Legends of Equestria - Forum

In honor of the upcoming "Ace Combat Infinity" I'd like to open up a roleplay for those interested in giving something Ace Combat-related a try. Without further ado, here we go:

Synopsis: In the shadow of the Belkan War, two rising superpowers- Yuktobania and Osea- have begun their quests for influence amongst the nations of Strangereal. The nation of Verusea, located on the Yuktobanian continent, has observed increased fighter patrols and aggressive activity along its coast, from the nation of Sotoa. Yuktobania has supplied Sotoa with weapons, in an attempt to "test" the strength of their military equipment. Osea, meanwhile, has provided assistance to Verusea. You are a Verusean pilot in the 132nd Fighter Squadron, also known as Windigo. Your task in the days ahead is to help your country prevent war with Sotoa, but if necessary, help it survive conflict.

Rules: Each pilot receives three aircraft- one fighter, one multirole, and one ground attack. These aircraft do not have to be from the Ace Combat universe (i.e. F-8 Crusader, S-3 Viking, etc) but should be chosen based on an Ace Combat-style tier system. Each player chooses an "Ace" color scheme, as well as color schemes for their other aircraft. This scheme will be on the player's "signature aircraft," (like Cipher's F-15 or Mobius One's F-22).

Tier classifications: Tier one- any aircraft up to fourth generation. Tier two- fifth generation aircraft. Tier three- Ace Combat-exclusive prototypes and original aircraft.

Members select their own aircraft, but do so based on tiers. In other words, one cannot start the roleplay flying a super-prototype such as the ADF-01, CFA-44, X-02, need I go on? Those planes will be available later, as will the option for players to create an OA (original aircraft). To start the RP, however, I'd advise that players select low-tier aircraft, similar to the actual game.

On another note, I'd like to hear whether you'd prefer that A) all players in this RP are in the same squadron, B) all players in the RP are in different squadrons, but fly for the same country or that country's ally, or C) players can represent different countries, including the antagonist country (currently undecided).

If this all sounds too complicated, let me know and I'll simplify it. I'm simply trying to make this RP work for incoming players' expectations. As such, it should feature several things the Ace Combat series uses frequently, such as at least one superweapon on the opposing country's side, and enemy aces, to name a few.

The map I plan to use can be found at this link: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130414181451/acecombat/images/5/5f/Strangereal_Project_Aces_Full_Map.png

The following is an example of how to do your character/aircraft sheet. Note- you don't actually have to have a picture, but it helps:

Name: Niles Fiesler
Callsign: Mistral
Birth Country: Verusea
Aircraft and color schemes:
-Fighter: Mirage F1 (Ace: White with blue markings)
-Multirole: F-4E Phantom II (Two-tone grey with a blue tail stripe)
-Ground: A-5 Vigilante (Desert camouflage with a blue tail stripe)

(http://m.uploadedit.com/b018/1374204554491.gif)

In addition, I will be bringing in one original fighter towards the end of the RP as a tier-1 aircraft: the YF-34 Pegasus

(http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9287/4ztb.png)

Name: Dark Hooves
Gender: stallion
Species: humanized alicorn
Call sign: Night Raven
Birth Country: Ustio
Aircraft: Tier 1 F-5 Tiger II with tiger paint job, F-1 Kaizen (attacker), F/A-18 Hornet (Multi-Role), Tier 2 Su-37 with Yellow 13's paint job, A-10 Thunderbolt II (attacker), Rafale M (multi-role) (when available for use), Tier 3 (when available for use) ADF-01X Falken paint job Black body with red markings on the wings (custom), X-02 Wyvern (multi-role) solid black with a raven emblem on the tail (custom), F-35 Lightning II Razgriz colors

((I would join but I don't understand all the explainations of the planes

generation of aircraft means how old or new it is

an F-5 Tiger II is a gen 3 I think, the Su-37 is a gen 4 fighter, the F-22 Raptor is a gen 5 fighter

((well what is the newest one))

generation 5 are the newest planes, F-22 Raptor, YF-23 Blackwidow II, Su-47 Berkut

Basically, every generation is an improvement on the last. Gen 5's are currently leaving development or are already in use, while several prototype planes can be considered "gen 6."

Also, Dark Hooves, I'd rather you had your Alicorn in human form for this, just to stay canon-friendly for Ace Combat.

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And to clear up any confusion about the tier system. Every pilot can have three planes per tier. You get an attacker, multirole, and a fighter. So Dark Hooves, you can have three more planes right now if you'd like, in addition to the F-5.

Quote from: Dark Hooves on 2013 Sep 07, 13:41:18
Name: Dark Hooves
Gender: stallion
Species: humanized alicorn
Call sign: Night Raven
Aircraft: Tier 1 F-5 Tiger II with tiger paint job, F-1 Kaizen (attacker), F/A-18 Hornet (Multi-Role), Tier 2 Su-37 with Yellow 13's paint job, A-10 Thunderbolt II (attacker), Rafale M (multi-role) (when available for use), Tier 3 (when available for use) ADF-01X Falken paint job Black body with red markings on the wings (custom), X-02 Wyvern (multi-role) solid black with a raven emblem on the tail (custom), F-35 Lightning II Razgriz colors

My revised sign up request.

"Never thought you be part of Mobius, Niles. Either that or your just putting on that symbol for fun."

Name: Daniel Davidson ((I don't know!!?!?!))
Rank: Recruit in training.
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Callsign: Final ((Until he joins a squad, he currently doesn't have one.))
Birth Country: Upper half of OSEA, near the town of Fairwether
Aircraft:

Fighter -
Multi-Role -
Ground -

Info: Joining the military at the age of 21, his brother manage to afford him his first military aircraft, the F-16C. He would have to prove his right in his job if he could own more aircraft.

Quote from: Somebeing on 2013 Sep 08, 12:03:25
"Never thought you be part of Mobius, Niles. Either that or your just putting on that symbol for fun."

"Ah, you saw the emblem. It's very similar to Mobius, but here's a closeup of what it actually is:

(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/8163/xpww.png)

Quote from: Nimbus on 2013 Sep 08, 12:18:58

Quote from: Somebeing on 2013 Sep 08, 12:03:25
"Never thought you be part of Mobius, Niles. Either that or your just putting on that symbol for fun."

"Ah, you saw the emblem. It's very similar to Mobius, but here's a closeup of what it actually is:

(http://imageshack.us/a/img5/8163/xpww.png)

"Hmph, just a recruit, you know. Looking for an squad an' all."

((Antarctica should be out antagonist country.))

ok I added his birth country of Ustio

I think I'll have him as a knight ace

A knight ace upholds honor and has mercy on the weak.

That's a good idea, using AC Zero ace systems. Niles would probably also be a knight.

For the record, the three kinds of aces are Knight, Soldier, and Mercenary.

A soldier ace reads the tide of battle and acts accordingly.

A mercenary ace thirsts for power and wealth.

So that means there will be some neutral (yellow) targets which your ace style dictates your actions with them. Also when you shoot at NPC aircraft, some of them will become neutralized and become yellow targets.

Nearly ready to start. There will also be two superweapons in this story, but I'm not revealing them just yet...

Soldier Ace here.

He'll go for military encampments if:

1. Is in the mission radius
2. Seems safe to do so.

"Anything would help for the war effort, even if its a jet. For all we know, it could be something special."

However, he won't even dare touch civilian buildings.

"Their lives aren't in the brisk of war. Those who choose to are."

He would disobey orders for the lives of those innocent people.

The RP is now open. Newcomers are welcome to join, but must sign up here first.

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Update 1: The RP will feature at least one primary enemy ace squadron, callsign "Aethon." Aethon Squadron flies Chengdu J-20 aircraft, and are the pride of the Sotoan Air Defense Force.

(http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/5766/2bbj.png)

Name: Puynsi
Gender: Stallion
Species: Humnized Alicorn with broken horn, bracelets in both hands, and augumented wings.
Callsign: Yagdrassil/ Yagdra for shorts.
Birth Country: Amber
Aircraft:
Fighter: YF - 34 Pegasus (Full pitch black with white lines mergin on the nose)
Multi-Role: F -14 Bombcat (Black and White Camo)
Ground: Su - 25T (White with Gray pattern)

Awesome! Another Pegasus flyer! You need to select some tier 3 aircraft first, though. Your SU-25 and F-14 are fine (as long as the F-14 is the "Bombcat" version), but we won't "unlock" the YF-34 until later.

you mean tier 1, which are gen 3 aircraft

Oops... thanks for the catch. Now I'm messing up my own tiers!

Could you give me a list regarding tiers and stuff... you know to have a refference

Yep. Consider Tier 1 to be basically aircraft built before the late 1980s, with a few exceptions. Tier 2 aircraft are high-performance fighters usually built in the late 80s or later. Tier 3 aircraft are modern stealth and high-maneuverability aircraft like the SU-47 and F-22, and includes prototypes like the YF-23 and Boeing Bird of Prey. In addition, tier 3 includes all original Ace Combat fighters like the ADF-01, ADFX-02, CFA-44, etc.

how's about we have to deal with some unmanned X-02 Wyverns later on?

like on the arcade mode on AC 5 where you fly as Mobius One solo through all the missions and on the final mission you face off against unmanned X-02s

I think that'd be cool. If you'd like to come up with other enemy aces you are free to do so. I just have to approve them before we use them.

How's about Indigo (knight), Grun (soldier), and Rot (mercenary) squadrons from AC Z.

Well, the Belkan War was several years ago, so most of them are either civilians, dead, or in hiding from what I remember.

Ahh right, I forgot about that. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I'll think of something, just give me time. Also may I come up with a completely new and original experimental aircraft for my OC to use. It will be a gen 6 prototype like the special aircraft from the ace combat series and become available around the same time as the other gen 6 aircraft.

Sweet! I was kinda leaning towards everyone getting some kind of original aircraft (Feisler's going to end up with the YF-34 when that rolls out, though it's available to everyone). It's always cool to see what others can come up with. You might want to add the weapons system that will be revealed soon, too... *evil laugh*

Mine will be called the (Super Multi-Function Interceptor) SMFIX-01 Ravenhawk, it will be powered be conventional turbofan engines and scram jets for exoatmospheric flight. It will be armed with a 25mm 6 barreled phalanx cannon, aim 9x sidewinder missiles, amraams, and a tactical laser system. The aircraft will have thrust vectoring and heat shields for re-entering the atomsphere.

AMRAAMs are advanced medium range air to air missiles (AMRAAM)

Then I would love one armed with 4 swarm heat-guided missile launchers, 1 main very heavy Pak cannon, another 2 paks but lighters, an alloy hull with improved heat and G-force resistant, an electronic missile interceptor, and a system placed by the sides of the plane that allows a burst of impulse to the sides for emergency cases.

I still would need to think HOW it will be so I will leave this for later inspection and stuff

By the way- if you two can describe your fighters in detail (what features they have, how many seats, tails, engines, direction of wing sweep, airplanes they look similar to, etc) I could draw them out if you'd like.

The SMFIX-01 Ravenhawk has forward sweeping variable geometry wings, 2 seats one for pilot and one for the weapons operator, 2 sets of engines: four turbofan engines and three scram jets, the shape is similar to the Falken but it is bigger and the four turbofans sit on top of the rear of the aircraft, the scram jets are underneath the rear of the aircraft, it will be colored like the space shuttles because of the heat shielding tiles covering the aluminum skin. This fighter has two vertical tail surfaces at the same angel as the X-02 which lay flat when the variable geometry wings fold closed. All the weapons are carried internally which gives the aircraft some stealth characteristics.

I'll get right on it, then!

Here is an enemy craft designed by me which I think would be a quite cumbersome adversary.

(http://i.imgur.com/5SKBGr2.jpg)

In case you can't read my writing here is the information on the craft. (OOC only)

Aircraft Stats:

VS air 99
VS ground 99
Speed 86
Mobility 99
Defense 48
Stability 40

Design elements:

Unmanned aircraft
Thrust Vectoring
Forward Sweeping Variable Geometry Wings
Prototype Fusion Core Engines

Armaments and Equipment:

X2 20mm Vulcan
X2 Swarm Missile Launchers
X1 Point Defense Laser Array

The only thing that will be known in the rp is that it is an unknown fighter aircraft.

That's awesome! If it goes into the rp, we'll only be able to have one, since Sotoa isn't very technologically advanced, and it won't show up until later. Awesome fighter, and good job!

Thanks ^-^

Awesome draw! *-*... We are in the thin line between Aircraft and Armored Modules thought...

Also, I posted in the RP a while back, just a heads-up

(http://i.imgur.com/S1if9Sy.jpg)

I went and drew a copy of it and colored it with colored pencils.

Just a few more original planes coming in. I may not use all in the story, and at least two of them are NPC only aircraft. Also the F-34C is an aircraft exclusive to my character, but the others are available for anyone to use.

(From left to right, top to bottom) XA-31 "Adder," X-29B "Swallow," F-34C "Pegasus."  FI-44 "Shrike," KCX-114 "Condor," OV-10S "Silent Bronco"

(http://imageshack.us/a/img854/6660/rs22.png)

(http://imageshack.us/a/img96/3219/hb0d.png)

And now for some stats:

FI-44 "Shrike"
-Hypersonic high-altitude, low-orbit interceptor
-capable of speeds in excess of Mach 6
-high heat tolerance
-uses two scramjets on top and a third conventional jet below
-carries only air to air missiles. Has no gun
-one seat
-features enclosed "retro rockets" for rapid stops
-moderate stealth characteristics

KCX-114 "Condor"
-Tanker UAV
-Heavily-armored "flying fuel tank"
-can use US-style fueling or European "probe and drogue" technique
-interior tanks can be swapped out for passenger, cargo, or weapons compartments
-top speed: 680 mph
-mild stealth

OV-10S "Silent Bronco"
-Two-seat COIN, observation, and tactical infil/exfil aircraft
-two jump seats in the rear
-moderate stealth
-carries weapons externally if necessary
-electric-powered "whisper" engines
-advanced sensor equipment
-top speed: 250 mph

XA-31 "Adder"
-carries a variety of air to ground ordnance internally
-stealth aircraft
-VTOL capabilities
-reuses the A-10's Avenger gatling gun, which is mounted beneath the plane within an aerodynamic bulge
-multiple survivability systems
-two seats with glass cockpit instruments and heads-up displays for both pilot and weapons systems officer
-max speed of Mach 1.9

X-29B "Swallow"
-highly maneuverable
-minor stealth characteristics due to wing and canard design
-all weapons carried externally
-one Vulcan air to air machine gun
-thrust-vectoring nozzle
-glass cockpit avionics and heads-up display
-max speed: Mach 2.1

F-34C "Pegasus"
-carries weapons internally, with folding external hardpoints for additional armament at the cost of stealth
-stealth aircraft with radar-absorbing paint and first-gen optical camouflage
-can be configured for a single pilot or a pilot with a weapons-systems operator
-thrust-vectoring nozzles
-supermaneuverability with increased speed
-STOL capable
-able to take off from rough fields
-advanced life support for multiple conditions
-able to use the new AFM-4X "Frostbite" missile- an air-to-air weapon that detonates into explosive fragments upon nearing impact.
-max speed: Mach 2.8

Can I go for the Shrike? :P

Eventually, yes. That's one of our final aircraft, however.

when the prototype aircraft does arrive, I guess I can control it's actions

That sounds fine to me. Would you care to bring it in at the end of this mission?

Sure, sounds like a plan to me.