Tainted Peace

Tainted Peace is the 23nd mission in the original Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere and Mission 4 in the General Resource (I) Arc.

Briefing
''We have detected an aircraft secretly headed for Neucom airspace. There are passengers on board who possess information critical for Neucom's side. We must prevent contact by all means. Moreover, light escort presence is confirmed, so hostilities are expected. Execute this mission in one swift strike.''

Objectives
The player's main objective is to shoot down the transport. Everything else, include the escorts, is optional.

Ranks

 * A: 9+ enemies destroyed.
 * B: 4-8 enemies destroyed.
 * C: 3 or less enemies destroyed.

Script
[Mission Start]

Erich Jager: To all General Resource aircraft! Get any closer and we'll open fire. Withdraw at once!

Abyssal Dision: So we'll have to down them, after all. The enemy's escorts are few. Let's settle this quickly.

Keith Bryan: I'm not okay ambushing them like this.

Dision: That naivete will be the end of you.

(The GR forces begin their attack on the transport and its escorts.)

Keith: I'm just not in the mood. ...I ain't shooting'.

Dision: Well, you shoot, then. Those who wish for a false peace... ...Open their eyes!

(Nemo soon shoots down the transport.)

(Cutscene. The camera follows the transport as it crashes into a mountain. Game cuts to Nemo preparing to refuel.)

Commander: Mission complete. Refueling authorized.

GRDF: Please advance to the point of connection for the refueling boom.

(Refuelling is soon complete, and screen fades to black.)

[Mission ends]

No regret
Dision: -How do you feel? Shooting down such a huge, plodding aircraft must leave a poor aftertaste. However, we mustn't hesitate when the time comes for us to turn to bloodshed. This provocation will unquestionably be heard as the call of reality to those that feed on the world's inactivity. Our shout will continue to echo. Until this world is transformed! I'd like you to believe in me, as well. -That is all.

It's been strange lately
Keith: Hey... Have you noticed? How lately, our orders read like Dision's somehow been influencin' them... Don'cha think it's like a storm's brewin'? I'm gonna check up on him a bit myself, but if you figure anything out, you gotta tell me. -I'm countin' on ya. Alright, well... later.

Debriefing
''The operation was a success. It appears Neucom is in disarray due to the loss of valuable talent.''