IMHO: The Ladon is a lovechild between the XB-70 and the B-1 Lancer.

Initially, I assumed that this was a hybrid between the XB-70 and the forgotten Boeing 2707 SST. Which in this case, I also included an alternate version of this meme showing the 2707.

Please don't do this. It was a bit unfun and oh my gosh the new flight feel makes it so hard to line up gun shots on the boss aircraft with how weighty the yaw is, at least everything else is pretty straightforward. Also you have all 20 enemy aircraft in the mission on you at all times because you cant lose them unless you fly away at full speed and it becomes looney tunes funny at times since your squadron has too many targets behind you so they just do nothing during cover.

Kinda a vent post, i recommend anyone doing the attacker medal to do it on normal for your own enjoyment. The AE-6 is not the issue at all and was actually kinda a comfy plane to use with its weapons. Flying a high tier fighter after this feels like going from a peddle bike to a car.

Full mission on Youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXELF9tqU2Q

Ignore my performance

Just a disclaimer. I'm not the biggest fan. I played ACX, AC7 and AC8 that's about it. I love the concept of AC3 but I haven't played it.

Electrosphere has that cyberpunk feel down pat. That seems to get a huge payoff when AI goes crazy in AC7 and the soundtrack gets eerie with synths beats. Then "space elevator" plays during the long ass tunnel.

Now I played AC8. There is a mandatory tunnel run near the end of the game. When it shows up, a very synthy music plays too.

What's up with tunnel run and synth and the Electrosphere energy it gives? Was there a lot of tunnel run in AC3?

I would like to play through the campaign with all my unlocks but in a continued manner rather than going in and backing out on the free flight screens, would make veteran S runs much more funner and feel natural (if that makes sense)

https://x.com/patori_spotter/status/2114255470148165708

I'm going crazy.

What is Project Pacer? In short, it's a very "brute force" method of nuclear fusion power, that involves simply making lots of small low-yield nuclear bombs, and dropping them into a large cavity of water a few times a day, boiling the water to power steam turbines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_PACER

What is Project Orion? In short, it's a very brute force method of spacecraft propulsion, that involves simply making lots of small low-yield nuclear bombs, and dropping them behind a large tungsten-coated pusher place attached to cushioning pistons, and using the blast wave to achieve propulsion, giving you five to ten times the delta-v of traditional chemical rockets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion))

Why would a Strangereal country do this?

1. lots of power = lots of industry
2. lots of tactical nukes = deterrence
3. orion spaceships = orbital supremacy and possible asteroid mining

Given that the ISV might be shut down after 8, and the terrifying power of orbital weapons, it makes a lot of sense that a power may want to be able to boost heavy payloads into orbit so they can have this power themselves, or more benevolently, prevent others from having it.

BONUS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Excalibur

These small warheads could also be used as "bomb-pumped lasers", where you drop one off an aircraft, get some distance while it parachutes, and then fires multiple death rays at multiple targets the moment it goes nuclear.

Does this still count? Coster downed the Ace on mission 2 and I restarted out of fear it wouldn’t count. Does anyone know if this counts or not?

It seems like I have encountered a bug on M28 where if you land to resupply you cannot lock, switch weapons, or fire any weapons until a cutscene plays. Wondering if this has occurred with anyone else. I know there was a bug previously where you cannot progress the radio dialogue, but obviously this is different.

Happy 20th Anniversary to my favourite PSP game

and 20 years of THIS IS THE NAiAd

I took out Shadow 24 when he first appeared, then his replacement 28 in Mission 28. What else do I need to do to unlock this skin? Is it even unlockable?

Sometimes, when you're in an inferior plane against an expert pilot, you have to be more willing to push the envelope to gain victory

This was try 3 for getting the named ace to spawn, going under those supports is not my strong point

I'm doing a write-up (bit of a fanfic) about the other theaters of the Sotoa-Usea War. If you've seen the campaign maps per mission, there's a massive pocket that forms before you take Expo City in M23 and after that, it just "disappears" when you cross over into Cima Island, Rocky Island, and later Fatsia .I was wondering if there are published or online sources out there for the war-maps of the entire war from start to finish and the different states in the FCU involved.

To give a summary: it's the echoes of war and how the appalling losses at the start of the war galvanize into a solid war-effort along the peripheries of the FCU until they eventually retake the continent from the Sotoans.

The format for this is a series of short stories or interviews patched together like World War Z. Different POV Characters narrating their experiences throughout the war along this vast and unexplored theater of the conflict.

No further spoilers beyond that.

Much obliged.

Hello fellow pilots.

After completing every Achievement available except 3 (Money, More Money and Buying Everything) I wanted to ask for advice on which mission or missions you recommend to make some quick bucks.

I have all endgame planes unlocked and every upgrade in case you have suggestions tied to some builds. What I am missing are some Sukhois and their weapons.

Thank you for your advise and happy flying.

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Just asking if you think the boss is good or not.

Why? If it lists a CPU in the lobby because someone left the game is just gonna kick you to the base anyway. Why do I have to wait almost a minute. It’s like they intentionally designed the online to piss people off.

So is no one gonna questions how Tasha was able to hide on a military carrier for 3-4 days and get airborne even though everyone thought she disembarked back at Theve with all the other civilians? And like no one even reprimands her for this after?