Transcript:Unexpected Visitor

This page includes a transcript of "Unexpected Visitor", the first DLC mission of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

Briefing

 * Count: Fencer still hasn't recovered?
 * Lanza: He has, but the doctor won't let him fly.
 * Count: Guessed as much.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: How much longer are you going to make me wait?
 * Húxiān: Who's the self-important stiff?
 * Lanza: He'll hear.
 * Jaeger: And he really is quite important.
 * David North: We're connected. Ready now, sir.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: I'm Brigadier General Howard Clemens. I'm in charge of this operation. Our objective is to capture an advanced submarine in harbor at Artiglio. The port of Artiglio and the surrounding oil facilities were mostly destroyed by another air operation.
 * Count: Oh, that port! Seems like such a long time ago.
 * Skald: You've been there?
 * Brigadier General Clemens: However, Erusean forces repaired the facilities and use [sic] them to resupply and maintenance a massive submarine.
 * David North: Here's a question. How long do you think this submarine is? If you guessed 495 meters, you're right. It also has a width of 116 meters and a submerged displacement of 810,000 tonnes. It's a super-sized nuclear submarine powered by two liquid metal cooled reactors.
 * Húxiān: I guess it really is huge. So, who's the quiz show host?
 * David North: David North. I'm an OIA (Osean Intelligence Agency) analyst from Advanced Weapons Analysis.
 * Húxiān: Why isn't he here?
 * Wiseman: Because he doesn't need to be. He can perform his analysis at his home office.
 * Count: We've got ourselves an armchair detective.
 * Wiseman: Continue.
 * David North: I have come to call this super-submarine the "Alicorn". The Alicorn is a submarine...and yet it can stage aircraft operations like a carrier. It also boasts some serious firepower with its two main railguns. Their range is over 400 kilometers.
 * Lanza: A real monster, if there ever was one.
 * David North: The sub's force projection capabilities are equivalent to a carrier strike group. Furthermore, it can approach underwater or use aircraft and railguns to attack outside the enemy's range. It has an unusual history, befitting such a ship. It was launched four years ago. However, it went MIA on a sea trial after being outfitted. It was later found on the bottom of the ocean by chance, and of the 356 crewmen, 330 were rescued. Here's the question. For how many days was the Alicorn underwater? It was 698 days.
 * Jaeger: Woah.
 * Count: They went down there two years?
 * David North: They were on the sea floor, at 15 degrees.
 * Jaeger: So why are they deploying it on the front lines now?
 * David North: I suspect it has to do with the loss of an Arsenal Bird and the IRBM cluster.
 * Lanza: Huh. Okay, So, we just blow up the damn thing?
 * Brigadier General Clemens: We capture it. Don't make me repeat myself. We've had reports from local sources that there are weapons of mass destruction aboard the Alicorn.
 * David North: Source?
 * Brigadier General Clemens: If we can secure that evidence, we'll gain an advantage in the peace negotiations post-war.
 * Wiseman: The Osean Navy has dispatched a fleet including a landing ship to capture the Alicorn. Our mission is to secure air superiority and protect this assault-and-capture task force.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: If we take too long, they'll scuttle the sub. The fleet will commence its actions while we seize the skies.
 * Count: Wouldn't it be risky to bring the whole fleet in before we secure air superiority?
 * Brigadier General Clemens: That is none of your concern.
 * Húxiān: So basically, you're putting our fleet in danger for political games.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: They should've taught how to address their superiors in boot camp.
 * Wiseman: ...An EW squadron will be deployed. Their ESM will be a valuable asset. Stay within their range and you'll have a significant advantage over your enemies. The ETA for the EW aircraft is the same as H-hour.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: Only Strider Squadron will sortie.
 * Lanza: Woah, I have to sit this one out?
 * Húxiān: Wait, Wiseman, you're not coming?!
 * Wiseman: I'll be assisting the brigadier general at HQ.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: This is by no means a difficult mission. Your squadron commander's absence shouldn't change that.

Debriefing

 * Brigadier General Clemens: The operation has been completed. Stand by for further orders.
 * Skald: Hold on, we still don't know who those bats were! Why were they after Trigger? They were using Osea's radio frequency.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: You mean they're on our side? Impossible. They didn't respond to our IFF. Or maybe....they were there to settle a personal score. There's nothing unusual about being shot in the back by an ally.
 * Count: Guess it might've been that way where we came from, but...you know what I'm sayin', Trigger.
 * David North: Everyone, here's a question.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: That's enough. Remove him from the call.
 * David North: Wait, wait, don't hang up on me yet. How did they know that we had intelligence on their weapons of mass destruction? They never would've taken such actions if they didn't know.
 * Skald: ...They have a spy.
 * Brigadier General Clemens: Better to be suspicious than not, I suppose.
 * David North: At the very least, we'll have to assume from here on out that they know everything that we do.