This page includes a transcript of "Ten Million Relief Plan", the third and final DLC mission of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
Pre-Mission Cutscene
- 08:13 AM
- 59.0°F
- Sep 14, 2019
- David North: Some individuals are exempt from rules that should apply to everyone. A hero is suddenly a risk factor the moment the war is over. So you murder him. Crude, but effective. In reality, they've no need for living heroes, just dead ones. Here's a question, Alex. Can we stop Captain Matias Torres?
- Alex: Depends on if you treat the captain or Three Strikes as a singularity.
- David North: Both are. What happens when two singularities exist on the same field?
- Alex: That requires seven months calculation with current resources.
- David North: We'll just have to trust the guys in the field.
- Alex: [ping] David, evacuate.
- David North: No. I still have to finish up here.
Briefing
- David North: The Erusean military finally sent part of the Alicorn's specs. Its basic capabilities listed here were as we predicted. What's interesting is... this over here. In addition to the main guns, they have a 600-mm/128-caliber rail cannon. The barrel exceeds 70 meters! Its range is over 3,000 kilometers. That matches what we calculated from the bombardment on Anchorhead Bay. The mini nuke they seem to have obtained has a yield of one kiloton. It'll destroy anything within a 400-meter radius of ground zero. Casualties are to be in tens of thousands.
- Skald: I know some things are better left unsaid, but let me say it. That's less damage than I expected.
- David North: Nice catch. Do you remember this speech?
- Captain Torres (pre-recorded): This boat has the means to end this hideous war, in a definitive and elegant manner. The world shall be horrified by the number of lives we will take. Only then will they let go of their weapons... Weapons that would have taken the lives of ten million.
- David North: The imagery invoked by those words and the actual predicted damage just don't match.
- Count: So, here's a question.
- David North: (chuckles) Sorry, got no quizzes for you today. They will launch the nuke on September 19th.
- Húxiān: Why are you so sure?
- David North: Because that's the anniversary of the end of the Continental War. Anti-war demonstrations and victory parades are in full swing in Oured. There's about a million participants in total. That number will rise on the anniversary. However, this nuke isn't that powerful. They'd have to thread through the eye of a needle to achieve their desired result.
- Skald: Terminal guidance would be needed.
- David North: Right. How do they intend to achieve it when even GPS won't work...?
- Húxiān: You're all thinking too much. If we sink the submarine, it's problem solved.
- David North: Crude, but effective.
- Húxiān: Crude?
- David North: Alright, look at this. The Alicorn's expected course. We know it was off Anchorhead Bay and it has to get to Oured within range before September 19th. They must avoid being detected by Osea and its allies' sound surveillance system and ships. Taking into account its maximum operating depth, this is the only possible route. The Alicorn will move along the Azalea seamount chain and reach a rather blandly named body of water called PX80443. The waters here are shallow due to an undersea mountain range and nearby islands. This is where it'll be. We also know roughly when they'll arrive in the area.
- Lanza: Quite the prediction you have there.
- David North: Indeed. But if it makes it through, then you're looking at Peony Trench. The sub's max operating depth is 600 meters. Tracking it would be impossible.
- Wiseman: Right. Now I'm gonna give you the mission details, so listen up. Our mission is to cooperate with the patrol aircraft to find the Alicorn. In the first phase of the mission, multiple patrol aircraft will drop sonobuoys to build a sonobuoy barrier. Then, in the second phase, we narrow down the possible location of the Alicorn by analyzing the data obtained from the sonobuoys. The results of our analysis will be data linked and shown on an overlay on your radars. And for the final phase... Trigger, you're gonna look for the submarine. We acquired one special MAD—a Magnetic Anomaly Detector—for this. It will be on Trigger's plane. Fly over where we expect the Alicorn might be. You'll also have nautical charts on your radars, so use them. Once it's found, our fleet will commence a unified attack with ASROCs and sink it.
- Lanza: And if we miss?
- David North: Four ships will be joining the operation, there won't be a second salvo.
- Count: So who's flying, Wiseman?
- Wiseman: Everyone except myself.
- Lanza: Whoa.
- Wiseman: This is an order. Now get your fat asses moving!
Debriefing
- Wiseman: Operation is complete.
- Skald: Can we celebrate now?
- Wiseman: Yeah. Good work. Your next mission's in 32 hours.
- Lanza: Woah!
- Jaeger: Are you crazy?! Not something I'll tell my son about.
- Count: Gimme a break.