Ace Combat - The Unsung Aces [M|OOC]

[Ottoman]

'Should you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.'

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Spoiler: Recent History 

1994
The asteroid 1994XF04 was discovered by astronomers of both the Shellsbridge and Comona Universities on the continent of Usea. The Federation of Central Usea was informed of their findings, which indicated that the asteroid had a diameter of 1.6 kilometers and moved on a trajectory which bore a high probability of collision with Earth. It was speculated that the asteroid, dubbed Ulysses, would pass through the Roche limit on July 3, 1999 at 15:30 Usean Standard Time, likely to split into dozens of fragments which would strike the Earth across the northern hemisphere with the force of hundreds of nuclear detonations. Nuclear winter seemed to be the most likely positive outcome of the event, if not outright extinction. The FCU elects to withhold this information from the general public and the international community for political considerations.

1995
Following a lengthy and extensive economic crisis that cost the Belkan Principality billions in losses and great swathes of its territory, the Fatherland and Workers Party seizes power, embarking on a campaign of remilitarization that culminates in the Belkan War, as Waldemarr Rald sought to regain the mineral-rich territories of the Belkan breakaway republics. A titanic and devastating conflict, the Belkan War saw the involvement not only of the Osean Federation but also their rival, the Union of Yuktobanian Republics, a cooperative effort that would lead to detente between the two superpowers. By June the war had officially ended, but the rogue force known as A World With No Boundaries rekindled the flame of war in December, the apocalyptic organization seeking to utilize several of Belka's weapons of mass destruction to exact vengeance on the allied powers, an effort ultimately halted by the mercenary known as Cipher.

1996
Following the cessation of hostilities in the Belkan War, the superpowers of Osea and Yuktobania sought detente through what became known as the Yuktobanian Peace Treaty, ending the state of cold war that had existed between their nations, and leaving vast quantities of armaments and martial equipment to gather dust around the world. On April 20th, the Federation of Central Usea revealed the existence of Ulysses to the world, prompting the development of various anti-asteroid weapon systems, including Usea's 'Stonehenge' and Estovakia's 'Chandelier' railgun networks. Emmeria and other northern nations began on enacting disaster contingency plans, preparing refugee camps and evacuating areas they believed most likely to be hit.

1999
On April 3rd 1999 Ulysses entered earth's atmosphere as predicted, and dissolved into thousands of fragments that rained across the northern hemisphere. Usea's Stonehenge network fought admirably, but was not able to destroy all the fragments falling on the Usean continent, much less Anea. With the Chandelier network unfinished, Estovakia was at the mercy of Ulysses, and took the brunt of Anea's Ulysses fragments. Hundreds of thousands were dead, millions displaced, and untold billions lost as Estovakia's economy crumbled under the devastation wrought by the asteroid. Immediately Emmeria, Nordennavvic and other nations embarked on relief efforts, but they were unable to staunch the tide of despair and human misery brought in Ulysses' wake.

2000
The Socialist Federal Republic of Estovakia effectively dissolves between the lack of international support from its Yuktobanian allies following the cessation of the Cold War and the physical devastation of the 1994XF04 landfall. The remnants of the Estovakian National Army declare martial law in an effort to reestablish law and order, and large-scale aid programs begin to flow from the neighboring Republic of Emmeria. Military governments are established in the former Socialist Federal Republics and Semi-Autonomous Provinces, low-intensity skirmishes and warlordism runs rampant in the Estovakian territories.

2005
Central authority is reestablished under an interim 'Emergency Council' headed by a faction soon known as the Lyes United Front, a bloc formed in the wake of General Damjan Lyes bloodless coup. Lyes, partly Emmerian by way of his father, pursues a policy of close cooperation with their western neighbor, ensuring that a steady flow of relief supplies and aid flows to Estovakia.

2006
After months of back-channel negotiations deals, General Lyes secures an undocumented agreement between his government and the Emmerian Republic, exchanging vast portions of Granica and several of the southern Zemzaljan Isles in return for official recognition of the LUF government, Emmerian equipment and martial support. Tensions amongst the orthodox, pagan and socialist populations rises as Lyes grows closer to his Emmerian allies. Following the decimation of their republic's territory, citizens in Lozna, the capital of the former Socialist Republic of Granica, take to the streets in demonstrations. Lyes deploys civil defense to put down the riots, leading to sixty dead and hundreds more wounded. In response to the brutal crackdown in Lozna, the Semi-Autonomous Province of Gurza declares independence from Lyes' government, and the Posavina Territorial Defense Forces proceed to invade the rogue territory, laying siege to its capital of Gledina.

2007
During the Winter of 2007, aid and relief supplies are withheld from the city of Gledina as its governing council has refused all demands of surrender, stubbornly resisting Lyes' forces. More than two-hundred thousand civilians perish from squalor, disease and exposure. General Gustav Dvornik, military governor of the former Republic of Vukovar, also declares independence from the Lyes government in April. In short order Dvornik's 'Eastern Faction' is followed by parties opposed both to Dvornik and Lyes - the socialist Island Coalition, the Osean-backed Independent Tariff Federation, and the nativist National Highland Alliance. What began as a patchwork revolt against the increasingly tyrannical Damjan Lyes soon evolved into a full-scale, five-way civil war. Initially outgunned and crippled by mass-desertion, the Lyes United Front strikes back in the autumn of 2007 against the ITF and Dvornists, pushing both back.

2008
Following another frigid northern winter, the war rages on as the international community enacts a rather soft weapons embargo on the Estovakian Civil War, a measure conveniently ignored by major global powers and sidestepped by clever gun-runners. With their western border with Emmeria secure and Gracemeria's blessing, Lyes' government wages a four front war across the breadth of the Estovakian heartland, and eventually gains the upper hand, despite the defensive terrain of the northern highlands and the tenacious defense of the Dvornists and ITF. With most of the navy in their possession, the Island Coalition proceeds to harass their competitors and intercept several arms shipments from Osea, easily securing the backing of Prime Minister Nikanor and the Yuktobanian Republics.

2009
Following consistent LUF victories and the harassment of both the NHA and the Island Coalition, Dvornik's Eastern Faction soon becomes the weakest of the various struggling powers in the Estovakian Civil War, despite the valor of the men and women who fight for his cause. The Eastern Faction grows weary, spending exhaustive amounts and paying exorbitant prices to keep its forces in fighting shape, but only in August of this year has the Dvornist high command authorized what some among their number call a desperate gamble, the formation of a foreign legion. On paper they are the 19th Aviation Regiment, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, but to the men and women of Kavadar AFB they are Orlok Flight, the unsung aces of the Estovakian Civil War.

Spoiler: The Setting 

Welcome to the StrangeReal World.

The Unsung Aces is set in the fictional world of Ace Combat, commonly referred to in the community as Strangereal(or StrangeReal), specifically during the Estovakian Civil War of 2007-2013. Our characters will be flying on behalf of General Dvornik's 'Eastern Faction', in what will be known as the Estovakian Foreign Legion, specifically the 19th Aviation Regiment, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron. Here you can find information on the various factions involved in the Estovakian Civil War.

Spoiler: The Lyes United Front 

For the Fatherland - ready!

Easily the most powerful of the various factions waging war for control of the former SFRE, the Lyes United Front is a coalition of various civilian legislatures united under the principles of the free-market and democratic government, at least on paper. In reality the LUF is a martial bloc dominated by the demagogue Damjan Lyes and kept afloat by ultra-nationalist Catholic sentiment, heavily supported internationally by the Republic of Emmeria and her allies, both financial and religious. While they lost a greal deal of manpower and backing in the months following Gledina, they have easily recouped their losses through the flow of volunteers from abroad and some of the most advanced hardware sported in the theater, courtesy of their many allies.

In the waning summer of 2009, the Lyes United Front is focused, as it always has been, on the prizes of Gledina and the southern republics of Zemzalja and Vakonia, both of which remain firmly in the Independent Tariff Federation’s hands, and it’s no real surprise that such is where one will find the most intense fighting of the Estovakian Civil War as the lion’s share of the LUF’s forces attempt to bludgeon their way into the fertile heartland of the ITF. Against such lesser powers as the Northern Highlands Alliance and Dvornik’s ‘nationalist front’ the LUF spares the bare minimum needed to keep them engaged and distracted as they whittle each other down, expecting to sweep in with their veterans from the southern front once the ITF has been subdued.

International Support:
Recognized by: The Republic of Emmeria, the Kingdom of Nordennavic, the Federation of Central Usea, the Independent State of Ugellas, the Republic of Amber, Delarus, San Salvacion, the Federal Republic of Erusea, the Federal Republic of Aurelia, the Kingdom of Sapin, the Republic of Ratio, the Sotoan Republics
Supplied by: Emmeria, Nordennavic, Usea, Aurelia, Sapin, Ratio

The Federal Estovakian Air Defense Forces

Just as the Lyes United Front is considered by many to be the premier bloc in the Estovakian Civil War, so is their aerial force held in equal regard, and for good reason. Boasting some of the finest planes in the theater, the FEADF can consistently field the latest in aviation technology consistently, unlike their opponents, wherever they see fit. Their continued and frenzied assault on the southern bastions of the Independent Trade Federation have yielded both brutal aerial engagements and massive casualties, leading to only the finest pilots surviving to train the newcomers, be they volunteers from the Posavinan heartland or international ‘volunteers’, a deadly thing to pair alongside the hundreds of advisors coming from abroad to fly for the LUF.

Easily the most dangerous air force of all the warring factions, any engagement with the FEADF is not to be taken lightly.

Spoiler: The Independent Tariff Federation 

For God and Fatherland!

While neither the first faction to emerge after the Gledina incident or the foremost power in the civil war, the Independent Tariff Federation is not a force to be underestimated. Modeling themselves after the Osean Federation, the ITF is a direct counter to the Lyes United Front, a heavily Orthodox faction that espouses much of the same beliefs in free-trade and representative democracy, albeit trading the LUF’s Catholic spin for their own vitriolic Orthodox sentiment. Despite their respectable international backing, the ITF is perhaps the largest force in the Estovakian Civil War that can be called ‘domestic’, as their martial forces are dominated far more by their own countrymen than international volunteers or foreign advisors, though these elements are still present, albeit typically more politically than religiously motivated.

With the Island Coalition securing a vast portion of the former SFRE’s navy, the ITF has been fighting a desperate two front war against both the IC and the LUF, a dangerous balancing act where even the slightest miscalculation can result in defeat. With the majority of their military deployed to the north to hold off the LUF’s might, only rear-guards and reservists are left to fend off the Island Coalition and their harassing attacks, leaving the IC in quite the keen position to exploit the ITF and attain some of the industrial capacity and capital so desperately needed to keep their fleet, and by extension their war effort, afloat. The ITF sees this conflict as a delaying action in all regards, as they lack the capacity to go on the offensive after their initial pushes into Posavina were crushed in 2008, a bid for time until the international community, namely Osea, can recognize their government and intervene properly.

International Support:
Recognized by: The Osean Federation, the Republic of Ustio, the Republic of Gebet, the Republic of Recta, the Republic of Wielvakia, the Republic of Adamas, the Republic of South Sotoa, the State of the Levant, the Kingdom of Aslan
Supplied by: Osea, Ustio, Gebet, Recta, Wielvakia, Adamas, South Sotoa, Levant, Aslan

The Independent Estovakian Air Corps

The second-rate aerial power in the Estovakian theater, the IEAC is a competent and viable force, not to be under estimated simply because they are the runner up. A close second to the FEADF, the IEAC is one half of a two part machine that has kept the ITF from crumbling under the onslaught of the Lyes United Front, working tirelessly alongside the Independent Estovakian Armies to hold the northern front. Often fielding aircraft as advanced as the FEADF, the IEAC shares the Lyes’ forces strength through elimination, the dramatic and often apocalyptic battles over the southern front leaving only the strongest alive. Such survival of the fittest paired with a hardened determination to defend their faith and their homeland has imbued the IEAC with a fury the likes of which have been unmatched across the globe since the dark days of the Belkan War.

While not the strongest, the IEAC counts fearsome pilots and deadly aces among their number, a determined and nearly fanatical force to overcome.

Spoiler: The Island Coalition 

Workers, arise!

An echo of an earlier time, the Island Coalition hearkens back to what many now look upon as a golden age, the era of the Socialist Federal Republic of Estovakia, before Ulysses. While not the most successful state, the rose-tinted lens of the past has leant a merciful air to the SFRE, and it’s the nostalgia of such a time and a promise of its return that drives much of the nationalist sentiment among the ranks of the Island Coalition. An undeniably socialist, and arguably communist, faction, the Island Coalition is the smallest faction in terms of territory held, but that is not to be mistaken for a lack of capability. In the opening months of the civil war, in the immediate aftermath of Gledina, the Island Coalition swung a vast majority of the former SFRE’s fleet into its camp, and it’s that mighty fleet with which they use to project their machinations across much of the theater. Now the dominant power in the east, only challenged slightly by the largely dormant Dvornists, the Island Coalition is poised to strike in any direction, and at any time.

For most of the war the Island Coalition has focused its efforts on harassing the logistical means of its opponents, all four of the opposing factions having felt its sting as their submarines send thousands of tons of material aid and support to the bottom of the sea and its destroyers strike countless transports from the sky. What definite martial action the Island Coalition has pursued has been at the expense of the Northern Highlands Alliance and the Independent Trade Federation, occupying and taking the Semi-Autonomous Province of Golitok from the former and beginning an offensive campaign against the latter to bring Estovakia’s largest island, Zetavina, into their fold.

International Support:
Recognized by: The Union of Yuktobanian Republics, the Eusian Union, the People’s Republic of Leasath, the Sabatean State,
Supplied by: Yuktobania, Eusia, Leasath, Sabatea, Verusa

The Estovakian Naval Air Arm

While a misnomer now, the Estovakian Naval Air Arm initially formed the basis for the Island Coalition’s air power, and even today, with the material support of the Yuktobanian-aligned powers and burgeoning land-based aerial contingents, their naval aviation is the core of their strength. Able to strike at any target along the eastern seaboard from their fleet, the carrier air groups of the Island Coalition are worthy of respect and cautious regard. While not as favored by international aid as the Lyes United Front or the Independent Trade Federation, and not as fanatical as the IEAC or the pilots of the Northern Highland Alliance, they are a battle-hardened force, as mobile as they are versatile.

From the open ocean to the littoral coast, the sky is not safe from the forces of the Island Coalition, and if given the chance to expand to the south, soon even the safety of the inland ranges will prove no obstacle to the fleet air arm.

Spoiler: The Northern Highlands Alliance 

United in blood, forward together!

Perhaps the most sympathetic of all the factions involved in the Estovakian Civil War, it might not be coincidence that it was the last to declare itself independent from the Lyes regime. A coalition of Orthodox and Pagan Estovakians in the far north of the nation, the Northern Highlands Alliance is a nativist bloc more intent on preserving their homeland and ways of life than enacting any political agenda on the grand scale. Tied with Dvornik’s nationalists for being the weakest faction involved in the war thus far, they have managed to preserve themselves through the naturally defensible terrain of Vojvodrina and the tenacity of their defenders. Without the international recognition of either global superpower, the NHA has to suffice with the meager support of minor powers on both the Osean and Verusean continents, who, while locked in sympathy for their plight, can do little more than dispatch material aid and petition the United Nations for intervention.

The Northern Highlands Alliance cannot claim any major offensive campaigns to their name, though their defensive operations countering the expansionist efforts of the Lyes United Front are worthy of note. At the best of time the NHA manages to harass and pester both the LUF and Dvornik’s Eastern Faction, drawing forces away from otherwise pivotal sectors and prolonging the already lengthy conflict.

International Support:
Recognized by: The Republic of Clavis, the Federation of the Aboriginal Tribes of Osea, the Republic of Romny, the Republic of Valga
Supplied by: Wellow, Clavis, FATO, Romny

The Allied Air Corps

The Allied Air Corps is a force that has long learned the value of the combat air patrol, having become the yet-undisputed masters of the skies above the northern ranges. A force with convictions strong enough to match those of the IEAC, the AAC knows that it flies to defend the homes and the families of the northern republic, and that knowledge drives them forward to challenge whatever invaders dare trespass in their skies with an unquestioning and stoic resolve. The Allied Air Corps is, perhaps more than any other faction’s air arm, a force devoted to the fighter and the interceptor, excelling in air to air combat, though this specialization comes at a price. What bombers that the Northern Highlands Alliance can still claim have not experienced the same success as their fighters, straying into the realm of their opponents and out from beyond the territory that their escorts know so well.

A desperate force, but dogged and determined, the Allied Air Corps is a viable opponent on their own turf, and, if underestimated, beyond.

Spoiler: The Eastern Faction 

In unity, strength - in strength, freedom!

The first of the factions to break away from the Lyes regime to survive the winter of 2008, Dvornik’s Eastern Faction, or ‘nationalist front’ as it is known by its supporters, is a collection of various Estovakians who have banded together behind the military governor general Gustav Dvornik in a pan-Estovkian nationalist bloc. Dominated by no particular ideology or faith, the Eastern Faction is a bastion of reason amongst the sectarian violence that has consumed the nation, a port of solace in the storm. However, perhaps because of their lack of dogma, the Eastern Faction has suffered great losses in the initial years of the war, now pushed back into a corner in the former Republic of Vukovar, fighting a three-front defensive war against the Lyes United Front, Northern Highlands Alliance and the Island Coalition. While the NHA and Island Coalition are easily held at bay, still does the LUF push into the Eastern Faction, almost without check.

Unlike their opponents, the Dvornists can hardly claim any international support, with Verusa being the only power of note officially backing the nationalist front. However, unbeknownst to many, the beaten and battered Principality of Belka has unofficially proven to Dvornik’s greatest supporter on the international stage, funneling munitions, weapons, aircraft and more to the beleaguered Eastern Faction. Perhaps, between the support of Belka and and the people’s support of the just cause, they can survive until spring.

International Support:
Recognized by: The Republic of Verusa, the Republic of Kaluga, the Central Sotoan Empire
Supplied by: Belka, Verusa, Kaluga

The Estovakian Air Force

Much like the AAC, the Estovakian Air Force is one of the two weakest powers currently contesting the skies above Estovakia. Between a shortage of international aid and new airframes, the EAF has to make do with what they can smuggle in from their few supporters abroad and what remains in the national armories, the forgotten assets of the Cold War that never went hot. However, what they lack in material capability they readily make up for with some of the finest Estovakian aces in the war, proudly boasting the men and women who would become Vampire and Strigon flight. A capable and versatile, if desperate, force, the Estovakian Air Force is eager to show their opponents that an animal cornered is twice as dangerous.

Spoiler: Character Submission 

Character Sheet

Cultural Correlation Map

While pilots will certainly be the core focus of this RP, other roles around Kavadar AFB are welcomed and encouraged, should you be so inclined to play them. Officers and enlisted personnel of the 19th Aviation Regiment, ground crew, even civilians are available for play. If you've any ideas, bounce it off of me, and we'll get it squared away in no time.

Spoiler: Aircraft Availability 

Stage 1 Availability

Fighters:
F-5E Tiger II
Saab 35 Draken
MiG-21 Fishbed
BAE Hawk

Multiroles:
F-105 Thunderchief
Dassault Mirage V
F-4 Phantom II
L-39 Albatros

Attackers:
A-4 Skyhawk
A-7 Corsair II
Dassault Étendard IV
Su-7 Fitter-A

Spoiler: Ace Styles 

Knight: Pilots who live for pride, Knights are noble aces who do not simply hold themselves to the laws of warfare but the etiquette of combat, never engaging a defenseless target.

• Paladin - The Paladin is a selfless pilot who will put others before themselves, citing morality and humanity as the ruling guides of their doctrine. The Paladin will not only refuse to fire on civilian targets or non-combatants, but will go out of their way to protect them, even should they belong the enemy.
• Rōnin - The Rōnin strikes a balance between the righteous Paladin and the vindictive Praetorian, a pilot who does their best to uphold the code of honor without tying themselves unnecessarily to lofty ideals or dangerous dogma.
• Praetorian - The Praetorian is an ideologue, a pilot both vengeful and vindicated, who will guard their vision at any cost and will do whatever it takes to make it a reality. While the Praetorian will look down on the murder of innocents and the helpless by the Mercenary for profit, they are not above such actions should they feel it necessary for the greater good.

Soldier: Pilots who can read the tide of battle, Soldiers are dynamic aces that are at home in any engagement, free from the dogmatic idealism of the Knight and above the base desires of the Mercenary.

• Sentinel - The Sentinel is a protector, the stalwart guardian of a homeland or a cause, fighting not for lofty ideals or base profit, but to do what they feel to be their duty.
• Warrior - The Warrior is the ultimate middle ground, a pilot who lives for battle and battle alone, neither enslaved by morality or ethics, free to carry out their orders however they see fit.
• Enforcer - The Enforcer is what many would call a war criminal, and others would call loyal and steadfast - a soldier who will carry out their orders to the letter no matter the cost to the enemy, themselves, or even their own country.

Mercenary: Pilots who seek strength, Mercenaries are ruthless aces who respect authority only as far as it serves their ends, not above killing non-combatants to complete the mission.

• Vigilante - The Vigilante is an ace who has no qualms with their mercenary nature, but still holds justice in higher regard than that of material wealth, and will defy commands should the engagement parameters upset their morality.
• Sellsword - The Sellsword is an ace who will put themselves first in all things, acting in their own best interests no matter the situation, their morality ebbing and flowing with the paycheck.
• Assassin - The Assassin has no concern for the rights, safety or moral code of others, only their own profit. Whether they regard their actions as normal or criminals, they have no issue with destroying civilian targets or breaking international law if such should stand in the way of payment.

Spoiler: Character Dossiers 

Player Characters
Alexander 'Blackbird' Lars, the Belkan Revenant, as played by Ottoman
Arlette 'Canette' Daviau, the Heir-Apparent, as played by glmstr
Raoul 'Wolf' Lupo, the Prodigal Son, as played by Dnafein
Akira 'Purple Star' Akiyama, the Blossom Errant, as played by Fox Xalian
Christian 'Blueblood' Howell, the Hellion of Osea, as played by Azrican
Kenji 'Shogun' Oyakama, the Usean Rōnin, as played by Dire Hoef
Milan 'Hajduk' Vuković, the Sword of the North, as played by DerKrieger
Linda 'Profit' Seelnefruend, the Misconstrued Mercenary, as played by Krysis

NPCs

Accepted player characters and pertinent NPCs will be listed here.

Spoiler: Rules 

1. All RPA rules apply, including those regarding Mature roleplays.
2. Common courtesy and basic roleplaying etiquette is expected of everyone, including but not limited to no autohitting, god-modding, metagaming, etc.
3. Please do your best to stay faithful to the Ace Combat universe. I know this is more of a guideline and less of a rule, and I'm already guilty of breaking this by including non-canon nations in the cultural/world map, but I felt that it added much needed diversity and depth to the world that was otherwise lacking. If you've an idea, plot, character, etc. that you're not sure will go against the grain or not, feel free to bounce it off me and we'll work from there.
4. As the primary GM of The Unsung Aces, it's my duty to make sure you all are not only having fun, but are invested and engaged in the RP. If there's anything keeping you from feeling welcome, participating or having fun, let me know and I'll do my best to resolve the issue.
5. Please stay as active as possible. I know, pot calling the kettle black here, but even if you don't manage an IC post, let us know OOC you're still around and interested. We can always leave pilots out of missions or have character and pilot rotations for certain segments of the storyline if need be - there's plenty of solutions if things come up, just let us know what the low-down is and we'll work around whatever issues arise.
6. Please strive to use proper spelling and grammar. Mistakes are fine, but consistently illegible posts are not fun to read.
7. Have fun and good hunting, Orlok Flight!

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Hello and welcome to the OOC for Ace Combat - The Unsung Aces! This is my first non-persistent RP in a while so please bear with me, I've got to shake the rust off. As you might suspect, this is going to be a roleplay focused on the combat and exploits of the fighter pilots known as Orlok Flight, but just as important, if not more so, will be the down time between missions, the time taken for the pilots to get to know one another and understand who it is they share the skies with. So I would say it's a fair assumption that we'll be seeing plenty of both across the five acts that I have planned for the Unsung Aces - prepare accordingly!

I apologize for not having the faction details up yet, I plan on getting those together in the next couple of days. I also apologize for adding in some nations of my own creation to the cultural map, I figured it could round out the potential backgrounds for characters in the foreign legion should people want something more than the selection offered by the games.

So, without wasting any more time, let's get the Unsung Aces off the ground!

[Ottoman]

Spoiler: Blackbird 

Jesus, Jesus, what's it all about?
Trying to clout these little ingrates into shape.
When I was their age all the lights went out,
There was no time to whine and mope about.

And even now a part of me flies
Over Waldreich at angels one-five.
Though they'll never fathom that behind my sarcasm
Desperate memories lie.

General Information

Name: Johannes ‘Hanno’ Enke

Callsign: Blackbird

Alias(es): Alexander Lars

Birthdate: 5/10/64

Age: 45

Gender: Male

Nationality:
True: Belkan
Masquerading as: Erusean

Bloodtype: O-

Social Class: Lower Middle

Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual

Ace Style: Praetorian

Physical Information

Apparent Age: Early Fifties

Overall Attractiveness: Ruggedly handsome

Voice: Baritone

Eye Color: Blue

Glasses and/or Contacts: Neither

Hair Color: Dirty Blonde

Hair Style: Shaved

Weight: Average

Height: Average

Skin Tone: Pale

Dominant Feature: Eyes

Distinguishing Mark(s): Left hand is heavily scarred from a previous severe burn, typically hidden underneath a glove.

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Orange
Music: Disco
Literature: Science-fiction
Expression: Dour, sarcastic.
Curse: Shit
Mode of Transportation: Aircraft

Habits:
Drinking: Yes
Smoking: Yes
Mannerisms:

Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist

Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert

Logical or Emotional? Logical

Business or Pleasure? Business

Confident? Absolutely.

Animal Lover? Yes

Greatest Strength: Experienced and ruthless.

Greatest Weakness: Cold and prejudiced.

Priority: Vengeance or death.

Philosophy: To the last bullet, to the last breath, to the last drop of blood, do not stop fighting.

Pressure Point: Vivian.
Is this obvious? Absolutely.

Most comfortable when flying, in combat, or any combination thereof.

Least comfortable when with women, around women in uniform, or when his wingman is in danger.

Religion:
Formerly Lutheran Christian
Currently Atheist

Political Affiliation:
Formerly Belkan Fatherland and Worker’s Party
Currently Apolitical, anti-globalist

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Sophia Enke, deceased
Relations with: Warm, formerly
Father: Adam Enke, deceased
Relations with: Warm, formerly
Brother(s): Matthias Enke, deceased
Relations with: Warm, formerly
Sister(s): N/A
Relations with: N/A
Spouse: Vivian Enke, née Lars, deceased
Relations with: Superb, formerly
Children: N/A
Relations with: N/A

Birthplace: Sudentor, Principality of Belka

Type of childhood: Average, uneventful.

First Memory: Watching the 1968 Olympic Games in Lumen on the television with his brother.

Education: Standard public education, Belkan Luftwaffe basic training and flight school, four years at the Kellerman Institute

Biography:

Born to an otherwise common family in the Belkan city of Sudentor, Johannes was a happy, athletic child who managed to cause his fair share of trouble around home before doing much the same at school. Despite his rambunctiousness the boy did well enough at school, making passing grades in all but biology - something he used to always say was the fault of his teacher, rather than him - and his athletic pursuits made him a natural candidate for Belka’s proud and storied military. Enlisting out of the gate at eighteen, his eyes set on the legendary Belkan Luftwaffe, the young man proved to be an eager vessel for much of the militant rhetoric and martial dogma that had come to dominate the Belkan armed forces in the 20th century.

Johannes was a fighter pilot in no time, achieving the dream that so many young Belkans dreamed of, but at a most trying time - Belka was collapsing economically, its financial situation dire in the best of terms, eventually resorting to selling great swathes of its territory to surrounding nations, even granting independence to former territories, in an attempt to stymie the fiscal maelstrom they had found themselves in. While all agreed that the economy was in terrible shape, many were outraged at this shameful turn of events, the once-mighty Belkan Principality reduced to pawning its power off piecemeal to its former opponents, and it was no surprise, at least to the Belkan public, when a popular coup put Waldemarr Rald and his Fatherland and Workers Party in power. Johannes eagerly supported this would-be savior himself, flying alongside most of his squadron as they prevented forces loyal to the previous regime from halting their seizure of power.

The war came in spring of 1995, a time that so many regard with shame and remorse, and Johannes carries with him every day in quiet anger and silent sorrow. Unlike so many other Belkans, it isn’t simply the bitter taste of defeat that left the man so hateful, but the insurmountable loss of his wingman, the woman who he had come to love more than life itself. She was a raven-haired youth, a fellow comrade in the struggle to reclaim Belka’s glory, and were one to ask Johannes when he was first given this green pilot as his number two what he thought of her, his opinion couldn’t be repeated in polite company. But through his arduous tutelage, the trials of training and the crucible of combat, Vivian Lars managed not only to become a competent fighter pilot but a capable ace, one whose track record exceeded that of her teacher, and, to the surprise of some, Johannes’ wife. They were married in the base chapel in the March of 1995, in the sparse hours between sorties at the outset of what they felt to be their most glorious undertaking.

Not but two months later, in what might have been the largest aerial engagement of the war, she was killed in action when Johannes dove after an Osean Tomcat, overexposing himself. Valiantly Vivian did her best to cover her flight lead, but was shot down by the infamous ‘Demon Lord’ of the Round Table, her husband following suit not long there after. More so than any other event in Johannes Enke’s life, from his time in the Kellerman Institute to seeing his homeland devastated by nuclear fire, those few moments over B7R changed his life. To the world, and to the Belkan Air Force, Johannes Enke was dead, killed by what many considered to be the Demon of Razgriz, and the man that came afterwards would agree with them. Alexander Lars was the name that he chose when he finally ambled back to Belkan lines, and it was the name that A World With No Boundaries knew him by, another ghost of the war, his life torn away by the machinations of the political elite, the maneuverings of the chess-masters in Oured and Dinsmark.

But again did he find himself defeated, once more by the Demon Lord, and cast without tether into the world. Initially he returned to Sudentor, one of several miserable cities that now found themselves in the parody known as ‘North Osea’, a place that held no trace of his youth, of the life that he had known before. Without any sign of his family, the man moved wherever the winds of war would take him, offering his services as an advisor and a pilot, finding ample work in the shattered world that spun on in the wake of Ulysses, especially in the Second Usean Continental War where he flew alongside the pilots of the Federal Erusean Air Force against ISAF. But even here, on this distant continent and in a war which he had no investment in, he was bested, beaten by an opponent that he simply could not outmaneuver, no matter how he tried. Despite the strength of the Stonehenge array and Erusea’s mighty Yellow Squadron, they were defeated, and Alexander left to strike out into the unknown once more.

It isn’t clear how this shadowy man managed to find his way into the forces of General Dvornik’s Eastern Faction, much less climb so high as colonel, but what is certain is that he is a man of deadly purpose in the seat of a fighter, undefeated in the theater until he was shot down in a surprise turn of events by a reckless Osean youth he later dragged back to his superiors. Perhaps he is getting old, some of the officers would say, and perhaps that is why he was placed in command of what many have felt to be a joke of a squadron, a collection of foreign volunteers and bloodthirsty mercenaries, a haggard selection of pilots who are just as apt to shoot at one another as the enemy.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

MiG-21M Fishbed-J
Paint Scheme: Like all of Alexander's aircraft, his Fishbed is adorned in spartan, jet-black livery, its only decoration being Dvornist roundels and the 22nd Squadron's insignia upon its tail.

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

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Spoiler: Wolf 

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein

General Information

Name: Raoul Lupo

Callsign: Wolf

Alias(es):

Birthdate: May 2nd, 1980

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Nationality: Emmerian

Bloodtype: AB+

Social Class: Middle-class

Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

Ace Style: Vigilante

Physical Information

Apparent Age: Mid-late twenties.

Overall Attractiveness: Depends on the eye of the beholder.

Voice: A smoky Baritenor

Eye Color: A dark chocolate brown

Glasses and/or Contacts: Needs neither, may occasionally wear glasses with a 0 prescription for style purposes.

Hair Color: A dark chocolate brown

Hair Style: Mid-length swept back.

Weight: 173 lbs (78.471 kg)

Height: 6’ 1.5” (1.8669 m)

Skin Tone: Light Medium

Dominant Feature: His smirk.

Distinguishing Mark(s): Has a port wine stain birthmark starting just above the elbow on his right arm that goes halfway down his forearm. Has a woodlands scene on his back, a pack of wolves gathered around a peak where a wolf is howling at the moon. In the background of the scene is what looks like asteroid fragments falling in the distance.

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Green
Music: Good (has favorites scattered through the various genres)
Literature: Science Fiction primarily
Expression: Smirk
Curse: Fuck
Mode of Transportation: Flying, preferably in the pilot’s seat

Habits:
Drinking: Often
Smoking: Never
Mannerisms:

Optimist or Pessimist? Realist

Introvert or Extrovert? Ambivert

Logical or Emotional? Somewhere near the balance point, leaning a bit towards emotional.

Business or Pleasure? When one flies Business IS pleasure.

Confident? Of course, he’s a pilot.

Animal Lover? Secretly, yes.

Greatest Strength: Raoul is bold; He is full of life and energy, he enjoys exploring boundries and trying new things.

Greatest Weakness: Raoul is impatient, this sometimes makes him take extra risks.

Priority: Ending the conflict to prevent another Gledina.

Philosophy: Always be yourself, always have faith in yourself; Unless you can be a pilot, then be the best damn pilot you can be.

Pressure Point: The Gledina Humanitarian Crisis
Is this obvious? Only every time/it gets brought up.

Most comfortable when in full control of what he’s doing; Be it flying his own plane, or deciding what to order of a menu.

Least comfortable when waiting for someone else. Time is finite the five minutes Raoul has to waste waiting for someone else to decide what is going to happen next is five minutes he will never have again.

Religion: None, would like to go to some sort of pilot Valhalla though...

Political Affiliation: Emmerian citizen with an Estovakian student visa.

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Trista (Maiden Name: Capitani) Lupo
Relations with: In public: Strained
In private: Pleasant
Father: Ferdinando Lupo
Relations with: Strained
Brother(s): Arlo Lupo; Bertando Lupo
Relations with: Strained; Pleasant
Sister(s): Emilia Gatti
Relations with: Strained
Spouse: n/a
Relations with:
Children:n/a
Relations with:
[i] Grandfather: Angelo “Angel” Lupo, Deceased
Relations with: Superb, formerly

Birthplace: Silvat, Emmeria

Type of childhood: Typical, sprinkled with rebellious

First Memory: An argument between his father and grandfather before (and about) Raoul’s first flight.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; Flight School; Strike Aircraft Training; Survival Training; Post graduate Engineering schooling (Interrupted.)

Biography: Raoul was the eldest of the Lupo children. As such he was typically used as an example to the others and was typically the one to receive the worst punishment for wrongdoings. He was also the one who got to spend the most time with the children's favored grandfather Angelo.

Raoul was first introduced to flying by his grandfather on his 5th birthday. Raoul’s father disapproved of the flight because of his grandfather's experience in the air. Ferdinando was an avid pacifist and Angelo was war veteran. Raoul’s father was afraid his grandfather would influence the boy’s future, and so the two argued almost constantly. As Raoul looked up to his grandfather this caused tension between both sets of father and son.

Raoul looked for any opportunity to visit his grandfather and fly. His flying lessons started with his grandfather. Unfortunately they ended shortly before his grandfather’s death; When Ferdinando discovered what was happening. Angelo’s death and the loss of the prized lessons secured a divide between Raoul and his father.

Raoul took summer classes during high school to avoid spending time at home and graduated at the age of 17. Working with his mother, the young man applied to and was accepted to the Emmerian Naval Academy. Telling his father that he was simply off to college Raoul left his family behind.

Raoul was a co-pilot for one of the refugee transports during and after the planetfall of the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid; Having been selected as he was at the top of his class. Assisting the saving of thousands of people over a week's time was a point of pride for the cadet halfway to graduating. And so he reached out to his father hoping the older Lupo would share that pride. Instead Raoul was disowned, and instructed never to contact him again. Raoul’s mother and youngest brother were the only two who continued to send him letters albeit in secret.

Upon graduation Raoul and a number of friends got drunk and each got tattoos. “Wolf” got his call sign and the event that caused his proudest moment inked into his back. He was then assigned to the Aurelius. The majority of Raoul’s career was generally uneventful. The last two years of his contract he was however kept on his toes by the Second Usean Continental War, and the fear that a conflict of that size may spill over onto the Anean continent.

When his contract expired Raoul chose to take a break from the military and moved to Gledina for schooling. It was during his second year of schooling that the LUF (Lyes United Front) withheld supplies and caused the death of over 200,000 people. Many of them were a young Emmerian student’s friends.

The three years following the Gledina Humanitarian Crisis are filled with bueracracy for Raoul. As he attempted to get his home nation to realise what the government they provided supplies to had done. All his attempts at using peace to punish the LUF fall short after one excuse or another. Hearing of a foreign legion being formed by one of the largest enemies of the LUF, Raoul quickly acts to sign up.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

F-4 Phantom II

Spoiler: image 

Paint Scheme: Marco has the nose of his aircraft painted to look like the snarling snout of a wolf. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e6/86/84/e6868403b3d6461bb789ba9129884590.jpg”]Reference Image[/URL]

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

n/a

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[glmstr]

Spoiler: Canette 

“The sins of the father are to be laid upon the children.”

― William Shakespeare


General Information

Name: Arlette Cerise Daviau


Callsign: Canette (Duckling), as her father was Canard (Duck)


Alias(es): Junior


Birthdate: April 9th


Age: 17


Gender: Female


Nationality:Ratian


Bloodtype: O+


Social Class: Middle-class


Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual


Ace Style:Sentinel

Physical Information

Apparent Age: Looks pretty much her age, possibly a few years older


Overall Attractiveness: Young. Quite young.


Voice: A bit on the soprano side


Eye Color: Blue


Glasses and/or Contacts: Neither


Hair Color: Blonde


Hair Style: Short and wavy


Weight:Slim, still growing


Height: A little shorter than the rest of the crew


Skin Tone: Somewhat pale


Dominant Feature: Aviator shades


Distinguishing Mark(s): Aviator shades

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Blue
Music: '80s Power-Rock
Literature: Doesn't read as much as she probably should
Expression: Either smug or distant
Curse: Merde, Putain
Mode of Transportation: Motorcycle


Habits:
Drinking: Socially
Smoking: Cigarettes
Mannerisms: Wears sunglasses all the time, including indoors and at night.


Optimist or Pessimist?
Optimist


Introvert or Extrovert?
Extrovert


Logical or Emotional?
Emotional


Business or Pleasure?
Pleasure


Confident? Almost infuriatingly so


Animal Lover? Yes


Greatest Strength: Calm under pressure, and a natural talent for flying


Greatest Weakness: Still inexperienced as a pilot, and can be at times holier-than-thou


Priority: Become a true Ace like her father, and make him proud.


Philosophy:


Pressure Point: Her father's injury and its cause
Is this obvious? Quite so


Most comfortable when In the cockpit


Least comfortable when speaking to her mother as of late


Religion: Still seeing if she discovers faith along the way


Political Affiliation: a Ratian national, at least officially.

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Sasha Arianne Daviau
Relations with: Close, but Sasha worries heavily about such a dangerous line of work
Father: Clovis Arthur Daviau
Relations with: Admires, hence the choice of career


Birthplace: Centrum, Ratio


Type of childhood: Looking up to her father, dreaming to soar the skies.


First Memory: playing with father’s pilot helmet


Education: Public education, numerous stories from her father and lots of casual flight training from family friends


Biography:
(this is mostly a placeholder)
Early 1990s- Clovis fought in Ratian-Ustian war.
1992- Arlette born
March 1995- Belkan War, Clovis goes to fight Belka
Christmas, 1995- While flying patrol around Lumen, Clovis is shot and severely wounded by a rogue fighter’s autocannon from A World With No Boundaries, he is not shot down and manages to land, but is permanently crippled.
2008- As the Estovakian Civil War worsens, Clovis and Arlette watch a news brief on it. Clovis makes an off remark about wanting to be a part of the action, at which point Arlette runs away to join a foreign legion and steals her father’s Mirage V.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

Dassalt Mirage V, the one her father used back in the day.

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

Dassalt Mirage V

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[Fox Xalian]

At first I was just going to look and see how the OOC looked. But I decided to go for it. I tried to work my old Ace Combat character from a rp a few years back into this, but then I made a new one. The only bit that was original was the old Squadron and her callsign. I hope it is good.

Spoiler: Purple Star 

Your squadron is as much your family as the ones you are related to. You live with your squadron on base and in the air, the sky is the home you all share. You defend your family, and you avenge any wrong dealt towards them.

General Information

Name: Akira Akiyama

Callsign: Purple Star

Alias(es): Autumn Fox. Mistress Fox. Mistress Star. Autumn Star

Birthdate: 20/06/1980

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Nationality: North Point

Bloodtype: O+

Social Class: Upper-middle class

Sexual Orientation: Lesbian

Ace Style: Ronin

Physical Information

Apparent Age: 20

Overall Attractiveness: Fairly attractive

Voice: Soft and sweet when talking normally but loud and commanding when she is in battle.

Eye Color: Brown

Glasses and/or Contacts: None

Hair Color: Black, although she has purple streaks through her hair

Hair Style: Long, just past her shoulder blades, usually in a ponytail or bun.

Weight: 70kg

Height: 5’10

Skin Tone: Fair

Dominant Feature: Her eyes

Distinguishing Mark(s): Scar across her left cheek. Dragon and star tattoos across her body, alt-hough not seen very often as she is usually in either her flightsuit or dress uniform.

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Purple (obviously)
Music: Classical, rock and some pop from when she was growing up
Literature: Anything educational. Or fantasy.
Expression: Depends. Normally she looks happy, but when she’s talking to a subordinate or su-perior her expression goes blank so as to not betray her emotions. Usually though she looks like she is deep in thought.
Curse: Usually standard swear words like fuck and shit. When she is cursing someone out she gets creative. Usually she’ll call someone uncultured or something of that nature.
Mode of Transportation: Car and aircraft, especially helicopters and jets

Habits:
Drinking: Yes, especially after a victory
Smoking: Yes, socially. She won’t go out of her way for a smoke but if she is with friends who do and their having a fun and they offer she might have one
Mannerisms:

Optimist or Pessimist? Optimist. Her father always taught her to celebrate the small victories.

Introvert or Extrovert? A bit of both, depends on when you catch her. Lately though she’s been a bit introverted.

Logical or Emotional? Logical, but she uses logic to dictate her emotions.

Business or Pleasure? Both. Depends on the scenario. She likes to mix business with pleasure sometimes, although when the time calls for it she is all business and nothing can sway her other-wise.

Confident? She’s fairly confident in her wingmate’s abilities, confident in her own, and very confi-dent she will avenge the deaths of her previous squadron.

Animal Lover? She had three dogs, two cats and even a pet fox when she was younger. She is a very big animal lover.

Greatest Strength: Her daring and tenacity

Greatest Weakness: She can be narrow-minded in her mission objectives

Priority: Victory.

Philosophy: She has two. Her personal one is victory through strength and honour, and then one her father drilled into her is that your squadron is your family.

Pressure Point: The destruction of Starfall Squadron
Is this obvious? Not to those that don’t know. And currently very few do know.

Most comfortable when in the air with her family (squadron), and when around friends

Least comfortable when confronted with the memory of Starfall’s destruction and in dogfighting while not in a fighter or multirole aircraft.

Religion: Shinto

Political Affiliation: Socialist

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Riko Akiyama (maiden name is Matsuoka), alive, in her 40’s
Relations with: Superb
Father: Saburo Akiyama, alive, in his 40’s
Relations with: Superb
Brother(s): Hiroshi Akiyama, alive, 17
Relations with: Good aside from standard sibling rivalry
Sister(s): Hana Akiyama, alive, 5
Relations with: Superb
Spouse: None
Relations with: N/A
Children: None
Relations with: N/A

Birthplace: Gracemaria, Emmeria

Type of childhood: Average for the daughter of a fighter pilot and being in the upper-middle class

First Memory: The one that comes to mind for her would be when she was 6, she was living on base with her family and her father brought her out to the hanger and sat her on his lap while he was in the cockpit of his fighter. She actually has a photo of that day which is why it comes to mind so quickly.

Education: Standard right through to university when she split her time between higher education and flight school. She soon moved into becoming a fighter pilot, following her father.

Biography: Akira lived a standard life, considering her father’s occupation as a mercenary fighter pilot. When she was born, however, most of her time was spent in Gracemeria, her father getting a cosy and seemingly permanent job in the Emmerian Air Force. After the Ulysses 1994XF04 inci-dent they moved on, traveling and learning from a few different countries, when they finally came to Estovakia. Akira soon became a pilot, first flying under her father’s squadron, and finally getting her own. At the outbreak of the Estovakian Civil War, though, the base she was deployed too saw a large split, quite literally half the base supported one side of the war, while the other half supported the other side. Her squadron was caught in the middle of it. A small confrontation in the main command centre caused Akira to never make it to her aircraft, in which a rival officer slashes her cheek with a switchblade, which she quickly turned back on him. She watched as aircraft from both sides took off, and in some cases fought each other on the runways, including two AC-130’s, one of which crashed into the hanger where her aircraft was. She went up to the control tower where she found it abandoned and tried to raise her squadron. She made contact with them only to hear one by one, their deaths. First was Red Star, and then Blue Star, and Black Star, White Star and finally Green Star. She remembers exactly how and when each one died, and she remembers who did it. She was evacuated by the Eastern Faction and was quickly brought into Orlok Squadron. She has seen her father a handful of times, as he is also a pilot for the Eastern Faction, and she has vowed vengeance on the Red Dragon Squadron, who joined one of the other factions in the war.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

Dassault Étendard IV
Paint Scheme: Mostly a light grey, as standard for these kinds of aircraft, but with some blue and white in a camo pattern. Akira has her wingtips pained purple, and a purple stripe that goes along the back of the fuselage from her cockpit to the tail. There are red stylised chrysanthemum flowers where the rondels on the wings should be. There is also a green stripe running on the left and right side of the fuselage under the wings and the nose is painted black. Each colour represents a member of her squadron.

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

F-2A Viper Zero (destroyed)
Paint Scheme: Not much is known about the paint job of Akira’s pride and joy, her personalised Viper Zero was destroyed when the AC-130 crashed into the hanger.

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[Ottoman]

Alrighty folks, got the PCs plugged in and still at work on the faction blurbs. Hope to have the other three done tonight and start work on some of our NPCs.

[Azrican]

Spoiler: Blueblood 

"My mother died for a corrupt world order founded on the destruction of another, one of thousands beholden to a false government -- itself no different than those wretched Belkan scum that would rather char themselves into ash than dare stand on the world stage with the rest of humanity. All governments are composed of criminals, bandits and thugs, they simply wear fancier clothing than the kind we citizens often meet on the road."

General Information

Name: Christian Matthew Howell


Callsign: Blueblood


Alias(es): Matthew


Birthdate: 4/12/83


Age: 26


Gender: Male


Nationality: Osean


Bloodtype: A


Social Class: Poor


Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual


Ace Style: Enforcer

Physical Information

Apparent Age: Mid twenties


Overall Attractiveness: Youthful


Voice: Baritone


Eye Color: Green


Glasses and/or Contacts: Neither


Hair Color: Brown


Hair Style: Short


Weight: Average


Height: Average


Skin Tone: Olive


Dominant Feature: Face


Distinguishing Mark(s): A few scars on hands and arms from engine work, but otherwise nothing too eye catching.

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Blue
Music: Rock
Literature: Aviation & mechanics
Expression: Condescending, haughty.
Curse: Fuck
Mode of Transportation: Aircraft


Habits:
Drinking: A lot
Smoking: Also a lot
Mannerisms: Brash


Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist


Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert


Logical or Emotional? Emotional


Business or Pleasure? Pleasure


Confident? Too much so


Animal Lover? No


Greatest Strength: Tenacity and drive.


Greatest Weakness: Inexperience.


Priority: Fighting until the end.


Philosophy: The only truth is force.


Pressure Point: His mother.
Is this obvious? No, unless he’s inebriated.


Most comfortable when In the cockpit.


Least comfortable when Drunk or after the loss of a charge.


Religion:
Catholicism


Political Affiliation:
Apolitical, anti-globalist/Osean Federation

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Christina Howell, deceased
Relations with: Loving, formerly
Father: Lucas Howell, deceased
Relations with: Estranged


Birthplace: Caledonia, Osean Federation


Type of childhood: Average, but poor.


First Memory: Watching his mother fly at an air show.


Education: Public education, though he left to provide for the farm.

Biography:

The gentle, rolling plains of Caledonia in northern Osea have always been a region steeped in poverty but clinging to a determined tradition of self-reliance and autonomy much to the chagrin of their Federation’s government in Oured. Despite this, Lucas and Christina Howell were able to carve a rather simple life out of the prairie farming, and provided their only child with an upbringing that instilled concepts they hoped would allow him to achieve in life. The young Christian, named after his mother and grandmother, grew up in a rather sheltered climate free from the troubles that plagued the world and to a lesser extent Osea, despite a cold war with the Yuktobanian Republics that threatened to explode into open conflict until the closing years of the 1990s.


Beyond that, his mother also engendered a love of the sky and a penchant for flying. The woman was known in her community as an aviator, flying in local circuses that captivated and entertained the otherwise rugged citizens of Caledonia. Unfortunately for his mother Christina, she would find herself trading that rickety prop-driven duster in for a chariot of the skies in the Belkan War.


When he was only fourteen years old, a man in a military uniform arrived at their tiny farm to inform her husband and son that, tragically, Lieutenant Christina Howell had been shot down and killed over the Round Table. The consolation that his mother had fought, and died, for Osea heroically did little to alleviate the sudden and irreplaceable loss of his loving parent, and throughout the rest of his young life the death ruined many of the opportunities his parents had struggled in their earlier years to provide for him.


He was not the only one deeply troubled as well, however, and his father descended into the depths of the bottle, barely even able to manage the farm without the love of his wife to give meaning to an otherwise empty struggle. Christian was hardly seventeen when, forced to drop out of school after money became too tight for one man to stretch, he followed in the tracks of his late mother and began flying her prop plane in air circuses across northern Osea.


As a performer, he was an impressive flyer if a bit of a maverick, often startling the crowd (yet ultimately bewildering them) with close passes and acrobatics that even trained military pilots commended him for. Unfortunately for his employers they anticipated that this dare-devil flying may ultimately result in catastrophe, though to this day Christian maintains he was always in control of his aircraft. Within his flying crew however he found good friends and grew to become attached to one in particular: a veteran of the Usean Continental War who secretly flew for the rebels and, following their defeat, exiled himself to the very country he sought to keep his nation from. This is where the story of Christian, a simple yet firebrand Osean aerial performer, becomes the story of an aerial warrior.


With the beginning of the Estovakian Civil War in 2007, Christian followed in the footsteps of his comrade who had mysteriously disappeared a few days before an airshow that would indeed be one of the most important moments of Christian’s career. The man had left little more than a small note for his close friends, revealing to them his transgressions in the past. His only chance at salvation, he wrote, would be the chance for death in combat once again.


Many of the others were shocked to find out a quiet, aging man like their friend turned out to be a humiliated rebel and even Christian was caught on the back foot by such a revelation. The younger Howell had always had a burning hatred for governments since the death of his mother, but had come to find his old friend’s actions nowhere near as deplorable as the methods of the administration most people blindly accepted.


Using what little money he could provide Christian gathered his passport, his belongings and finally an F-14 Tomcat before making his way across the ocean to Estovakia which was now embroiled in a civil war. Despite his best efforts, by the time he arrived to search for his old friend he would discover one of the greatest pilots he’d ever known was killed flying for the LUF against the Northern Highland Alliance.


Without so much of a thought, he signed on with the LUF to bring vengeance upon the other factions of the war that had consumed not only their once prosperous country, but his fatherly mentor and comrade. Unfortunately, he would come to quickly find that his desire for blood was subsumed in the wider ambitions of the Lyes Front, itself increasingly becoming little more than an international puppet for the likes of Emmeria, Estovakia’s larger western neighbor.


Despite having never flown in combat before Christian had a penchant for war that he had no prior knowledge of, though in the skies of central Estovakia he finally found an outlet for the hatred that had burned through him. Though he knew his mother would hate to see her son become little more than an airborne mercenary, he quickly rose through the ranks of the Lyes Front air wing. His skill and ability hid the souring opinion he held of his employers however, moreso than when he flew for Osean fat-cats and their bankster friends back in the Federation.


Then, fatefully, on a routine escort mission he found himself outgunned and, for once in his life, out-flown by a man’s MiG-21 Fishbed. In his anger though, he managed to drag his opponent down to the ground with him as well, but it was little gratification as he found himself in the dangerous front-line between the LUF, Eastern Faction and the Highland Alliance.


Ironically enough, the man that had clipped his wings was also the one who rescued him from a rather impromptu execution at the hands of an NHA “clearing” squad. With little money to find his way back to Osea in defeat, Christian decided to let his skills turn profit for the Dvornists and their newly formed mercenary wing. The hate still burned deep within him however, threatening at any moment to put not only his life in danger, but any who might find themselves flying with the maverick as well.

[Dire Hoef]

Spoiler: Shogun 

"Amidst the eternal waves of time, From a ripple of change shall the storm rise, Out of the abyss peer the eyes of a demon, Behold the Shogun, its wings of white sheath!"


General Information

Name: Kenji Oyakawa


Callsign: Shogun


Alias(es): The Shogunate, the Lone Sabre, the Sheath of North Point, Reitō Samurai


Birthdate: 04/16/67


Age: 42


Gender: Male


Nationality: North Point


Bloodtype: AB+


Social Class: Lower-Middle Class


Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual


Ace Style: Rōnin

Physical Information

Apparent Age: 37


Overall Attractiveness: Fairly Attractive


Voice: Dramatic Baritone (Powerful, full, imposing)


Eye Color: Brown


Glasses and/or Contacts: Neither


Hair Color: Black


Hair Style:


Weight: 75 kg


Height: 5'11"


Skin Tone: Fair


Dominant Feature: His apparent masculinity


Distinguishing Mark(s): A scare across the right cheek after narrowly (and literally) biting the bullet.

Personal Information

Favorites
Color: Grey
Music: Folk
Literature: His homeland's literature is best for him
Expression: Very grim and hardened. Due to his time on the battlefield and facing off against various aces in his days, he's grown to become a rather hardened man.
Curse: Standard variations of cussing such as shit or fuck. However, when frustrated or angry he'll certainly express his anger vehemently going off the wire with new inventive means of insulting someone.
Mode of Transportation: Fixed-Wing (Jets, Bi-Planes, etc.)

Habits
Drinking: Yes.
Smoking: No.
Mannerisms: When ever referring to someone of higher rank or social standing, he'll call them by their last name rather than their first name. And whenever he stands near such persons, he's always at ease but is clearly prepared to stand at attention if need be.


Pessimist


Introvert


Logical


Business


Confident? Yes, but only to an extent


Animal Lover? Yes, he loves the simple house-trained animals such as dogs and cats.


Greatest Strength: His ability to fly


Greatest Weakness: His disability to understand emotions


Priority: Upholding the duties and justices of my own


Philosophy: "Everyone is guilty of something, it's just a matter of whether you want to keep it hidden or not."


Pressure Point: Being tied down to an ideal or dogma
Yes


Most comfortable when at peace and around his plants


Least comfortable when in dramatic situations that get increasingly more convoluted and gets in the way of flight cooperation


Religion: Atheist


Political Affiliation: Socialism

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Hoshiko Oyakawa (Status: Dead | Date of Death: 02/06/01 | Age of Death: 67)
Relations with: Superb
Father: Sotan Oyakawa (Status: MIA Presumed Dead | Date of Missing: 09/12/78 | Age of Missing: 54)
Relations with: Moderate
Brother(s): Shigeko & Razan Oyakawa (Statuses: Alive & Alive | Ages: 24 & 34)
Relations with: Poor & Moderate
Spouse: Hanako Oyakawa (Status: Alive | Age: 38)
Relations with: Excellent
Children: Kunitaro Oyakawa (Status: Alive| Age: 19)
Relations with: Excellent


Birthplace: North Point


Type of childhood: Rough & Neglectful (Father never loved him)


First Memory: Being taught the various fixed-wing fighter planes from his father, who actually gave a shit then.


Education: Highschool Diploma, (Bachelors) Degree in Avionics and Engineering, (after going to university) Flight School


Biography

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• April 16th, 1967 - Hoshiko gives birth to Kenji, but the father isn't around to witness it.
• March 23rd, 1968 - Sotan gives Kenji a children's book on planes, planting the admiration of the sky in the young mind of Kenji.
• December 24th, 1970 - Kenji is 3 years old by this time, and when Sotan sees that his son's admiration for the sky solidifies he seemingly begins to turn cold on him. Almost seemingly overnight, Sotan completely shuts him out of his life and ignores his very presence. Even to this day, Kenji never understood why his father never loved him after that (he even tried asking his mother which apparently she didn't even know either).
• October 17th, 1971 - Hoshiko is pregnant with another child and ends up giving birth to Shigeko (who spells as a precursor to the terrors the family has to go through)
• February 6th, 1973 - Kenji is then 6 years old and is currently attending school, finding solace in his friends. However his two year-old brother, Shigeko, is giving his mother and rough time trying to balance her work-life with home; leaving Kenji to care for his two year old brother.
• March 15th, 1973 - Sotan comes back and finds that there is a second child in the house, who isn't like Kenji, and thus begins to value him more than Kenji (although Sotan doesn't know that Shigeko isn't his kid). Kenji, upon seeing this, immediately begins to feel dread for Shigeko.
• May 19th, 1973 - Kenji, after seeing his father value Shigeko more than him, tries to take his mind off it and meets (his eventual wife) Hanako Matsuyama at a local playground. The two share a close bond and become friends.
• August 1st, 1975 - Two years have past and Kenji (who is 8) and Hanako (who is 6) are still friends and are sharing the greatest time together. However, Hanako had to move away due to business reasons leaving Kenji behind in his hometown.
• August 4th, 1975 - After Hanako had left Kenji, Kenji had felt there was a gap left by her and that gap was even made more apparent when he saw his father and this alien of a child converse more than him.
• September 12th, 1978 - After a tour in Usea, and small confrontation between some Estovakian states, Sotan Oyakawa comes up as MIA. This is a striking to Hoshiko and Shigeko, but Kenji there was only intrigue (he wanted to know where his father was)
• November 1980 - Five years go by, filled with heartache and lots of rough times, Kenji (who is 16) is currently attending highschool in a different town (due to all the moving they had to do thanks to Shigeko's shenanigans).
• December 27th, 1985 - A third child is born, and not of the same father, and his name was Razan. Razan would have been taken care of by 21 year old Kenji.
• December 28th, 1986 - The two brothers (Kenji - 22 & Shigeko - 15) have a fight and Shigeko eventually runs away (but ends up coming back after his mother had told him that what he had done was foolish and he should come home).
• February 18th, 1990 - At the turn of the decade, several events begin to boil up over on the main continent and the brothers (Kenji - 26 | Shigeko - 19 | Razan - 5) begin to feel that their country as well as other countries in the region are going to feel the full effects.
• July 6th, 1990 - Kenji's son, Kunitaro, is born after the parents found each other, through circumstance, fell in loved, and got married
• March 25th, 1995 - The Usean continent is engulfed in the Balkan War, and the brothers (Kenji - 31 | Shigeko - 24 | Razan - 10) watch on as war destroys all that it touches.
• April 3rd 1999 - Ulysses splashes down near North Point, and destroys a fair amount of minor cities (one of those cities was where the brothers' mother was while out on a business trip). The brothers, who were all doing different things at the time of the splash (Kenji and Razan were living together in Shakomaki while Shigeko's whereabouts were currently unknown), dropped their things and headed to Yakita to help their mother and help with the rescue effort.
• February 6th, 2001 - After extensive damage to her nervous system and brain damage, Hoshiko Oyakawa dies.
• August 18th, 2001 - Shigeko goes rogue and his whereabouts were, again, unknown while the funeral was held in their mother's honor.
• September 21st, 2004 - Kenji follows his father's trail after he was given a mysterious note from a stranger that noted that his father had gone rogue and was in hiding. So Kenji goes on the trail and eventually finds himself before a fighter plane, a BAE Hawk.
• October 31st, 2008 - After following the trail for 4 years, his son and wife grow worried for Kenji has he's seen countless battles using (what is supposedly) his father's BAE Hawk. Kenji grows cold after awhile, but the fire immediately ignites when word of his father saying that he was involved in the Estovakian Civil War reached Kenji's ears he sprang into action yet again.
• August 27th, 2009 - After flying to Estovakia, he is met by the Eastern Faction as they wanted to recruit him to be part of the 19th Aviation Regiment, 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron "Orlok Flight", he assumed that being part of Orlok Flight would get him closer to his father while at the same time upholding the justice he once read about on his father during his time in the NPAF. Thus, Kenji accepted the terms and joined Orlok Flight under the pretense that he was looking for his father.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

BAE Hawk
Paint Scheme: Colored all white on the top, and all black on the bottom. On the right wing, there's a symbol representing Peace and Unity while on the other wing there's a symbol representing Justice and Order. The wing-tips are painted grey, and there's a more striped finish on the tail and back wings (both are painted grey)

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

TBA

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[DerKrieger]

Spoiler: Hajduk 

“Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But there's something else - there's a spark. There's a desire to be good. To do well; in the eyes of your peers, and in your own mind.”


General Information

Name: Milan Vuković


Callsign: Hajduk


Alias(es): Kapetan Korvete


Birthdate: June 14, 1975


Age: 34


Gender: Male


Nationality: Estovakian


Bloodtype: A+


Social Class: Middle-class


Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual


Ace Style: Warrior

Physical Information

Apparent Age: mid thirties


Overall Attractiveness:


Voice: Somewhat deep, quiet but can raise to be commanding


Eye Color: Blue


Glasses and/or Contacts: none


Hair Color: Brown


Hair Style: Short, parted on the right


Weight: Medium


Height: Medium-tall


Skin Tone: Naturally light, slight tan


Dominant Feature:


Distinguishing Mark(s):

Personal Information

Favorites:
Color: Blue
Music: Turbo-folk, 80’s hard rock
Literature: anything high brow
Expression: Calm but professional
Curse: Bitch
Mode of Transportation: Aircraft


Habits:
Drinking: Yes
Smoking: No
Mannerisms:


Optimist or Pessimist? Optimist


Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert


Logical or Emotional? Emotional


Business or Pleasure? Business


Confident? Yes


Animal Lover? Yes, family owns a dog


Greatest Strength: Strong national beliefs, willingness to get the job done


Greatest Weakness: Strong beliefs can sometimes be a hindrance


Priority: To preserve Estovakia and the safety of his family and countrymen


Philosophy: God, country, and family.


Pressure Point: His brother fighting for the LUF
Is this obvious? Yes


Most comfortable when Flying, with his family


Least comfortable when Paperwork, overseeing wingmen he doesn’t trust


Religion: Eastern Orthodox Christian


Political Affiliation: Estovakian nationalists, Eastern Faction

Background Information

Familial Relations:
Mother: Ana Vuković, nee Stojković
Relations with: Good, was a bit strained
Father: Ivan Vuković, deceased
Relations with: Good
Brother(s): Goran, age 29, fighting for LUF
Relations with: Poor
Sister(s): Lidija, age 24, editor for a magazine
Relations with: Good
Spouse: Marija Vuković, nee Pejić
Relations with: Excellent
Children: Three young children, Svetlana, Željko, & Natalija
Relations with: Excellent


Birthplace: city near eastern coast of Estovakia


Type of childhood: Generally uneventful


First Memory: Riding a bicycle


Education: four years at military academy post high school


Biography:


Milan Vuković was born to an industrious middle class family in a city close to Estovakia’s eastern coast. He would enlist in the military after university and would eventually become an aviator for the Estovakian Navy, attaining the rank of Kapetan Korvete. His younger brother Goran fell in love with a Catholic woman from the west, rather unusual for a family from the east.


It was during the Milan’s university studies where he met Marija, a fellow university student. The two would marry shortly thereafter when Milan began his career as an officer in the navy. By 2009 they would have three children; Svetlana, age 10, Željko, age 8, and Natalija, age 5. Milan had long been interested in aviation and found himself strongly attracted to being a combat aviator. Before long, he enjoyed the thrill of flying in the skies, facing off with the enemies of his nation in combat.


When the civil war broke out, Goran would join up with the LUF, sworn enemies of the Eastern Faction. Milan’s mother would conceal this fact from Milan, knowing that Milan was a strong supporter of General Dvornik’s forces. Once Milan found out about Goran’s allegiance, he had a brief falling out with his mother. Eventually the two would reconcile, but Goran was nowhere to be found. Milan fears the possibility of meeting his brother in combat, but he fears letting his family down more.

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Aircraft

Spoiler: Current Aircraft 

MiG-21bis “Fishbed”aircraft designation
Paint Scheme: common Estovakian light and dark grey camo pattern

Spoiler: Prior Aircraft 

Su-33M Flanker-Daircraft designation
Paint Scheme: Standard Yuktobanian/Estovakian light blue camo pattern
Vuković, certified on the Su-27 series, flew a Su-33 when he was part of the Navy before being reassigned to the “Foreign Legion” as a liaison.

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