Alvin H. Davenport

"I never complain about my missions, what I'm doing now is not complaining."

- Chopper

Alvin H. Davenport, better known by his callsign, "Chopper", is one of the main characters in Ace Combat 5. He flew with the Wardog squadron and served as one of Blaze's wingmen in the Circum-Pacific War.

History


Not much is known about Alvin Davenport’s early history. Almost immediately after joining the Osean Air Defense Force, however, he began a reputation that would follow him to the end. He was a fan of rock & roll music and quick-witted; constantly bad-mouthing superiors over the radio, and he was notorious for unnecessary chatter. After the catastrophe over the Ceres Ocean involving the deaths of nearly a dozen trainee pilots, Davenport was assigned the third position in Wardog Squadron, headed by Captain Jack Bartlett of equally damaged reputation. Chopper’s (Davenport’s callsign) first contribution to the Circum-Pacific War was sending a surrender request to a damaged enemy reconnaissance aircraft hit by friendly SAMs. In the following weeks, Chopper continued to serve under two different captains: Bartlett, and his former wingmate known by him only as “Kid”. Aside from Bartlett, he also called Blaze by his nickname "Kid" most of the time because he want's him "to start trash talking like a captain". When Blaze first became Captain of the Wardog Squadron, he doesn't seem to respect Blaze's position much but soon have faith in Blaze abilities. During the war, Chopper seldom referred to the budding ace known by only one other name, Blaze, by any other moniker than the one given to him by Captain Bartlett. He constantly argued with his squadron’s AWACS, Thunderhead, over his “useless” chatter.

Chopper made it known to his allies that he did not support this war, along with the rest of his squadron. After escorting Osean president Harling to safety, Chopper had some degree of faith for the president’s ability to restore peace, but when Operation Footprint took place he lost all trust in his country’s leader. He constantly spoke out against the war during several operations, criticizing military and political leaders. His tendency to speak out was noticed by capital personnel during and after his interrogation after he and his squadron allegedly attacked a Yuktobanian engineering college.

After sinking the Yuktobanian submarine carrier Hrimfaxi, 1st Lieutenant Davenport seemed to like the nickname that his squadron gained as the “Demons of Razgriz”. He was even quoted later by referring to himself as “Razgriz 3” during the operation in the Jilachi Desert.

Wardog Squadron gained so much attention that they were eventually asked to do a fly-by over a stadium in Osea’s November City. During that operation,the citizens in the stadium began singing "The Journey Home", an anti-war song, and Chopper eagerly joined in.

Little did they know, Yuktobanian fighters appeared and attacked the Wardog Squadron. They were forced to engage the hostiles. During the battle, Chopper's plane was hit. The Wardog Squadron told him to bail out into the stadium. Chopper waited of reveryone in the stadium to evacuate before he crashed into it. By the time he went to crash into the stadium, his ejection seat was not working, so he went down with his plane. His last and final words were "Heheh. Im gonna miss that voice." AWACS Thunderhead described him as being, "a model fighter pilot to the end." A squadron of arranged F-2A Viper Zeros then flew the missing man formation over the stadium where Chopper crashed. His dog, Kirk was then cared for by Peter N. Beagle.

Quotes

"I love this sound, calms me down."

"HEY KID!"

"If he's a captin then I want him to start trash talkin like a captin."

"Whaaa? THAT'S your name for me?"

"Ah! My Rock and Roll records! They're in my room! It took me forever to collect all those!"

"This is Razgriz 3, roger that."

"How could the president authorize the escalation of the war? Hey, that Mr.Cargo guy was the president right? I thought I could believe in him then, i had no idea he was such a wuss!"

"I just wanna get out of this ejection seat and into our hot tub."

"I guess I'll turn off the mic and talk to myself."

"Hey, our cover's blown anyway, I'm gonna start talking now."

"Razgriz... the demon of Razgriz got her right?"

"My grandma used to tell me those stories when I was as kid and every time she did, I'd be to scared to got to the bathroom in the middle of night."

"Got a towel? I need to wipe all this sweat off my brow."

"Hehehe... I'm gonna miss that voice..."

Trivia

 * On Mission 27, ACES, players can hear Chopper in the scene where the Yuktobanian, Osean & Razgriz aircraft fly together in a single squadron. During the part where the Osean anthem is sung by all pilots in unison, listen closely: one of those pilots has a very similar (if not, the same voice) as Chopper.
 * Also in Mission 27 there´s a voice very similar to Chopper´s.The voice appears moments before the tunnel´s opening and it says: "Man it´s a big Tunnel.".
 * When Chopper talks, his name is displayed as his callsign (Chopper) rather than his last name (Davenport). He is the only one of Blaze's wingmen to have this trait.