User:Spades Neil

Life of An Ace
Ace is the lead pilot of the 6th Mercenary Air Force division, 66th Defense Unit, also known as Phantom Squadron. Spades and his wingmen are legendary aces, and were properly given the nickname 'four aces' which went along perfectly with their already existing nicknames, Spades, Diamonds, Hearts, and Clubs. His signature aircraft is the F-15C with custom colors, but he can fly several different aircraft besides it, and even a few choppers. Spades is a natural born leader. Even when he was a mere child, Spades was always out in front of his friends leading the way. However, Ace's past life involves much more chaos and turmoil than other boys his age could hope to go through in their entire lives. His family was killed by one of the seven nuclear bombs set off by the Belkan Army on June 6th, 1995, just before his birthday little over a week later. His family was having a reunion, a vacation, when the bomb fell on the Waldriech Mountains. The only reason Spades lived on was because he was not on the ground when the bomb went off. He was high up in the clouds with members of the Osean Air Force, sitting in the cockpit of an F-14D with a friend of the family. When the bomb went off near by. The shock wave rocked the aircraft and sent them spiraling toward the ground. Many people on the ground were also injured by severe burning... When the dust cleared, nothing but rubble remained of his family's summer home, and nothing but shadows scared into rock and brick is all that is left of his family and most of the town folk that lived there... Spades was blind for a good few days after the bomb went off, and he was taken to a hospital in Ustio where he met the mercenaries who lived there for the first time. He even got to meet Larry Foulke and Patrick James while he was there. However, he never got anything more than a glance of Galm 01. He had always been the elusive type... For a time, young Jeremy viewed Larry as a father figure. However, that was quickly ended when Larry betray everyone and defected to the Belkan's side. Jeremy grew up mostly as an orphan since then. He was taken in by a local man named Zeru who acted as his father since then. Jeremy later named his own son after his foster-father in respect to his passed life. Zeru died eight years later from cancer caused by the radioactive fallout, where as Jeremy's younger body and lack of time in the dangerous area is what allowed him to remain unscathed. When Jeremy turned 18, he legally had his name changed to Spades, and he immigrated to Estovakia where he first learned to fly the Su-33 for Strigon. Spades was such an excellent pilot that when he later immigrated to Osea, he joined their military as well and joined the Top Gun academy to become the best fighter pilot he could be. In addition, thanks to his grandfather having made a name of himself years ago as a Master Marksman, Spades also convinced his higher ups into sending him to a shooting tournament. Spades is just as legendary as his grandfather was before him. His grandfather was a member of Strigon ages ago back in 1960 when they were still flying the MiG-21bis. His grandfather was also the owner of numerous international gun competition trophies. Spades followed in his grandfather's footsteps, and his childhood dreams of becoming a soldier came true. However, his dream quickly turned into a nightmare as he met his newest arch enemy... The Armageddon Horsemen Terrorist group, which is the shadow force that founded A World With No Boundaries that caused numerous conflicts during both the Belkan War and the Circum-Pacific War. He battled against one faction of the group known as the Warmonger Horsemen for years afterwards, and many times they had harmed him or his family, as well as his friends. By his mid-late twenties, the conflict seemed over. During that war, he met Kira "Pyroshka" Alekhin who fought Galm Team in the Belkan war over the Avalon Dam. Kira would later become the Ace of Hearts in Spades' squadron. Kira used to be one of the Armageddon Warmonger Horsemen, but she defected to the allies and gave information of the group and was protected by Osean government for years. She became the first female pilot to fly with Spades. After leaving the military in 2003, Spades had joined the Ustian mercenary company that Galm team was once a part of. In 2005, he fought as a ground soldier for a while and crossed paths with Solo Wing Pixy once again. He even met up with new friends. Nicholas Dietrich Troy, who later becomes the Ace of Diamonds was a Marine for the ISAF military, and later a pilot when Spades convinces him to fly. Nicholas isn't the best pilot, but he's still the number two of the "Four Aces" flight. Spades also meets Julian Dotson, who earns the title of Ace of Clubs after he proved his ability to fight. During the siege of Farbanti, Clubs got a hold of an officer from the Erusia military and, in short, beat the snot out of him until he blabbed all about the Megalith super weapon. In the final weeks that Spades served for ISAF Air Force as a mercenary, he even got to fly alongside the famous Mobius One during the attack on Megalith. (In the game, when you hear the guy go "Mobius Three through Seven on standby!" that's actually Spades calling for himself and his three mercenary wingmen, Diamonds, Hearts, and Clubs). In the year 2007 just as the Estovakian Civil War was breaking out, the Estovakian government's Generals, gave Spades and his four-wing squadron a shipment of Su-33 parts as a gift and token of good will. Spades re-payed his debt by fighting alongside Estovakia's Generals during the Civil War as a mercenary for three years. Later on, Spades also served as a mercenary pilot for the Osean Air Defense Force and was assigned the task of hunting down the Ghosts of Razgriz shortly after Wardog went AWOL. Ironically though, when Spades finally does meet with Razgriz, they are already on their final run towards Grunder Industries Headquarters to destroy the control device for the SOLG. Once again, Spades and his squadron end up flying alongside of heroes. Unfortunately, Spades was not permitted the honor of flying with the Razgriz when they shot down the SOLG over the capital city of Oured. Needless to say, the Oseans weren't very happy that he defaulted on his contract to kill the Razgriz, regardless of how things turned out in the end (and since Spades had made them pay in advance already, so he had a good several million in his pockets). While Spades did not fly with them, he watched every second of it until the SOLG detonated and lit up the skies so much that it blinded him for a few minutes. He was proud that there was still some honor in this world... Five years later, the Emmeria-Estovakia War broke out, Spades abandon his contract with Estovakia and instead played a part in the Liberation of Gracemeria. After he saw what terrible sins that The Generals had committed against their own people, he betray them and instead gave his services to the Emmerian Air Force. After this contract, Spades obtained some information about the CFA-44 and even took some blueprints home with him. He even discovered a fatal flaw with the CFA-44 (the hard way) and now he is working to rebuilt the plane from the ground up. After that last major contract, Spades finally founds the Aces Mercenary Company. He bought out the old Ustio mercenary company that Galm and Crow teams served on when he was a kid. He re-named his squadron Phantom and had each of his planes repainted. While there are certainly more mercenaries than Spades and his other three Aces, he has a custom paint set for his wingmen alone. A group of Su-33 as well as some Su-27 bought from Yuktobania were painted with red and black colors with a raven's head on the nose (written with red paint lines) and the squadron emblem emblazoned on the aircraft's tail. Spades later bought himself and his squadron four F-15C Eagle and painted them all white bodied with violet flames. However, he soon repainted his own fighter for a custom and completely original body. White camouflage, one black wing with a white Spade emblem, and one white wing with a black Spade. This concept was inspired by Solo Wing when they used to know each other so well. The white and black wings with the Spade reversing the wing color represents the Yin-Yang. As Spades once said, "All darkness must have some light, and the sun will always cast it's shadows." For now, Spades remains on his base awaiting his next contract. Only time can tell what is to happen next. Until then, Spades spends most of his time at "Adler" Air Force Base (which is the new name of the same base that Galm team once operated out of). Civilian and military craft alike fly to and from there as international citizens around the world criss cross through his airfield on a daily basis.