Ace Combat Zero (OOC and Casting Call)

Hullo there.

This is the OOC and Casting Call for "Ace Combat Zero: The Aether Guard". The setting is the same as Ace Combat Zero, the second-latest installment in the Ace Combat franchise for PlayStation, Playstation2, and PlayStationPortable.

Although it uses the same setting as Ace Combat Zero, it does not follow the exact same path as the game for PS2 did. This will be a new story for fans of the saga to enjoy.



To join this game, you only need to read the Wiki on Ace Combat Zero, and then not even all of it. Just as long as you understand the basic premises it is Ok. But I would recommend that you also read about the countries involved (under the "See also" heading") so you can choose the one your character hails from (you can leave it blank if you want).

The world of Ace Combat revolves around this basic premise: Imagine the Cold War gone hot. No wide-spread guerrilla tactics like nowadays, but exactly what was expected to happen in the seventies and eighties. Armoured divisions advancing, modern aircraft duking it out in the skies and blowing ground troops apart, wide-spread use of radar, missiles and artillery... and in this setting, the air forces rule the battlefield.

Because the game barely keeps a semblance of realism, the roleplaying will work the same way. So, if you pilot an F-16 and fight an F-22, you still can win. I don't want people worrying about fuel, comparisons of radar power, etc... just keep a semblance of realism and try not to take all the kills for yourself. Yes, your F-16 can take on an F-22, but not too easily. What you definitely can't do is take on five enemies and down them all in a single post. That's just ridiculous and draws people away (yes, a pilot can be VERY skilled, but there are other pilots in this, you know...).




The characters belong to the mercenary air force hired by Ustio to fight back the elite Belkan air force, stationed at Valais Air Base (a somewhat improvised base of operations for Ustio and its allies, placed on top of the mountain range neighbouring with Osea, Ustio's principal ally against Belka). This is a profile you can use:

Name:
Age:
Nationality: (if you want to fill this, go to the Wiki and read on the countries under the "See Also" heading)
Job: (you don't need to be a pilot, you can be a reporter or a barman instead, but have in mind that unless you have someone else to be with you, you might get bored staying at the base)
Call sign: (individual ones, nickname-like, not "Red 1", then "Red 2"...)
Personal plane: (choose either a fighter, multirole or attacker from this list, so you can compare them to the enemies I will link to when they appear)
Description: (physical description)


You will notice I don't ask for personality or backstory. That would be because when people try to stick to a certain personality, sometimes they blunder away from it or can't stay close enough to it. Just work your character's personality, take it easy. If you want to define his or her personality, just write a few short words to help you stick to a certain pattern ("responsible, serious on the job, easy on people", for example).


This is the in-game thread: https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=500478

Name: Miranda Santos (2nd Lieutenant)

Age: 24

Nationality: Ustian

Job: Mercenary pilot (ex-Ustio airforce)

Call sign: Pegasus

Personal plane: F-15 Eagle, painted Navy-blue with a white rampaging pegasus under the cabin, and another on the left fin. Usual Ustio Airforce markings.

Description: A willowy silhouette standing 5'70" tall, Miranda is hardly an impressive sight if you look at her in the muscles department. Still, her figure is easily tough like a bamboo stick, her youth apparent. Blonde, her hair is in a bowl haircut style. Her eyes are a steely ice blue, and her visage is serious most of the time. She moves with a kind of dignity, as if she had been born in the nobility.

Name: Vanya Kurtz (2nd Lieutenant)
Age: 23
Nationality: Belkan
Job: Mercenary Pilot (ex-Belkan Airforce)
CallSign: Hydra
Personal Plane: F-15E Strike Eagle, painted a sea green colour with red snake heads on the sides of the fuselage. A black coiled hydra is painted in the usual spots on the left tailfin and under the canopy.

Description: Vanya is a large, bluff looking, Belkan of about 6' 4". A huge man, he dresses in a highly modified Belkan airforce flight suit, sporting cut down arms and holsters for knives and pistols. Prone to demonstrative body language and loud outbursts, Vanya attracts a lot of attention - and knows it. His hair is cut into a short messy and spikey crop that is always a mess after he removes his helmet. His eyes are grey and communicate his moods expressively.

Cool character! And the paint scheme is nice too (although both snake heads and a hydra prove beyond my imagination scope, painting an F-15 in green sounds awesome).


Just one question. How many knives and pistols are we talking there?

The Snake heads are hydra heads.

And one pistol paired up with a big knife strapped to his waist and a smaller one strapped to his leg. (Yes he has had to cut ejection seat straps away in the past.)

Ok then! Perfect. You can post in the in-game thread if you want.

Name: Mayana Del'Cruz

Age: 20

Nationality: Ustian

Job: Ground mechanic

Call sign: Cruz

Personal plane: None

Description: A small, perhaps even petite Ustian, Mayana is quite capable of standing her own. Her shoulder length black hair is often seen worn in a tail hidden under her cap. Mayana has her face grimed with motor oil and other dirt for the better part of the day, working with the planes and engines she enjoys. As young as she is, Mayana can fix, clean, and improve a plane within hours.


(Long time not seen on here, Kata. Thought I might join this one )

Welcome aboard! ^^

I hope this is an acceptable idea.

Name: Kayla Martins

Age: 42

Nationality: Ustian

Job: Chief of Medicine for the unit.

Call Sign: Cutter or Doc (Both honorary and terms of endearment)

Personal Plane: None

Appearance: Thick bushy blonde hair with the body of a dancer. She has pale pale blue eyes and a ready smile. She is getting older but that doesn't seem to slow her down. she is of average height and tends to be seen in either a short skirted unit uniform with heels or in scrubs and tennis shoes.

Sounds nice! And I see you like webcomics, which to me is always a plus...

So, Steiner, seems you have quite a bit of choices, huh?

Katamari Roller said:

Sounds nice! And I see you like webcomics, which to me is always a plus...

So, Steiner, seems you have quite a bit of choices, huh?

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lol. I follow three or four of them. I'm getting the stuff in my AV in hardcopy soon too.

i'm considering this, but is there a limit to aircraft? the reason i'm asking is because i'm interested in something like the Harrier or something

Good writers are always a bonus to a thread, aren't they?

Dragon, in answer to your question about the Harrier, I believe that particular aircraft never made it into the Ace Combat series because VTOL flight dynamics aren't covered by their physics system.

Also they'd be a bitch to design controls for on a PS2 controller.

We don't have the same technical issues in a written thread - so I guess it comes down to whether the thread leader (Katamari) will allow a plane not on the very extensive list.

yeah, i've never played the series, actually. i gave up on flight sims after Afterburner. my favorite flight game was Raiden 2, actually...but that was a dualpurpose fighter, able to operate in both aerospace and outerspace

You've never played Ace Combat? Hmmmm... you are missing something really awesome.



Yes, a Harrier is fine by me, as long as you provide the link in Wikipedia so we know what model it is, what it looks like, a vague comparison of stats (will never play a big role, just for curiousity), weapons (personally, I am going for keeping weaponry loadouts fairly realistic, respecting at least how many weapons an airplane can carry), etc...

Oh, I should translate modern weapons into Ace Combat designations, now I think about it... (that way, it is easier to name them in-game).




So, yes. You can grab a Harrier, put as many missiles as it admits in it, and off you go (after creating your character, of course).

Have in mind that Ace Combat is an alternate world, with different countries than we have nowadays. Yuktobania is the equivalent of Russia and satellite countries, Osea is the USA mixed with Europe, Ustio is something like Poland, Sapin is Spain, Ratio is... some country, and Belka is nazi Germany. Then there is Aurelia, quite like a South American country (and its sister country whose name I can't remember).

Name: Jack Grimm
Age: 25
Nationality: Osean (if that's alright)
Job: Strike Pilot
Callsign: Reaper
Personal Plane: highly modified Harrier Jump Jet
Harrier AV8-B II Night Attack (paint scheme, typical grim reaper on the wings and tailfin)
Loadout:Guns: 1× 25 mm (0.984 in) GAU-12 Equalizer, 300 rounds
Missiles:
AGM-65 Maverick missiles
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or similar-sized infrared-guided missiles
Bombs:
1 Laser-guided bomb

Physical Appearance: short black hair, dark eyes. tall, with a medium build, like that of a swimmer or runner, not a weightlifter. also has tanned skin, and a cleanshaven face, with a scar on his cheek in the shape of a star from shrapnel

OOC: how's that?

Pretty nice!

About the Harrier load-out, you will need to choose one of the variants. From the wiki, you can reach four variants:
Hawker Siddeley Harrier
BAE Sea Harrier
AV-8 Harrier II
BAE Harrier II

fixeded

Oh, another thing. Does your plane have any specific paint scheme? Something not too striking, mind you, just something that marks your aircraft apart. For example, if your callsign is Reaper, I guess there is a Grim Reaper on the rear tail fin?


Also, fun fact: Your character has the same surname as one of the pilots from Ace Combat 5.

i did not know that...i took the general idea from DooM: The Movie << Eric Grimm, or something like that, callsign Reaper. his sister makes a joke about it

Katamari Roller said:

Name: Miranda Santos (2nd Lieutenant)

Age: 24

Nationality: Ustian

Job: Mercenary pilot (ex-Ustio airforce)

Call sign: Pegasus

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Hehe, I remember you from the Aces High RP..

Aha... I wondered if anyone from the first SRP might show up... ^^

Hey, Dragon. One detail.

Ace Combat Zero takes place in its own continuity 1995 year. There is no GPS yet, combat aircraft still rely mostly on their own radars, and those of the AWACS, to perform effectively.

AWACS are civilian-airliner-sized aircraft with huge radar domes on top, dish-shaped. They distribute targets between the pilots so each pilot sees the targets he/she is supposed to engage. They are like mobile extreme-range radars that can detect the enemy before the combat aircraft, and direct combat operations accordingly.

ah...okay, i'll edit it

done

Uriem Ventril (Staff Sergeant, though he no longer holds any real rank to speak of)

Age: 36
Nationality: Yuktobanian
Job: Recon Pilot
Callsign: Shadow
Personal Craft: F-117A Nighthawk, which he has affectionaly dubbed Void
Description: Always wears a set of reading glasses on the bridge of his nose when he's not in the cockpit. Gives off an area of intelligence. Black hair cut very short, light grey eyes. Not particularly handsome, but not ugly. Just a guy you tend to glide over. Spends most of his time in the back and most people don't even notice him, hence the name Shadow.

OOC: Send me a message if you would like me to join in.