may not achieve quite the same degree of success.
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The field of manufacturing is a direct line of research for creating what XCOM research can dream up. Improvements to manufacturing carry manifest consequences both for XCOM and for the world as a whole.
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Under practices is the set of practices adopted by XCOM as an organization. Further projects will improve XCOM's functionality and ability to execute functions.
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Under this heading lies XCOM's tactical doctrinal thinking, developed off the battlefield so that doctrine can be easily implemented on the battlefield.
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Hammer and Nail Doctrine is the inital doctrine for XCOM's forces, revolving around long-range Nail troops launching long-range munitions while alien attention is occupied by close-range Hammer troops. This doctrine takes advantage of XCOM USEA's shockingly high concentration of aces as well as willingness to bet on EML technology.
Unlocks: Jackhammer Doctrine
Unlocks: Artillery Spotter Doctrine - Jackhammer Doctrine is a doctrinal evolution of Hammer and Nail Doctrine that evolves off of Hammer and Nail troops by including intermediaries of varying skills, to better protect the Nail troops as well as providing more support for Hammer troops. As the resulting shape looks like attacks in a continuous wave repeatedly, this doctrine has adopted "Jackhammer" as a codename.
- Building off of Hammer and Nail Doctrine, Spiderweb Doctrine utilizes the greater networking capabilities of the F-35 and F-14X to ensure complete battlefield vision at all times, allowing the Nail troops to fire to greater effect.
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Hammer and Nail Doctrine is the inital doctrine for XCOM's forces, revolving around long-range Nail troops launching long-range munitions while alien attention is occupied by close-range Hammer troops. This doctrine takes advantage of XCOM USEA's shockingly high concentration of aces as well as willingness to bet on EML technology.
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Organizational Practices are what keep XCOM as an organization functioning, as well as providing information for the Commanders to use.
BASIC NATIONAL UPDATES {COMPLETE} BASIC REPORTING {COMPLETE} ABBREVIATED REPORT {COMPLETE} REPORTING CHAIN {COMPLETE} BIDIRECTIONAL REPORTING MORALE REPORT {COMPLETE} BASIC DOCUMENTATION {COMPLETE}-
By delegating one person's tasks to keep track of national news and GDP, Commanders are provided with weekly updates about national industrial capacity as well as notable pieces of information.
Unlocks: Nation Screen.
Unlocks: Advanced National Updates. -
With the formalization of meeting times between Commanders and their subordinates, less time and energy has to be dedicated to each meeting to figure out what the Commander needs to know and when.
Unlocks: Status Report!
Unlocks: Abbreviated Report
Unlocks: Reporting Chain
Unlocks: Morale Report -
With great effort and focus the amount of topics that need to be covered in a meeting can be reduced even further, reducing the costs of Status Reports. The only slight issue is that with the increase in efficiency comes a price in exactly how much can be covered in a meeting. While it isn't a problem yet, this is something to keep an eye on.
Reduces Status Report cost. -
With the ability to give formalized reports comes the ability to spread this through an established chain of command, reducing the burden on the commander at the expense of the system as a whole.
Unlocks: Bidirectional Reporting -
Just as results must flow up to the commander and orders downwards, so too must questions or problems flow up the chain of command so that the commander can do what he can to fix the problem.
Reports issues that various teams are having in greater detail. -
One key component of management is figuring out how the various members of the organization are holding up. The Morale report includes reporting the morale of various members of XCOM, to better ensure that XCOM maintains capability well into the future.
Unlocks: Morale Descriptions!
Unlocks: Stress Relief [Action]
Unlocks: Arrange Amenities [Action] -
Of course, no organization has any real institutional knowledge if it does not record its own lessons. This documentation covers the research performed by this XCOM branch, to preserve its own knowledge.
Unlocks: Research History!
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By delegating one person's tasks to keep track of national news and GDP, Commanders are provided with weekly updates about national industrial capacity as well as notable pieces of information.
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Under this heading lies XCOM's tactical doctrinal thinking, developed off the battlefield so that doctrine can be easily implemented on the battlefield.
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IUN-PKF-XCOM Member Nations
IUN-PKF-XCOM Personnel
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
IUN-PKF-XCOM Personnel
Selatapura Air Force Base Pilots
Fort Grays Island Base Pilots
Memorial Wall
Think Tanks
Engineering Groups
ADMINISTRATION
Posting is open now.
Selatapura Air Force Base Pilots
- HIGH ALERT
- ACTIVE DUTY
- EQUIPMENT/PILOTS UNAVAILABLE
- INJURED
Fort Grays Island Base Pilots
- HIGH ALERT
- ACTIVE DUTY
- EQUIPMENT/PILOTS UNAVAILABLE
- INJURED
Memorial Wall
- XCOM USEA
- XCOM OSEA
- XCOM ANEA
- XCOM VERUSA
Think Tanks
- RESEARCH DIVISION ALPHA
- RESEARCH DIVISION BETA
- RESEARCH DIVISION GAMMA
- TRAINING AND TACTICS
Engineering Groups
- ENGINEERING DIVISION ABLE
- ENGINEERING DIVISION BAKER
- ENGINEERING DIVISION CHARLIE
ADMINISTRATION
- LOGISTICS DIVISION
- COMMAND STAFF
- HUMAN RESOURCES
- SEARCH AND RESCUE
- EMERGENCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION
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- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
Sort of a mix of both. (IUN)-XCOM Base Commander during the wait between missions, and AWACS controller in mission.
As Long Caster evidences, you can do both!
(now pass me that burger)
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] ACE OF ACES
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- Location
- Seattle, Washington
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] ACE OF ACES
- Location
- Singapore
I'm already sold.
[X] ACE
[X] ACE
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
[X] ACE OF ACES
I'm tempted.
I'm tempted.
InvaderViceroy
Would you like to make a gamble~?
- Location
- A casino near you
[X] ACE OF ACES
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
Yes, the Phoenix Squadron in the introduction is a gathering of Ace Combat protagonists. Yes, you can create the conditions to set that up in this quest. Whether you'll succeed, well...
Vote will lock when I put out the next update, which will probably be , give or take an hour or so.
Just remember...
A normal pilot accepts their boundaries, and are rewarded as mortals are. An ACE exceeds their boundaries, and in so doing, becomes one of the greats.. But an ACE OF ACES? They are the ones who never recognized the limit of their abilities, and so their legend is likewise boundless as their accomplishments.
KnightIcarus
Snark Knight
- Location
- New York
[X] ACE OF ACES
Prologue, Mission One Briefing
- Location
- Somewhere over the rainbow
Have you seen the night sky?
I mean, really seen it. Way out from the cities, where the light blocks out everything from the stars and all you can see are the famous ones. Way out into the country, to the point where you can't see anyone or civilization for miles. When you turn off all the lights, and wait for your eyes to adjust to what you see.
That faded band from horizon to horizon, the million billion points of light that make up the whole shape. The flickering as you try to convince yourself that you see the constellations, drawing the lines from star to star but losing your place as you drag your fingers across that infinite cosmos. Losing yourself in the sea of lights calling out, as if promising there was a better place somewhere in the heavens.
That was the high point of my childhood, those nights spent staring up into the sky. My parents never understood how much I loved the night sky; when they looked up, they always looked for something to hide under, as if they were looking for something. They'd tell me to find cover, to not look directly up into the sky or the sky demons would get me, as they told me to keep walking.
When I was six, I didn't understand. All I knew was that daytime was when we slept and hid way off the side of the road, and nighttime was when we walked down the road, always careful to watch for lights. Where we were going, I didn't know. We went to the cities a few times, but my parents always hurried me out of the cities soon after we heard the sniper fire. We passed through towns, picked up food, and cautiously eyed the bullet holes in the deserted buildings. We joined caravans at the first opportunity and abandoned them just as quickly when we heard rumbling. Through the wind, rain, and snow, we walked on.
That is, until I was eight and my family came across a different caravan.
The trucks all looked the same: blue body, white covering. We couldn't see anybody with guns, or food, but for some reason my parents ran towards that caravan and yelled as loudly as they could.
The caravan came to a stop, and out came two people with guns. Both wore a blue white uniform that all seemed to blend together, clean and pristine, from their brown boots to their blue and white berets with a gold star.
The people holding the guns spoke a different language than us; I couldn't understand anything. My parents were begging them; I think those people wearing berets understood, because suddenly the older woman turned towards the younger man and started talking quickly, wildly gesturing at us, while he started arguing just as loudly.
My parents grew desperate. They kept begging, crying, trying to speak in their mangled Emmerian that "army run from! Please! Please! Please!"
Finally, the older woman turned towards us, and asked in Estovakian:
"Want come?"
As of 0012 hours yesterday, the Comona Island Observatories recorded another likely asteroid event, shortly after the successful voyage of Pilgrim 1. Its mass was estimated to be at least on par with 1999XF04Ulysses, and with a much higher estimated impact velocity. At 0331 hours, the asteroid suddenly rapidly decelerated until 0521 hours, at which point the asteroid event was estimated to enter a high polar orbit. At 1320 hours yesterday, the asteroid released several other fragments, which reportedly entered the atmosphere at a high altitude and did not decay or burn up as predicted, but have rather entered what we are tentatively calling search patterns. As of 0458 hours today, IUN high command has concluded that there is no other reasonable possibility except that this asteroid is in fact an alien craft, and the other fragments are also alien craft. We are preparing a diplomatic response, but you are being put on standby in case of hostile response. In fact, there should be an overflight - muffled explosion - What?!
All units respond! "It's the San Marino, sir! The alien craft attacked the cargo ship!" "Strike on the Amber!" "We're running damage control on the Freyja, but the main boilers are -"
All units, scramble! This is not a drill! All units, scramble!
Mission Parameters: Shoot down all hostile UFOs.
Mission Assets:
Cyclops Squadron UNAVAILABLE DUE TO INJURIES
Operational Airspace: Selatapura Harbor
Enemies: Four (?) Unidentified Aircraft
[] Launch AWACS Long Caster (Risk of being shot down, better Radar coverage?)
[] Do Not Launch AWACS Long Caster (No risk of being shot down)
I mean, really seen it. Way out from the cities, where the light blocks out everything from the stars and all you can see are the famous ones. Way out into the country, to the point where you can't see anyone or civilization for miles. When you turn off all the lights, and wait for your eyes to adjust to what you see.
That faded band from horizon to horizon, the million billion points of light that make up the whole shape. The flickering as you try to convince yourself that you see the constellations, drawing the lines from star to star but losing your place as you drag your fingers across that infinite cosmos. Losing yourself in the sea of lights calling out, as if promising there was a better place somewhere in the heavens.
That was the high point of my childhood, those nights spent staring up into the sky. My parents never understood how much I loved the night sky; when they looked up, they always looked for something to hide under, as if they were looking for something. They'd tell me to find cover, to not look directly up into the sky or the sky demons would get me, as they told me to keep walking.
When I was six, I didn't understand. All I knew was that daytime was when we slept and hid way off the side of the road, and nighttime was when we walked down the road, always careful to watch for lights. Where we were going, I didn't know. We went to the cities a few times, but my parents always hurried me out of the cities soon after we heard the sniper fire. We passed through towns, picked up food, and cautiously eyed the bullet holes in the deserted buildings. We joined caravans at the first opportunity and abandoned them just as quickly when we heard rumbling. Through the wind, rain, and snow, we walked on.
That is, until I was eight and my family came across a different caravan.
The trucks all looked the same: blue body, white covering. We couldn't see anybody with guns, or food, but for some reason my parents ran towards that caravan and yelled as loudly as they could.
The caravan came to a stop, and out came two people with guns. Both wore a blue white uniform that all seemed to blend together, clean and pristine, from their brown boots to their blue and white berets with a gold star.
The people holding the guns spoke a different language than us; I couldn't understand anything. My parents were begging them; I think those people wearing berets understood, because suddenly the older woman turned towards the younger man and started talking quickly, wildly gesturing at us, while he started arguing just as loudly.
My parents grew desperate. They kept begging, crying, trying to speak in their mangled Emmerian that "army run from! Please! Please! Please!"
Finally, the older woman turned towards us, and asked in Estovakian:
"Want come?"
As of 0012 hours yesterday, the Comona Island Observatories recorded another likely asteroid event, shortly after the successful voyage of Pilgrim 1. Its mass was estimated to be at least on par with 1999XF04Ulysses, and with a much higher estimated impact velocity. At 0331 hours, the asteroid suddenly rapidly decelerated until 0521 hours, at which point the asteroid event was estimated to enter a high polar orbit. At 1320 hours yesterday, the asteroid released several other fragments, which reportedly entered the atmosphere at a high altitude and did not decay or burn up as predicted, but have rather entered what we are tentatively calling search patterns. As of 0458 hours today, IUN high command has concluded that there is no other reasonable possibility except that this asteroid is in fact an alien craft, and the other fragments are also alien craft. We are preparing a diplomatic response, but you are being put on standby in case of hostile response. In fact, there should be an overflight - muffled explosion - What?!
All units respond! "It's the San Marino, sir! The alien craft attacked the cargo ship!" "Strike on the Amber!" "We're running damage control on the Freyja, but the main boilers are -"
All units, scramble! This is not a drill! All units, scramble!
Mission Parameters: Shoot down all hostile UFOs.
Mission Assets:
Strider Squadron
Strider 1, "Trigger": F-22, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 2, "Count": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 3, "Jaeger": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 4, "Huxian": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 1, "Trigger": F-22, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 2, "Count": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 3, "Jaeger": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Strider 4, "Huxian": F-15, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Salamander Squadron
Salamander 1: F-18E/F, MSL, GUN
Salamander 4: F-18E/F, MSL, GUN
Salamander 1: F-18E/F, MSL, GUN
Salamander 4: F-18E/F, MSL, GUN
Rigel Squadron
Rigel 1: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Rigel 2: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Rigel 4: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Rigel 1: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Rigel 2: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Rigel 4: Mig 29A, MSL, GUN
Skoll Squadron
Skoll 1: Su-37, MSL, GUN
Skoll 4: Su-37, MSL, GUN
Skoll 1: Su-37, MSL, GUN
Skoll 4: Su-37, MSL, GUN
Voslage Squadron
Sol 2 "Wit": Su-30M2, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Sol 3 "Seymour": Su-30M2, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Sol 2 "Wit": Su-30M2, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Sol 3 "Seymour": Su-30M2, MSL, GUN, QAAM
Operational Airspace: Selatapura Harbor
Enemies: Four (?) Unidentified Aircraft
[] Launch AWACS Long Caster (Risk of being shot down, better Radar coverage?)
[] Do Not Launch AWACS Long Caster (No risk of being shot down)
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KnightIcarus
Snark Knight
- Location
- New York
[X] Launch AWACS Long Caster (Risk of being shot down, better Radar coverage?)