User blog:SlyCooperFan1/AC7 DLC Info Dump



Everyone, meet the Alicorn, a Super Scinfaxi-class submarine that we will get to know very well in the DLC missions of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

We've gotten quite a lot of nuggets of lore in the teaser trailers we've seen thus far, and today we got another round of information dumped on us and more screenshots to look at.

There will be a new trailer premiering on September 18, presumably with release dates!

Missions
First off, the DLC missions themselves. No, we do NOT have release dates yet; these will likely come with the September 18 trailer.


 * "Liberated"/"Unexpected Visitor"
 * takes place on September 4, 2019
 * involves a massive air battle between Osean and Erusean forces trying to capture the Alicorn
 * We will have friendly ESM support on our side to boost our missile accuracy, to the point where 4AAMs/6AAMs/8AAMs will almost always hit their targets.
 * There will be enemy ECM blocking our radar and, judging by one of the screenshots, maybe jamming our HUD too? According to the news articles posted today, ECM will be carried by enemy "F/A-18G Growlers" and we have to shoot them down.
 * According to other screenshots, we'll be seeing some kind of Osean Su-47 Berkut squadron as well as an Erusean Rafale M squadron, the latter taking off from the Alicorn itself.
 * DLC Mission 02
 * takes place on September 14, 2019
 * DLC Mission 03
 * no details

Characters
Now for the new characters we'll be introduced to!

Lore
And finally, some pieces of lore that may or may not be relevant to the missions:


 * The Alicorn carries nuclear weapons and neutron bombs, the latter fired via railgun. The stakes here are massive, with various screenshots referring to the potential loss of millions of civilians.
 * The Alicorn disappeared at some point in 2016, but resurfaced as part of Erusea's reserve fleet in late 2018. David North was tracking it at that point, all the way through to the DLC missions.
 * David North is accompanied by an AI known as "Alex". Its star in the middle is reminiscent of the General Resource Limited logo.