They get dangerously close to succeeding with help from their resident superweapon the ballistic missile sub/aircraft carrier Scinfaxi, but the Oseans pull through in the end thanks to some timely help from the now laser cannon-equipped Arkbird. The second attempt is a full-scale invasion, with the Yukes trying to take Sand Island (which is also the protagonists' home base) and establish a foothold from which to launch an invasion of the mainland.Once the invasion fails, they instead just try to destroy the mass driver from afar with cruise missiles. Downplayed in that they were not seeking to permanently hold the base, only to take it over long enough to sabotage the launch operation. The first time it is against an Osean mass driver, attempting to take the space center to prevent them from launching a laser cannon for the Arkbird that can turn the tide of the war.All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Several times throughout the game, mostly by Yuktobania.All There in the Manual: Among other things, the full (Japanese) text of the fairy tale 'A Blue Dove for the Princess' that Nagase is so fond of can only be found on the official site of the game.To this end, they deploy the hero of the war, Mobius One, to get the job done, with a little help, of course, from AWACS Sky Eye. To defeat them, the Independent State Allied Forces initiate Operation Katina - complete and total pacification of all enemy forces. Calling themselves 'Free Erusea', they have raided an abandoned factory from the war and seized a rather large arsenal of weapons. However, yet another group of rogue Erusian officers have vowed to keep fighting the 'good' fight. Circumstances force these four to the forefront of the Circum-Pacific War where they will become the heroes known as the Wardog Squadron and, later, the Demons of Razgriz.įour years prior, in another story, it has been one year since the end of the Second Usean Continental War and the hostilities have more or less been stopped.

'Chopper' Davenport, Hans 'Archer' Grimm, and Blaze (that's you!).

The opening salvos are fired at Sand Island, an Osean training base where four cadets (or 'nuggets') are on the verge of completing their training: Kei 'Edge' Nagase, Alvin H. Although they have been staunch allies for 15 years, the Union of Yuktobanian Republics provokes and declares war upon the Osean Federation, conducting a massive invasion with nary a warning. The fifth game in the Ace Combat series, released in 2004, set mostly in Strangereal's Osean Continent in 2010.

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