Sword of Annihilation is the ninth mission of Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War.
Plot
Allied forces fighters, Galm Team, Crow Team, and a KC-10 approach Excalibur. This is the first time Cipher meets his future wingman, PJ. Suddenly, Excalibur opens fire and destroys the Allies' tanker support. Galm team quickly fly closer to Excalibur while evading the laser. The laser tower is protected by 4 jammer facilities. Cipher must then fly to the jammers and destroy them one-by-one. With the jammers now destroyed, missiles can lock onto Excalibur.
Briefing
We discovered that "the unidentified laser weapon" is a long-range offensive weapon codenamed "Excalibur". We believe it to be a Belkan anti-aircraft defense chemical laser weapon developed as a missile defense system. According to our information, the strike zone is heavily guarded by a jamming facility and multiple anti-aircraft artillery units.
Your objective is to destroy Excalibur. But to do that, you must first neutralize the jamming facility and the anti-aircraft artillery. Considering the importance of your target to the enemy, I'm afraid there is no way we'll avoid casualties from enemy's resistance. In light of this, we've called a reinforcement for this mission.Work together with them to achieve the mission objectives.
Aces
- F-2A Roller (Mercenary)
- F-15S/MTD Habicht (Soldier)
- X-29A Fliege (Knight)
- SR-71 Rabe
- EA-6B Bergnabel
Debriefing
Although we didn't discover any nuclear facilities, Excalibur is no longer a threat. This can be considered a substantial victory for our side. Head Operations has recognized you as "an indispensable component in this war", and expresses their utmost gratitude and respect.
Trivia
- If Excalibur's radome is struck by the Tactical Laser System of either the ADF-01 FALKEN or the ADFX-01 Morgan, the tower itself will be automatically split in half. A canonical explanation to such an occurrence would be the feedback of the beam causing a violent overload, something that it was never designed for.
- The first laser fired by Excalibur at the beginning is fake. It will not destroy or deal any damage to the player, however the allied KC-10 is destroyed by it.