Talk:Mobius 1/@comment-24937932-20140514142503/@comment-352641-20140729021143

For the record, Mobius One also had boatloads of backup. There's only a few missions where Mobius One is the only ISAF pilot there, otherwise there's at least two other squadrons backing him up (mind in gameplay they probably do shit-all, but neither do wingmen but everyone uses how many Wingmen that Blaze or Talisman or Cipher had to say they're less badass as Mobius One). Sure, he might of been the only one to dive into Megalith, but he still had at least seven other ISAF aces covering his ass. Sure, he took out most of the Stonehenge network himself, but he still had a bunch of other guys running interference. You can't claim that Blaze, Talisman, Cipher, or any other pilot is worse that Mobius One by virtue of wingmen without blatantly ignoring the fact that Mobius One was never alone himself baring a few solo missions (which were mostly light as far as combat went - the heaviest solo dogfight was Escort)

Honestly, I think a lot of Mobius One's reputation comes from being the guy who catapulted Ace Combat into recognition by a lot of people and is constantly referenced as a badass in other works like being the Bonus Boss of Zero or the entire fact that Operation Katina outright states "Mobius One is equal to a whole air squadron" while everyone else's cameos are rather low key (such as Blaze being one of several former players as enemy Aces during the Ace of Aces version of Heavy Command Cruiser), which reinforces the idea that Mobius One is the ultimate badass.

So, is Mobius One a badass? Absolutely. Is he a bigger badass than any other player character? That is up for debate but it's not de facto and definitely not because he "never had help". It's just that he was the first real measuring stick in the franchise that stuck. I mean, when you tell someone about Ace Combat, "Mobius One" is the first thing most people will have picked up. He's kinda the mascot.