Transcript:Lost Butterfly

This article is a transcript of Lost Butterfly, the first campaign mission in Ace Combat Infinity.

Pre-Briefing Cutscene

 * Kvasir: It'll be twenty years to the day soon. The day the sky was ripped apart, and countless bolts of light rained down upon us. I think this calls for a little history lesson. In 1994, a group of asteroids was discovered taking a long elliptical orbit around the sun. They were created when an unknown asteroid struck the 1986 VG1 Ulysses, an asteroid in orbit around Jupiter. The orbit of these "Ulysses asteroids" was on a collision course with Earth with an estimated 10,000 meteors set to strike the surface. Since there was no way to divert the orbit of each asteroid, construction began on a vast anti-air railgun network, a last-ditch effort to intercept and destroy the meteors. They built six facilities. The test unit Type 0, was built in China; Type 1 was built in America; and then four Type 5 units were built in Australia, Turkey, Namibia, and Argentina. In July 1999, the asteroids began to strike. Thanks to the railgun network, damage was kept to a bare minimum ...only about enough to destroy the entire world order. Never in its existence had mankind experienced such a catastrophe. It came to be called the Ulysses Disaster. The near-total loss of infrastructure led to economic chaos... particularly in the hard-hit Eurasian continent. To avoid total breakdown, the nations of Asia and southern Europe rearranged themselves into regional federations. Military budgets were slashed, and the federations poured most of their money into rebuilding. The depletion of energy sources brought on by the loss of territory soon proved to be a major problem, one that quickly led to an escalation in disputes over natural resources.

- MISSION RECEIVED - SORTIE ORDER  READY FOR LAUNCH


 * Kvasir: ...We'll continue this later.

Briefing

 * Goodfellow: All right. Time to start the briefing. We've got a new guy here today, but I'll have to cut the introductions short. My name's Goodfellow, and I'm your rep from the Arrows. As you know, Arrows is a mercenary force specializing in aerial warfare. Some people like to call us "pirates." I'd prefer they'd call us "privateers," at least. We are being employed by the UN Security Council, after all. Anyway, the UNSC's Military Staff Committee just sent Arrows a request for deployment. It was originally going to be an escort mission for the UNF Pacific Fleet stationed in Tokyo Bay, but that's changed. We now have multiple unknown UAVs flying toward Area J4E... Japan's former capital of Tokyo. In other words, right here. The UAVs are likely armed. We need them downed before they reach city limits. This'll be the first sortie for the rookie here, TAC name "Reaper." Here's your emblem. Omega from the Bone-Arrow flight will be supporting you on this mission. Follow his instructions. I'll be expecting results, you hear? Dismissed.

Mission Start

 * Omega: Lot of meteor dust in the air again today.
 * Omega: Hard to believe it's already been 20 years, huh? And the sky's still full of that junk.
 * SDF Pilot: This is the JASDF309 squadron. Requesting affiliation.
 * Omega: This is Omega from Arrows' Bone Arrow squadron, working under independent UN command. We're here on operational support.
 * SDF Pilot: The Pirates, huh? HQ told us to expect you. Good luck out there.
 * Omega: Yeah, you too.
 * Goodfellow: Goodfellow to all Bone Arrows. We will now commence mission operations.
 * Goodfellow: Engage any enemy craft you come across.
 * Omega: Omega, affirmative. Bandits on our twelve. Probably surveillance UAVs.
 * Goodfellow: Cleared to engage.
 * Omega: Keep yourself together, rookie. These drones aren't even armed.

If you attack the Bandai Namco building without destroying a UAV

 * Omega: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You don't want to go there!
 * Omega: Yeesh, you're crazy.

If you don't attack the UAVs

 * Goodfellow: What's going on? Attack the enemy UAVs.

After destroying one UAV

 * Goodfellow: Enemy UAV destroyed.


 * Goodfellow: One hostile UAV left.

After destroying both UAVs

 * Goodfellow: All enemy UAVs down.
 * Goodfellow: All units, we've got new bandits approaching.
 * Goodfellow: Use your long-range search to get their location. Switch to your wide-range battle map.
 * Goodfellow: The locator on your HUD will show what direction the bandits are coming from. Follow the locator.
 * Omega: Remember, you can't fire missiles while you're reloading. Classic rookie mistake.

After destroying the next UAV

 * Goodfellow: Another enemy flight approaching.
 * Omega: More of them?!
 * Goodfellow: Be careful. A few of the bandits have anti-air ordnance on them.
 * Goodfellow: I'm adding a TGT display on your HUD container. Take those down before anything else.
 * SDF Pilot: Whoa, is that a Quox?!
 * Omega: These bogies are a lot more agile than the last guys!
 * SDF Pilot: A general-purpose drone designed by JASDF. It might just be a close resemblance.
 * Goodfellow: I'll check on that craft later. Just focus on the attack.
 * Omega: Rookie! Take 'em down!


 * humming in background
 * Omega: Was that a civilian radio broadcast? Damn, we're gettin' a lot of noise around here.

After destroying the next UAVs

 * Goodfellow: All UAVs destroyed. Good work.
 * Omega: More radar blips? What the hell?!
 * UN Pacific Fleet Captain: Enemy UAVs approaching. Open CIWS fire!
 * Goodfellow: Enemy UAVs are attacking urban areas. They're striking the coastline from Shinagawa to Kawasaki.
 * Omega: They're the same armed versions we just ran into!
 * Goodfellow: All units, eliminate them before there's any more damage!


 * Omega: Damage report!
 * SDF Pilot: There's an evacuation order out for the coastal areas.
 * SDF Pilot: If this keeps up, though, the evacuation zone might be in danger too.
 * Omega: Move it, rookie!


 * UN Pacific Fleet: Hit on starboard side!
 * UN Pacific Fleet Captain: Damage control, move!


 * Omega: Damn, they're not playing around. Who the hell are they?


 * Goodfellow: Get those UAVs out of the sky!
 * Omega: They keep dodging our fire. They're like butterflies...

Random

 * Omega: Hey, rookie, if you can't get a bandit's six, try putting some more distance between you and him before attacking.


 * Omega: Don't forget: fire your missiles after the bandit shows his six to you.


 * Omega: You can't expect to just lock-on and forget here. Chase the bandit down 'till you got their six, then fire a missile.


 * Omega: Don't waste your fire, man. Running out of ammo is bad news.


 * Omega: Yo, rookie, if you're about to lose your target, speed up so you can stay in pursuit.

After destroying all UAVs

 * Goodfellow: All enemy UAVs down.
 * Goodfellow: No further enemy presence in this airspace.
 * SDF Pilot: This is JASDF309. Thanks for your support.
 * Omega: Glad to be of service.
 * Goodfellow: I'm getting the latest damage report now.
 * Goodfellow: Looks like they didn't reach the evacuation zones. Not too shabby, Reaper.
 * Omega: These things--Quox craft, you said? Why would they be striking Tokyo?
 * Goodfellow: I'll get the UNF to brief me on the UAVs later.
 * Goodfellow: All units, clear to return home.

Debriefing

 * Goodfellow: This is believed to be a terrorist attack carried out by armed forces from the Iyuli region. They've caused extensive damage to Tokyo. The naval fleet was also attacked, so the UNF generals are all furious right now. The UAVs they used are an upgraded version of the MQ-90 Quox, a Japanese-made UAV that's also been deployed in the Americas. It may be unmanned, but it's still a very powerful bomber. It's equipped with an aggressive aerodynamic design and a new type of semi-automatic control system. The UNSC says it's a Wernher Noah product. Apparently the control system's a top-secret design that they stole. Wernher denies everything, of course. Navigation would normally use a system that relies on improved GPS satellite tech, but this craft uses a different relay system for its operations. We also caught an unknown fighter craft flying at high altitude over the area. The UN's going to raid and inspect Wernher's facilities in Iyuli and the other special zones shortly. Wernher Noah's the biggest company in its field. Normally the UN doesn't like doing anything to make them angry. Now, though, I guess they don't have much choice.