The Unsung Aces

**Status** | Complete

The Unsung ACES is one of the earliest experimental projects of lixiaofossil's story-writting. Started in early January of 2012, and finally completed in July 2016 after many delays. It's generally a rewriting of plot of video game "**Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War**" by the author's own way.

## Synopsis

15 years after Belkan War, when Grey Men, an insidious shadowy group aiming to revenge for their fatherland's defeat, about to set their master plan in motion, a group of young fighter pilots stationed in Sand Island Air Force Base, Osean Federation, will find their destined places in this great change of history...

## Characters

* Blaze
* Kei Nagase
* Alvin H. Davenport
* Hans Grimm
* Marcus Snow
* Jack Bartlett
* Wolfgang Buchner
* Orson Perrault
* Allen C. Hamilton
* Nicholas A. Andersen
* Vincent Harling
* Seryozha Viktrovich Nikanor
* "Major"

## Chapters

* Armory
* Overture
* Operation: Lagoon
* Operation: Gyre
* Operation: Narrow Margin
* Operation: First Flight
* Operation: Silver Bridge
* Operation: Vanguard
* Operation: Handful of Hope
* Operation: Footprint
* Operation: Hammerblow
* Operation: Emerald
* Operation: Snake Pit
* Operation: Fork Dance
* Operation: Long Harpoon
* Operation: Backhaul
* Operation: Desert Blitz
* Operation: Supercircus
* Operation: Doodlebug
* Operation: 8492
* Operation: Final Option
* Operation: Keynote
* Operation: Deep Six
* Operation: Riverbed
* Operation: Game Bird
* Operation: Crossroad
* Operation: ACES
* Operation: Arcadia
* Finale

## Trivia

* Title of this story is a combination of "The Unsung War" and "ACES". Since the author is a solid-core fan of Ace Combat franchise, he always spells "Ace Combat" as "ACE Combat" for he insists a franchise this epic deserves more capital letters.
* Originally, the author wrote the novel just for fun and didn't plan to publish it, but changed his mind after telling plot of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War as a bedtime story to some girls and received a positive feedback.
* The first chapter written and completed was "Operation: Game Bird", in January 2012.
* Except Armory, Overture and Finale, titles of other chapters come from operation titles of corresponding missions in actual game, unless a mission doesn't come with an operation title.
* Several missions such as Rendezvous and Solitaire are omitted from this story, only being briefly mentioned.
* Despite being a plot branch in actual game, both Powder Keg and Four Horsemen are executed by Wardog Squadron in this story.
* Albert Genette, although being an important character in actual game, is omitted from this story, but his narration in opening cutscene is preserved.
* No superfighters/original aircraft presented in the story, save for Su-43 Berkut II, but only serves as a supplement of Su-47 Berkut.
* Although the author is a Chinese himself, but Chinese aircraft featured in this story (J-20 & J-31) serves only in antagonists’ arsenal.
* "Tuning/Customization", a feature only available in PSP and 3DS installations of Ace Combat franchise, is called back as a gimmick.
* This story contains large quantity of references from real-world and from many fictional universes of American, Japanese, Chinese and European origins (also called "neta/ネタ" in Japanese, means explicit and implicit references/allusions), especially frequent references of Star Wars and Ro-Kyu-Bu! (ロウきゅーぶ!).
* The Unsung ACES is a standalone story, it has no connections with author's other stories of Ace Combat franchise, however some contents may get recycled.